Posts Tagged ‘Sensors’

Anders Huus’ Living Chair: The Lively Furniture Merging Design with Robotics

Thursday, August 13, 2009 18:06 By Ramya

When you get home from work, the sight of your dog wagging its tail to cuddle up at your feet might be the most stimulating emotion anybody would cherish. But what if your chair does the same thing? Sounds creepy, right? You’ll probably not agree with me if you see designer Anders Huus Living Chair [...]

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WatCleaner: The Water’s Knight in Shining Armor

Sunday, July 12, 2009 11:52 By Ramya

‘Almost all the water bodies around the world are polluted and need cleansing’. Most of you would surely agree with me on the statement and so does the Chinese industrial designer Ye Yao; otherwise, he would’ve never created the WatCleaner. Frontrunner of the “Excellent Works” designation in Japan Design Foundation International Design Competition, 2007 this [...]

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GPS: voted as NASA’s greatest achievement

Monday, April 27, 2009 20:05 By GSerrano

In line with the 2009 Earth Day celebration, NASA led an online poll asking people’s opinion as to what they consider as NASA’s greatest achievement over the last 50 years. The voting was open for one week. The GPS garnered the highest number of votes at 3,280 votes against the 2,408 votes earned by the [...]

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“T-34” Security Robot Nets Burglars Down

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 19:11 By Ramya

Robots are being used in many different environments — ranging from laboratory clean rooms to industrial warehouses and chemical plants to kitchens to… and the list keeps going on and on. It might be a long time before the human security guard is replaced by the mechanical kind, but robot developer tmsuk Co Ltd and [...]

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Princeton Researchers Unveil New Laser to Enable Sensors

Thursday, December 25, 2008 9:47 By Ramya

Most of the discoveries in science are unforeseen, just like this one! A Princeton led batch of researchers has discovered a new type of laser when they spotted an unpredicted beam of light while working with a quantum cascade laser. This new laser is less sensitive to temperature changes and needs less power compared to [...]

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French Scientists Develop Prototype Heart

Sunday, November 2, 2008 22:48 By Jaiyant Cavale

If you had been wondering if one could ever create a heart, an artificial heart, the French scientists have already created one. Call it the plastic heart, for it uses pig tissues and polymer and works just like the real heart does. Scientists used technology, which is usually used in satellites and airplanes.
The prototype hearts [...]

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Loc8tor: A Device For Those Who Lose Things Often

Sunday, November 2, 2008 2:59 By Jaiyant Cavale

A gadget that could help you look for things you seem to have lost or misplaced would be definitely preferred by many. The Loc8tor does the job of finding things that are misplaced with the help of two tags and a locating pad. However, there is a catch. You will need to attach the tag [...]

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Clemens Winkler Creates Interactive Table Cloth

Monday, October 27, 2008 21:45 By Jaiyant Cavale

Clemens Winkler, a German art and design student has created a unique and innovative concept product called the Interactive Table Cloth. The tablecloth has 3 layers and records everything that happened at the table in decipherable signs. In fact it apparently creates a sign on the surface of the time that has passed by. Unexpected [...]

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