MIT created a temporary tattoo that can control your connected devices

Posted on August 13, 2016 by

MIT created a temporary tattoo that can control your connected devices In the future, your tattoos could be as functional as they are expressive. MIT, in partnership with Microsoft, created a new touch interface, DuoSkin, that allows temporary tattoos to interact with smartphones or computers, display output based on body temperature changes and even transmit data using NFC. Another conference. “Great.” This one’s different, trust us. Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, PhD Learner at the MIT Media Lab, exp...

Modobag: World’s First Motorized, Rideable Luggage!

Posted on August 13, 2016 by

Modobag is the world’s first motorized, smart and connected carry-on that gets savvy travelers, tech enthusiasts and urban day-trippers to their destination up to three times faster than walking. The carry-on smart luggage that gets people to their destination 3x faster than walking! The company promises that users of the suitcase will never have to worry about walking through airports. The bag has GPRS-GSM tracking and a USB charging port that will also keep other devices charged and ...

‘Blink’ – Wire-Free HD Home Monitoring & Alert System

Posted on August 12, 2016 by

Blink, the one-of-a-kind, battery-powered remote home monitoring system that's simple to set up and equally perfect for renters or homeowners. Its stylish, totally wire-free design houses innovative HD video technology, plus motion and temperature sensors, to deliver instant home insight through the Blink app for your iOS or Android device. Place it Anywhere Blink is battery-powered and truly wire-free, so it's simple to place and move within any indoor environment. Create a system that cove...

Coffee cup that uses the heat from coffee to produce a picture on the side

Posted on August 12, 2016 by

Paulig Muki is a revolutionary coffee cup that uses the heat from coffee to produce a picture on the side of the cup. You’ll find a new, surprising or moving picture on the cup’s screen every single time you fill it. You can either upload the picture from your smart phone or let your friends surprise you. Drinking coffee has never been this entertaining! Paulig Muki is a revolutionary coffee cup that uses the heat from coffee to produce a picture on the side of the cup. You'll find a ne...

University of Alabama’s Wearable cloud

Posted on August 12, 2016 by

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are exploring the concept of a wearable personal cloud — a fully functioning, yet compact and lightweight cloud computing system embedded into clothing. Ragib Hasan, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer and information sciences in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, and Rasib Khan, Ph.D., a recent postdoctoral graduate student, presented the concept and prototype of a wearable cloud jacket at the 40th Institute of Electrical and Elect...

NASA Rover Game Released for Curiosity’s Anniversary

Posted on August 12, 2016 by

As Curiosity marks its fourth anniversary (in Earth years) since landing on Mars, the rover is working on collecting its 17th sample. While Curiosity explores Mars, gamers can join the fun via a new social media game, Mars Rover. On their mobile devices, players drive a rover through rough Martian terrain, challenging themselves to navigate and balance the rover while earning points along the way. The game also illustrates how NASA's next Mars rover, in development for launch in 2020, will us...

Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Bluetooth Smart Plant Sensor

Posted on August 11, 2016 by

Parrot Flower Power is a sensor that can be 'planted' close to a plant, indoors or outdoors, in a pot or in open ground. It precisely measures, in real time, the parameters that are crucial for the growth and good health of plants: soil moisture, fertilizer, ambient temperature, and light intensity. Plants have vital needs, and Parrot Flower Power uses advanced sensor technologies to monitor the plants' welfare through a range of parameters. Using the data gathered every 15 minutes by the fo...

‘Weighitz’ are miniature smart scales designed to weigh anything in the home.

Posted on August 11, 2016 by

Weighitz are miniature smart scales designed to weigh anything in the home. Weighitz allows you to turn anything into a smart weighing platform. Never buy a scale again. The Weighitz (Patent Pending) consists of a reinforced polymer shell which contains the load cell, electronics and bluetooth emitter. The top of the housing has a slight concavity and roughness which helps to hold bowls and curved weighing platforms. When an object is placed on the Weighitz, the polymer housing deforms...

Logitech’s new ‘POP Home Switch’ lets everyone in the home control smart devices with one button

Posted on August 11, 2016 by

Logitech announced a new single-button device called the Pop Home Switch, designed to simplify the control of multiple smart home products. The interactive accessory company says the idea behind the Pop is to free up control of smart devices so that anyone in the home can operate them regardless of whether they have a smartphone and the associated app for each device. POP Home Switch lets everyone in the home control smart lighting, music, and more with the push of a button. Program ...

NASA Selects Five Mars Orbiter Concept Studies

Posted on August 11, 2016 by

NASA has selected five U.S. aerospace companies to conduct concept studies for a potential future Mars orbiter mission. Such a mission would continue key capabilities including telecommunications and global high-resolution imaging in support of the agency's Journey to Mars. The companies contracted for these four-month studies are: The Boeing Company in Huntington Beach, California; Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver; Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Redondo Beach, California; Orbit...

DAQRI SMART HELMET bridges the gap between potential and possible.

Posted on August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 by

DAQRI SMART HELMET bridges the gap between potential and possible. It enhances human abilities across industries by seamlessly connecting its user to the work environment. DAQRI’s 4D OS provides an operating system specifically designed and optimized for wearable computing. DAQRI SMART HELMET delivers useful applications right out of the box, then combines that foundation with an incredible array of custom development tools and options. The most powerful augmented reality device on the mark...

Hearing challanged can now experience music

Posted on August 10, 2016 by

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design graduate Liron Gino has designed a set of jewellery-like devices that allow people that have challenge hearing to experience music through vibration. The Vibeat collection is an alternative to headphones that features a necklace, bracelet and pin with circular modules attached to them. What is music like when you can't hear it? It's a question that sounds like a philosophical debate on par with trees falling in the woods and single hands clapping, but thi...

‘Audio Bone’ listening technology that allows you to hear stereo music directly to cochlea (inner ear)

Posted on August 10, 2016 by

Audio Bone is a breakthrough in listening technology that allows you to hear stereo music without blocking your ears. Audio Bone transmits music through your bones directly to your inner ear – so you can still hear everything around you. Audio Bone is available in two different editions: Audio Bone 1.0 and Audio Bone Adjustable. Audio Bone 1.0 is our most popular product. It provides the best quality sound, and a stylish design. Scroll down to learn more about bone conduction and for information...

IKEA launches indoor garden

Posted on August 10, 2016 by

IKEA is introducing an indoor gardening series that lets you grow your own tasty lettuce and herbs in water. Developed in collaboration with agricultural scientists in Sweden, KRYDDA/VÄXER series includes everything you need to get sprouting and keep your garden growing - even in the winter! How it works? Just keep an eye on the water level. Hydroponics simply means growing plants in water without soil. With added nutrients and the right light, it allows you to garden in any small space all y...

BloomSky crowd sourced real-time weather globally with pictures

Posted on August 9, 2016 by

BloomSky offers accurate, and hyperlocal, real-time weather information like Temperature, Humidity, and Barometric Pressure with HD images every 5 minutes! Access live weather reporting, real-time pictures, time-lapses, and forecasts from BloomSky weather cameras around the world. Sun, rain, clouds, fog, and storms - all clearly visible from a network of local stations, giving you a comprehensive understanding of the weather conditions when you need it. Accurate and Local: • Up-to-t...

Mixing solids and liquids enhances optical properties of both

Posted on August 9, 2016 by

New approach can dramatically change the extent to which optical devices scatter light. Shine a torch through a window and then a glass of water and you'll notice how the light changes as it passes through these two substances. Researchers at MIT and Harvard have now discovered what happens when you mix regular liquid and glass (which, as all pedants know, is also sort of a liquid) together and stick it on a stove. The team suspended glass particles in a fluid and found that, when warmed up, it...

NASA Research Could Save Commercial Airlines Billions in New Era of Aviation

Posted on August 9, 2016 by

The nation’s airlines could realize more than $250 billion dollars in savings in the near future thanks to green-related technologies developed and refined by NASA’s aeronautics researchers during the past six years. These new technologies, developed under the purview of NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project, could cut airline fuel use in half, pollution by 75 percent and noise to nearly one-eighth of today’s levels. “If these technologies start finding their way into t...

BioRing Wearable Brings A Personal Trainer To Your Fingers

Posted on August 9, 2016August 9, 2016 by

Smart ring claims to measure calorie and protein intake and a whole lot ... bio-impedance sensor and optical heart rate sensor to capture data The BioRing utilizes three sensors - 3-axis accelerometer, bio-impedance and optical HR sensor give you an unique insight into your body and diet. When you eat, your food consists of primarily carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Carbs are broken down into glucose, which is transported into your cells with the help of insulin. When glucose enters yo...

3D Printed Jaw

Posted on August 8, 2016 by

Media Arts and Science faculty member Zebulun Wood and his student researcher, 2016 graduate Cade B.T. Jacobs, created a prosthetic mandible utilizing digital scanning and 3-D sculpture and printing technology—revolutionizing a field that has long relied on more cumbersome materials and techniques. The subject for the project is a retired maintenance worker named Shirley Anderson, who had recurring tongue cancer. Radiation treatments resulted in osteoradionecrosis, also known as “bone death.”...

‘Beastgrip Pro’ makes your smart phone into a professional photography instrument

Posted on August 8, 2016 by

Beastgrip Pro is a camera rig that works with virtually any smart phone and allows you step up your smart phone photography. The system features an adjustable lens mount and spring-loaded clamps that ensure a secure grip and perfect fit for your smartphone. The modular design with removable lens mount assembly and handle in turn allows you to adapt to any shooting scene. Modular design with removable lens mount assembly and handle, can be used as a simple tripod mount Universal, wor...

NASA’s Clean Energy Focus

Posted on August 8, 2016 by

Clean Energy Researchers at NASA Ames are conducting cutting-edge research in the development of clean energy technologies for NASA mission needs in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate and the Science Mission Directorate. Our renewable energy focus is on advancing biofuels, solar, and wind technologies that also help reduce our nation’s dependence on petroleum-based fuels. By advancing clean energy technologies, NASA Ames hopes to help our nation reduce its generation of greenhouse ga...

New Bluetooth-Connected Insulin Pen

Posted on August 7, 2016 by

Emperra GmbH has launched a new Bluetooth insulin pen model. The new ESYSTA BT pen is equipped with a Bluetooth interface and transfers the injected insulin doses directly to the patient’s digital blood glucose diary. The smart insulin pens are automatically connected via the 868 MHz interface (similar to the ISM band), which are already being successfully used in medicine in combination with a wireless transmission blood glucose meter as an integrated diabetes management system, ESYSTA. Both...

Technological and Olympic innovation in Rio de Janeiro

Posted on August 7, 2016 by

Mobile Payments A bracelet, the result of a partnership between Brazilian bank Bradesco and Visa, will allow spectators and athletes to make cashless payments. Exclusively available in Brazil, users will allow completing transactions in a million NFC-ready card readers simply by hovering their wrists over the POS terminal. No PIN will be required for transactions under R$50. For transactions over R$50, the PIN will be mandatory. wallet-app Infographics: The boom of Wallets Also, Visa h...

NASA Directly Observes Fundamental Process of Nature for 1st Time

Posted on August 7, 2016 by

Like sending sensors up into a hurricane, NASA has flown four spacecraft through an invisible maelstrom in space, called magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection is one of the prime drivers of space radiation and so it is a key factor in the quest to learn more about our space environment and protect our spacecraft and astronauts as we explore farther and farther from our home planet. Space is a better vacuum than any we can create on Earth, but it does contain some particles — and it's b...

Consciousness

Posted on August 7, 2016 by

Researchers from the George Washington University have managed to switch consciousness on and off in an epileptic woman by stimulating a single region of the brain with electrical impulses. While this is a single case study, it provides an exciting insight into the neural mechanisms behind consciousness, a subject of great interest that is poorly understood despite decades of research. The study has been published in Epilepsy & Behavior. Consciousness is a fascinating topic that has both ...

GABA (gamma amino butyric acid) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system

Posted on August 6, 2016 by

GABA (gamma amino butyric acid) is considered the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. It regulates neuronal excitability and muscle tone.1 GABA is synthesized from glutamate (using vitamin B6 as a cofactor). GABA is Interestingly, while glutamate is the brain’s main excitatory neurotransmitter,2 GABA “puts the brakes” on in the brain, helping to control overstimulation. gamma-Aminobutyric acid (γ-Aminobutyric acid) /ˈɡæmə əˈmiːnoʊbjuːˈtɪrᵻk ˈæsᵻd/ (also called G...

Pentaho Labs experts to incubate breakthrough data orchestration and advanced analytic capabilities

Posted on August 6, 2016 by

Pentaho, a Hitachi Group company, is a leading data integration and business analytics company with an enterprise-class, open source-based platform for diverse big data deployments. Pentaho’s unified data integration and analytics platform is comprehensive, completely embeddable and delivers governed data to power any analytics in any environment. Pentaho’s mission is to help organizations across multiple industries harness the value from all their data, including big data and IoT, enabling them...

App That Help With Student ‘Home Work’

Posted on August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 by

HwPic HwPic is a tutoring service that allows students to take send pictures of their homework to tutors, who will then respond within minutes to your questions with a step-by-step solution. There’s even an option to expedite the answers if a student is in a hurry. HwPic Co-Founder Tiklat Issa said that the app was initially rejected by Apple’s App Store, which believed it would promote cheating, but he successfully argued that just because someone uses the app in a way that it’s not meant t...

MIT: New institute will accelerate innovations in fibers and fabrics

Posted on August 5, 2016 by

An independent nonprofit founded by MIT has been selected to run a new, $317 million public-private partnership announced today by Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. National public-private consortium led by MIT will involve manufacturers, universities, agencies, companies. The partnership, named the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) Institute, has won a national competition for federal funding to create the latest Manufacturing Innovation Institute. It is designed to acceler...

NASA Rover’s Sand-Dune Studies Yield Surprise

Posted on August 5, 2016 by

Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars are a type not seen on Earth, and their relationship to the thin Martian atmosphere today provides new clues about the atmosphere's history. The determination that these mid-size ripples are a distinct type resulted from observations by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. Six months ago, Curiosity made the first up-close study of active sand dunes anywhere other than Earth, at the "Bagnold Dunes" on the northwestern flank of Mars' Mount Sharp. "Earth...