Tag Archives : Sensors

This time around, when you plan to go on a ski trip, there is a brand new accessory, that in every sense of the is extremely ‘essential’ for all adventure sports enthusiasts. One of the foremost names the field of sports lenses, Zeal Optics and well renowned display manufacturer, Recon Instruments have joined hands to introduce the all new ‘Transcend’, [...]

Budding golfers would surely love this concept. A digital golf glove by Germany’s Sensosolutions, is a great way to perfect your shots especially for those who have a tough time aiming at the red circle since it has a built-in sensor which persistently reads the pressure of your grip.Had it been accessible when Tiger Woods started off he would have [...]

For all those of our readers, who at some point in time spent two fascinating hours watching Minority Report and wondering when they would be able to see such technology in function, here is some great news. Apparently, Japan is the country that, without a doubt is making that technology dream into a reality as, Tokyo is now witness to one of the biggest [...]

It’s virtually impossible to not have technology touch every aspect of human life. This time, four mechanical engineering graduates from University of California thought of applying science to augment their surfboarding experience. They installed a computer and eight velocity sensors on a surfboard. These would aid in registering the speed at which [...]

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 Number 1. Being called the LC1, this chair combines [...]

‘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, [...]

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 second-placer: the system for diagnosing [...]

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 security company Alacom Co Ltd [...]

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 the traditional laser beams. Quantum [...]

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 beats just like a [...]