7 new smartphone features that will help define your future Biosensors will soon be integrated into clothing, shoes and accessories such as Sensoria smart socks, prescription Google Glass and smart workout gear from Athos, which is due this summer and is pictured above. Athos clothing analyzes how your body is performing, meaning you can track your fitness in real-time. Sensoria Fitness Socks have sensors to track activity and fitness goals. The sensors gather data on heart rate, force and pressure. Some Android phones can use eye-scanning security via the Eyeprint App Lock from EyeVerify, a demo of which is pictured. Keyless home deadbolt locks are expected to come into the mainstream in the future. Apple broadened the acceptance of fingerprint scanning with the iPhone 5S' Touch ID sensor. Google Glass may seem like a novelty right now but the wearable gadget could soon be saving some companies millions of dollars per year. Tech that will change your life No more keys: Bluetooth 4.0 Stewart Wolpin No more tickets or cash: NFC, iBeacon
Copenhagen Fablab | Kultur og Fritid Målet med Copenhagen Fablab er at stille faciliteter til rådighed, hvor københavnerne kan udvikle og afprøve gode idéer. Når man har udviklet sin gode idé, er man forpligtet til at dele idéen med det globale fablab-netværk, og man må ikke benytte fablab-faciliteterne til serieproduktion af idéen. Copenhagen Fablab er en del af det globale fablab-netværk, der udspringer fra MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA), og er i dag udbredt til over 40 lande. Vil du modtage flere nyheder om kulturlivet i Valby? Hvornår er der åben? Hvad koster det? Vi har skiftende beholdning af følgende materialer: - 3 mm akryl i diverse farver, skåret ud i 400x600mm- HDF, 3 og 4 mm 600x400 mm - MDF, 6 mm 600x400 mm - Folie i forskellige farver- Plast til 3D-print, hvid- Bølgepap, 600x400 mm (mellem 2 og 4 mm)- Mosgummi, 2 mm Hvilke faciliteter stilles til rådighed? Der er kun afsat en computerarbejdsplads som grafisk arbejdsplads. Hvad forventes der af dig? Hvordan deler man? Spørgsmål?
Watermark Tee Tutorial by Sweet Verbana Hello U-Create readers! I am so excited to be guest posting here today. It just so happens to be my first guest post and I'm still a little shocked that it's here at Ucreate, one of my favorite blogs! A little bit about me.. I'm from a little town called Keller, Texas. I'm a junior at Texas A&M University (whoop!). I'm working on my education degree and expect to be an elementary school teacher in just two short years. When I'm not busy studying for classes, I love to sew. I just started blogging in May and have already met all kinds of wonderful women, I hope you'll stop by and say hi too! Watermark Tee Tutorial What I love about this project is that it's completely customizable. Materials: Elmer's Blue Gel Glue (it must be the blue gel, white won't work) Fabric Dye (RIT is my tried and true brand) A white cotton Tee, Tank, Dress etc. Tutorial: If you're unfamiliar with Batiking, it's a method of dyeing fabric in which you create a design with a dye- resist. Step 1: Prepare Step 2: Design
7 new smartphone features that will help define your future Biosensors will soon be integrated into clothing, shoes and accessories such as Sensoria smart socks, prescription Google Glass and smart workout gear from Athos, which is due this summer and is pictured above. Athos clothing analyzes how your body is performing, meaning you can track your fitness in real-time. Mobile World Congress begins in Barcelona Monday and amid the hoopla of new super-phones, largely unknown technologies will be revealed. And it will be these that change our lives. Here are seven I predict will help define our future. No more keys: Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth 4.0 (recently updated to 4.1), also known as Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) and Bluetooth Smart, already enables an ever-widening variety of wearable gadgets such as wrist-worn health/fitness monitors and smart watches. Away from home, several hotels have begun testing keyless Bluetooth 4.0 room entry. No more tickets or cash: NFC, iBeacon Constant health and fitness monitoring: Wearable biosensors
Why Computing Won't Be Limited By Moore's Law. Ever In less than 20 years, experts predict, we will reach the physical limit of how much processing capability can be squeezed out of silicon-based processors in the heart of our computing devices. But a recent scientific finding that could completely change the way we build computing devices may simply allow engineers to sidestep any obstacles. The breakthrough from materials scientists at IBM Research doesn't sound like a big deal. In a nutshell, they claim to have figured out how to convert metal oxide materials, which act as natural insulators, to a conductive metallic state. Shifting materials from insulator to conductor and back is not exactly new, according to Stuart Parkin, IBM Fellow at IBM Research. And that's huge. Power On… And On And On And On… When it comes to computing — mobile, desktop or server — all devices have one key problem: they're inefficient as hell with power. Enter the IBM researchers. The implications are clear. Moore's Law? Image courtesy of Shutterstock
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Initiative Founded by Russian entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov in February 2011 with the participation of leading Russian specialists in the field of neural interfaces, robotics, artificial organs and systems. The main goals of the 2045 Initiative: the creation and realization of a new strategy for the development of humanity which meets global civilization challenges; the creation of optimale conditions promoting the spiritual enlightenment of humanity; and the realization of a new futuristic reality based on 5 principles: high spirituality, high culture, high ethics, high science and high technologies. The main science mega-project of the 2045 Initiative aims to create technologies enabling the transfer of a individual’s personality to a more advanced non-biological carrier, and extending life, including to the point of immortality. We devote particular attention to enabling the fullest possible dialogue between the world’s major spiritual traditions, science and society.
How a Handful of Countries Control the Earth's Most Precious Materials To see a list of the raw materials that comprise a cell phone or a computer is to burrow to the planet's core. Some of the names are familiar -- gold, tin -- while others sound as exotic as the places from which they come -- tantalum, indium. As our gadget dependency grows, so does our appetite for these bits of Earth. Myriad factors -- volatile markets, low substitution rates, export restrictions -- make some materials more precious than others. Charts reflect each country's officially reported share of global production, based on latest available data compiled by the European Commission. Canada: Lithium batteries account for roughly 20% of the cobalt used today, but portable battery usage is expected to rise sharply over the next decade, especially with the emergence of electric vehicles. U.S.: Beryllium -- a toxic, light metal with high melting point and strength -- is used in computer and telecom products, as well as home appliances, automotive electronics, and medical equipment.
Page 4: By Skipping Insulin, Diabetics Find Dangerous Way to Drop Pounds <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy As Williams recovered, she was featured in a Self magazine article about diabulimia. After it was published, she started to hear from women across the country suffering from the same symptoms -- including many who thought they were the only one restricting their insulin. One reader was 22-year-old Asha Brown. The college student had been diabetic since age 5 and had struggled with diabulimia since she was 14. "This article was talking about me," said Brown, now 27. Brown kept the article in the back of her mind for years before finally seeking treatment for diabulimia at the Melrose Institute in 2009. The pair quickly bonded over their experiences with the disorder and decided they wanted to help other type 1 diabetics find support. Last year, they launched We Are Diabetes, an organization that works to publicize diabulimia and support those with the disorder.
Human Exoskeleton, The ‘Body Extender,’ Is ‘Most Complex Wearable Robot’ Ever Built Engineers in Italy have created what is known as the “Body Extender,” a type of machine that humans can be strapped into like something out of Star Wars. At the Perceptual Robotics Laboratory, also known as Percro, engineers have created a robot that can carry humans, protect them, and move heavy objects as a form of exoskeleton, or skeleton outside of the body. “This is the most complex wearable robot that has been ever built in the world,” Fabio Salsedo of Percro told the BBC. “It’s a device which is able to track the complex movement of the human body and also to amplify the force of the operator.” The machine can lift about 50 kilograms (110 lbs.) in each of its hands, and can exert 10 times the force that the person inside applies. This gives humans super strength: a chance to pick up really heavy objects and throw them much farther than our natural bodies could. For humans, the engineers see plenty of options in which robotic exoskeletons could be beneficial. Dr.
Google's self-guided car could drive the next wave of unemployment | Technology | The Observer Almost without noticing it, our world crossed a significant threshold last week. Jerry Brown, the governor of California, signed into law a bill that will allow driverless cars on to his state's roads from 2015. Insofar as most people noticed this event at all, they probably sniffed derisively. For some, it'll be seen as an example of techno-hubris – "flags on the moon stuff" – as one of my acquaintances put it. For others, it will be seen as yet another confirmation of the proposition that the continental United States slopes gently from east to west, with the result that everything with a screw loose rolls into California. Governor Brown signed the bill at Google's HQ in Mountain View. At the ceremony in Mountain View, Google's co-founder, Sergey Brin, announced the company's intention to bring autonomous vehicles to the market in five years. Ignore the evangelism for a moment and think about what Google has achieved. This isn't just about cars, by the way. So where did the jobs go?
How to make Oreo lasagna Colin Joliat Oreo lasagna is a perfect alternative to cake, or lasagna, or pretty much any food. It’s easy enough that even I could figure out how to make it. Step your food game up with this dish fit for the internet. I come across a lot of things that make me say, “I should definitely try that.” Let the fun begin. Layer 2 is a crazy concoction of cream cheese, milk, sugar, and cool whip. The third layer is where things started to go wrong. The penultimate layer is fancy talk for next-to-last. Finally, just add chocolate chips. Throw the whole thing in the freezer for an hour, have a few cocktails, and in no time you’re ready for the finest Oreo lasagna the internet has to offer. The one question you’ll probably have is, “What aisle is Cool Whip in?” DIRECTIONS 1. The recipe has been all over, but the oldest place I can find to credit is FoodAddict.
“Evolution 2045” - A Political Party for Cybernetic Immortality and Avatar Technologies New York, NY (PRWEB) August 27, 2012 The political party “Evolution 2045” was created and registered in Russia with the goal of promoting and accelerating human evolution through Avatar technologies. The organization behind the party – “2045 Initiative” – is a Russia-based group of scientists creating a global network of experts looking to develop technologies of cybernetic immortality to overcome global crises and inspire humanity to reach a new level of spiritual evolution. “We aim to reach a new stage of development for human civilization, which will be linked with the fundamental expansion of the creative abilities of the human being, and extend human life to the point of immortality,” said Dmitry Itskov, Founder of the 2045 Initiative and chairman of the “Evolution 2045” party. Party members call themselves internationalists, and anticipate that other countries will form their own “Evolution 2045” parties, with an identical ideology.
'Quantum Internet': Towards realization of solid-state quantum network (Phys.org) —Researchers at TU Delft in the Netherlands have managed to bring two electrons, three meters from each other, into a quantum- entangled state. This result marks a major step towards realizing a quantum network that can be used to connect future quantum computers and to send information in a completely secure way by means of 'teleportation'. The results have been published online on April 24 in Nature. Entanglement is arguably the most intriguing consequence of the laws of quantum mechanics. Entangled states are interesting for computers as they allow a huge number of calculations to be carried out simultaneously. Prof. Entanglement over a distance of three metres Co-financed by the FOM Foundation and in cooperation entity. TeleportationThe next step for the research is the teleportation of electrons. 'Secondly, teleportation offers the possibility of sending information in a completely secure way. Explore further: A new key to unlocking the mysteries of physics?