ASCII abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character-encoding scheme (the IANA prefers the name US-ASCII). ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text. Most modern character-encoding schemes are based on ASCII, though they support many additional characters. ASCII was the most common character encoding on the World Wide Web until December 2007, when it was surpassed by UTF-8, which is fully backward compa...

A geomagnetic storm is a major disturbance of Earth's magnetosphere that occurs when there is a very efficient exchange of energy from the solar wind into the space environment surrounding Earth. These storms result from variations in the solar wind that produces major changes in the currents, plasmas, and fields in Earth’s magnetosphere. The solar wind conditions that are effective for creating geomagnetic storms are sustained (for several to many hours) periods of high-speed solar wind, and mo...

There is no "real time" camera or Web cam on board the telescope for live relay links. The images that the Hubble takes are digital pictures and spectra released to the public after one year (to allow the investigators time to do their research). The data, which are transmitted from the telescope in digital form, needs to be converted from this digitized information by computers into black-and-white photos. These are then enhanced to discern details in the images. All the information we ...

This summer, the Japanese government is set to begin testing a system that would allow foreign tourists to verify their identities and purchase goods and services using nothing more than a fingerprint. Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Japan sought to prevent crime and relieve traveller stress by omitting the need to carry cash or credit cards. The experiment would allow the government to fully evaluate the system before making any sweeping changes before the game. The ...

On Greenland's ice sheet, a vast icy landscape crisscrossed by turquoise rivers and dotted with meltwater lakes, a small cluster of orange camping tents popped up in late July. The camp, home for a week to a team of researchers, sat by a large, fast-flowing river. Just half a mile (a kilometer) downstream, the river dropped into a seemingly bottomless moulin, or sinkhole in the ice. The low rumble of the waters, the shouted instructions from scientists taking measurements, and the chop of the bl...

SCHAFT’s new bipedal robot According to Hornyak, SCHAFT’s new robot (which hasn’t been named yet) “is designed to be a low-cost, low-power, compact device to ‘help society.’ ” It can lift 60 kg, travel over uneven terrain, and even tackle stairs, which are notoriously difficult for robots.   The DARPA Robotics Challenge held its inaugural competition last December, and by most accounts (including ours), it was a success. The DRC Trials drew huge public interest, and the teams and t...

Electric Objects is a digital art platform that puts digital art on a wall in every home. EO1's is a custom matte high-def screen designed for art. Neither bright nor muted, it's more of a luminous oil painting than a glowing monitor. Company's vision is to bring top art at affordable price to every home using digital frame. Electric Objects brings the beauty of the Internet into your home. There's more art on the Internet than in every gallery and museum on Earth. But many of these bea...

Expanding Planter   Cap with light   Canned plant   Power Outlet   Portable Water Filter

Power provides electricity to the spacecraft and its subsystems. Below are examples of the way in which the Mars Science Laboratory mission benefits from past technological development and contributes new capabilities. Inherited Technologies Mars Science Laboratory uses a radioisotope power system to generate electricity needed to operate the rover and its instruments. Radioisotope electrical power and heating systems enable science missions that require greater longevity, more diverse landi...

Drop is a Bluetooth-enabled kitchen scale that intuitively guides you step-by-step through finding, making and sharing delicious dishes with the help of a connected iPad app. You'll be at the top of your baking game thanks to interactive recipes, simple ingredient substitutions and smart ingredient scaling. The Drop Kitchen app offers you an amazing collection of unique interactive recipes, each carefully selected not only for its off-the-chart yum factor, but also consistent success with the h...

When you stroll through your front door in the morning, does the yellow haze coating the porch send you leaping back into the house? Can the mere word "pollen" make you start to sniffle, sneeze and reach for the tissue to blow your nose? If you answered "yes" to these questions, you're probably one of millions of people in the United States suffering from hay fever. Pollen can do more, however, than just make you sneeze. If you have asthma, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonar...

 

Spoon with digital scale   Chopstick Spoon Match in the shape of flower Water tank Pizza Cutter   Salt & Pepper Tea Bag  

Tanita BC-545 scale not only checks your weight but also measures your body composition. It has a built in calendar that can keep track of days and graph changes in your readings for up to 36 months.       Coin Bank: Creation of Revol-Design, coins are dropped into the top which gets collected in between the two glass pieces and they stay there until you unlock and empty it. Here is the latest one from Revol-Design, the Vertical Coin Bank.   &nbs...

Painting the interior or the exterior of a house can be quite an arduous task, but few realize that adding a fresh splash of color to the walls and siding of their homes can lead to reduced energy consumption and substantial savings on utility bills. Hy-Tech Thermal Solutions, LLC, of Melbourne, Florida, is producing a very complex blend of ceramic vacuum-filled refractory products designed to minimize the path of hot air transfer through ceilings, walls, and roofs. The insulating ceramic techno...

SoundCloud is a global online audio distribution platform based in Berlin, Germany, that enables its users to upload, record, promote, and share their originally-created sounds. According to the company’s data, in December 2014, the service attracts more than 175 million unique monthly listeners, while content creators upload about 12 hours worth of audio every minute. Founders Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss are the chief executive officer (CEO) and chief technical officer (CTO), respectivel...

The 3D Printing In Zero-G Technology Demonstration serves as a proof-of-concept test of the properties of melt deposition modeling additive manufacturing in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS). The lessons learned from this technology demonstration can be applied in the next generation of melt deposition modeling in the permanent NanoRacks Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF), as well as for any future additive manufacturing technology. This includes any future...

The iPhone Pocket Projector docks onto your smartphone and projects up to a 50" image with 640x360 native display resolution. This Pocket Digital Luggage Scale can be comfortably placed in your pocket, it comes with large display that registers up to 99.8 lbs. Pocket-size mobile robotic printer connects directly to smartphones and to notebooks, prints documents at about 1.2 page per minute, has enough black ink for 1,000 printed pages. This wireless pocket printer from LG doesn't us...

Crockpot Smart Slow Cooker has WeMo-enabled technology that allows you to remotely adjust cooking functions from your smart device. The Topbrewer coffee faucet by Scanomat is one of the best coffee machines, it can also be controlled using an iPhone. This smart cookware can monitor weight of ingredients, temperature and humidity and display the info using a smartphone app in real time. Its designed to reduce guesswork from cooking and the app comes with 1000s of recipes. https://you...

For high schoolers   College Abacus helps high schoolers and their families search and compare side-by-side the estimated cost and financial-aid awards of multiple colleges. The estimates are gleaned directly from schools' Net Price Calculators. It gives users one place to enter financial and academic information so they don't have to re-enter them at every school website. Lynn O'Shaughnessy of The College Solution reviewed and recommend the app. Tractus Insight, in Beta form, wil...

The 'Lively medical alert' provides 24/7 emergency monitoring, missed medication reminders and more. 'Lively' provides a better way for older adults to share how they’re doing with a connected device that uses passive activity sensors you apply to moveable objects around the home. The system consists of a sensor array that communicates with a wirelessly connected base station. When various items are moved around the house – keys, a medicine cabinet, the refrigerator door – the sensors repo...

Mint can do almost anything Quicken can do, but it's free and you don't need to install any software. Personal accounting software,  that allows you to manage your money, pay your bills and track your credit score with Mint comes from the makers of TurboTax® and Quicken®, Mint is a SaaS based online personal finance service similar to Quicken. With Mint you have no local software to install, and it’s a service you can access with any browser or most mobile devices. Mint’s primary fea...

Two women with expensive taste, operating on a tight budget have build a website to share coupons and ideas to save money. Couponing just got a whole lot easier! Find your favorite stores including Target, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Rite Aid, Costco, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Whole Foods and Publix using our handy geolocation. Quickly browse over 60 new deals per day and search thousands of coupons from sources like Coupons.com, Ibotta, and Checkout 51 in seconds! Create a shopping list,...

LEO is a band for one’s thigh (designed for comfort and durability) that measures a multitude of reactions in one’s body through electromyography (EMG).  According to the company, EMG measures muscle response or electrical activity in response to a nerve’s stimulation of the muscle.  These measurable responses are what make LEO unique. INTELLIGENT TRACKING LEO monitors your bio-signals to give you a deeper level of insight than any other fitness wearable. INTELLIGENT FEEDBACK LEO translate...

Santa Clara, California based start up Plaid Systems have developed a new connected home irrigation system that taps into the SmartThings platform to help water yards and gardens more efficiently. 'Eve' is system's main controller, which handles the load of connecting to SmartThings to acceess the weather forecast from the Internet. Plaid Systems says, "If rain is forecasted, Eve might skip watering. For high temperatures, Eve may water a little extra - all depending on current conditions in ...

NanoAntibiotics is a developmental stage nano-biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for multi-drug resistant gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria (also known as Superbugs). We are looking at some of the greatest attacks on modern medicine in over a century. The spread of deadly Superbugs that are so aggressive the strongest antibiotics are becoming powerless against them. Antibiotics are beginning to fail as bacteria fight back and ad...

BIND Therapeutics which is developing nano cancer destroyers BIND Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of highly selective targeted and programmable therapeutics called Accurins. BIND’s Medicinal Nanoengineering® platform enables the design, engineering and manufacturing of Accurins with unprecedented control over drug properties to maximize trafficking to disease sites, dramatically enhancing efficacy while minimizing toxicities. BIND is develo...

Allure EverSense: Proximity based thermostat Ever Sense Wi-Fi High Resolution Color Touchscreen Thermostat. Featuring Proximity Control Technology and Built-in Speakers for Wireless Streaming Music Instantly adapts based on what you are doing today using Allure Energy's Patented Proximity Control Technology, so your family always arrives home to comfort. Automatically enjoy comfort and savings. Quality speakers for wirelessly streaming music from your iPhone or Android smartphone directly to ...

Seldon Laboratories LLC, of Windsor, Vermont, received their first NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award for a “Nanomechanical Water Purification Device.” In Phase I, Seldon designed a filtration system using its proprietary filters with low-energy and low-space requirements, using carbon nanotubes to reduce the power requirements of closed-loop water (and other liquid) treatment systems and to eliminate hazardous chemical treatments. Seldon patented a media for a lightweight, lo...

Clay nanoparticles Keep Beer Fresh Clay nanoparticles allow Miller Brewing to bottle its beer in plastic containers. The tiny reinforcements keep oxygen out and hold carbon dioxide in, which prevents the brewed beverage from spoiling. Fabric Coating Takes the Ouch Out of Speeding Bullets When a heavy bullet slams into soft body armor, it can cause a lot of damage even without penetrating the fabric. If that armor is coated with Nanorepel, the force will spread out over a much wider ar...