Wright team is now looking to find out how easy it is for users. The USAID competition was intended actually for systems built for individual farms,
The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards he Internet of thingsthe idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment,
and even livestock would have embedded their own sensors that report information directly to networked servers,
an MIT graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science and first author on the new paper. e need to regulate the input to extract the maximum power,
at very limited input power levels 10 nanowatts to 1 microwatt for the Internet of things. The prototype chip was manufactured through the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company University Shuttle Program.
Nanoparticles made from these polymers have a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic shell. Due to molecular-scale forces
BPA, another endocrine-disrupting synthetic compound widely used in plastic bottles and other resinous consumer goods, from thermal printing paper samples;
and a processor to run the show. The Trakür is no exception. Developed in the suburbs of Buenos aires by INTA's rural engineering division, the yellow and white robot resembles a child's Tonka truck (the chassis) with a lighthouse (the sprayer) strapped to the top.
A wireless transmitter on the robot sends camera video and sensor data such as the unit's speed,
and the amount of remaining chemical to a computer outside the greenhouse, where an operator directs the Trakür virtually.
or cameras and algorithms or satellite GPS, this is guided by a cable that emits a electromagnetic signal.
Growflex is a machine to machine-machine network solution that includes battery -or solar-powered sensors that are distributed in a greenhouse or field.
These sensors connect to backend servers that process the data collected, and the information is displayed as requested by the customer.
or her field using a mobile phone, personal digital assistant or PC. Information that is collected includes temperature, humidity, and soil nutrients.
The solution was developed by Bulut Ersavas, a former electronics engineer with IBM and Sun who got the idea for a water-monitoring system
while he was earning his MBA. Val Babajov, president of Climateminder, says his company's goal is to help agricultural concerns produce the same yield with less water.
But the equally colossal pieces of Styrofoam that protected the computer in shipping more than two decades ago are gone long,
but in the future you may see it on your TV or in your car. I called Bayer Monday at his office in Green Island, NY.
which could even be your computer or TV. Steelcase one of the largest office furniture makers in the world--they ve been really happy with Ecocradle,
We re launching Ecocradle in the computer market. There s one big client that will be using it (we will be releasing the name in a couple weeks.
We see using it for all sorts of plastic material like the hard plastic around your TV.
#Google maps goes underground"in Japan's radioactive zone"This is not a place you'd want to hang around for too long Google is producing underground street maps of Japan's nuclear exclusion zone.
The radiation levels near the Fukushima site are spiking to record levels, but that hasn't stopped Google's Streetview from entering one area of the forbidden'zone.
The images are from 17 cities within Japan's Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, which were damaged heavily by the 2011 tsunami,
Google has catalogued also the interiors of over 70 flood-damaged buildings in the region. The panoramic images are an update to ones taken shortly after the disaster.
Google says that it has a higher social purpose. Our digital archiving project aims not only to make a record of the disaster's wreckage,
and Miyagi Prefectures for the first time since we#published the first panoramas back in 2011, Google's group product manager,
Kei Kawai, wrote on the team's#blog. By releasing this new imagery on Google maps
we hope people in Japan and from all around the world can virtually explore what these towns currently look like
Google is not the first nongovernmental entity to enter the exclusion zone. Organizations including#Animal Friends Niigata
Google maps, David Worthington) Related on Smartplanet: What the NRC really knew about Fukushima Fukushima ocean radiation could pose sleeper threat Nuclear meltdowns nearly made northern Japan uninhabitable do need we to worry about radiation in our milk?
from initial MRI to 3d printing, could be completed within days, said Dr. Mao. They will begin clinical trials once the team has raised enough cash to start printing
This means youl soon be able to get your hands on a range of products for the connected home that work with Siri on your ios device,
with a practical lineup to get your home connected to your ios ecosystem in an essential way.
The Elgato Eve is a set of connected wireless sensors that monitor key factors like indoor air quality, temperature, humidity as well as conditions outside, like temperature, humidity and air pressure.
ios device users with 8. 1 or above can check on all the stats gathered by the Eve from their devices,
when theye away from home using Apple TV (generation 3 or later with OS version 7. 0 or later),
Connected thermostat maker ecobee is adding Homekit to its ecobee3 hardware, which is designed for houses that have multiple rooms in need of climate control.
Remote sensors help it monitor temperature in multiple rooms at the same time, letting you save energy and maximize comfort in every area.
and control things remotely with the Apple TV component. It starts shipping later this month,
The Caséta Smart Bridge is a wireless lighting hub that makes up a core part of the Caséta Wireless Lighting Starter Kit from the company.
This Homekit version lets users control lights in specific areas, as well as check with Siri to see
You can also control things remotely provided you have that late-generation Apple TV. Lutron Homekit-enabled Caséta Smart Bridge is part of the Lighting Starter Kit that also includes two dimmers
The Insteon Hub with Homekit allows users to control the whole range of Insteon connected devices from the company
the company is also now offering up a brand new version of its Insteon+app for ios 8. 1 or later,
Insteon is clearly looking to be a one-stop shop for users looking to create an Apple-friendly connected home,
The new Hub is available at Amazon com and Smarthome. com right now for $149. 99
Accessory maker ihome is getting in the smart home game with a new Homekit-enabled smart plug model, the isp5.
and to use multiple isp5 plugs to create ceneswhich turn on or off multiple gadgets at once.
and are running ios 8. 1 or later. Set up and discovery is handled automatically just by tapping,
If you also have an Apple TV (generation 3 or later) you can also control Homekit-enabled devices remotely,
when youe outside of your home Wi-fi network. Apple had told us the first Homekit accessories were coming in June,
#Google New Health Wearable Delivers Constant Patient Monitoring Often when we think of the wearable tech category,
Google has unveiled a new niche device that designed to do serious work in a specific setting,
is the product of Google X, the experimental group within the search giant that is responsible for some of its more noteworthy oon shotprojects,
including Google glass, its driverless cars and Project Loon. The health wristband can monitor pulse, heart rhythm, skin temperature, light exposure and noise levels, providing valuable data not just about a patient,
but about their surroundings, too. Where this niche wearable differs from those aimed at the more broad consumer market is mostly in accuracy;
the readings it takes are more scientifically rigorous than those achieved by the current crop of Android Wear-powered devices,
and the dedicated medical wearable unveiled today also monitors and reports information continuously, for better delivery of real-time actionable info to researchers and medical professionals.
Testing for the medical band begins this summer, according to Google, and it going to pursue regulatory approval for its use in medical contexts in partnership with academic institutions and drug companies, per Bloomberg.
This isn Google first move in building medical hardware; Google X is also creating contact lenses that can monitor blood glucose level to help in managing conditions like diabetes.
The competition is also eager to contribute to the medical research community pple has introduced Researchkit,
which allows studies to use iphones and ipads to gather participant data from a wider potential user pool, for instance o
#The Latest Chat App for iphone Needs No Internet connection Mobile app stores are stuffed with messaging apps from Whatsapp to Tango and their many imitators.
But Firechat released last week for the iphone stands out. It s the only one that can be used without cellphone reception.
Firechat makes use of a feature Apple introduced in the latest version of its ios mobile software ios7 called multipeer connectivity.
This feature allows phones to connect to one another directly using Bluetooth or Wi-fi as an alternative to the Internet.
If you re using Firechat its nearby chat room lets you exchange messages with other users within 100 feet without sending data via your cellular provider.
Micha Benoliel CEO and cofounder of startup Open Garden which made Firechat says the app shows how smartphones can be set free from cellular networks.
He hopes to enable many more Internet-optional apps with the upcoming release of software tools that will help developers build Firechat-style apps for iphone or for Android Mac and Windows devices.
This approach is very interesting for multiplayer gaming and all kinds of communication apps says Benoliel.
The new feature of ios7 currently only supports data moving directly from one device to another and from one device to several others.
However Open Garden s forthcoming software will extend the feature so that data can hop between two iphones out of range of one another via intermediary devices.
That approach known as mesh networking is at the heart of several existing projects to create disaster-proof
or community-controlled communications networks (see Build Your Own Internet with Mobile Mesh Networking). Apps built to exploit such device-to-device schemes can offer security
and privacy benefits over those that rely on the Internet. For example messages sent using Firechat to nearby devices don t pass through any systems operated by either Open Garden
or a wireless carrier (although they are broadcast to all Firechat users nearby). That means the content of a message and metadata could not be harvested from a central communications hub by an attacker or government agency.
This method of communication is immune to firewalls like the ones installed in China and North korea says Mattt Thompson a software engineer who writes the ios and Mac development blog NSHIPSTER.
Recent revelations about large-scale surveillance of online services and the constant litany of data breaches make this a good time for apps that don t rely on central servers he says.
As users become more mindful of the security and privacy implications of technologies they rely on moving in the direction of local ad hoc networking makes a lot of sense.
However peer-to-peer and mesh networking apps also come with their own risks since an eavesdropper could gain access to local traffic just by using a device within range.
Open Garden s main product is an app that allows Android devices to share their Internet connections (see Could You Spare Some Internet access?.
However Benoliel says that won t be coming to the iphone anytime soon because the feature that Firechat relies on cannot be used to share data connectivity.
Peer-to-peer mobile communications and mesh networks could prove especially important in countries with minimal communications infrastructure.
You can see Google spending billions on fiber and balloons but this is not going to solve the problem of ubiquitous mobile connectivity Benoliel says.
He argues that the spread of cheap Android phones across the world will make mesh networking feasible.
We need to create small Internets that can function on their own and then connect them to the big Internet t
#3d printed smartphone device reads ELISA diagnostic tests accurately and within one minute In remote or developing countries,
the ability to track and diagnose contagious and life-threatening viruses such as HIV, West Nile and Hepatitis b could save thousands, if not millions of lives every year.
Unfortunately, many common diagnostic tools, such as enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA), require large and expensive readout instruments that can only be found in well-equipped hospital labs. Now,
a team of researchers from the California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA have created a low-cost, smartphone-based device and app that is made with a 3d printer
and can read ELISA plates on-the-spot, with up to 99.6%accuracy for certain viruses. The new ELISA platform is made on a 3d printer.
Image via UCLATO conduct a traditional ELISA test, doctors place antigen samples from the patient onto a surface,
but with a small and low-cost 3d printed device that attaches to a smartphone. Known as a olorimtreic microplate reader, the attachment illuminates a 96-well plate with an LED array.
A custom-designed smartphone app then reads the resulting images and analyzes them using a machine-learning algorithm.
Perhaps most impressively the diagnostic results for the entire 96-well plate can be sent back to the phone within one minute, complete with a handy visualization for the user.
The mobile platform has been tested successfully in a clinical microbiology laboratory, comparing 571 patient samples to FDA-approved samples of mumps, measles,
In addition to serving low-resource or remote areas, the researchers noted that intrinsic wireless connectivity can serve epidemic-related studies,
and are looking to adapt the basic design of this ELISA cellphone reader to create smartphone-based quantified readers for other important medical tests,
professor of bioengineering and one of the researchers on the team. t is quite important to have these kinds of mobile devices,
Since 3d printing technology is acknowledged already for being affordable and easily transportable to low-resource areas,
#UCLA Researchers Design Low-cost Smartphone Blood Tester The smartphone is probably the most exciting computing tool human beings have at their disposal.
Like television before it, the smartphone has the potential to be a powerful educational tool.
But unlike most televisions, your smartphone is a computer. It can be programmed. As the price and size of powerful sensors continues to drop
Enter researchers from California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA. Theye created a smartphone-based diagnostic tool that reads blood samples for bacteria
and cost of this diagnostic test using modern smartphones. ELISA testing is performed usually with little honeycomb shaped plates that have 96 tiny wells embedded in them.
The device connects to the smartphone via a 3d printed attachment and hits the ELISA plate with a variety of light-emitting diodes.
The smartphone sends the resulting images to UCLA servers through a custom app. A machine-learning algorithm that the research team wrote analyzes the results.
Within one-minute, the diagnostic results are sent back to the phone in a user friendly visualization. This isn the first smartphone-related test that Dr. Ozcan has developed.
Previously covered on 3dpi Ozcan has created also a mobile device for detecting water contamination and a mobile microscope. t is quite important to have these kinds of mobile devices,
especially for administering medical tests that are done usually in a hospital or clinical laboratory, remarked Ozcan. his mobile platform can be used for point-of-care testing,
screening populations for particular diseases, or tracking vaccination campaigns in most resource-poor settings. It fantastic for an undergrad to be first author on the publication.
The FDA-approved well-plate readers used in clinical labs today were compared with the team handheld smartphone diagnostic in a UCLA clinical microbiology laboratory.
Mumps measles, and herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 were all part of the dual ELISA tests. From 571 patient samples, the mobile platform was 99.6 percent accurate at diagnosing mumps, 98.6 percent for measles,
and are looking to adapt the basic design of this ELISA cellphone reader to create smartphone-based quantified readers for other important medical tests,
Though I don think anyone would want to take a selfie with that particular smartphone, I glad researchers are creating something that could democratize diagnostic testing for bacteria
who headed the project at the Lab's Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN), a DOE Office of Science User Facility.
or manipulate light for telecommunications applications, or design novel catalysts for speeding up a variety of chemical reactions,"Gang said.
Our work demonstrates the versatility of this approach and opens up numerous exciting opportunities for high-yield precision assembly of tailored 3d building blocks in
the researchers need to subtract the data from the images and integrate the same by means of single particle 3d reconstruction
Its highly versatile nature makes it applicable for use in numerous electronics gadgets such as wearables, flexible displays and other sophisticated electronic devices."
Abbey Liebman 0 created a dress using conductive cotton threads capable of charging an iphone.
With ultrathin solar panels for trim and a USB charger tucked into the waist, the Southwest-inspired garment captured enough sunshine to charge cell phones
and other handheld devices allowing the wearer to stay plugged in. The technology may be embedded into shirts to measure heart rate
along with other researchers developed nanoscale particles that introduce silver antimicrobial potency to a biocompatible lignin core.
Upon disposal, the rest of the particles also degrade easily due to their biocompatible lignin core.
and environmentally responsible method to make effective antimicrobials with biomaterial cores. Velev, INVISTA Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular engineering at NC State.
Nanoparticles made from these polymers have a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic shell. Due to molecular-scale forces
BPA, another endocrine-disrupting synthetic compound widely used in plastic bottles and other resinous consumer goods, from thermal printing paper samples;
Saturas'precision agriculture sensing system comprises of miniature implanted sensors wireless transponders and delivery of information to the farmer's Internet device:
computer tablet or smartphone. Despite numerous approaches to sensor-based irrigation including measuring soil and leaf moisture the market lacks a solution that combines accuracy ease of use and affordability.
and complete the development of a reliable user friendly and efficient industrial product to achieve a precise irrigation tool for farmers worldwide.
an MIT graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science and first author on the new paper. e need to regulate the input to extract the maximum power,
at very limited input power levels 10 nanowatts to 1 microwatt for the Internet of things. he prototype chip was manufactured through the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's University Shuttle Program.
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#New White paper Provides Overview of IIOT, M2m, and Smart Technologies The term Industrial Internet of things (IIOT), also known as Industrial Internet and Industry 4. 0, refers to the integration of physical industrial machinery with software, internet,
along with network sensors, actuators, and other industrial machines and equipment. Moreover, the new white paper from AIS provides an in depth overview of the latest trends and developments of the new emerging technologies.
The white paper also touches on several related topics surrounding these technologies and their impact on industrial automation, control and monitoring.
Most notably, the convergence of Information technologies (IT) and Operational Technologies (OT) within industrial plants factories and facilities.
As the Visualization, Control and Monitoring Gateway, AIS's Industrial Panel PCS (IPCS) and Embedded Computers Help Enable IIOT
and Smart Technology Applicationsthe Industrial Internet of things (IIOT) white paper also addresses the vital role AIS's open, human machine interfaces and visualization technologies play in enabling IIOT, Industry
networks and machines is critically important for Iot applications. Open systems will be required to assure better connectivity
Industrial Iot Is expected to Revolutionize the Industrial Sector and Lead to a New Era of Economic growth and Competitivenessthe Industrial Internet is not some far off technology or vague futuristic concept.
It is utilized already by global, major corporations embracing everything Iot technologies have to offer. The Industrial Iot has begun already to transform major industries such as manufacturing
transportation, and retail, among others. Various technology and related trends are expected to be IIOT enablers,
which will also help in shaping the future of Industrial IIOT. Some technology trends which are expected to have a huge impact on IIOT evolution are IPV6, sensor proliferation, cloud computing, Big data,
and faster communication standards such as 4G LTE and beyond. Conservative estimates suggest worldwide Industrial Internet spending is set to increase from $20 billion in 2012 to $500 billion by 2020.
Massive Growth of Data Volumes Created by Computing Technologies Commonly Referred To as"Big data"is Driving the Growth of the Industrial Internetthe term"Big data"is essentially the collection of giant data sets so large and complex it is difficult to capture
curate, manage and process with traditional data processing applications. What constitutes"Big data Size"is obviously a continually growing number every day--from figures starting with a few dozen terabytes to double-digit, petabytes of data in a digital enterprise today.
Key factors driving"Big data"is the access of previously inaccessible data, now available wirelessly and cloud technologies.
Furthermore new technologies in analytics offer improved Asset management Performance (AMP. Operational Efficiency, Flexible Production Techniques and Predictive Analytics are Key Objectives of Industrial Companies Utilizing Industrial Iotearly adopters of the Industrial Internet
and Smart technologies have focused on improving operational efficiency as a key goal for leveraging IIOT.
Improving automation, flexible production techniques and predictive maintenance have helped some companies bolster productivity by as much as 30%.
%Using sensors, analytics and real-time data helps industrial automation companies anticipate failures and respond more quickly to critical situations
and can reduce breakdowns by up to 70%in some cases. By avoiding downtime and plant facility shutdowns,
The Promise of the Industrial Iot and Smart Technologies is in Boosting Revenues with New Digital Products
which are connected, intelligent physical products capable of producing data for use in digital services. The information companies harvest can become new products that they sell
if it generates data and becomes a digital service within its supply chain. Source: http://www. aispro. com m
He can now make out the direction of white lines on a computer screen using the retinal implant.
"Mr Flynn said he had to sit very close to the television to see anything. He had given up going to see Manchester united play football as he cannot make out what is happening.
vertical and diagonal lines on a computer screen using the implant. He kept his eyes closed during the test
"It was wonderful to be able to see the bars on the screen with my eyes closed."
#New Technology Turns Smartphone into a DNA-Scanning Microscope Researchers at University of California, Los angeles (UCLA) have developed a new technology that turns a smartphone into a DNA-scanning fluorescent microscope.
that utilize consumer devices (especially mobile phones) as a platform for making these measurements in filed settings and resource-limited settings. ere how it works.
and Windows smart application running on the same smartphone. Information is sent then to a remote server in the researchersucla laboratory that measures the length of the DNA molecules.
The data processing can take less than 10 seconds depending on the data connection. Read More: How a Smartphone Camera Can Find Eye Cancertraditional microscopes can do the same thing
but they are bulky, expensive and often unavailable in remote locations. Not only does this technology reduce cost,
and enable telemedicine and mobile health, but there also another angle that makes them attractive,
the microscopes described here are connected all to servers through WIFI or network signals, which make them uite powerfulin terms of labeling results as a function of space
Variety of Usesin general, the smartphone technology being developed at Ozcan lab can be used to perform a number of lab functions,
The team has been able to convert the mobile phone into a sensitive E-coli or giardia detector,
The research, ield-Portable Smartphone Microscopy Platform for Wide-field Imaging and Sizing of Single DNA Molecules, was presented at the Optical Society Conference on Laser and Electro optics (CLEO) 2015 h
#Smartphone-Based Device That Reads Medical Diagnostic Tests Quickly And Accurately Created, University of California,
Los angeles (UCLA) Reveals UCLA Researchers Create Smartphone-Based Device That Reads Medical Diagnostic Tests Quickly And Accurately Enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay,
A team of researchers from the California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA has developed a new mobile phone-based device that can read ELISA plates in the field with the same level of accuracy as the large machines normally found in clinical laboratories.
and two other undergraduates also contributed to the research. t is quite important to have these kinds of mobile devices,
which is created with a 3d printer and attaches to a smartphone, illuminates the ELISA plate with an array of light-emitting diodes.
The light projects through each well and is collected by 96 individual plastic optical fibers in the attachment.
The smartphone transmits the resulting images to UCLA servers through a custom-designed app. The images are analyzed then by a machine-learning algorithm that the researchers wrote for this purpose,
and the diagnostic results are sent back to the phone within about one minute for the entire 96-well plate.
The app also creates a visualization of the results for the user. This mobile platform was compared with the standard FDA-approved well-plate readers in a UCLA clinical microbiology laboratory.
The ELISA tests included those for mumps, measles, and herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2. With a total of 571 patient samples used in the comparison,
and are looking to adapt the basic design of this ELISA cellphone reader to create smartphone-based quantified readers for other important medical tests,
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