and air sensors capable of sending real-time information to police headquarters. The NYPD says it is the cruiser of the very near future.
The 13-page report describes initiatives ranging from the high-tech (500 officers have received Samsung Rugby smartphones equipped to deliver real-time crime data) to the bureaucratic (new guidelines for recruiting
##A detector attached to the rear windshield can scan the air for increased radiation levels,
adding that future smart cars might include fingerprint scanners and facial recognition sensors. Besides getting officers to crime scenes, Mr. del Pozo said,
Inside the two-pound mechanical organ is an intricate system of sensors and microprocessors that monitors the body s internal changes and alters the flow of blood as needed.
It quickens or slows the blood flow based on the person s activity.####Most other artificial hearts, by contrast, beat at a constant unchanging rate.
The artificial heart features sensors to monitor and adjust blood flow depending on the body s demands.
a sensor-equipped capsule that you only need to take just once. The smart pill releases medicine on a schedule
##Obviously, creating smart pills with their own sensors to regulate medicine in the body is a great idea,
##Vanadium dioxide is not a new material to the electronics industry, already receiving praise for its ability to be both an insulator (at low temperatures)
and electronic devices are definitely in the cards. And that is not all. For when heated, vanadium dioxide s crystals begin to rapidly contract along one dimension,
as the mechanism in question is currently the size of a microchip. Via RT Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati swfobject. embedswf (http://www. youtube. com/v/BWUOHOCN UG&
what a call receiver says. In some cases, a single call-center worker will run two or even three calls at the same time.
##More sophisticated systems have multiple responses for each type of question that might be asked by a call receiver.
call receivers more satisfied, and the sales companies more successful. Everyone wins. If that were the case,
In May, Microsoft said its Xbox One console would have an#always-on microphone, constantly listening to whatever people say near it.
and heavy enough on sensor data to betray the user s gender, rough height and weight, and more.##
but a high frequency electronic system that never fails and is constantly active. Nothing will attach to the windshield.
control electronics, and make phone calls, with just our thoughts. In addition, we would understand complicated subjects;
That we currently need a cell phone to act as a proximity sensor is just an artifact of where the technology is at present.
The same can be accomplished with any number of other internet-connected sensors. GE and Quirky s motion, sound, light, temperature and humidity sensor#
called Spotter, is a good example. It s even possible to determine proximity indirectly##for example, internet-connected smart energy systems can figure out you re home the moment you switch on a light.
smartwatch or other equipped device to a surface will allow you to press that##button.##
or being embedded in clothing or other discrete wearable devices like fitness sensors, wristwatches#or even temporary tattoos.
Anticipatory computing and the end of interfaces Objects on our bodies (health monitors, smart glasses) and in our homes and businesses (smart thermostats, lights, appliances and security systems) can all be programmed to interact in complicated and unexpected ways
This is called#sensor fusion, a task that is basic to all big data projects. Knowing where you are throughout the day won t mean much,
When the electronics began overheating, Kayser cut open a soup can, sliced and bent its sides into fan blades,
and aimed it right at the circuit board. The sun melted only the sand, and, after more than four hours, he printed a glass bowl,
Sensors inside detect the shadows and feed the data on their position to Kayser s computer,
the electronics, cameras and a laptop all run on batteries charged by the solar panels PRINTING Kayser first designs the object he wants to print in a CAD program.
#processor, battery, and sensors. Android runs on an OMAP processor Lumus isn t saying which one specifically
and there s a motion sensor with 9 degrees-of-freedom to do precise head tracking, important when you want to exactly match what s on-screen with what s in front of the wearer.
##E2v s#RF Safe-Stop#can stall the engine of a vehicle by confusing its electronic systems with radio frequency.
Because RF Safe-Stop works on electronic systems, it can also be effective on boats. However, it s likely useless against older cars.
and football-field sized antennas.####For#space-based solar power (SBSP), there would be two basic steps,
The microwave transmission that would deliver SBSP s electricity from an orbiting antenna to terrestrial rectennas would be##2 million times the power of that produced by the microwave oven.##
And the transmitter would be immediately shut down if there was any interruption at the earth station.##
Big data sensors in cars should help eliminate any surprises.####The cr#me de la cr#me is making an autonomous car.
even though it has absolutely no circuitry and no sensors, it manages to keep itself upright in the air.
#Scientists create electrode that lets you taste virtual food on your tongue The same research team is also working on a digital lollipop.
Scientists at the National University of Singapore have developed a new electrode that could be the first step in making that happen.
Video)##This electrode, when placed directly on the tongue, can mimic all four taste sensations present there:
A semiconductor controls the process, allowing the electrode to heat and cool quickly. It s also completely safe,
albeit a little clunky##researchers hope to make it more comfortable in the near future. In addition to gaming applications, such a device could also allow you to taste dishes on a cooking show.
The electrode could even be used to simulate sugary treats for people with diabetes. In fact this same research team is also working on a digital lollipop:
as the same material can also be adapted to make a##transparent conductive film,##in other words a see-through electronic circuit,
##Researchers at North carolina State university have developed a method to deliver power to moving vehicles using simple electronic components, rather than the expensive power electronics or complex sensors previously employed.
The system uses a specialized receiver that induces a burst of power only when a vehicle passes over a wireless transmitter.
Wireless charging through magnetic induction##the same type typically used for electric toothbrushes##is being pursued by a number of companies for consumer electronics and electric vehicles.
When a car with its own coil is placed above the transmitter, the magnetic field induces a flow of power that charges the batteries.
Stationary inductive chargers for electric vehicles typically use sensors to ensure that the receiver coils on the vehicle are aligned above wireless charging pads correctly.
The NCSU researchers system operates without position sensors in an attempt to simplify the design
the transmitter coil gives off a weak field. But when a vehicle with a receiver passes by
electronics in the receiver trigger a strong magnetic field and an accompanying flow of power, says Lukic.
Precisely controlling when the roadway coils produce a magnetic field is important for safety reasons; if the field misses the car s receiving coils,
or contain the magnetic field produced by the transmitter to always be right below the receiver.
In a stationary induction charger, the power receiver is made with a simple coil. The NCSU device is sophisticated more.
It uses capacitors and inductors to manipulate the power transfer and magnetic field, says Lukic. The coupling between transmitter and receiver could be done with power electronics
but such a system would be more expensive than the NCSU device, he says. The researchers have made a low-power prototype
and intend to reach a rate of 50 kilowatts, which is equivalent to direct-current fast chargers,
Qualcomm is working on a##dynamic##charging system that builds off its current stationary#wireless EV charger.
The techniques that the NCSU researchers used for dynamic EV charging have already been applied in some consumer electronics,
But the electronic tooling used for small electronics, such as switches, isn t readily available for high-power applications.##
The Oak ridge National Laboratory is also working on ways to automatically match the wireless power transmitter
and receiver, says Omer Onar, a researcher who works on wireless vehicle charging there. The new work addresses only one of the barriers of the dynamic charging,
A Square-like card reader attachment that ships with Coin plugs into your iphone s headphone jack.
For other hi-tech products, including chips and database solutions, #China#will need more time before its products will be competitive.##
Using a technology similar to the kind found in noise-cancelling headphones, Sono (not to be confused with the audio company#Sonos) nullifies obnoxious earaches
The window-mounted device uses a high-frequency laser microphone to pick up bothersome sounds then sends out sounds of its own at 180 degrees,
Its included suction cup mount has an##energy antenna##embedded inside to gather electromagnetic activity (such as from#Wi-fi signals) to translate for use as power,
#Internet of things will be the biggest business in the history of electronics Imagine a world filled with hyperlinked smart objects that are constantly interacting over a network to improve user experience IRL.
Which is probably why#it s relentlessly being heralded as the next big thing in consumer electronics: Recent projections from some of the industry s biggest players say the Iot could be a#$15 trillion market#in just six years.##
and literally trillions of sensors. Which is why Janusz Bryzek, an executive at Fairchild, #apparently organized the Trillion Sensor Summit,
which took place in Palo alto recently. The event was attended by 200 executives from around the globe.
According to the electronics trade publication#The EE Times, Bryzek###wants to create a consortium of companies
and pools funding to drive towards a market of trillion sensors.####Again, that s not as crazy as it sounds.
A trillion sensors##in this case, specifically#electronics that can send signals back and forth over the network, allowing, for instance, a consumer to control his TV, house lights,
There are already about 3. 5 billion sensors#out there##up from just 10 million in 2007.
In the last six years, we ve gone from 10 million sensors##in things like the Nintendo Wii and iphones##to 3. 5 billion.#
we d just need more sensors. Those sensors can cost less than $1 and consume almost no energy##it s all about mass manufacturing and deployment.
That s why Bryzek is shooting for one trillion by 2020. It s part of the Summit s#roadmap
which imagines a world filled with 100 trillion sensors just past 2030. There are, of course, myriad concerns lurking in this grand new internet of stuff.
Sensors will no doubt be employed to bombard us with tailored advertisements as we pass node points in public, like restaurants, theaters, shops.#
like#RFID chips that users carry with them on their persons;##some schools already require students wear them as bracelets that sensors can pick up to#deter truancy.
The Iot could improve our lives in numerous ways##making life more convenient, efficient, and sustainable.#
and it s worth thinking about what a world with 100 trillion sensors will actually look like#before our corporate overlords make the call for us.##
##This could be the biggest business in the history of electronics, ##Bryzek said. Via Motherboard Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorat o
In the meantime, Prox Dynamics AS is currently working on adding additional sensors and tweaking the drone for the ultimate stealth insect.
These driverless pods have been shuttling travelers from terminal to terminal at the massive airport sonce 2011.
#Replacing batteries with super capacitors: Volvo s quest to create the ultimate electric vehicle The battery is the biggest limitation for electric vehicles (EV.#
substituting a super capacitor made from advanced carbon fiber-based nanomaterials that can be integrated into the body panels of the vehicle.
The vehicle plugs in to initially charge and then recharges the supercapacitor panels during braking.
A single body panel like the hood can easily supply all the energy needed to run the vehicle s internal electronics.
incorporates super capacitors and a fully-integrated drive train within the body of the vehicle.
More than one hundred companies including startups such as Witricity and Proxybypower and giants such as Toyota (TM), Intel (INTC), Samsung,
Samsung last month invested $4 million in the company. The next step: charging without being tied so to a pad.
In recent weeks, Intel and Hon hai/Foxconn, seeing wireless charging as a possible killer app for electronic devices such as laptops
perpetually self-powered wireless sensor network##that can provide##unobtrusive, continuous surveillance##in units so small they can fit in a rock.##
##SPAN is a mesh network of self-organizing sensors that, when triggered, can cue a camera
claiming that the sensors can remain in the field for years at a time without maintenance, powered by solar technology.
And although Lockheed claims that SPAN s inconspicuous sensors##reduce the likelihood of discovery and tampering,
A small Photo Voltaic solar panel provides power for the micro controller, sensors, various valves, etc.
or charge sensors embedded throughout#smart homes, offices, cities. But what if these devices could pull enough power wirelessly from the air to run themselves
The tag s antenna encodes data#by selectively reflecting or absorbing the signals. This selective reflection makes tiny changes in signal strength that can be detected
or laptops can communicate with a range of low-power devices and sensors within about two meters and at a rate of one kilobit per second.
Or temperature sensors throughout your house could communicate with thermostats to maintain an optimal temperature inside.
That s important for the battery and other electronics and sensors. Once the robot can stay aloft on its own,
By integrating a basket of public Iot semiconductor companies (highlighted by Goldman sachs; note: Making S-E-N-s-E of the next mega-trend) with Google Trends data containing the phraseiot,
#New LED light technology sheds light on the future of food LED growing lights, delivering sunlight whatever the weather.
New LED light technology is the key that makes it possible to build vertically integrated farms.
LED LIGHTS can be tuned to emit only a narrow wavelength of light they can be combined to create perfect lighting that provide light on the ideal spectrum for a plant s growth.
There is potential for these multifunctional techno-greenhouses built around LED grow lights to increase the quality of the food we eat
and other mental health problems through an assortment of real-time sensors (she was developed to help treat PTSD in soldiers
At a technological level, Ellie combines a video camera to track facial expressions, a Microsoft Kinect movement sensor to track gestures and jerks,
and a microphone to capture inflection and tone. At a psychological level, Ellie evolved from the suspicion that our twitches
and twerks and tones reveal much more about our inner state than our words (thus Ellie tracks 60 different features-that's everything from voice pitch to eye gaze to head tilt).
and hopes to sell them to manufacturers of wearable electronics, medical devices, smart labels, and environmental sensors.
The company s approach is meant to make the batteries safe for on-body applications, while their small size and flexibility will allow for product designs that would have been impossible with bulkier lithium-based batteries.
the batteries can deliver enough current for low-power wireless communications sensors, distinguishing them from other types of thin batteries.
branch-like structures that can grow from one electrode to the other, shorting the battery.
The company also recently began working on a project funded by the U s. military to make batteries for sensors that would monitor the health status of soldiers.
Other potential applications include powering smart labels with sensors for tracking food and packages. Via Technology Review Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorat t
##That s the promise ofsmart luggage, in which GPS tracking chips are embedded in bags capable of transmitting their locations to travelers
For more than ten years, engineers have been worrying that they are running out of tricks for continuing to shrink silicon transistors.
Intel s latest chips have transistors with features as small as 14 nanometers, but it is unclear how the industry can keep scaling down silicon transistors much further or
what might replace them. A project at IBM is now aiming to have built transistors using carbon nanotubes ready to take over from silicon transistors soon after 2020.
According to the semiconductor industry s roadmap transistors at that point must have features as small as five nanometers to keep up with the continuous miniaturization of computer chips.
That s where silicon scaling runs out of steam, and there really is nothing else,
says Wilfried Haensch, who leads the company s nanotube project at the company s T. J. Watson research center in Yorktown Heights,
by offering a practical way to make both smaller and faster transistors, he says. In 1998, researchers at IBM made one of the first working carbon nanotube transistors.
who took over in 2011 after a career working on manufacturing conventional chips. Wilfried joined with a silicon technology background
Haensch s team chose the target for commercialization based on the timetable of technical improvements the chip industry has mapped out to keep alive Moore s Law
a prediction originating in 1965 that the number of transistors that could be crammed into a circuit would double every two years.
Generations of chip-making technology are known by the size of the smallest structure they can write into a chip.
The most recent report from the microchip industry group the ITRS says the so-called five-nanometernode is due in 2019.
IBM has made recently chips with 10 000 nanotube transistors. Now it is working on a transistor design that could be built on the silicon wafers used in the industry today with minimal changes to existing design and manufacturing methods.
The design was chosen in part based on simulations that evaluated the performance of a chip with billions of transistors.
Those simulations suggest that the design chosen should allow a microprocessor to be five times as fast as a silicon one using the same amount of power.
IBM s chosen design uses six nanotubes lined up in parallel to make a single transistor.
Each nanotube is 1. 4 nanometers wide about 30 nanometers long, and spaced roughly eight nanometers apart from its neighbors.
Both ends of the six tubes are embedded into electrodes that supply current, leaving around 10 nanometers of their lengths exposed in the middle.
A third electrode runs perpendicularly underneath this portion of the tubes and switches the transistor on and off to represent digital 1s and 0s.
The IBM team has tested nanotube transistors with that design, but so far it hasn t found a way to position the nanotubes closely enough together,
because existing chip technology can t work at that scale. The favored solution is to chemically label the substrate
and ready to have electrodes and other circuitry added to finish a chip. Haensch s team buys nanotubes in bulk from industrial suppliers
and filters out the tubes with the right properties for transistors using a modified version of a machine used to filter molecules such as proteins in the pharmaceutical industry.
It uses electric charge to separate semiconducting nanotubes useful for transistors from those that conduct electricity like metals
and can t be used for transistors. Last year researchers at Stanford created the first simple computer built using only nanotube transistors.
But those components were bulky and slow compared to silicon transistors says However, for now IBM s nanotube effort remains within its research labs, not its semiconductor business unit.
And the researchers are open about the fact that success is guaranteed not. In particular, if the nanotube transistors are not ready soon after 2020
when the industry needs them, the window of opportunity might be closed, says IBM s Hannon.
there s little else that shows much potential to take over from silicon transistors in that time frame.
and unlike carbon nanotubes, they don t behave similarly to silicon transistors, says Hannon. Subhasish Mitra, a professor who worked on the project.
and has devised processes that should be amenable to the semiconductor industry. Via Technology Revie e
Say, for example, you sell electronics or operate a business where profit margins are slim, say under 5 percent.
The findings, reported in the journal Science, could lead to cheaper and greener cars, planes and electronics.
a built-in LED display brings the stark cup to life, highlighting a single line that estimates your current level of hydration
At its core lives a molecular sensor, the specifics of which Lee refused to provide for competitive reasons,
And in that regard, Vessyl as it is now a $199 glowing electronic device that you wash by hand and charge on a bundled coaster (for five to seven days of run time) will probably only make sense to a small pool of early adopters.
and self-checkout terminals to voice-recognition telephone apps, each year intelligent systems will take over more jobs formerly held by humans;
the computer chip maker,#told the New york times#in January. Once limited to silvery#images#on credit cards,
If offices have thermostats, they re often fake, so people don t end up fighting with each other over the right setting
Transgenic TLX expression led to mice with enlarged brains with an elongated hippocampal dentate gyrus and increased numbers of newborn neurons.
Tracking of patients data through wearables and biometric sensors.##Healthcare providers can tell if the health of a patient at home is declining,
and potentially from Intel, too, depending on who HP chooses to fabricate its new chip. Last year, Whitman called out Microsoft and Intel as competitors.
#Ostendo Technologies chip to bring holograms to smartphones Ostendo chip that can produce a hologram Virtual reality won t require strapping a bulky contraption to your head in the future.
Or look down at a smartwatch and#see virtual objects float #and bounce above the wrist,
A patchwork of chips, laid together, can form far larger and more complex images. The first iteration of the chip,
which is scheduled to begin shipping next year, will only project 2-D videos, but the next version, expected to follow soon after will feature holographic capability,
and goggles who handle fragile nanotechnology equipment at a high-tech semiconductor lab. The long effort has yielded the Ostendo Quantum Photonic Imager, an appropriately sci-fi-sounding name,
which fuses an image processor with a wafer containing micro light-emitting diodes, or LEDS, alongside software that helps the unit properly render images.
During a recent test reviewed by The Wall street journal, Ostendo showed a working prototype: a set of six chips laid together that beamed a 3-D image of green dice spinning in the air.
The image and motion appeared consistent, irrespective of the position of the viewer. According to Ramesh Raskar, an associate professor at the Massachusetts institute of technology, who is working on 3-D displays for MIT s Media Lab,
Ostendo s chips are at about 5, 000 dots per inch. Ostendo which says it has several opportunities with major handset manufacturers,
It also expects to begin manufacturing the second version of the chip, with 3-D capability, in the second half of 2015.
The cost to the consumer should be about $30 a chip, Ostendo estimates. Dr. El-Ghoroury said the company still needs to improve the 3-D product
the larger vision is to have Ostendo s chips everywhere electronic displays are needed, whether it is a glasses-free 3-D television screen, a smartwatch,
or tables that can project hologram-like images. So what happens in a world where 3-D
The researchers also found that the new semimetal material exists in a sturdy 3d form that should be much easier to shape into electronic devices such as very fast transistors, sensors and transparent electrodes.
They use an air-electrode capable of breathing ambient air and extracting the oxygen from it.
Phinergy batteries use a porous electrode with a large surface area that captures the oxygen from ambient air.
The electrode also contains a silver-based catalyst that doesn t let CO2 interact with it.
carbonization caused by CO2 permeating the electrode. To make the aluminum-air battery even more economical they are produced in areas where electrical energy capacity
for backing up renewable power sites, for electronic devices and for industry and defense. Via World Future Society Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorat o
The second paper presents designs that show how to build electrical components (such as resistors, inductors, capacitors, sensors and actuators) with self-folding laser-cut materials.
Rus hopes that these folded electronics will evolve into something of ahardware compiler, where different working devices can be generated for performing a variety of tasks such as cleaning the floor.
and connect the electrodes. Take a peek after the break to see the video in question
These sensors then measure the electrical potential of the eye movement; changes in voltage are collected then into data that is measured for parameters such as alertness or fatigue.
In addition, the MEME also comes equipped with a six-axis motion-tracking sensor built into the frame that calculates different body movements,
Overtext Web Module V3.0 Alpha
Copyright Semantic-Knowledge, 1994-2011