and spatially separated photon pairs (e g. for quantum cryptography) is already a reality. So far it has
A precise control and manipulation of quantum-mechanical states could pave the way for promising applications such as quantum computers and quantum cryptography.
which are of essential importance for quantum cryptography. An analogous generation and spatial separation of entangled electrons in solids would be of fundamental importance for future applications
from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (UCL Mathematics & Physical sciences), said:""The pores have been known to act like a sieve that could hold back sugar
it will probably be thanks to MIT spinout QD Vision, a pioneer of quantum dot television displays.
QD Vision has developed an optical component that can boost the color gamut for LCD televisions by roughly 50 percent,
ecause a lot of growth for the TV market is there, says Seth Coe-Sullivan Phd, cofounder and chief technology officer of QD Vision,
and displays only reach about 70 to 80 percent of the National Television Standard Committee color gamut.
given the gamut of colors on TV or computer screen that are produced solely by combinations of red, green and blue pixels.
If I'm wearing a gadget that suddenly tells me I have a form of brain cancer that's incurable
We envision that our nanopillar solar cells will appeal to low-end energy applications such as gadgets toys sensors and short lifetime disposable devices s
Here we evaluated the ability of a hand-held Raman scanner guided by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoparticles to identify the microscopic tumor extent in a genetically engineered RCAS/tv-a glioblastoma mouse model.
Each different part of the graphene oxide has a unique electronic signature. Using the synchrotron Hunt could measure where electrons were on the graphene
It could change everything from the production of cell phones and televisions to counterfeit-proof money, improved solar energy systems or quick identification of troops in combat.
to use this synthetic approach for quantum dot enabled televisions, smartphones and other devices d
#Antimicrobial coatings with a long-term effect for surfaces Researchers at the INM Leibniz Institute for New Materials have produced now antimicrobial abrasion-resistant coatings with both silver
it could be used independently to power electronic gadgets and other devices.""It's very exciting,
#Flexible transparent thin film transistors raise hopes for flexible screens (Phys. org) he electronics world has been dreaming for half a century of the day you can roll a TV up in a tube.
so you could make not just a screen but an entire flexible and transparent TV or computer."
New structural'supercaps'take a lickin'keep on workin'Imagine a future in which our electrical gadgets are limited no longer by plugs and external power sources.
It's not the first gadget to tinker with the idea but it's at least one of the first wearable versions.
#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
Guys this articles is great news. Now we can combine this gadget with the virtual reality treadmill game controller by OMNI.
#FAA Panel Recommends Lifting Ban On Gadget Use During Flights After receiving countless complaints abuse towards flight attendants who are only doing their jobs
whether electronic gadgets actually are dangerous during a flight's takeoff and landing. A 28-person advisory panel just concluded its study
and flipped your gadget to airplane mode watch away. Gadget manufacturers have been campaigning for years for a change in the FAA's policy
(which currently bans any electronic use when the plane is below 10000 feet). Amazon especially is annoyed as its Kindle ebook reader suffers a distinct weakness compared with physical books given that you aren't currently allowed to use a Kindle during part of your flight.
The Sun-Times to benefit from that type of machine vision the software will need to process larger image batches from multiple sources.
--The Editorsbell Labs Alcatel-Lucentsaving the Internet from itselfnearly all communications data Web phone television runs through a network of fiber-optic cables.
which include transmission towers (cellular and digital television broadcasting) fluorescent lighting Wi-fi Power lines and certain appliances.
She hates ceding control of her personal data online which is why she s building software that allows people to see where the information they upload to the cloud goes.#
As long as companies aren t saying what they do with users#information she ll work to make public how that personal data is shared.
#Snake Robots And A Quadcopter Fuse Together In this Chimera Drone Rescue robots are better when they travel in packs.
Quadcopter drones can quickly fly over and around obstacles but once on the ground they can t too much besides take off again.
A new chimera-like creation from the Modular Robotics Lab at the University of Pennsylvania combines two snakebots and one quadcopter into a sort of drone superorganism bringing rescue robots together
in the direction of free boundary conditions and therefore results in actuation stretch. The actuator itself consists of two rigid arms connected via elastic hinges and two sets of DEAS in an antagonistic configuration.
In our laboratory we develop various types of high-speed vision hardware and algorithms that can implement high-speed image processing with a sampling time from 10ms up to 1ms.
and experimental results for landing a quadrotor on a ground rover. The two robots communicate their positions converge to a common docking location and the dock successfully both indoors and out.
For more information you can read the paper Coordinated landing of a quadrotor on a skid-steered ground vehicle in the presence of time delays (John M. Daly Yan Ma Steven L. Waslander Autonomous
Aloft hotels are a boutique brand of Starwood hotels that focusâ on techie features such as Apple TV in-roomâ services and the needs of the#always on#generation of traveler.
The barcodes also allow Edison to learn commands from a standard TV and DVD remote control which can be used to drive the robot by remote control.
one that has a built-in 38khz demodulation circuit (as used in TV remote controls) and another that provides us with the raw amplitude.
or watching television and monitor health blood pressure or sugar levels for example. They also allow the persons caregivers to monitor their wellbeing remotely and to check for falls.
This mathematics-driven hardware design resulted in detailed specs for the robot core hardware components (momentum wheels motors gears
#Three new quadrotor videos demonstrate agile control and the power of machine learning The team at the ETH Flying Machine Arena has released three new videos demonstrating quadrotors building tensile structures tossing a ball back and forth
and refining a figure-eight trajectory using iterative learning. Worth the watch!!Building Tensile Structures with Flying Machinesfederico Augugliaro:
his video shows quadrocopters assembling prototypical tensile structures. Part of a body of research in aerial construction a field that addresses the construction of structures with the aid of flying machines theâ video demonstrates that flying machines are capable of autonomously spanning a rope between two support points.
and evaluating quadrocopter interception trajectories. Each trajectory goes from an arbitrary initial state (position velocity and acceleration) to an arbitrary final state.
The evaluation of the trajectory includes determining input feasibility and state feasibility (e g. that the position of the quadrocopter remains inside a box.
Iterative Learning for Periodic Quadrocopter Maneuversmarkus Hehn: his video demonstrates an iterative learning algorithm that allows accurate trajectory tracking for quadrocopters executing periodic maneuvers.
The algorithm uses measurements from past executions in order to find corrections that lead to better tracking performance.
The method is also applicable to more complex tasks shown here by the example of the quadrocopter balancing a pole
Haider hopes to close the gap between the rapid developments in ecommerce and logistics which has remained largely unchanged.
Raffaello Dndrea and team demo amazing quadrotor thleteswith reporting and photos by Dario Brescianini and Mark Mueller and timelapse video by  James Duncan Davidson.
A quadrocopter swoops through the air to serve a glass of water without spilling a drop.
these models are leveraged then by a branch of mathematics called Control theory to synthesize algorithms for controlling them.
He goes on to show a series of pretty amazing quadrotor feats that would be sophisticated impossible without automatic feedback.
and demo their quadrotor tricks at the ETH Flying Machine Arenaâ a 10x10x10m airspace dedicated to the study of control algorithms
-and-a-half hours to get the first quadrotor hovering. On Sunday they rehearsed the talk and especially the transitions between each demo in preparation for the video shoot
and more Robohub articles on how quadrocopters learn acrobatic maneuvers cooperate to throw and catch balls perfect air racing
#Quadrocopter Drones from China The market of remote controlled quadrocopter drones is growing fast. The world's first crash avoiding drone comes from Guangzhou Walkera Technology Co. Ltd. a Chinese manufacturer of R c model toys such as helicopters
Mind-controlled quadrotor dronemind controlled drones are a hot area for researchers at Zhejiang University in Hangzou China who have adapted a Parrot AR Drone 2. 0 to be operated by an Emotiv EPOC
such as a single TV cable carrying multiple channels.""Any terahertz communications application is going to need some form of multiplexing
including Bihar where television footage showed residents gathering on the streets and goods having toppled over in shop windows.
A breathalyzer is used to detect blood sugar levels that can be influenced by alcohol and smoking. According to the SEMEOTICONS project,
Category theory is a fairly new field of mathematics, focused on structural relationships and compositionality.
Jagadeesan, writer of the majority of the software library, explained the code follows the mathematics very closely.
A custom-developed machine vision system, with four cameras, captures digital images of what's happening in real-time.
'Instead of asking me an engineering and mathematics question, he is asking me this question. So then I knew I had to stay. e
"By applying information theory to the problem, Singer says, Zhuang has gotten around limits to how many fluorescent labels can be discriminated as discrete colors."
engineering and mathematics (STEM) in almost 300 locations across Mexico. The trial was also key in showing that distance was no longer a barrier to STEM laboratory work.
#Lasers burn holes in quantum security systems A new way to hack quantum-cryptography systems has been unveiled by physicists in Canada.
and this latest disruption comes as quantum-cryptography experts have modified already their systems to make them immune to other eavesdropping techniques.
when two people exchange a cryptographic key. This secret key then allows them to exchange information using conventional communications.
Faking states In the case of free-space cryptography Makarov and colleagues showed that they could enable a"faked-state attack".
#Watch flying machines weave a rope bridge you can walk on Using quadrocopters and some rope, researchers have woven together a bridge strong enough to walk across.
The arena is equipped with a motion capture system that provides vehicle position and attitude measurements for the small custom quadrocopters.
and secured into place by the quadrocopters, which are equipped each with a motorized spool that allows them to control the tension of the rope.
and torques exerted on the quadrocopter by the rope during deployment, and takes this into account
in order to ensure that the quadrocopters behave as desired 5. The researchers then walk across the bridge to demonstrate its load-bearing ability.
the control of polarization also enables simple gadgets such as 3-D glasses and polarized sunglasses. f you think of a modern microscope,
write, watch television or even recognize a face. ARMD is due to the degeneration of the macula,
#Bright blue PHOLEDS Almost Ready for TV A new energy-efficient organic LED (OLED) that glows a deep blue is finally close to meeting the most stringent U s. video display brightness requirements,
Some speculated at the time that Apple might be interested in using Primesense tech to add gesture-based input to Apple TV
and data analysis can more reliably predict what youe doing with your phone at any given time.
Consumer drone makers are growing fast as quadcopters become the hot new toy for kids and adults alike.
000 square acres rather than the 100 acres a quadcopter can handle. It was easily the most exciting flight of the day,
and image processing tools without sacrificing an interface that actually usable for operators in the field.
As recently reported, Mastercard is launching a facial recognition payment service based on elfiestaken on a smartphone.
ID fingerprint reader. And then there is Paypal, which has boosted security on its mobile app by using fingerprint sensors that are installed on some Samsung Electronics devices.
and stick them on a 3d avatar for use in teleconferencing or even video games Further applications exist for 3d printing, design, mapping, object recognition, facial recognition, gesture-based control and more.
made from the same material found in smartphone and TV screens, which could improve vision in older people with presbyopia and cataracts.
By observing the transmitted video on a TV monitor, doctors can get a firsthand view of the patient organs
This 2004 story from ABC-TV's Catalyst program looked at the research of Professor Veena Sahajwalla of the University of NSW
The ability to apply stains uniformly across multiple samples could make these initial image processing steps significantly easier and more robust.
Innovation through Cross-Disciplinary Sciencethis work is part of a new project being undertaken by CAMERA (The Center for Advanced Mathematics for Energy Research Applications.
The electrical boundary conditions in the films drastically changed, forcing the polar nanoregions to interact between themselves
This is a crucial step in creating a new generation of foldable electronics-think a flat-screen television that can be rolled up for easy portability-and implantable medical devices.
Engineers are presently trying to develop nanomaterial-based memory chips that perform better than their silicon counterparts to be used in low energy data centers and gadgets with a longer battery life.
computers, doors, windows, coffee machine--similar to using the Kinect or Wii in front of a TV.
based on a natural phenomenon known in mathematics as fractals. These are irregular shapes which recur repeatedly to form objects such as snowflakes,
and more-efficient gadgets, could also lower usage in the future. This is all very well, but why are we building new nuclear power plants?
The technology involves harvesting radio frequency energy from existing wireless and broadcast networks, from 4g to digital television.
"Through a combination of high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (CRYO EM) and a unique methodology for image analysis, a team of researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley has produced an atomic view of microtubules
With CRYO EM and their image analysis methodology, they achieved a resolution of 3. 5 Angstroms, a record for microtubules.
AP Photo/Ahn Young-joonpeople walk past a TV screen showing a poster of Sony Picture's"The Interview"in a news report
"Cyber analysts said the ruling marked a positive step in ensuring that the Internet would be governed by the same norms and laws as newspapers, TV commentary and other forms of communication as India's Internet users increase from today's 100 million online."
TCL uses 978 machines to produce flat screen TV panels. At another TCL plant in Hefei, near Shanghai, steel refrigerator frames are bent into shape before being plucked by a blue Yasakawa robot arm that stacks them in neat rows for further assembly.
The research could have implications for cryptography, which involves transmitting information securely, including communications between Earth and spacecraft.
facial recognition software will instantly tell the user not only the name of an approaching person but their job and date of any previous meeting.
Fans of the TV series Star trek: The next Generation might spot a resemblance to the device used by the blind character Lieutenant commander Geordi La Forge.
the Home Gateway will provide the link between the two. he system is based on NFC tags that track people in the home to adjust devices accordingly as they move around re-streaming a film from living room TV to kitchen tablet whilst
or difficulty listening to the radio or TV at a socially acceptable volume. To address those needs,
as recharging gadgets becomes as simple as walking into a store, office or home f
With the gadget's unique design as inspiration, researchers now report in ACS Central Science the development of bottlebrush nanotags that can contain thousands of fluorophores,
and study co-first author Suhas Rao showed that they could combine the tri-glide model with mathematics
but as wee all learned from TV and movies, the air inside a spacecraft will be sucked out quickly.
But given the fact that the Apple TV has received so much attention in the rumor mill this year,
Specifically, some outlets seem sure that the new Apple TV will cost $200 or less
and offer a TV service similar to Sony Playstation Vue. Of course, we heard similar rumors ahead of this year WWDC,
and a half years since the Apple TV has been refreshed, so itl be no surprise if Apple does finally deliver new hardware.
As for an actual Apple-branded television, don bet on it. It always a possibility but only for high-end consumers.
From a mathematics perspective it trivially easy to encrypt any message so that nobody can read it,
This technique permits the transfer of the masses of data around the internet, TV, etc. whereby a vast number of data channels are carried over a single optical fiber, wirelessly or copper cable.
watching movies or television, texting and working while on autopilot should suffer the most motion sickness,
and attention to ongoing quantifiable personal data, such as fitness, diet, and sleep-quality. Imagine a diabetics biochip detecting blood glucose levels within personalized parameters,
a tendency to talk a lot about how great the gadgets and apps they were developing are without much data about
At Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif.,one of the world premier colleges of science, mathematics,
or TV series can generate downloads across the globe, even years later. Real Steel is a 2011 movie that grossed $300 Million.
the control of polarization also enables simple gadgets such as 3-D glasses and polarized sunglasses. sing our metasurfaces,
and alkaline batteries powering our gadgets today. The prototype aluminum-ion battery is also safer,
there's still a long way to go before quadcopters are dropping parcels in your front yard.
#Graphene device makes ultrafast light to energy conversion possible Converting light to electricity is one of the pillars of modern electronics, with the process essential for the operation of everything from solar cells and TV remote control receivers through to laser communications
reality TV and whatever else your mind sees but your eyes do not. It shoots 1080p at 24,30
With a resolution of 3. 2-gigapixels (enough to need 1, 500 high-definition television screens to display one image),
The wearable gadget detects differences in heat patterns caused by the blood flow beneath the skin.
or safety in the workplace but the new gadgets could allow firms to link their staff behaviour and physiological data to their business performance for the first time,
If the technology works, a wearable gadget could potentially warn a stock market trader to slow down
But it could also reveal the next Apple TV and new ipads, according to leaks. The back of an Apple iphone 6 Plus gold, is shown here at a Verizon store on September 18
but soon mobile gadgets can be recharged from any flower. Home cactus, for example. In what way?
#Innovative Smart T-shirt for the posture correction How often, sitting at the computer or watching television, you will notice that you not are sitting correctly?
televisions and flashlights have one thing in common: theye made with light emitting diodes (LEDS. LEDS are used widely for a variety of applications
You can tune in to the NASA TV webcast on Space. com . If you miss the Perseids this time around,
The new gadget could help scientists better understand and treat mental health disorders such as depression, according to a new study.
which could bring superior computers, cryptography and communications technologies. Conventional computers use electrons to process information.
and performing otherwise intractable mathematics that aren't possible for super computers. The fully reprogrammable chip brings together a multitude of existing quantum experiments
This is a crucial step in creating a new generation of foldable electronics-think a flat-screen television that can be rolled up for easy portability-and implantable medical devices.
Amazon Kindle and a new Samsung TV
#Graphene teams up with two-dimensional crystals for faster data communications Ultra-fast detection of light lies at the heart of optical communication systems nowadays.
#Silk could be new'green'material for next-generation batteries Lithium-ion batteries have enabled many of today electronics, from portable gadgets to electric cars.
who are network theory experts here at Columbia Engineering, "Krishnaswamy adds.""It will be very exciting if we are indeed able to deliver the promised performance gains
but these gadgets'versatility is held still back by the stiff, short-lived batteries that are required. These limitations,
"Through a combination of high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (CRYO EM) and a unique methodology for image analysis, a team of researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley has produced an atomic view of microtubules
With CRYO EM and their image analysis methodology, they achieved a resolution of 3. 5 Angstroms, a record for microtubules.
In contrast, with the new technique, a cell of interest can be chosen based on simple image analysis of protein expression
and performing otherwise intractable mathematics that aren't possible for super computers. The fully reprogrammable chip brings together a multitude of existing quantum experiments
the control of polarization also enables simple gadgets such as 3-D glasses and polarized sunglasses."
such as with face recognition. This is very difficult for a regular computer, while humans and possibly also our circuits can do this much better."
This is a crucial step in creating a new generation of foldable electronics-think a flat-screen television that can be rolled up for easy portability-and implantable medical devices.
Amazon Kindle and a new Samsung TV
#Physicists succeed in direct detection of vacuum fluctuations What are the properties of the vacuum, the absolute nothingness?
Refined data analysis of paired Matrix visual fields confirms the existence of a natural optimization of binocular visual function in severe bilateral glaucoma via interlocking fields that could only be created by CNS involvement.
what your dog might be thinking this new gadget promises to translate the complex language your pooch is speaking.
they will be required to linkto show the facial recognition scan software that they are a real person.
which personal data can be moved from the EU to the US for processing. The ruling against the 15-year-old law, known as Safe Harbour, threatens the business models of more than 3000 companies that use it to ship data to the US,
It means that The irish Data protection Commission which presides over Facebook data-export operations, is unable to use Safe Harbour as a reason not to investigate Facebook data protection practices in the US.
In a statement, The irish Data protection Commissioner confirmed that Schrems case would be brought back before The irish High court s soon as practicable The ruling also removes the legal blanket that allowed companies to send data gathered in the EU to the US for processing.
It not yet clear whether this will disrupt the day-to-day operation of major technology firms, but their ability to pool data from both sides of the Atlantic for analysis will be affected.
Apple new privacy policy explicitly states that personal data collected for its icloud service in the European Economic Area is shipped to Apple Inc in the US for processing via Cork in Ireland. t quite a huge thing to say that one region set of laws
Surveillance concerns Although the court decision is ostensibly about data protection, it inevitably addresses surveillance. The ruling backs up the claim by Schrems that he law and practice of the United states do not offer sufficient protection against surveillance by the public authorities of the data transferred to that country This claim must now be heard
Nyst says that data protection standards are emerging around the world, providing a crucial component of an internet that is not only hugely useful,
Paul Bernal of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, says the judgement makes it hard to see how it is legal for any personal data gathered in the EU to now be sent to the US for processing. he ruling basically says US surveillance cannot be allowed to override our fundamental rights,
when data protection authorities of 28 member states review their cooperation with US spy agencies He added that he average consumer will not see any restrictions in daily use,
who pioneered the mathematics behind invisibility cloaks. ith the basic theory done and dusted, cloaking is moving on to practical considerations
Or maybe the latest cooking gadget for zesting lemons. Or, perhaps, it's a secret weapon for X-men superhero Wolverine.
and perform otherwise intractable mathematics calculations that aren't possible for supercomputers. Developed by a team from the University of Bristol and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. NTT) in Japan, the fully reprogrammable chip brings together a multitude of existing quantum experiments
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