Foot data from that scan will subsequently be fed into another machine the Shoptool which will heat the shoes'uppers,
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#Air2nitrous device claimed to cut vehicle exhaust emissions by 90 percent Driving an electric car that gives off no emissions is one of the best ways to reduce your personal transport carbon footprint.
#Eagle-eyed robot can catch the common fruit fly Machine vision and robotic precision have combined in a new way to further fruit fly research.
#Wi-fi signals used to perform a head count The technology is basically the same as that previously used by Mostofi's team to look through walls.
the changes in the strength of the sent and received Wi-fi signals was used to estimate how many people were walking in a given area.
the researchers used two Wi-fi cards, placing one at each end of a target area of roughly 70 sq m (753 sq ft). Using the received power measurements of the link between the two cards,
and search and rescue given the near-ubiquity of Wi-fi signals in many areas. In terms of energy efficiency
Mostofi says she plans to eventually bring the two Wi-fi-based technologies together, which could result in a system that could estimate the number of people moving in a given area,
The video below explains the head-counting Wi-fi technology, with the team's paper scheduled for publication in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.
#Engineers create a computer with a water droplet processor From driving water wheels to turning turbines,
Now, engineers at Stanford university have created the world first water-operated computer. Using magnetized particles flowing through a micro-miniature network of channels,
the new fluidic computer uses electromagnetic fields to accurately pump these droplets around a set of physical gates to perform logical operations.
The many and varied components required of a fluidic computer have coalesced slowly in his mind over that time
"The reason computers work so precisely is that every operation happens synchronously; it's what made digital logic so powerful in the first place,
"According to the Stanford researchers, this new type of computer offers up a way to produce an alternative to high-speed, complex,
In this way, the fluidic computer may find applications in such areas as biology, chemistry, and other physical sciences and technology that use processes more akin to the properties of organization found in nature."
or to operate word processors on this. Our goal is to build a completely new class of computers that can precisely control
and manipulate physical matter. Imagine if when you run a set of computations that not only information is processed
but physical matter is manipulated algorithmically as well. We have made just this possible at the mesoscale.""To create the fluidic logic,
and to observe fluidic computation in real time. As such, the ones and zeroes of binary code are represented by the presence or absence of a water droplet,
with the magnetically-induced clock cycle ensuring that the droplets transfer in a flawless symphony that,
because it provides a new aspect on computation in the physical world. As such, just as the physics of calculation have been used to understand the limits of electronic computation,
now the physical features of bits of information may be exploited in some novel way to control matter at the mesoscale (10 microns to 1 mm).
"Right now, anyone can put these circuits together to form a complex droplet processor with no external control something that was a very difficult challenge previously.
computation takes a special place. We are trying to bring the same kind of exponential scale up because of computation we saw in the digital world into the physical world."
"The results of this research have been published in the journal Nature Physics. The short video below shows the fluidic computer in action
#3d printing breakthrough creates metal and copper structures The method developed at the University of Twente in The netherlands involves microscopic drops created from a thin metal film that is melted by a pulsed laser.
The key to this breakthrough in printing metals seems to be using a higher energy laser than in previous attempts.
The team plans to look into this effect to improve printing capability not just in metals
The key to this breakthrough in printing metals seems to be using a higher energy laser than in previous attempts.
The team plans to look into this effect to improve printing capability not just in metals
At the moment, the paper sensors need to be used with hand-held devices to conduct analysis on the data they gather,
the UOW team made use of existing research data to mathematically plot the precise size the instrument must measure
Data from modeling software was fed then into a 3d printing machine, and a custom flute was manufactured duly."
#Remote-control Range rover can be driven with a smartphone app High end cars are creeping towards full autonomy,
and hardware that let the car park itself, Jaguar land rover has demonstrated a very nifty remote control app that lets you get out of your car,
and drive it using your smartphone. It's an incredibly handy way to get this huge thing in and out of tight parking spots,
The prototype smartphone app lets you start the car and control the brakes, throttle and steering, as well as gearshifts.
if the smartphone or the car key get more than 10 meters (33 ft) from the vehicle.
and transparent displays, and graphene-based on-chip optical communications.""Interestingly, the ability of graphene to reach such elevated temperatures without melting
In normal color printing, various semitransparent inks are applied on top of each other to produce the various hues of a picture.
This nanoscale"color palette"meant that the physical characteristics of the holes in the material determined the color displayed to accurately reproduce the S&t athletic logo"Unlike the printing process of an inkjet or laserjet printer,
the Missouri S&t team believes that mechanical color printing on such materials provides a much higher printing resolution than conventional color printing.
the printing substrate is also a metamaterial. As such, its unique properties may allow it to be used in ways not previously possible in the areas of nanoscale visual arts,
The researchers also believe that such a method of printing should also result in a reduced material count in relation to standard printing methods,
It isn't too long ago that even so-called high tech industries required an astonishing amount of lifting
According to the project team, the key to developing the exoskeleton was using software to simulate tasks involving assembly and disassembly,
Users can connect a smartphone, tablet, or PC to it wirelessly using Wi-fi. With this option,
users can mirror their screens on the giant projector display. There's also a USB port that will allow users to directly play videos from a USB drive.
Lastly, there's the option to use HDMI for connecting an external device. As far as lifespan is concerned,
LG is promising that its LED lamp is capable of working for up to 30, 000 hours,
The material could find use in faster, higher-capacity hard drives and other electronic components. Electronic components such as hard disks typically use layers of different materials in filigree structure (tiny beads
and threads of metal soldered onto the surface) to exploit a phenomenon known as magnetoresistance to develop a high electric resistance,
which allows for higher density of data and thus greater storage capacity. What happens here is that a tiny amount of electricity causes the charge carriers to deflect via a phenomenon called the Lorentz force,
and then that causes electrons to flow in the"wrong"direction thereby increasing electric resistance and allowing a very precise read of the data that's magnetically stored in a given location."
The researchers believe that niobium phosphide has"enormous potential for future applications in information technology"not only in hard drives but also in many other electronic components that use magnetoresistance to function.
"and can hold up to 60 tablets at once. The university is currently looking into developing and testing it further, with an eye on possible commercialization.
along with cameras and sensors that monitor the plants bunches of basil (used to make Liguria's iconic pesto sauce) growing either in hydroponics or in soil.
such as the Motorola HC1, Golden-i and the AITT system, which are designed to give industrial workers or military personnel a helping hand in carrying out highly specialized tasks.
and not only provide context-appropriate assistance in the form of text, visuals or avatars on a virtual plane in the wearer's field of view,
eye tracking and vital parameter measurements (such as pulse or heart rate), object and action recognition (Computer Vision),
taking a diagnostic system that is usually stationary and making it mobile, while also integrating monitoring technology that enables reaction to and individualized support for the user's actions in real time.
This could mean huge things for people who face challenges with everyday tasks but who want to remain independent p
sticking to the tissue at the site of injury and creating a barrier over a wound."
#Turning the smartphone into a mobile pregnancy test Today's smartphones come chock-full of technological capability,
the hardware inside is starting to show huge promise in the world of medical diagnostics,
with smartphones repurposed as blood-scanning microscopes, HIV testers and sleep apnea detectors. The latest advance in this area comes in the form of a fiber optic sensor for smartphones that monitors bodily fluids,
a tool that could be used for biomolecular tests such as pregnancy or diabetes monitoring. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is a process where a stream of light is directed onto a metallic film, with most,
Researchers at the Hanover Centre for Optical Technologies figured that a modern smartphone contained much of
The scientists fixed a 400 micrometer fiber optic cable curved into a U-shape across the phone's camera and LED light.
The team says the sensor's readings could then be processed by a smartphone application to turn out real-time results."
"We have the potential to develop small and robust lab-on-a-chip devices for smartphones, "says Kort Bremer,
That is, on sunny days, at a time when standard PV panels would already be producing energy at full tilt.
#New wireless power tech can charge multiple devices in any orientation Scientists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science
and Technology (KAIST) have developed an omnidirectional wireless charging technology that can charge multiple devices at once, at a distance and, crucially, at peak efficiency regardless
and offices and could allow for much more convenient charging of mobile devices. Wireless (or inductive) charging is witnessing a huge surge in popularity
since many high-end smartphones have started to include it as one of their flagship features. And soon we might have the ability to charge our devices by the dozen from up to 30 ft (9 m) and coming straight from our furniture.
For smartphones and tablets, this means they can't be charged very effectively while they're being used.
which was tested on a Samsung galaxy Note equipped with a special reception coil, has the potential to bridge this gap by introducing the ability to charge devices efficiently regardless of their orientation,
An effective wireless transmitting power of 30 watts means the device can, according to the researchers, power either 30 smartphones or five laptops simultaneously.
Prof. Rim and colleagues say the level of magnetic flux exposure is within the safety levels set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP
and maximum power transfer efficiency while charging the laptops was measured at 34 percent. The results were published in last month's issue of the journal IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,
While there's a healthy selection of compact solar panels to keep our mobile gadgets charged up light permitting the vast majority of these are either too small to be effective or too bulky for carting around.
yet is lighter than an iphone 6 Plus and only slightly wider and longer. So called because its panels are thing enough to slot between the pages of a notebook
and touted as the"world's thinnest and lightest solar charger"by its creators, Yolk,
Unlike most solar chargers on the market, it features modular panels that connect via embedded magnets.
you can connect up to four panels together. Each individual panel generates a maximum of 2. 5 W of power
so four will provide up to 10 W via USB. On a sunny day, that just as good as a 5v/2a wall charger.
Solar Paper also has some built-in smarts to help users get the most out of it.
To avoid the hassle of manual restarting when the available light drops, as is the case with most competing solar chargers,
There's also a built-in LCD screen that displays the current being delivered to a connected device.
Add in water resistance and grommet holes for utility/attachment options, and it easy to understand why so many have pledged their support to the device's Kickstarter campaign, with it shooting past its US$50, 000 goal in just the first two days.
connective tissue cells called fibroblasts migrate to the site of the wound and kickoff the healing process.
which uses the latest wireless and connectivity technologies to integrate further into a coordinated transportation system.
Ford revealed them at Mobile World Congress back in March and has continued its research in the area since then.
Link app also provides on-bike eyes-free navigation, health and fitness data, and weather information.
#First 7nm node test chips developed IBM Research has created successfully the first 7nm node test chip with functioning transistors,
a development that could lead to processors that boast four times the capacity of those on the market today.
although 10 nm chips are in development by the likes of Intel and Samsung. The team also used extreme ultraviolet lithography,
"says Babak Ziaie, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue. The research team says the capsule could prove particularly valuable in treating Clostridium difficile,
But thanks to a new Kickstarter project you may not have to worry about your smartphone dying before the electricity comes back on.
The Candle Charger is described as an"indoor power plant for smartphones, "providing USB charging capabilities with just a candle and five ounces of water.
The Candle Charger can help in a power outage or on a camping trip All you need is five ounces of water and a candle Even if the power's out,
your phone can keep charging The device is being funded on Kickstarter and is expected to go on sale in December We've seen outdoor chargers based around camping stoves and boiling water before,
One candle canister is reported good for six hours of USB charging at a steady 2. 5 W (500 ma at 5v),
which is the equivalent output of most laptop USB ports, and is roughly enough power to charge two iphones from one candle.
Cameras, torches and other small devices can be recharged through the Candle Charger, too. At the heart of the contraption is a thermoelectric module (or Peltier cooler.
Department of Electrical & Computer engineering had to come up with a way to incorporate highly luminescent colloidal quantum dot nanoparticles into perovskite.
and high-speed telecommunications. The team next plan to build and test hardware to prove the practicality of the technology."
"Wee going to build the LED device and try to beat the record power efficiency reported in the literature,
similar to that used in a TV remote. If we want to influence an animal behavior with light or with a particular drug,
which prompted the mouse to begin moving in circles. In another experiment, the scientists shone light directly onto specific brain cells.
and produce something more like a printer's ink cartridge, so that drugs can be drip-fed to targeted cells as needed over a long time."
structural insulated panels (SIPS), external insulation and low-emissivity double-glazed aluminum-clad timber frame windows and doors.
#Laser device may soon non-invasively monitor diabetics'glucose levels In order to monitor their blood glucose levels, diabetics typically have to perform painful and inconvenient finger-prick blood tests in some cases, several times a day.
however, in the form of a device that simply shines a laser on the user's finger.
a processor in the device is able to determine how much of the original laser light was absorbed by glucose,
After a period of clinical trials and commercial development by spinoff company Glucosense Diagnostics, it is hoped that two versions of the device will be commercially available a computer mouse-sized tabletop unit,
which sends alerts to smart phones or readings directly to doctors, allowing them to profile how a person is managing their diabetes over time."
while researchers at Google, Fraunhofer and Microsoft are developing noninvasive sensors that measure glucose content in tears or sweat.
Tiny molecular transistors much smaller than the ones inside our computers (as small as two nanometers) have already been built,
Now, an international team from Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik (PDI), the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), the NTT Basic Research Laboratories (NTT-BRL),
The system will also remember route data so next time you drive along that same road the car will know how to best light the way.
The objects that the system picks up are highlighted in red and yellow on the screen inside,
In 2009, North carolina State university researchers revealed work aiming to develop a synthetic adhesive that combined these proteins with inkjet printer technology.
It's software-based, and will likely provide improved results as testing continues. Back in 2013
the Mobile Bridge Version 4. 0 (MB4. 0) was inspired by the Japanese folded-paper art of origami.
Once it gets to the site of a destroyed bridge, however, it employs a scissor-like action to fold out,
and the software interface that allows surgeons to control the mechanical wrist should be completed by the end of August.
#Silk-based functional inks put biosensor data on your fingertips Although we've seen"bio-inks"that allow sensors to be drawn directly on a person's skin
meaning they aren't suitable for use in inkjet printers. Researchers at Tufts University have developed now silk-based inks containing bacteria-sensing agents that can withstand the rigors of inkjet printing,
opening the door much wider for printing biomolecules. The breakthrough comes courtesy of a purified silk protein called fibroin
which is strong enough to stabilize various types of compounds, such as antibodies, enzymes, nanoparticles, antibiotics and growth factors, by acting as a protective"cocoon"."
with the design team using computer simulations to check the pattern's performance. If heading off road
The magnetic data the researchers found embedded in the ancient magnetite suggests that the Earth had a magnetic field at least 750 million years earlier than previously thought.
which is the heat release mechanism in the Earth's liquid inner core that generates the magnetic field,
which should let users maintain a smoother gait. By contrast, the prostheses used by many people in developing nations don't have a bending knee at all,
when users are not at home, or the Whirlpool washing machine can run on a quieter setting when the Nest thermostat senses that the house is occupied.
Safety features are also part of the integration for devices such as Philips'LED Hue bulbs and Beep, a Wi-fi-connected music dial.
$38 million to increase efficiency of these connected resources Exascale Computing: $273 million Cybersecurity: $305 million to improve the cybersecurity of the DOE and the energy sector Some other budget highlights:
and when they trip offline when grid fluctuations arise. Standard settings for low-voltage ride-through (LVRT),
which its inverters will trip offline, as well as extending how long each inverter waits for disruptions to correct themselves before switching off,
all designed with software-defined functionality to provide flexibility in how theye used, he said.
two-way communications channel, allows Enphase to do remote firmware upgrades, monitor grid conditions, and ask inverters to provide reactive power
That valuable data in states like California that are demanding that their utilities start to incorporate the growth of distributed energy into their long-range grid investment plans.
#Meet Milli 5 Silver Spring#s Tiny Wireless Smart grid Node Silver Spring Networks wants to push wireless connectivity beyond smart meters
That the purpose of the Milli 5, the new, super-small wireless node unveiled Wednesday by the Redwood City, Calif.-based smart metering giant.
using the same IPV6 addressing that connects Silver Spring grid-powered devices. Silver Spring announced the Milli 5 as part of a broader launch of its new Gen5 technology platform
These include speeds of up to 1. 2 megabits per second, up from 300 kilobits per second as of 2012,
All of these networking advances are built on Silver Spring use of the IEEE 802.15. 4g specification,
Cisco and Itron are using 802.15. 4g wireless for their smart grid and smart city efforts and Toshiba Landis+Gyr is using it for its 27-million smart meter deployment in Tokyo,
These could include parking meters and monitors trash bins and traffic detectors, or air or water pollution sensors, to name a few of the systems most often talked about in the context of networking municipal assets and services.
Reeves said the device is ligned with developing standardsfor IPV6-compliant low-power mesh networking, though the company hasn released yet any technical data on just how it achieving that aim.
That's going to be an important part of discussions with would-be Milli 5 partners, since the world of internet-of-things connectivity should really be built on common standards.
It's technically possible to extend an 802.15. 4g network to in-home devices now served by bridges to Zigbee
Z-Wave and other low-power wireless protocols, for example--but only if everyone's low-power IPV6 mesh technologies can get along.
That an emerging area, with all the aforementioned contenders working on their own solutions, that's sure to be getting a lot of attention in 2015 o
SMA's core European market has come under pressure over the past two years as governments have pared back support payments on
along with green/environmental software for venture capital deals in 2014. The three each captured 8 percent of the greentech VC pie, according to the data company report, he 2014 U s. Venture capital Year in Review.
Internet software/services came in second place with 13 percent. And what was the big winner?
No surprise there. Renewables took 20 percent. Raw Story: Researchers Tout Solar panels Made With erovskitemineral A new generation of solar panels made from a mineral called perovskite has the potential to convert solar energy into household electricity more cheaply than ever before, according to a study from Britain Exeter University.
Super-thin, custom-colored panels attached to a building windows may become a oly grailfor India and African countries, Senthilarasu Sundaram,
Was the January 2015 data an anomaly? No. CAISO uses a March 31 forecast date to illustrate the daily forecasted maximum ramp requirements on its system from 2014 through 2020.
it is providing both real-time data and forecasts for how supply and demand will match in its territory.
-side management and energy data analytics technologies. Though the amount of investment hasn returned quite to the peak reached in 2011,
though the company has been officially silent on recent investments (leaving reporters to sift through emails from fund managers).
Soft grid It cheaper to commercialize software than hardware. The average venture deal size for soft grid
or data analytics, startups was less than half of the same for grid-edge hardware startups.
Opower raised a $50 million C round in 2010 for its consumer energy use data analytics and reporting.
which has shifted its focus from energy management hardware to software, has continued to bring in new funding. SCIENERGY recently reemerged from stealth with new funding for software to streamline financing for commercial energy efficiency projects.
C3 has raised at least $38 million since 2010 for data analytics covering both sides of the meter.
And Space-time Insight, which visualizes grid data for utilities, has closed two deals worth well above the average for soft-grid vendors.
A word of caution It important to note that analyzing VC investments is an imperfect science.
Still, the available data allows us to draw conclusions about the emergence and consolidation of different markets serving grid needs r
To date, according to the U s. Department of energy Global Energy storage Database, the Brits currently have a grand total of 32 projects,
it becoming obvious that the company has faced some challenges in building an Apple-like experience around home automation that has caught its hardware partners off guard.
a telecom entrepreneur with a family foundation, gives away millions each year to projects in the energy sector.
Chiang said in a phone interview last week. 24m has made about 10,000 test cells so far,
Chiang offered this step-by-step explanation, starting with the novel semisolid material at its core. During 24m early days, Chiang and startup cofounder and fellow MIT professor W. Craig Carter saw its semisolid electrode material--dubbed ambridge crudefor its MIT roots--as a material to be used in flow batteries,
as compared to typical lithium-ion batteries for power tools, tablets and electric vehicles. At the same time, e believe these to be the safest lithium-ion batteries ever created,
#GIS-based tool protects patients during power outages New geographic information system technology developed by the U s. Department of health and human services aims to help community health agencies
It then incorporates that data with real-time severe weather tracking services from the National oceanic and atmospheric administration in a GIS.
The integrated data can help hospitals, first responders and electric utility officials better plan to prevent adverse health impacts of prolonged power outages due to storms and natural disasters."
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