Hologram technology takes the next responsive step ...
Ask any scientist working today, and they’ll tell you that Star Trek has had an amazing impact on their work. From scientists in Holland who have managed to transport photons of light across the room, to NASA rocket engineers working on the first steps to Warp drive. There’s even an Israeli group who have developed “shields” to protect tanks from incoming missiles. What could be next, you ask? How about Holograms.
Once again, another new perfectly balanced riding vehicle such as the PUMA and eniCycle has caught my attention. I don’t know what it is about these things, I feel like I’m eight-years old looking at pictures of sports cars and longing for the day when I can drive.
Yes, I want to ride those things really bad, and Honda has fulfilled my dreams with the U3-X. There is a wonderful video of it that you can see after the jump, just don’t ask me why there is no sound.
The U3-X has the ability to fold up compactly into a boogie board that is shaped like a figure eight. It is quite light at 22 pounds, and Honda used technology learned from Asimo to make it work.
Is the Microsoft Courier a Tablet PC or a new category altogether?
The rush for Tablet PCs in the Cupertino rumor mill has so far produced zip, zero, nada. Donut hole. But now there comes word from Redmond that Microsoft may be working on a book like Tablet PC code named “Courier.”
Costing half that of current Braille printers, the 6dot Braille Printer has promise.
When going into the cupboard to get a can of peas, or a jar of peanut butter, it’s a relatively simple affair to look at the label and grab what you need. But if your blind, suddenly finding what you need in the cupboard is darn near impossible, if not disastrous. But thanks to engineering students at the University of Toronto, MIT and Stanford, getting what you need to cook is as easy as feeling for the Braille label you put on it.
Every time I think the word “foosball”, what comes to mind are semi-pleasant memories from Junior High School. Our lunchroom had about four of these tables out, and each of them had at least one player missing.
It would appear that no game is out of the digital realm as the Ewha Women’s University has created Space Foosball. As you can see from the picture, all the men are rendered in CG, so there is no chance of them breaking off after too much playing.
The handles are made with infrared sensors so they will move out, in, and spin as the user reacts. I would imagine the program would keep track of the force exerted on the ball, so it would know how much to rebound. You can watch the video after the jump for some virtual foosball action.
One of the problems of being paralyzed is the transition from bed to the wheelchair. Sure, this is something that anyone who walks takes for granted, but I’m sure Professor X probably feels pretty helpless every morning.
Okay, I’m starting to slowly drift into the slippery slope of cripple joke territory, and that is just sick. It is a lot better to help out those who cannot walk, like this new device from Panasonic.
As you can see from the picture here, the robotic bed can raise the back, and then a part of the bed comes out to be the wheeled portion. Somehow, these two parts come together to make a wheel chair that is easily accessible for those with limited mobility.
The MCor Matrix 3D Printer
Rapid prototyping, 3D printing, additive manufacturing … no matter what you call it, the ability to be able to design something in 3D and print it from your desktop is an idea that finally has had technology catch up with it. But up until now, it’s always been way too expensive to invest in. But Matrix may change all that, promising 3D printing at 2d prices.
There are a lot of people who faint at the sight of a needle, as well as those that swoon at the sight of blood.
Wouldn’t it be great if there was some machine like this Bloodbot that could draw your blood, without a human ever being present?
Some of you might faint at the very idea of that, but haven’t you ever had a doctor who had a hard time finding the vein while you were donating blood? Apparently, this bloodbot has an accuracy rate of seventy-eight percent. Normally, I would say that is good, but I would like to see the average accuracy rate for a doctor.
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