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The Octopus Chair

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The Smartphone ECG- Continue reading » The Smartphone ECG- You Knew it was Coming

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World’s First Bamboo Mobile Smartphone >> http://www.pocket-li...phone-shoots-in

A British university student has designed a phone that stands out from the usual array of black, grey or white plastic numbers - by building it out of bamboo.

The Bamboo phone is called ADzero and was designed by 23 year-old Middlesex University student Kieron-Scott Woodhouse

There's no hardware of software details for the ADzero other than it's "Android powered" and is "approximately half the weight of an Apple iPhone, while boasting a larger screen" - all the emphasis seems to be on the design itself. Quite rightly so though, it's a gorgeous looking piece of kit complete with a unibody design crafted from a single piece of four year-old organic bamboo.

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Revolutionary Copier Prints Using Erasable Toner. So used paper can be re-used again.

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6th sense technology ---

dreams to come true......

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Google unveils 'Project Glass' virtual-reality glasses

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Google is developing a wearable smartphone screen as part of its 'Project Glass' initiative.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Siri is about to get one-upped by Google.

The company on Wednesday unveiled a long-rumored concept called "Project Glass," which takes all the functionality of a smartphone and places it into a wearable device that resembles eyeglasses.

The see-through lens could display everything from text messages to maps to reminders. They may be capable of showing video chats, providing turn-by-turn directions, taking photos and recording notes -- all through simple voice commands, according to a concept video produced by the company and

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Project Glass is nowhere near complete, and Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) says it only went public with its effort to gather outside feedback. The stealth project has been in development for two years by a small team of engineers.

The "heads-up display" glasses were born in Google's Google X lab, which is the same future-thinking research facility that developed a driverless car and is working on a space elevator.

Google has no timeline for when the device will go on sale, but Google X engineers are beginning to use prototypes outside of the lab's walls.

One thing they're working on in field tests: The researchers haven't yet decided whether the glasses should be stand-alone or be wirelessly powered by a smartphone.

The precise look and feel of the hardware and software is still in the early design phase, but Google produced a concept design that looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. They're not quite what you'd see on RoboCop or Geordi LaForge, but they'll never be mistaken for normal eyeglasses either.

The Google concept shows a video camera and a small piece of glass over the right eye, with no lens on the left. That half-and-half design was an intentional choice.

"We think technology should work for you -- to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don't," the company said on its Google+ page.

The software design appears a lot cleaner than the hardware, with friendly icons and unobtrusive notifications. But Google's concept video portrays perhaps the loneliest vision of the future ever.

A man starts his morning by putting his glasses on, then goes through most of his day talking to himself, without actually interacting with anyone face-to-face, save one friendly pat of a bulldog and a super-quick visit to a coffee truck with a buddy.

A notification delivered in the morning to "See Jess tonight at 6:30 p.m." turns out not to be an actual date, but a video chat. As the sun sets, Google's protagonist remotely serenades his friend's avatar with a ukulele.

What Google's final version will look like -- and whether it will actually end up on store shelves -- is anyone's guess.

But Google X's futuristic sketch proves that those little plastic rectangles we've been accustomed to communicating through could soon be outdated technology.

Edited April 5, 2012 by csmart

[Genius 817]

^^^ that is really interesting i was about to post it

this got my attention see it in full:

above is a video of it

Edited April 5, 2012 by Genius

[rajanmehta 4,056]

^^^

Just imagine. Now we all will be charging the spectacle and finding newer ways to conserve battery life on it.

Disabling one glass... Anyone?

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another new technology is COMPUTER TO PRESS and COMPUTER TO PRINT

COMPUTER TO PRESS-

A type of offset printing technology in which no printing plate is used for applying the image to the substrate. Some of the systems use lasers and a thermal ribbon to create images on removable cylinders. Each of the cylinders (one for each process color) is imaged in one step with a direct thermal transfer process. A thermal material, which becomes the image area, is transferred to the cylinder. A wetting agent keeps the non-image areas of the cylinder clean during the print run. A short run of 500 impressions can be produced immediately after imaging is complete. When a longer print run is required, the thermal material must be baked onto the cylinder, but this additional step requires only 2 minutes. A resolution of 3200 dpi can be achieved with this system.

When the printing is complete, the thermal imaging material is automatically cleaned from the cylinder, which makes the cylinder ready for reimaging for the next job. The cylinders can be reimaged several hundred times before they require replacement. The entire process of imaging and cleaning requires less than 12 minutes.

COMPUTER TO PRINT

here no plate is required. Print on demand is possible. Time required is also less than computer to press technology. It is suitable for short run jobs and process colors can be printed in one run of a substrate.

Various designs can be printed not the same as computer to press technology. Principle based under this process is electrophotography

For more info refer Handbook of print media by Helmut kipphan

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Disney's 'Touché' Capacitive Touch Sensors Detect Gestures On Flesh, Furniture, or Water

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Disney Research, which previously came up with the SideBySide wall-based gaming concept, is back with what looks like a fairly sophisticated touch-sensing technology. The system, called Touché, works by detecting a range of frequencies at the same time, rather than one frequency as on simple capacitive screens. Using this range, the sensors can detect not only multitouch gestures on ordinary screens, but also distinguish between different objects or parts of the body or add touch to nontraditional surfaces, like liquids.

The demo video below is fairly impressive: it shows the wide range of gestures that the sensors can pick up (including grasping hands together and submerging your palm underwater.) Disney hasn't said what it plans to do with the technology besides outlining a goal of creating invisible or "disappearing" computing, but the video shows a few possible examples, like controlling a music player with tapping gestures. Be sure to check out 2:55, in which you can teach your child to eat cereal with a liquid sensor and alarming noises, or read the science behind the system in this PDF.

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Meet Tactus - The Touchscreen That Pops into Physical Buttons on Demand, Then Flattens Back

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It's been everyone's dream ever since touchscreens got popular in smartphones and tablets in the last few years - to have physical buttons that pop when you have to type or dial a number, then flatten back leaving you with just the touchscreen when they are not needed.

It's been a fantasy so far, one reserved for sci-fi movies and concept handsets, where everything goes. Not if you ask Tactus, however - the company has developed a way to replace the top layer of existing touchscreens with a Tactile Layer that incorporates popping buttons, which can morph back into an even surface.

The layer doesn't add extra thickness to existing touchscreens, Tactus argues, and the buttons shape, size and layout can be customized for each particular case. The keys are application-controlled and utterly transparent, so when you are finished typing letters and numbers, or killing zombies and racing Porsches, the buttons just sink back into a flat shape.

Magical stuff indeed, and one we hope gets perfected for use in our smartphones and tablets as soon as possible. The trademark "Tactile Layer" was already demonstrated at the SID expo the other day on an Android tablet as well.

Watch a video explaining the science behind the Tactus magic below.

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The coolest live product demo you will ever see: Project Glass at Google I/O

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We have seen some pretty awesome live product demos but never seen something like this. EVER. Last night, Google’s Sergey Brin orchestrated the most breathtaking product demo that probably no one has even dreamed about pulling off, leave alone daring to attempt it. Brin’s stunt involved a team of skydivers, rapplers, bikers and just about everything you could ever imagine but it wasn’t gimmicky at all! Read on to find out what he did as well as watch the entire stunt.

The demo started with a group of skydivers who were hovering a mile above Moscone Center where Google I/O is taking place. Sergey initiates a group Hangout and the skydivers are able to participate and literally show their point of view from Google Glasses they are wearing. They jump off the blimp and land on the roof of Moscone Center with their Glasses transmitting everything they can see even during the dive. They deliver a package (you can see Brin holding it in the photograph above) to a pair of bikers, who deliver it to a couple of rapplers who rapple down the exterior walls of Moscone Center. Finally the package is delivered to Brin. Mind you, all of them are wearing a Google Glass and their visuals are being shown on the big screen when they have the package!

Now be prepared to get your mind blown!

Project Glass: Live Demo At Google I/O

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Olympus announces MEG4.0 wearable display prototype, skips the skydive

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While Google may have grabbed headlines for its recent wearable tech stunt, Olympus is doggedly forging ahead with its own similar prototypes, seven years on. Unlike Project Glass, the MEG4.0 isn't a standalone structure and needs a glasses frame to hang on, although the sub-30g unit shouldn't tax it too much. The QVGA (320 x 240) display can connect to devices through Bluetooth 2.1, with Olympus pointing to a smartphone hook-up to provide both the processing power and internet connectivity -- which sounds different to what we're expecting from Google's effort. The current prototype can squeeze out eight hours of intermittent use, or two hours of non-stop projection. While the device is being pitched at everyday users, Olympus isn't offering any suggestions of launch dates or pricing, but you can check on what the company is willing to share in the (Google-translated) press release below.

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Washable Keyboard

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Perhaps beverages spilling onto keyboards happens all the time in the Logitech office, eventually inspiring one of the company's boffins, staggered by all of the butter-fingered blundering, to come up with a new accessory – the washable keyboard.

Up until now, spilling a soda or a coffee onto a keyboard usually meant one thing and one thing only: a trip to the computer store. But not any more.

Logitech’s latest addition to the computer accessory market means the next time you give your keyboard a soaking, all is not lost. You see, the company has just unveiled the K310 Washable Keyboard. That’s right, you can run it under the tap, or even submerge it in water. Dirty, damaged keyboards may finally be a thing of the past.

The K310 Washable Keyboard incorporates laser-printed, UV-coated character keys, meaning you’ll have no worries about the letters disappearing after numerous washes.

The keyboard even has drainage holes, helping it to dry in good time so you can return to your computer with your next drink, all ready to spill.

For the perfect wash, Logitech recommends you use a mild soap and soft cloth. It can, if you’re struggling with a really stubborn stain, go into warm water up to 30cm (11 inches) deep. The website warns against putting it in the dishwasher, which means a washing machine is definitely out of the question.

Logitech’s forever-clean keyboard – perfect for mucky eaters and messy drinkers – will be available in the US from the end of this month for $40, before going global in October.

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This is ultra high tech japanese time pass!

Brain Controlled Kitty Tail For Humans is Called Shippo

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It seems there’s no shortage of strange gadgets coming out of Japan. In the past, we’ve seen some rather odd necomimi robotic cat ears that would move based on your mood. Something that appears to be made to go along with those robotic cat ears has now surfaced called the Shippo brain controlled tail. The tail is worn around the waist and is connected to a sensor that claims to sense the wearer’s mood.

The tail interfaces with a smartphone app that lets users share their mood. The user can also use the app to search for places other Shippo users found relaxing. The video shows that the tail wags slowly when a user is relaxed and wags quickly when the user is excited.

The app also claims to be able to detect when the person is frightened. I wonder if one neural controller might be able to operate the robotic cat ears and the robotic tail. I still think these are some of the strangest gadgets I’ve seen in a long time.

neurowear "shippo / brain controlled tail" VIDEO

neurowear "necomimi" VIDEO

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Hop Is a Suitcase That Follows You Around Hands-Free

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For those who tire of dragging a heavy piece of luggage through the airport, a new hands-free suitcase will do all the work for you.

Hop is a suitcase that follows close behind the user, as he or she moves out of range. It’s named after bellhops, people who are hired — often by hotels — to carry guests’ luggage, according to Hop’s official website.

Check out the video below to see how it works.

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3M's handheld Streaming Projector is flat-out fun

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Go Pro Hero3 Black Edition

World's Most Versatile Camera. Wear it. Mount it. Love it.

197’ / 60m Waterproof Housing. The Wi-Fi enabled HERO3: Black Edition is the most advanced GoPro, ever. No expense was spared during its development, resulting in a GoPro that is 30% smaller, 25% lighter & 2X more powerful than previous models. New resolutions and frame-rates include 4Kp 15, 2.7kp 30, 1080p 60, 1440p 48, 960p 100, 720p 120 and 12MP burst photo capture at 30 fps.

Watch the following VIDEO. This is shot 100% on the new GoPro Hero3 Camera.

Stunning & Spectacular Footage!

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Finger sense coming soon to phone near you

http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/18/qeexos-fingersense-lets-touchscreens-listen/

While the humble touchscreen has become the standard interface for most smartphones, and capacitive displays make it a painless experience, the folk at start-up Qeexo think things could still be improved. It's developed a technology called FingerSense that could add even more functionality. Essentially, by using a small acoustic sensor, it measures the vibrations as objects tap the screen, and can tell the difference between them. So, for example, a knuckle tap could be used for "right-click." The tech is able to spot the difference between materials, too, so even when no finger is involved, it can register input, a great assistance to those with longer fingernails. The fun doesn't stop there, though, with the demo video after the break showing a Galaxy SIII with a modified display, able to register stylus input, even without official support for it. More input options can never be a bad thing, and if nothing else, it could certainly make those GarageBand drumming sessions a little more interesting.

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Not really a gadget but this is just rocking - cant imagine what it will do to wires

Need just a little more length on your charging cable to reach the outlet? No problem: new wires filled with liquid metal could stretch up to eight times their original length.

At some point soon, we'll have wireless everything--wireless charging, wireless syncing, wireless video, wireless audio. We've already got a lot of that stuff, in fact. But today, we still need wires and cables, and a new creation from researchers at North Carolina State University could make them much more usable--by making them stretchy.

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http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-12/we-want-these-ultrastretchable-charging-cables-now-please

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But wireless radios consume more electricity than wired connections.. As it is we are wasting a lot of energy..

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But wireless radios consume more electricity than wired connections.. As it is we are wasting a lot of energy..

This is not wireless

Plus energy is never wasted it just gets converted from one form to another the total amount of energy remains the same !

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Hahaha.. I liked your answer dude.. Nice..

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Airline lost your luggage? Track it on a map with this cellular device CES startup pitches Trakdot for tracking your suitcase.

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Worried about the airline losing your luggage? Just plunk this device in your bag.

Trakdot

Dealing with an airline that's lost your luggage and doesn't even know what city it's in is always a frustrating experience. One startup at the Consumer Electronics Show says it has the answer: a $50 cellular device that sits in your luggage and pinpoints its location.

The product is called Trakdot and was made by a company called GlobaTrac, which says it's in a pilot production run and will be sold to consumers in March. The device will cost $50 and require a $12 yearly charge to use the service, which lets you track the device on a website and get text message alerts about your luggage's location.

If a bag doesn't reach its intended destination, "the airlines don't know where it is," GlobaTrac CTO Joseph Morgan told Ars at the CES Unveiled event Sunday night. "If it ain't where it's supposed to be, they've lost it, they don't know where it is. They will eventually find it, but that doesn't give you peace of mind."

Morgan contends that using cellular signals is better than GPS, because with GPS "if you don't have a good view of the sky it can still get lost."

To locate itself using cellular signals, the device has to communicate with cell towers, of course. So how does Morgan pull that off? He said he operates a small wireless carrier called Aspenta, and has roaming agreements with the major carriers allowing the Trakdot device to work worldwide. We couldn't find a website for Aspenta, but there is a Federal Communications Commission filing listing Morgan as the owner of Aspenta in Georgia.

"We are a cell phone carrier. These devices only communicate with my carrier, and I have roaming agreements with the world," Morgan said.

Morgan is a 40-year veteran of the communications industry with experience at NASA, IBM, Delta Airlines, and more, according to the GlobaTrac website.

Besides simply locating your luggage on a map, Morgan has a couple other tricks up his sleeve. The device will also use BlueTooth to communicate with an app on your iPhone or Android. That way, you can watch its progress along the conveyor belt as you're waiting for your luggage. If it works, that's a neat trick given how similar most pieces of luggage looks these days, but certainly isn't as useful as locating luggage that's been lost altogether.

Using double-A batteries, the device should keep a charge for about three weeks if it's running constantly, Morgan said. It should work in nearly any suitcase, but perhaps not ones made of metal.

The device also temporarily shuts itself off during a plane's takeoff and landing, using an accelerometer to sense speed. "Right before the airplane takes off it goes into auto shutdown. It stays off for 20 minutes and then it comes back on in receive mode only," Morgan said.

While Morgan said "There are no guidelines about devices that ride in the belly of the aircraft today," he's worried that won't always be the case. "We didn't want to spend millions of dollars creating something that could get outlawed."

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Turn Your Windows 8 Laptop Into a Touchscreen Device With This Gadget

Want to turn your laptop or desktop running Windows 8 into a touchscreen device? Accessory company Targus announced on Monday morning at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a first-of-its kind technology that makes the most of the latest Windows operating system, without the need to splurge for a pricey new computer that touts the company's built-in touchscreen capabilities.

Windows 8 — which launched in October and was designed for touch — allows users to swipe, slide and access a full collection of features via your finger. But because of the cost of new hardware, many Microsoft fans upgraded to Windows 8 without buying an expensive touch-screen PC.

Now, the Targus Touch Pen aims to give anyone using Windows 8 on older hardware the touch experience, with the help of a stylus.

"Windows 8 is designed for touch, so if you have a current laptop and your device isn't capability for touch [sic], it lessens the value," Al Giazzon, VP of marketing and communications at Targus, told Mashable. "We put together a new product that turns current computers into a touchscreen device that supports Windows 8. It's easy to use, cheaper and is smaller than the size of your thumb."

Here's how it works: A small receiver attaches to the side of the laptop screen and communicates with the black Touch Pen via a cable that connects to a USB port, so your laptop thinks it has a touchscreen. The Touch Pen acts like your finger would on a touchscreen, and the screen is protected with the stylus' soft tip. (Note: It doesn't work with an actual finger because it doesn't use either capacitive or optical touch tech).

"Anything you can do with a touch-screen device, you can now do with a laptop or desktop," Giazzon said. "It also works with a laptop you bought years ago."

Even better, the Touch Pen doesn't require software or drivers, and only a one-time calibration is needed to set up the device and determine the measurements of the screen. It works with any computer with Windows 8 and monitors up to 17 inches (so larger all-in-ones are out). Meanwhile, the company said it patented the technology that simulates the touch experience with a stylus for Windows 8 devices, which may ward off other manufacturers looking to get into the space.

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