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Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.At least, not on that project. What really caught our eye was the device he shows off at the beginning of the video. Using two old ball mice, he constructed a grip style input device. It is simple and elegant and we can definitely see using this in future hacks. Not only is it cheap and apparently effective, it seems as though it could be constructed in a very short amount of time. all you need are the wheels that spin when the ball moves, 4 springs and some string. Why didn’t we think of that?
watch the Demonstration video by Pranav
Atmel Opens New Research and Development Center in Taiwan
Center focuses on low-power MCUs with embedded non-volatile memory, joint technology development with local foundries and university programs
Taipei, Taiwan, January 19, 2010 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) the leader in touch- and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced the grand opening of a new Research and Development (R&D) Center in Taiwan located at 4F, No. 89, Sec. 2, Tiding Ave., Taipei, Taiwan. Following the recent opening of Atmel's Shanghai office, this grand opening is a strategic next step in expanding the company's presence in the growing Asian markets. This R&D Center focuses on the development of technologies, design infrastructure and IP blocks for Atmel's proprietary AVR® and ARM®-based microcontroller (MCUs) products with embedded non-volatile memory (NVM). In addition, the R&D Center will support wafer processing technology porting and joint development with local foundry partners, together with establishing programs with local top universities in NVM device and structure exploration.
Accelerometer-based DVR can improve teen driving safety
I sometimes wish, when I was a teenager learning to drive, that I had a cool, emotionless computer schooling me in the ways of the road. Certainly it would have been less nerve-racking than my mother, who sat besides me on my expeditionary learner’s permit drives sheet white and clawing stuffing out of the dashboard, her voice a constantly crescendoing shriek of terror, her leg rigidly pressed forward against the ground as if stepping on an invisible brake. The experience was so nerve racking for both of us that, by mutual agreement, we eventually decided I should never learn to drive.
75 year old woman has worlds fastest internet
A 75 year old woman from Karlstad in central Sweden has been thrust into the history books - with the world's fastest internet connection on her first computer
Sigbritt Löthberg's home has been supplied with a blistering 40 Gigabytes per second connection(that is not a typo ,i double checked) , many thousands of times faster than the average residential link and the first time ever that a home user has experienced such a high speed
The secret behind Sigbritt's ultra-fast connection is a
new modulation technique
(from Cisco systems) which allows data to be transferred directly between
two routers up to 2,000 kilometers apart, with no intermediary transponders.
According to Karlstad Stadsnät the distance is, in theory, unlimited - there is no data loss as long as the fiber is in place.she will be able to download a full high definition DVD in just two seconds.
Magnets and Geometry
A bunch of us are in the middle of a short fad of fascination with magnets. I recently purchased about a thousand gold-plated spherical 6mm N35 neodymium-iron-boron magnets from Edwin Science. These are strong enough that swallowing two of them would probably require surgery. But I am not dumb enough to eat them, being far more interested in building things out of them, and thus I give you some photos of the nifty things I did when I got them, and some tips on how to assemble them. I regret not having the artistic skills or patience to illustrate all of the information I want to share here, but hopefully those interested can follow along.
The first building block is a loop of magnets, with the poles aligned circumferentially (that is, a string of aligned magnets joined end to end). In the photos below, anywhere you see two parallel rows of magnets arranged in a square configuration, that indicates the adjacent rows are aligned in opposite directions, and almost always part of separate loops. If the rows are arranged in a triangular configuration, that indicates they are aligned in the same direction. The loops can be treated as polygons (squares, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, etc) to create polyhedra. The strength of the magnets causes them to exert force in the direction of perfect alignment, which gives rigidity to what would otherwise be flexible circles.
Start the car with a phone call
It’s just starting to warm up around here but it was very cold for a long time. We’re not fond of going anywhere when it’s way below freezing but those professional hermit opportunities never panned out so we’re stuck freezing our butts off. Fed up with his frigid auto, [Aaron] installed a remote starter to warm the car up before he got to it. This didn’t help at work because of the distance from his office to the sizable parking lot is too far for the key fob’s signal to carry. He decided to make his starter work with GSM so he could start the car with a phone call.
The first attempt involved a pre-paid cell phone for $30. The problem is that anyone who called the phone would end up starting the car. After a bit of looking he found a GSM switch that just needs an activated SIM to work. When called, it reads the incoming phone number for authentication but never picks up the phone so there’s no minutes used. He cracked open an extra key-fob and wired up the lock and start buttons to the relays in the GSM switch. Bam! A phone call starts (and locks) his car.
Maybe this isn’t as hardcore as body implants but it’s a fairly clean solution. He uses the car’s 12v system to power the switch and pays $10 every three months to keep the SIM card active. There’s an underwhelming demonstration video after the break showing a cellphone call and a car starting.