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A robotic brain-computer interface

California Institute of Technology Caltech engineers have developed a robotic device able to act as a brain-computer interface. This is the 'first robotic approach to establishing an interface between computers and the brain by positioning electrodes in neural tissue.' According to the researchers, their approach 'could enhance the performance and...

Tags: Algorithm, Electrode, California Institute Of Technology, Positioning, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-21

Electrochemist.com 5.8.27 (Windows)

Software Electrochemist.com is virtual electrochemist who can analyze and simulate electrochemical experiments. It simulates analytically and digitally voltammetry and chronoamperometry on virtually any mechanism in 4 models (finite and semi-infinite diffusions, convection and adsorption) at over 10 electrode geometries (planar, spherical, semi-spherical, cylindrical, semi-cylindrical, microdisc, thin film, and their rotating...

Tags: Electrode, Microsoft Windows, Pulse, DrHuang, Software Electrochemist.com, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2008-03-24

Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for cars

According to EE Times, a California-based company called QuantumSphere has developed nanoparticles that could make hydrogen cheaper than gasoline. The company says its reactive catalytic nanoparticle coatings can boost the efficiency of electrolysis the technique that generates hydrogen from water to 85% today, exceeding the Department of Energy's goal for...

Tags: Fuel Cell, Electrode, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Nanotechnology, Hydrogen, QuantumSphere, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-27

Patent app points to touchscreen BlackBerry

A new BlackBerry Patent application published this morning strongly points to a touchscreen BlackBerry- similar to the touchscreen iPhone. It's also important to note that although most BlackBerry Patent applications are only published 18 months after they are filed, this one has only a four-month gap. These...

Tags: Touch Screen, Disclosure, Electrode, Voltage, RIM BlackBerry, LCD, Patent Abstract, Touchscreen Liquid-crystal Display, Pixel Element, Telecom & Utilities, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Move over, iPhone: touchscreen BlackBerry imminent, clues say

A new BlackBerry Patent application published this morning strongly points to a touchscreen BlackBerry- similar to the touchscreen iPhone. It's also important to note that although most BlackBerry Patent applications are only published 18 months after they are filed, this one has only...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Disclosure, Electrode, Voltage, RIM BlackBerry, LCD, Patent Abstract, Touchscreen Liquid-crystal Display, Pixel Element, Telecom & Utilities, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Parallel Processing Applied to the Design of Concrete Encased Grounding Electrodes

This work presents the authors' investigation regarding the application of parallel processing to the design of grounding systems, comprising concrete encased electrodes. The natural parallelism of the involved tasks and the large time-consuming characteristic of sequential processing for this kind of application justify the use of high performance computation. This...

Tags: Electrode, Sao Paulo, Parallel Processing, Telecom & Utilities

White papers 2007-12-01

Will nanogenerators replace batteries?

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built prototypes of a nanogenerator providing continuous electrical power by "harvesting mechanical energy from such environmental sources as ultrasonic waves, mechanical vibration or blood flow." According to the scientists, the prototype could produce as much as 4 watts per cubic centimeter. This...

Tags: Nanotechnology, Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment

Blog posts 2007-04-09

Photos: Meet the robo-pigeon

Researchers in China embed electrodes in a pigeon's head in order to send it aloft like a remote-controlled model airplane.

Tags: electrode, researcher, China, photograph

Image galleries 2007-02-28

Great balls of fire

According to National Geographic News, two Brazilian physicists of the Federal University of Pernambuco have created artificial ball lightning in their lab. Like the ones you may have seen during a thunderstorm, these ball lightning move erratically and burn whatever they touch, even drilling a hole in one of the...

Tags: Energy &, Environment, Science &, Nature, ball lightning, lightning, vapor

Blog posts 2007-01-24

Can your mouth become multilingual?

During a videoconference last week between Karlsruhe, Germany, and Carnegie Mellon University CMU, Pittsburgh, USA, the talk of Alex Waibel, from CMU, was automatically translated in German and Spanish. Both the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PPG and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review PTR attended the conference, took pictures and were impressed by this new...

Tags: mouth, Carnegie-Mellon University, electrode

Blog posts 2005-10-30

Electrochemical Simulation POLAROGRAPH.com 4.3 (Windows)

Software POLAROGRAPH.com former Polar is virtual polarograph and general electrochemical simulator. It analytically and digitally simulates voltammograms polarograms on virtually any mechanism at 9 electrode geometries (planar, spherical, semi-spherical, cylindrical, semi-cylindrical, microdisc, thin film, and rotating electrodes) in over 5 techniques (linear sweep and CV, DC, normal pulse, differential pulse,...

Tags: Electrode, Microsoft Windows, Pulse, DrHuang, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2001-11-24

ElectrochemistrySoftware.com 4.3 (Windows)

Polar is a general electrochemical simulator. It analytically and digitally simulates voltammograms polarograms on virtually any mechanism at 9 electrode geometries (planar, spherical, semi-spherical, cylindrical, semi-cylindrical, microdisc, thin film, and rotating electrodes) in over 5 techniques (linear sweep and CV, DC, normal pulse, differential pulse, and square wave voltammetries). It...

Tags: Electrode, Microsoft Windows, Pulse, DrHuang, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2001-10-23

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Caltech develops robot with digital camera to study sight restoration

That's not Wall-E, but Cyclops, a four-wheeled robot developed by Caltech scientists for studying possible forms of sight restoration with the help of a digital camera planted in the eye of the robot. According to CNET, the movements of the digital camera eye could "help refine...

Tags: California Institute Of Technology, Digital Camera, Camera, Retinal, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Robots, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Researchers use ordinary camera flash to create graphene

The production of graphene has just become a whole lot easier. Northwestern University scientists have demonstrated that graphite oxide can be converted instantly to graphene by exposing the material to a pulse of light from an ordinary camera flash. Laura J. Cote, Rodolfo Cruz-Silva, and Jiaxing Huang...

Tags: Northwestern University, Camera, Graphene, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Brain-Computer Interface: Next Generation Thought Controlled Distributed Video Game Development Platform

This paper presents a system that uses the human ability to control a video game on a mobile device using ElectroEncephaloGraphic EEG Mu rhythms. The signals were obtained using a specially designed electrode cap and equipment, and sent through a Bluetooth connection to a PC that processes it in real...

Tags: Mobile Gaming, Video Game, Video, Games, Corporate Communications, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Marketing

White papers 2008-12-07

Is this the start of a true green revolution? Syntehtic photosynthesis!

Is this the start of a true green revolution? Syntehtic photosynthesis!I can't waitHe says it is so easy, I want the do it yourself starter kit!RE: Is this the start of a true green revolution? Syntehtic photosynthesis!From the press release: "The new catalyst consists of cobalt metal,...

Tags: true green revolution, green revolution

Discussion threads 2008-07-31

Low-Power Humidity Sensor for RFID Applications

Wireless sensors incorporated in RFID systems are important in several industrial, consumer and logistics applications. By extending RFID tags to sensing applications, the products become smarter. Application areas for these smart tags include; health care (verification of the environmental conditions during transport or in storage of e.g. diapers, bandages, etc.),...

Tags: Cardiff University, Food, Sensor, RFID, Food & Beverage, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Manufacturing

White papers 2008-07-10

Brain waves used for faster image sorting

Computers are fast for many tasks, but humans are faster for identifying objects or people in images. But is it possible to combine the speed of a computer with the sensitivity of the human brain? According to a IEEE Spectrum Online article, 'A Brainy Approach to Image Sorting,' several teams...

Tags: Team, Analyst, DARPA, Image, Computer, Productivity, Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-04

Electricity generated by bacteria?

It will take years before bacteria can generate enough energy to generate electricity for transportation, homes or businesses, but researchers at the University of Minnesota studying bacteria have found a way to convert waste into electricity. They've discovered that riboflavin (also known as vitamin B-2) is responsible for much of...

Tags: Electron, Bacteria, Shewanella, Web Site Development, Telecom & Utilities, Transportation, Internet, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-04

Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for cars

Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for carsI don't get it[i]The most interesting part of the story is that the existing gas stations would not need to be modified to distribute hydrogen.[/i]I thought H2 is in gas form at normal temperature and pressure.How can they use an existing fuel pump to pump H2...

Tags: Liquid Nitrogen, hydrogen tank, nanotechnology, Combustion, hydrogen, O2 Plc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-27