#Blown-up brains reveal nanoscale details Microscopes make living cells and tissues appear bigger. But what if we could actually make the things bigger?
and drive the car through an electroencephalography (EEG) headset manufactured by Emotiv. The BMW was fitted with a mechanical rig capable of pressing the pedals and turning the steering wheel on command
while the drivers received an EEG neuro headset to monitor their brain activity while being trained to remotely drive the car.
and gestures using their phone camera n
#Using Thought to Control a Robotic Arm The next generation of neuroprosthetics: More natural, effortless, intuitive movement achieved.
transmitting their instructions in real time via internet from their home country. By virtue of its video camera
The video is available at the karolinskainstitutet Youtube pageoriginal Research: Abstract for n organic electronic biomimetic neuron enables auto-regulated neuromodulationby Daniel T. Simon, Karin C. Larsson, David Nilsson, Gustav Burström, Dagmar
applicable for bridging injured sites and active prosthetics. se of Brain MRI Atlases to Determine Boundaries Of age-Related Pathology:
and looked at the longstanding theory that pain is transmitted from the site of injury or inflammation through the nervous system using an immune system cell called microglia.
#Detecting Eye diseases With Help of a Smartphone Researchers at the Medical and Surgical Center for Retina developed software that detects eye diseases such as diabetic macular edema using a smartphone.
The system is aimed at general physicians who could detect the condition and refer the patient to a specialist.
and uses the camera of the phone to detect any abnormality in the thickness of the retina. he idea is to detect
#Google working with Levis on smart clothes GOOGLE says it working with iconic US jean maker Levi strauss to make clothing from specially woven fabric with touch-screen control capabilities.
The internet titan used its annual developers conference in San francisco to reveal its so-called Project Jacquard
Project Jacquard is in the hands of a small Google team called Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP),
which is different from the Google (x) lab that develops big-vision innovations such as self-driving cars. e are enabling interactive textiles,
and gesture interactivity into any textile using standard, industrial looms, according to Google. Anything involving fabric,
The data can be sent wirelessly to smartphones or other devices, enabling actions such as making phone calls or sending messages with brushes of fabric. n our hyper-digital world,
who took part in a Google presentation at the gathering. he work that Google and Levi are embarking upon with Project Jacquard delivers an entirely new value to consumers with apparel that is emotional, aspirational and functional. i
This is the worst in a string of threats to the site. Even before this engagement
destroying sites in the process. Before its retreat, the Syrian army evacuated as much of Palmyra's population as possible, together with the museum collections,
many other sites have been damaged in this and other conflicts and even more are harmed by activities such as development and agriculture.
By examining satellite imagery and historic aerial photography, the team looks for and records sites, monitoring the extensive landscape changes of the past 70 years.
working with local heritage agencies to better protect the sites in the future. Others are looking to new technologies to help, such as 3d scanning.
a leader in this field, is scanning as many heritage sites, objects, famous landmarks, and even rock-art sites, as possible.
It is making them internationally accessible online but also creating records that could be used for reconstruction.
Some of these sites are now in areas of great risk, such as Babylon and Mosul in Iraq.
Cyark's goals include scanning 500 heritage sites in the next five years. Such technology is improving exponentially quickly:
new 3d scanning devices are as small as mobile phones, and NGOS hope to deploy them in conflict areas including Syria.
#Gadgets powered wirelessly at home with a simple Wi-fi router Our homes are tangled a mess of wires and chargers.
which modified electrical devices were put in their homes along with a Wi-fi router. Over 24 hours, the devices were powered solely by the router's signal,
which also continued to provide wireless internet access to the home. How was this possible? The energy of the radio waves the router sent out was converted into direct current voltage with a component called a rectifier,
much as solar panels convert light energy into electrical energy. That voltage was boosted then to a useful level by a DC-DC converter (arxiv. org/abs/1505.06815.
The system powered temperature sensors and battery-less low-resolution cameras, and charged standard batteries. The hard part is getting the router to constantly push out enough energy,
says team member Vamsi Talla from the University of Washington in Seattle. When someone is browsing the web,
the Wi-fi signal is active and can be used to power devices. However, when not browsing the signal goes quiet."
when no one is using the internet. Small devices could use this as part of an internet of things,
An iphone charger delivers at least 5 watts and has no other demands on its output. One company with a solution is Ossia in Bellevue, Washington.
but would only deliver 1 watt to a single phone. CEO Hatem Zeine says that's enough to charge an iphone 5 several times over in a single day
if it has constant access to the signal.""Unlike Wi-fi, our power signal is unmodulated,
Clinical trials of the device will begin next year at three sites in France and Italy, aiming to compare its readings with those from traditional medical devices.
is an app that uses a smartphone camera to monitor blood levels in the face
and migrate to the affected sites. We could also use this technique to study the early development of complex organisms,
towns and rural communities to offer their citizens fast and cheap broadband Internet. The move would ask the Federal Communications Commission to address state laws that prevent cities from building their own municipal Internet services.
But it's likely to anger major cable and Internet companies. Obama announced his plans in Cedar Falls, Iowa,
which is home to a 1 GB broadband network 100 times faster than the national average."
"He said greater access to faster Internet will make the U s. more competitive globally.""There are real-world consequences to this,
because his state has rural communities with no access to the Internet.""It's become a pattern that he goes to a state where there's a Republican governor that's doing something that he'd like to replicate on a national level,
cities and rural communities that want to improve Internet service for their residents.""I believe that a community has the right to make its own choice
The plan is likely to be opposed by companies such as Comcast and Verizon, which provide Internet services around the nation.
Obama's support for net neutrality and an open Internet have angered already these firms because the president wants the Internet reclassified as a public utility.
Broadband for America a group whose members include major Internet service providers, said while it strongly agrees Obama's plan to expand broadband access,
the president"is risking the success we have witnessed by advocating for the reclassification of broadband as a Title II public utility unprecedented government interference that would stifle private investment,
hinder innovation and undermine the growth of the Internet.""Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga's publicly owned electric company has built already a municipal broadband network in the city. and Wilson,
N c.,have asked the FCC to intervene against state laws that limit publicly funded Internet.""I believe that it is in the best interests of consumers
"FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wrote in a blog post last year.""Given the opportunity, we will do so."
NPR's Joel Rose has reported previously on how some cities are taking high-speed Internet into their own hands o
#Centcom's Twitter Feed Youtube Channel Hacked The Twitter feed and the Youtube channel of U s. Central Command were compromised on Monday a Pentagon spokesman said.
We are taking appropriate measures to address the matter. I have no further information to provide at this time the spokesman said.
and that none of the information posted came from CENTCOM's server or social media sites.
On Twitter the hackers released what they purported was a phone list of retired U s. generals as well as
what appear to be presentation slides from the government-funded Lincoln Laboratory at MIT. Pentagon Networks Hacked one tweet read.
The only thing we know for sure is that credentials for the social media channels which are hosted on Twitter
and Youtube servers were compromised. Quoting defense officials Reuters reports that the images published on Twitter do not appear to pose a security threat
or include classified information. Twitter and Youtube have suspended the accounts s
#Researchers Create Artificial organs That Fit in Your Hand Great balls of cells! Scientists are developing mock human organs that can fit in the palm of your hand.
These organs-on-a-chip are designed to test drugs and help understand the basics of how organs function
when they are healthy and when they are diseased. For instance, you have your gut-on-a-chip being developed at the Johns Hopkins School of medicine.
#Wi-fi Everywhere May Let You Roam Free From Your Mobile Carrier To get the most out of your smartphone do need you really a cellphone plan?
and adjustments to your routine you can get almost as much out of your smartphone with a monthly bill of $0.
if you're offline companies stitching individual hotspots into networks and carriers with cheap plans that rely on Wi-fi first
Google on Monday announced its own plans to enter the cellphone carrier market The New york times reported:
Knutson told Siegel that cellphone providers aren't worried about the competition saying there always will be a market for people who will pay money to have connectivity wherever they go
#Meet Mafiaboy The'Bratty Kid'Who Took Down The Internet This week, the country's second-largest health insurance company,
brought down the websites of Amazon, CNN, Dell, E*Trade, ebay, and Yahoo!.At the time, Yahoo!
was the biggest search engine in the world.""The New york stock exchange, they were freaking out, because they were all investing in these e-commerce companies,
It was his first time on the internet, and within a few days the 9-year-old hacked the system
and then harnessing their combined computing power to attack outside websites.""Basically when I hit enter on the keyboard,
and basically overwhelm websites with too much information, "he explains. It's called a denial-of-service attack.
Within hours, he had taken down six major websites.""The overall purpose was to intimidate other hacker groups,
He says the internet is a far scarier place today than it was back in 2000.
and the problems and inherent flaws that come with computers and internet. s
#Hackers Strike Health insurer Anthem The country's second-biggest health insurer says cyberattackers infiltrated one of its IT systems
email addresses and employment information, including income data, "wrote Anthem CEO Joe Swedish in a letter to the company's policyholders."
The company says it has established a dedicated website where members can access information, and a dedicated toll free number that both current and former members can call
One in nine Americans receives coverage for his medical care through Anthem's affiliated plans, according to a statement on its website e
Internet connections were getting faster, hard drives stored more data in tinier spaces, songs were easier than ever to find and available for little or no money.
The transition will speed surely the decline of the single-song download, and itunes, the world's largest music store, will feel that pain acutely.
Every time you click play on a streaming service, from Pandora to Youtube to Spotify, you're licensing the right to listen to the song in that particular moment,
the digital download, but also the concept that fans might possess music itself. No format lives forever.
"Furthermore, our light-field pattern can be incorporated readily into artificial reality headsets for self-calibration of near eye displays.
such as the iphone's Siri
#New Algorithm enables Robot to Learn through Trial and error UC Berkeley's BRETT (Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks) is capable of learning through trial and error, like humans.
including future generations of film displays for smartphones and tablets e
#Laser-Writing of DVDS May have a Speed limit Phase-change materials used in DVDS and other digital storage media pass through a previously unknown intermediate atomic state under laser pulses.
which sends alerts to smartphones or readings directly to doctors, allowing them to profile how a person is managing their diabetes over time."
and refrigerators--to the Internet so they can work in concert with one another and be controlled remotely
and others like him (another team is building dissolvable circuits) are trying to deal with the e waste problem at the start--long before your phone gets stepped on or your computer crashes.
and so on. orbes speculates that that'and so on'could include anything from nail polish to cracked cell phone screens...
Unlike the screen of a cellphone, this display does need not to produce its own light source.
That good news as the devices are becoming increasingly advancedne day soon patients who feel a migraine coming on could simply ial downtheir pain from their smartphone
which has helped paved the way for flexible mobile phones. Recently published in leading micro/nanoscience journal Small
Before Google Project Jacquard, there was Byborre wifi-enabled pillow to combine technology, textile and shape.
Similar to an iphone, in which each user curates their own apps, the future suits will enable the owner complete control over the functions.
#Anti-Radiation Glasses Protect Against Computer Eye Strain Zappi glasses are designed to protect the wearer eyes from the harmful light given off by digital devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers.
and are designed for use with smartphones, computers, tablets, gaming screens and TVS. They also help reduce glare for those driving at night.
on its site. The system will bring what Amazon thinks are more accurate reviews to the top
Amazon told technology site Cnet. Its first effects may not be visible for some time as the work only began on Friday.
especially in the initial stages of a product going on sale on any particular site. They post fake, inflationary reviews or pay users to do so on their behalf.
The practice known as stroturfingfake grassroots campaigns is widespread across a variety of sites and services.
more and more sites that host user reviews will have to implement smarter and smarter systems to prevent abuse.
Their flagship product has features familiar to the ubiquitous smartphone. The Grillo Active contains an accelerometer, Wi-fi and GPS.
and relayed back and forth through the Internet, removing the need for a separate infrastructure. The Grillo dashboard neatly puts together sensor data on a map
Alerts are sent to the user smartphone device to remind them to reapply sunscreen or get out of the sun altogether,
the sensor alerts the partner smartphone when the bikini wearer needs some help applying sunscreen.
From conception and design to use through realization, Spinali is quoted with saying on the company website.
check out the Spinali Youtube channel. Spinali Desig S
#See Your Morning Updates Reflected On Data-Personalizable Mirror Mirrormirror wants to fundamentally change the nature of your morning preparations by taking a standard medium-sized mirror and bringing it into the future.
This display will show updates chosen by the user from social media and the Internet, such as posts by friends, meeting reminders or a weather report.
Mastercard has partnered with smartphone makers and is finalizing plans with a major bank to launch the experimental trial,
stare at your phone and blink once. The blink the security feature to make sure someone not just holding up a photograph.
The fingerprint scan will be saved as a code on your phone, and the facial scan will convert your face into a numerical code that sent to Mastercard.
check out by talking to your phone. Current Mastercard customers use a ecurecode, or a traditional password for online purchases.
The SALT lamp can also connect to a smartphone. The lamp will charge phones and is stressed to be used in critical situations.
NTT Docomo, is a Japanese telecommunications company that unveiled a smartphone that will allow you to shop with your eyes only.
NTT Docomo summer lineup of mobile phones featured tech giants like Sony and Samsung. But what stood out from the sea of gadgets was the Arrow NX F-04g that uses iris recognition to make payments when you shop.
This is the first ever smartphone with such a feature. The only smartphone that comes close to this technology is Apple finger authentication.
For smartphone users who end to forget passwords when shopping online, the iris recognition feature eliminates these problems altogether.
The phone owner simply looks at the front-facing camera to unlock their phone and start sending payments.
Nevertheless, one should not underestimate this smartphone as a mere tool for mobile shopping. The Arrow NX F-04g comes with a 5. 2-inch Quadhd screen with a 2, 560 x 1, 440 display resolution.
It is packed with an octa-core processor, 3gb of RAM and 32 GB internal storage.
back in 2010, NTT Docomo introduced a prototype that uses the eye sensor system to help users navigate their phones with eye movement.
A mobile phone will then be programmed to interpret the results and translate it into commands. Hence, the phone user can answer a call,
make a call, switch music tracks, increase or decrease volume by looking left or right or by rotating the eyes in a clockwise direction.
Linking phone usage and human eyes is something that NTT Docomo has been working on for a while now.
The company aims to find clever ways to use mobile phones for today and for the future
#The HIV Self Tests the World Needs Are Here The HIV Self Testing kit from U k. startup Biosure can change the way people think about getting tested.
who will have increased access to collection sites and an improved overall battery recycling experience,'says Joe Zenobio, executive director of Call2recycle Canada.'
'With more sites, a focus on education, and an opportunity to build our collection networks together,
Assaults on government websites are now being detected ever few seconds according to Japanese cyber defense experts.
China's Defense Ministry expressed concern about the new strategy saying it would worsen tension over Internet security.
and transmits data such as the mother and baby's heart rates to a smartphone and stores it on a secure cloud-based database accessible only to expectant mothers and their physicians.
He says a smartphone app will eventually provide a visual representation of the data gathered by the wearable monitor."
a strap allowing mothers to stream soothing music from a smartphone to gently stimulate the fetus.
though, learning almost exclusively online in forums and emails, Lachappelle has managed to synthesize a series of robotic hands that could change industries
"A good example is had we actually an amputee use the wireless brainwave headset to control a hand,
with some using a wireless brainwave headset, designed more for prosthetic use. Another of his tele-robotic controlled hands was created with dangerous environments in mind
because Americans may expect that federal computer networks are maintained with state of the art defenses.""""It's clear that a substantial improvement in our cyber databases
"Bennett told Reuters. Doppel is synchronized to each individual via a smartphone app that measures their resting heart rate.
"You take your resting heart rate through your phone, and then that's the bio-data we need to set the levels that you need to either (get) calm
Karger said it could pave the way for wireless pain management for patients using, for example, their mobile phone:"
#Candle power to charge smartphones A power outage-it's an experience all are familiar with and everyone dreads.
And worst of all-your smartphone dies. This scenario was one of the inspirations for Andrew Burns of California startup Stower to develop the candle charger.
That diffusion outputs between 2-3 watts, about the same amount of power derived from a USB port-perfect for charging smartphones and tablets.
or a smartphone is infinitely greater than a vacuum cleaner and they only need tiny little bits of energy,
The company has developed also a similar device designed to charge phones over a campfire. Burns advises to keep devices off
And on the hoverboard's official website, Lexus hints at how they pulled it off:
#Eye disease Detected-Using A Smartphone Researchers at the Medical and Surgical Center for Retina have developed software that detects eye diseases such as diabetic macular edema using a smartphone.
The technology was designed for general physicians who support the health system in Mexico to detect certain abnormalities without an ophthalmologist
It's obviously better and cheaper to prevent blindness rather than try to cure it so an app on a cellphone that just needs to focus on the eye is better in all ways.
and uses the camera of the phone to detect any abnormality in the thickness of the retina."
from everyday interaction with mobile phones to learning with computers and design work,"says GHOST coordinator Professor Kasper Hornbaek of the University of Copenhagen."
--and they suggest that the site where 2d22 binds to the virus could represent a potential vaccine target.
which means once information is delivered to your computer or router in photon form, it has to be converted into the slower electron form
such as A t-shirt that capable of charging your iphone. So wee pretty excited to see what the researchers do with the material next l
Wee already able to send data in the form of photons at incredible speeds through the optical fibres that make up our Internet,
#A camera has successfully been powered using spare Wi-fi signals Researchers in the US have tweaked a regular Wi-fi router
Even better, their work didn interfere with the router's data transfer speeds. The breakthrough could help researchers overcome one of the main challenges
Researchers have known long that the electromagnetic waves broadcast by Wi-fi routers could be harnessed for energy as well as sending information,
A team from the University of Washington in the US has accomplished now this by simply changing the way a router broadcasts.
in order to see how much power they could get from a nearby router. They found that the resulting voltages produced by the Wi-fi signals were never high enough to cross the operating threshold of around 300 millivolts.
was that Wi-fi routers don continuously blast out electromagnetic waves, they send them out on a single channel in bursts.
But by programming a router to broadcast noise across a range of Wi-fi channels even
The question that needs to be answered now is how these routers interfere with other signals in the area. aving a router next door that is blasting out signals on three Wi-fi channels might not be everybody idea of neighbourly behaviour,
however, that if this kind of interference turns out to be a problem for current routers, it is one that could be solved in future generations.
The next step is further testing on these routers under a range of different conditions to make sure they really can help to provide us with regular power for our devices
while we browse the Internet. And if that the case, then it could seriously change the way we power up our homes.
#A new smartphone attachment could save you a trip to the eye doctor You might think nothing of a trip to the optometrist,
The D-EYE is a lens that clips onto the back of a smartphone (right now it works with the iphone 5
which is sent back to a specialist over the web. Thanks to the innovative mounting bumper, eye lens
"the inventors explain on the project's official site. The gadget has been developed by ophthalmologist Andrea Russo together with and Italian tech development firm Si14 Spa.
and levers created using the smartphone's LED flash camera lens and autofocus. It can compensate between-10d myopia (nearsightedness) to+10d hyperopia (farsightedness.
while the app is free to download. There are also plans for a cloud service to support the gadget
-or indeed a smartphone-then you'll know that battery performance on modern-day gadgets isn't quite
The innovation here isn't so much the material used in the batteries-it's the same lithium-ion compound that makes up the smartphone batteries of today-but the way in
told Allison Linn over on the company's blog.""What we want to do is to be able to catch that mosquito efficiently, at scale and at low cost."
The site is set to be a tourist attraction even before it's completed, with a visitor centre in the pipeline that will provide running updates on the bridge's process."
"MX3D Chief Technology Officer Tim Geurtjens says on the project site.""By printing with 6-axis industrial robots, we are limited no longer to a square box in
the team of students from Shanghai Jiao Tong University describe how they fitted one of their team members with a bluetooth electroencephalogram (EEG) headset.
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