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- E-textiles to monitor your health
- Virginia Tech VT researchers have been busy developing efficient e-textiles -- electronic textiles and clothing with embedded wires and sensors -- for six years now. Their computerized clothing can monitor your movements, sensing if you're walking, running, standing, or sitting down. Of course, this kind of clothing has a wide...
- Tags: Virginia Tech, Monitor, Researcher, Sensor, Health Care, Computer, E-textiles, Wearer, Jumpsuit, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
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- Repelling bullets with nanotube armors
- Australian engineers have found a way to use the elasticity of carbon nanotubes to not only stop bullets penetrating material but actually rebound their force. Their anti-ballistic carbon nanotubes are very different from the current materials used to design bullet-proof jackets, such as Kevlar, Twaron or Dyneema fibers. Current jackets...
- Tags: Nanotube, Bullet, Carbon Nanotube, Jacket, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Photos: Scanning brain waves
- Upstart EmSense reads people's brain waves to gauge their emotional response to advertisements and video games.Hans Lee, chief technology officer of EmSense, wearing the company''s wireless headband, which includes a dry EEG electroencephalogram sensor to measure the electrical activity of the brain without the use of gels; an accelerometer, which...
- Tags: Mice, Games, photograph, Upstart EmSense, Lee, rabbit, mouse, sensor, video game company, cage, gel, Monterey, THQ Inc., Santa Monica, Super Bowl, game company, headset, chief technology officer, video, sales, video game, gamer, advertiser, Hollywood, California, monitor, photogra
- Image galleries 2007-08-21
- Luke's Binoculars hard-wire spyglasses right into soldiers' brains
- Science fiction and military reality have seemingly merged now that U.S. Special Forces have developed powerful high-tech binoculars that connects a soldiers prefrontal cortex to hardware that detect threats by the soldiers subconscious, reports Wired.com. The Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System, dubbed "Lukes Binoculars," after the binoculars Luke Skywalker...
- Tags: Government technology, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- Sunglasses changing color in a second
- Wouldnt it be nice to wear sunglasses that change colors according to the weather or to your new skiing suit? According to the American Chemical Society ACS, scientists at the University of Washington have developed a new lens material that makes this possible. Their smart sunglasses can change color on...
- Tags: University of Washington, polymer, American Chemical Society
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- Court OKs warrantless tracking with GPS
- Court OKs warrantless tracking with GPSGPS DevicesFor over twenty years the US Government has used tracking device to locate people. The idea of these units were to be able to locate agents in the field. A few years ago a new form of these units was introduced to the public....
- Tags: Real estate, GPS
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- Nike+iPod Sport Kit raises privacy fears
- Researchers from the University of Washington claim that joggers who make use the iPod Sport kit ($29) are putting their privacy at risk. The research was carried out by T. Scott Saponas, Jonathan Lester, Carl Hartung, and Tadayoshi Kohno of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of...
- Tags: SECURITY, privacy, transmitter, receiver, Nike+iPod Sport Kit, Apple iPod
- Blog posts 2006-12-18
- Giro TuneUps Wireless
- Much like Oakley, Giro's main focus is not consumer electronics. Nope, this company's main product lines consist of protective helmets for skiers, snowboarders, and cyclists. But a couple of years ago, Giro realized that tearing up the slopes can be a lot more fun when you have tunes along for...
- Tags: Bluetooth, Cellular phones, Giro TuneUps Wireless, helmet, pod, headphone
- Product reviews 2006-12-04
- Ankle bracelets detect intoxication through sweat
- Electronic bracelets aren't just for house arrests anymore. In Illinois, drunk drivers are being fitted with electronic ankle bracelets that will measure alcohol consumption by testing perspiration, according to the Daily Herald. At least 4,000 people are wearing the gadget today, and another 2,800 are waiting to be outfitted...
- Tags: manufacturer
- Blog posts 2006-11-01
- A vest to hug you
- In "New vest offers wearer a portable hug," the Boston Globe reports that engineers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have designed a vest to help people suffering from autism or high anxiety. This inflatable vest has pockets that hold air bladders and is powered by 10 AA batteries....
- Tags: vest
- Blog posts 2006-10-11
- Pedophiles seek community online
- In the Internet stew that holds equal all things good, bad and in-between, a two-part article in The New York Times on the rise of a pedophile movement stands out as particularly hard to digest. Through Internet chat rooms, podcasts and streaming radio, pedophiles from diverse backgrounds are...
- Tags: pedophile, Internet
- Blog posts 2006-08-21
- Not your father's backpack
- Gone are the days when a student would go to school with a notebook and a few pencils stuffed in a backpack. Kids need room for CD players, flash drives, iPods and laptops. Retailers are answering the call with a new line of high-tech backpacks that come with built-in cellphone,...
- Tags: backpack
- Blog posts 2006-08-15
- SenseCam: A Retrospective Memory Aid
- This paper presents a novel ubiquitous computing device, the SenseCam, a sensor augmented wearable stills camera. SenseCam is designed to capture a digital record of the wearer's day, by recording a series of images and capturing a log of sensor data. The authors believe that reviewing this information will help...
- Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Memory, SenseCam
- White papers 2006-07-26
- Wireless for mine safety? Fed. agency is looking into it
- Can wireless technology save miners' lives in future accidents? The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration MSHA is looking "aggressively" into the possibilities. MSHA announced they are testing a personal emergency device and a locator system for underground mines. CONSOL Energy and Peabody Coal Company are testing...
- Tags: MSHA, PED
- Blog posts 2006-02-08
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