#Vision-correcting displays Researchers at the MIT Media Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have developed a new display technology that automatically corrects for vision defects no glasses (or contact lenses) required.
The technique could lead to dashboard-mounted GPS displays that farsighted drivers can consult without putting their glasses on
or electronic readers that eliminate the need for reading glasses among other applications. The first spectacles were invented in the 13th century says Gordon Wetzstein a research scientist at the Media Lab and one of the display's co-creators.
We have a different solution that basically puts the glasses on the display rather than on your head.
The display is a variation on a glasses-free 3-D technology also developed by the Camera Culture group.
and correct for vision defects all glasses-free. They could also reproduce another Camera Culture project which diagnoses vision defects.
Ghasemi says. hat exciting for us because wee come up with a new approach to solar steam generation.
The structure bottom layer is a carbon foam that contains pockets of air to keep the foam afloat
Wearing the robot a user could use one hand to for instance hold the base of a bottle while twisting off its cap.
There s even talk of a helmet powered wirelessly via backpack specifically for military applications. At present Witricity technology#charges devices#at around 6 to 12 inches with roughly 95 percent efficiency#12 watts for mobile devices and up to 6. 6 kilowatts for cars.
A room is packed with 100 wine glasses each filled with a different level of wine to ensure a different resonant frequency.
If an opera singer belts out a note inside that room the glass with the corresponding frequency accumulates enough energy to shatter
but none of the other glasses will resonate enough to break he says. A 2010 paper published in Applied Physics Letters by Soljacic
Reis says. hat reversibility is why this is pretty interesting; you can switch the drag-reducing effect on and off,
so do some track suits worn by competitive runners. For many purposes, such as in golf and soccer, constant dimpling is adequate,
say, a data point every 15 minutes from a utility meter. hat gives a lot more detail,
KGS Buildingsfoundation The KGS cofounders met as participants in the MIT entry for the 2007 Solar Decathlon an annual competition where college teams build small-scale, solar-powered homes to display at the National Mall
and often. hat means keep at it, keep adapting and adjusting, and if you get it wrong,
Moving forward, FINSIX is looking at getting its first product, Dart, into the market and developing higher-and lower-power products to suit customer needs u
hat has very critical macroscopic properties as a result of the nanostructure. While eumelanin molecules all share a basic chemistry,
and to correlate their neuronal activity with their behavior. hat very impressive about it is that it is such an elegantly simple implementation,
#Glasses-free 3-D projector Over the past three years, researchers in the Camera Culture group at the MIT Media Lab have refined steadily a design for a glasses-free, multiperspective, 3-D video screen,
With the technology that has historically been used to produce glasses-free 3-D images known as a parallax barrier simultaneously projecting eight different viewing angles would mean allotting each angle one-eighth of the light emitted by the projector
Wetzstein explains. hat the full contrast, but in practice, all modulators have something like 0. 1 to 1
Spreading pixels Oliver Cossairt, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Northwestern University, once worked for a company that was attempting to commercialize glasses-free 3-D projectors. hat
Cossairt says. hat that means is that if you take the 3-D image size
Cossairt continues. hat allowed them to break this invariance
#High-flying turbine produces more power For Altaeros Energies a startup launched out of MIT the sky s the limit
Anderson says. hat doesn mean it easy to deliver RNA to the liver, but it does mean that
they did not enter liver hepatocytes. hat interesting is that by changing the chemistry of the nanoparticle you can affect delivery to different parts of the body,
Van Voorhis says. hat the reason that 50 years ago they couldn compute these things
he says. hat youe looking to do in space is maximize reuse, while minimizing energetics. If we look at Earth as the spaceship, it the same problem.
an MIT postdoc and lead author of the PNAS paper. hat we wanted to do was come up with one way of measuring all DNA repair pathways at the same time so you have a single readout that easy to measure.
he says. hat separates our system from other anti-counterfeiting technologies is this ability to rapidly
and inexpensively tailor material properties to meet the needs of very different and challenging requirements,
whose currencies are pegged to the Euro. hat is surprising about our paper is that we found the law of one price,
Apple, H&m, Ikea, and Zara. Online pricing data was crapedusing a harvesting technique that Rigobon and Cavallo first developed for the illion Prices Project,
Cavallo says. hat points to the fact it not the flexibility or rigidity of the exchange rate that explains the differences.
if those prices diverged. hat possibly driving this, Cavallo says. r it could be that these firms just think about their pricing just in terms of currencies.
Gita Gopinath, an economics professor at Harvard university, calls the work terrific paperthat adds new information to the field. hat we did not know,
and genetic makeup. For example the so-called cellsrespond only to upward motion and express an adhesion molecule called JAM-B that helps them connect with the other cells they need to communicate with.
who was involved not in this research. hat nice here is that this is a comprehensive approach to try to get a good amount of data on many different cells.
who is also an associate member of the Broad Institute. hat that means is youe really going to be able to do anything you want in short periods of time.
an associate professor of chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute who was not part of the research team. hat
and can be used to create custom genes to give cells new functions. hat what our aim is to have next-day or two-day delivery of these peptide units,
who are now developing such antibodies. hat could become part of a kit that doctors would use to distinguish a patient who has a tumor that going to metastasize,
The trio began grinding away in a garage in Somerville Mass. conducting early trials on the Ford Crown Victoria
which analyzes the molecular makeup of a sample. However these instruments are not readily available in the developing world so the researchers adapted the particles
Albumin has binding pockets that can capture fatty, hydrophobic molecules, so the researchers added a fatty tail called a lipid to their vaccine peptides.
version of Batman famed utility-belt grappling gun: At the pull of a trigger, the handheld device can hoist two people about 30 stories up a rope in 30 seconds.
by lowering out-of-pocket costs, would increase the use of medical care. Or, as Finkelstein observes,
reduces out-of-pocket expenses or unpaid medical debt; and increases self-reported good health. In a 2013 paper published in the New england Journal of Medicine,
Many of us go to great lengths to make our faces more memorable using makeup and hairstyles to give ourselves a more distinctive look.
a global cap-and-trade scheme aimed at controlling carbon, or a tax on all carbon emissions.
hat would involve capping carbon dioxide emissions, but then using these segmental policies to address particular areas of concern,
"Kadambi says. hat is because the light that bounces off the transparent object and the background smear into one pixel on the camera.
and their targets. hat happening to the polymer and the corona phase has been a bit of a mystery,
the transition temperature gradually dropped until it was no higher than that of a smooth surface. hat result was surprising,
the Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical engineering at MIT. hat pretty much a description of what the ankle is.
The robot is mounted to a knee brace and connected to a custom-designed shoe. As a person moves his ankle,
Hogan says. hat wee trying to do with machines in therapy is equivalent to helping the patients,
Hogan adds that characterizing ankle stiffness may also be useful in designing safer footwear a field he is curious to explore. or example,
Its chemical makeup also mimics that of cells important to homeostasis, potentially reducing the body natural rejection of implanted devices. asically,
so it just a matter of figuring out how to achieve a desired result. hat a field wee just opening up,
hat can be done. Two years later, Rus showed her colleague Hod Lipson, a robotics researcher at Cornell University, a video of prototype robots, based on Romanishin design,
in action. hat can be done, Lipson said. In November, Romanishin now a research scientist in MIT Computer science and Artificial intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Rus,
Cornell Lipson says. t a low-tech solution to a problem that people have been trying to solve with extraordinarily high-tech approaches. hat they did that was very interesting is showed they several modes of locomotion,
is the fabrication of polymer fibers hat are soft and flexible and look more like natural nerves.
but did not prevent mice that were hungry from eating regular chow. hat was exciting
Suddenly, its product started moving and fast. hat when we realized wee not facing a technology problem in the field;
000 D-Lab Scale ups fellowship. hat came at a very useful time, because I couldn even pay for my work permit to stay in Tanzania,
Vuletic says. hat is new in our system is, for the first time on the atomic scale, we can see this transition from friction to superlubricity. uletic,
and so on. hat we can do is adjust at will the distance between the atoms to either be matched to the optical lattice for maximum friction,
Cima says. hat really captures people imaginations. hat study, combined with ongoing efforts in contraceptive-delivery microchips,
he says. hat the next major challenge. e
#Tiny wires could provide a big energy boost Wearable electronic devices for health and fitness monitoring are a rapidly growing area of consumer electronics;
The study also suggests the broader potential for adapting nanoscale drug-delivery techniques developed for use in environmental remediation. hat we can apply some of the highly sophisticated,
via Gizmag) Wearables for Your Dog Wearables for you Dog The Voyce collar (Photo credit: Voyce) Earlier this year, the news of researchers at Georgia Institute of technology working on a vest that would allow better communicate between dogs
But the collar isn about tracking weight loss or exercise goals, but providing longitudinal data on the dog health.
and electronics that can stretch and bend, allowing you to integrate electronics into new places like clothing,
The geometry of a nanoparticle is often as influential as its chemical makeup in determining how it behaves from its catalytic properties to its potential as a semiconductor component.
But this molecular deposition method that coats the particles completely changed the protective layer. In addition the particles with the oxide shells tend to merge together during charging increasing their size
and protein profiles could be used to design treatments specific to their individual makeup. Such game-changing technology is needed to make genome sequencing a reality.
Such stereoscopic images do not require the viewer to don special glasses but instead the depth perception and 3d effect is created simply by viewing the print through an optical microscope coupled with polarizers.
Nanosilver is used also in biomedical applications toys sunscreen cosmetics clothing and other items. We were surprised to see significant upset of the human gut community at the lowest concentration of nanosilver in this study says Dr. Das.
Coe-Sullivan enrolled in 15.390 (New Ventures) to further develop a business model. hat led to the more rigorous formation of a sales and marketing plans,
the remaining catalyst (the"carpet")acts as a cap and keeps the nanotubes from tangling.
and physical makeup to create conductive materials with a variety of other useful properties. One of the most successful ways they've developed to help MXENES express their array of abilities is called a process intercalation
and stored or even"painted"on clothing such as a jacket, he adds. Zang and his team found a way to break up bundles of the carbon nanotubes with a polymer
and used as a stuffing inside a winter coat but not so good when used in electronics that generally need to convey heat away from a source.
It is in the chemical makeup of these interfaces where we can improve features such as tolerance against radiation damage and fast ion conduction.
The light in these terahertz wavelengths can pass through materials that we normally think of as opaque such as skin plastics clothing and cardboard.
and chemists itching with excitement mesmerised by the possibilities starting to take shape from flexible electronics embedded into clothing to biomedicine (imagine synthetic nerve cells) vastly superior forms of energy storage (tiny
and joint movement and could be used to create lightweight sensor suits for vulnerable patients such as premature babies making it possible to remotely monitor their subtle movements and alert a doctor to any worrying behaviours.
the researchers took advantage of the chemical makeup of many explosives, particularly nitro-compounds such as DNT and its more well-known relative, TNT.
It is the explosive found in Richard Reid's shoe bomb in 2001 and Umar Farouk Abdulmtallab's underwear bomb in 2009.
since way to smaller and smaller laptops, smartphones and devices that most of us carry around in our pockets.
are vessels that confine electrons, much like pockets on a pool table. The dots can be spaced
so that electrons can be in two pockets at the same time, allowing them to interact and share electrons level of control that makes them ideally suited for computer-like circuitry."
and devised a method of monitoring how many electrons fit in the pocket and measuring the dot's charge.
"We believe that pockets of air inside the fiber keep it from being brittle.""This method opens up multiple possibilities for useful products, according to Terrones and colleagues.
a lipid, has a strong positive charge it attracts the negatively charged DNA strands that coat the nanoparticles.
New nanotech may provide power storage in electric cables clothes Imagine being able to carry all the juice you needed to power your MP3 PLAYER, smartphone and electric car in the fabric of your jacket?
That could lead to specially treated clothing fibers being able to hold enough power for big tasks.
if flexible solar cells and these fibers were used in tandem to make a jacket, it could be used independently to power electronic gadgets and other devices."
Once all the chemical parts have found their place in the pocket the energetics that control the reaction become favorable,
For us, we set the challenge to coat 2 meters long stainless steel tubes, "explains the researcher.
They envision the fiber supercapacitor could be woven into clothing to power medical devices for people at home or communications devices for soldiers in the field.
and structurally consistent over their length the fibers can also be woven into a crossing pattern into clothing for wearable devices in smart textiles.
Such clothing could power biomedical monitoring devices a patient wears at home providing information to a doctor at a hospital Dai said.
#Language-Translating Glasses For The Confused Tourist#For all the promise of mobile technology there's still not a whole lot an intrepid adventurer can do to break the language barrier besides well learning the language.
A team from Japanese#mobile carrier#NTT Docomo created augmented reality glasses that scan for text in Japanese translate the text through an online database
so it's not clear how advanced the glasses might be by the time of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics a tourism wave the company's looking to cash in on.
#Let This Amazing Hydrophobic Shirt Keep You Dry, You Slob#Human beings! Clothes-wearers! Folks who maybe drank some milk right out of the jug one time
On Kickstarter now is called a shirt Silic which repels liquids. If the videos are to be believed it looks rad.
Spill a bunch of soda on your shirt and it bounces right off. The shirts are woven with a hydrophobic silica also known as silicon dioxide.
Self Cleaning Clothing With Hydrophobic Nanotechnology as the Kickstarter says might be a vague enough claim to cause some concern
but we've definitely seen similarly cool stuff with aerosol sprays so it's not too much of a stretch to think this could work with clothing.
How the shirt actually feels along with how long it retains its properties (the team says 80 washes) might require a closer look.
But it's designed by a former designer for the Vera Wang Collection and definitely looks better than a shirt with an orange juice accent stain.
Kickstarter via Huffington Post
#Google Has added Quantum physics To'Minecraft'Video#Minecraft the Lego-style build-your-own-game game has been the canvas for some awesome projects.
#Hook Me Up to This Impractical Virtual reality Suit Right Now The Oculus Rift is one of the most immersive gadgets we've ever seen--just strap the glasses onto your face
#Gunk-Proof Everything Anyone who's worn waterproof boots knows that although they shed moisture they're magnets for grime.
Instead of a single layer Ever Dry is two coats. Engineers first spray a surface with a solution that consists mainly of xylene and butyl acetate.
Once that coat dries (about 20 minutes) they apply an acetone solution with small amounts of silica and other proprietary additives.
As it dries the top coat reacts with the base coat to form a layer of microscopic peaks and valleys.
and divers from getting chomped on with a line of shark-deterring wet suits. After two years of research and development the suits went on sale this week.
One version Elude camouflages the wearer in the water based on the recent discovery that sharks seem to be color blind The other Diverter aims to repel sharks with high-contrast black and white bands a natural signal the company says tells sharks
The suits'designs were tested with tiger sharks off the coast of Western australia but not with humans inside them.
(or shark-prone) can order a suit now. When you're talking life or limb $495 isn't that pricey.
what he believes is a seal shadowing the sun. Of course biting the diver will be a little a big wad of gume with the camouflage rubber wet suit.
Perhaps they should incorperate an awful taste/scent to the suit. then when the shark approches it's tiny little pea brain will say eeew i'm not eatin'that Expletive Deleted thing!
This suit didn't do crap. also $500?!For a striped pattern? Sonar devices that repel sharks are far more dependable.
(but still use the fruits of those discoveries when it suits you) and keep being smirked at more and more.
Faced with these constraints Prakash developed a pocket-size paper#microscope that is powerful enough to#detect a malaria parasite in a drop of blood yet costs just 50 cents.#
which they secure to the ground with the same anchor ties used for telephone poles. Logistical ease is critical to Altaeros's initial customers:
"Imagine if you slapped on those Oculus glasses you could view what changes to make as if you were in the room
#The Helmet That Could Change Football For decades football players have worn rigid unyielding helmets that protected the skull
To address this shortcoming Riddell built a smarter helmet. Available to NFL and college teams
At the crown of the helmet a flexible panel that has a polycarbonate shell attaches with a living hinge.
#Most face masks attach to the helmet at a player s brow but Speedflex s attaches at the sides.
The configuration diffuses any force around the helmet away from one central area. The stainless-steel mask is designed also to flex.
If a high school player loses his helmet rules require him to sit out a play. Riddell s ratchet-lock will make such incidents almost impossible.
Sensors in the helmet collect data on impact force linear or rotational acceleration and location.
The cap communicates wirelessly with a laptop that shows on its screen a white circle on a black background.
#Vest And Scarf Made From Spider Silk This silk scarf and vest have a nice drape
There's no reason to make a cute scarf from spider silk of course but the Japanese team members wanted to demonstrate they could harvest their product and feed it into the same machines silk factories use.
when the glasses don't have a data connection which is nice. It could also keep the images the glasses record for the app more secure the images are supposed to stay on the device
and never enter the cloud. A video demo of the software shows a prototype of the app on a laptop.
In addition the fact that all the control systems of the robots fit into caps at the ends of each rod means we can build robots of a variety of scales#we can make the robots twice as big
#The Rise Of The Crypto Phone Between revelations of NSA spying and a sense that marketers and hackers are picking our digital pockets we re all getting a little edgy about cellular security.
a crown of flakes, created by putting the material in a microwave oven and allowing bubbles to come to the surface and burst, in a way"just like popcorn,
or the unit is shipped overseas. hat is so special about this new product? Firstly it enables you to set up an absolute system without the need for a battery.
The exoskeleton is controlled through an EEG (Electroencephalography) cap placed over the head#the sensors on the cap read brain activity from the scalp.
The cap then deciphers the intention of the user and transmits the instruction to the exoskeleton
This is where the haptic sleeve system comes in to play. The exoskeleton user wears sleeves created by a team lead by Prof.
Hannes Bleuler at LSRO EPFL and NCCR Roboticsâ and stemming from the ongoing Phd work of Simon Gallo.
The sleeves are embedded with vibrators that are spread over the forearm#these vibrators then give a haptic feedback to the wearer as they indicate not only
while receiving feedback from the tactile sleeves for the past 8 months with the final decision on who would take the kick made only last week.
And you don even have to put on pants. Bid on Ebay to attend the History of Wearables
The developers of Robot Land hope it will have a positive influence on the Robot Business Belt Project a 420 billion won project that is currently being studied for feasibility by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.
and more confident gait. hat wee done is attached wee a motor to the type of brace that usually used in rehabilitation after a stroke.
There a sensor in the shoe to detect when the wearer is treading and by raising the ankle in time with that movement this enables the wearer to take bigger steps.?
is known as the uantum Goldilocks Effect. hat where the virus comes in. By engineering a virus that Belcher has worked with for years,
Carter said. hat mannequin is set up to detect things like pressure and the speed of your hands.
Carter said. hat the Army is hoping is that this physiology engine becomes the standard for physiology simulations,
"Our ambition is that every kid should be able to carry a microscope in their pocket."
This one though is really too big for its boots--it simply shouldn't be possible for it to be said so large
For example, click on a shirt featured in a Target ad and the site will immediately direct to Target's shopping page where you can select the color
and the new study is a step in the right direction toward a commercial device. hat has made all of this happen is an interest in biology on the part of engineers,
#China Announces World Largest Cap and Trade Program Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Friday that China will develop a carbon trading system as a way to reduce the country greenhouse gas emissions.
Obama said at a news conference at the White house. hina will a begin market-based cap
however. he reported move by China to enact a cap -and-trade program for carbon emissions will not begin to solve our climate crisis,
cap-and-trade programs essentially create a commodity out of pollution, allowing for financial corporations to profit from polluting industries. c
Caplan said. hat is one other reason you can sense a CRISPR race between us, the Chinese and other places.
Mascola says. hat the real challenge here. c
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