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Samsung flexible HDTV display technology is the future
Samsung has successfully patented a display technology for HDTV that allows the user to bend it for better viewing from any corner of the room using a remote control. It is just like changing the channels on your current generation of TV’s and the patented technology that allows for deformation of flexible display panel has panel rotation unit for the rotation. The flexible display adjusts the...
Sensor glove changes color to indicate toxic substances in air
Employees working in chemical laboratories or others frequently exposed to harmful substances elsewhere are taught how to keep themselves safe in such hazardous areas. However sensing that there is still scope for improving safety, researchers at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT have developed a glove that can recognize toxic and harmful substances in...
Researchers develop robot nose to identify fruits by smell
Dogs can smell human breath to detect cancerous tumors, with an intention to give robots such a quality to someday assist in delivering life-saving results, engineers at Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, and University of Gavle, Sweden have devised a robot nose, which can detect various fruit odors better that humans. The robot is embedded with 32 sensors that help it detect the smell...
World’s first portable sound camera SeeSV-S205 visualizes sound distribution
Identifying sound just like you identify the hot and cold regions using a thermal camera is the new technology buzz that is all set to be unearthed. For example the rattling sound coming from under your car could be identified in no time using this new technology being developed by Professor Seok-Hyung Bae from the Department of Industrial Design at KAIST and SM Instruments, Inc. Called as the...
CommSeal lets you enjoy safe smartphone texting while driving
Texting while driving can be very dangerous and accounts for many accident cases out there. To solve this problem Christopher Danne has developed a device called CommSeal (smartphone accessory) which will considerably help solve the problem of Texting While Driving (TWD). Commseal connects wirelessly to your smartphone via Bluetooth connection and provides a much safer way to text while driving...
E-tattoo capable of monitoring brainwave activity
Tattoos are no longer going to be just an icon of your style and personality traits but also of much more complex biological human body monitoring devices. Just like the Biosensor tattoos that monitor your sweat levels, the E-tattoo is here to make an even bigger leap into the realm of brainwave monitoring. Designed by Todd Coleman at the University of California, San Diego and his colleagues,...
Wearable biosensor tattoos monitor sweat to track weight
Taking continuous effort of seamlessly integrating biosensors with human body a leap further, Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics led by Professor Joe Wang, Department of NanoEngineering, has developed biosensor tattoos which monitor electrolytes and metabolite levels in sweat. To access the metabolic health of a wearer, these wearable biosensors have been integrated with multifaceted...
Touchscreen Braille Phone for blind people developed by Indian student
Tactile mobile phone concept by Peter Lau is quite intuitive and taking a huge leap forward from the concept stage an Indian post graduate student Sumit Dagar from the National Institute of Design (NID) has made his own version of a smartphone for blind. Deemed as the world’s first smartphone for blind and visually impaired users, Braille Phone is based on a never before seen haptic...
Smart PJs – World’s first interactive pajamas having secret bed time stories
We all love kids and the excitement to read them a bed time story as they go to sleep can be the best satisfying feeling that a parent can have. And who can even ignore the good old pajamas in which the kids feel so comfortable. So combining both these elements has prompted the creation of world’s first interactive pajamas which have dotted patterns printed on them which are the secret codes...
Smack Attack brings rocking drum beating karaoke to the steering wheel of your car
Ever felt frustrated while driving and being stuck in traffic jam and wanted to play karaoke drums with the songs that you are listening to on your iPhone? Or maybe afraid that while driving on the highway you would fall asleep (highway hypnosis) which can be a dangerous situation? Then tapping drums to the music you are listening to while driving can be a good exercise as it keeps you in the...
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