‘Peel & Stick’ Solar Panels
Lumeta PowerPly have created theses innovative panels which use standard roofing adhesives to affix themselfves to the roof, rather than traditional racking systems.
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Fujitsu HOAP-3 Robot now makes omelets
HOAP-3, is a biped robot created by Fujitsu which can complete a number of tasks, including playing soccer. Researchers in Sylvain Calinon and company at the Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory in Switzerland are taking HOAP-3 to the next level and training the humanoid to make omelets.
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BBC Modular Social Networking Digital Radio
Check out this Olinda modular digital radio, it’s a normal digital radio, but when you remove the orange cap, a plug-in interface is revealed to which you can add more modules.
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Sony’s Micro Hybrid Fuel Cell System
Sony’s new fuel-cell system is direct methanol type and uses methanol as fuel. Also, it is an active fuel-cell system, which controls fuel supply with a pump. The system is hybrid type with the output supplemented by a Li-polymer secondary battery. And it can deal with steeply rising peak powers of mobile devices.
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Yamaha Keyboard Notepad
Check out this notepad with a integrated keyboard designed by Yamaha. Its perfect for musicians and composers and allows them to try out their tunes right then and there, with or without using the built-in headphone jack.
No word yet on availability.
Via Slippery Brick
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Brain Wave Reading Headset - game play with your mind…
Researchers have developed a set of brainwave reading headphones. The headset needs NO battery as it’s powered by the body heat and sunlight. The headset is actually a portable electroencephalogram (EEG) device that is made to resemble a set of headphones. Which makes it not looking too weird while the user is wearing it on the head.
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Keyboard Trousers by Erik De Nijs
Check out these geeky keyboard trousers designed by Erik De Nijs. Not sure how practical they are but 10 out of out for originality.
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Honda Assist Walking Device
Honda began research of its walking assist device in 1999 with a goal to provide more people with the joy of mobility. Currently, the device has entered into the feasibility stage. The compact design of the device was achieved with flat brushless motors and a control system developed by Honda. Honda began research of a walking assist device in 1999 with a goal to provide more people with the joy of mobility. Currently, the device has entered into the feasibility stage. Honda is planning to offer interested attendees an opportunity to wear and experience this walking assist device at the Honda booth at BARRIER FREE 2008.
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LED Wallpaper
If your wallpaper is looking a little drab never fear as a breakthrough by GE (General Electric) in OLED technology could now see organic LED’s being printed on to wallpaper. GE managed to find a way to allow OLED’s to be printed on to very thin surfaces.
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RoboTurtle - AUV new propulsion system
The RoboTurtle, described as an “agile and aggressively maneuvering biomimetic autonomous underwater vehicle,” with its oscillating foils maybe opening up new avenues for propulsion. The foils allow RoboTurtle named Finnegan to enjoy a high degree of maneuverability in confined spaces and high speed in open water, which is key for an AUV which will switch between traversing bodies of water and exploring underwater wrecks.
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Brother Retinal Scanning Display
These futuristic display glasses have a retinal scanning unit built in that “irradiates low-intensity light on the retina and scans it with the light at a high speed.”Basically it uses your eye’s retina as a projector screen and displaying an image right onto it. The main unit weighs 25g and the eyeglass measures about 20cc.
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Accordion USB Drive
Recently designed by Polish student Jacek Ryn this accordion USB drive protects itself when not in use using a silicone case. The casing is made of a colored silicone and makes smart use of the materials’ natural elasticity to reveal the plug when pushed into the socket, and automatically slip back when removed.
Prototyped his idea at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk (Poland). Via Engadget
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Wireless Sensor Images in 3D
This 3D sensor helps compose a 3D model, simply by projecting a stripe pattern onto the subject, using the couple of “eyes” to capture slightly distinct angles of the image based on the deducted geometry.
“It consists of two cameras with a projector in the center,” said IOF Optical Systems department head Gunther Notni, PhD. “The two cameras provide a three-dimensional view, rather like two eyes. The projector casts a pattern of stripes on the objects. The geometry of the measured object can be deduced from the deformation of the stripes.”
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Creating Solar Panels using Inkjet Technology
Today FUJIFILM’s cartridge-based Dimatix Materials Printer (DMP), Konarka Technologies has demonstrated the world’s-first fabrication of highly efficient solar cells using of inkjet printing technology.
The DMP used for the demonstration is a turnkey, bench-top materials deposition system that uses FUJIFILM’s inkjet technology and Shaped Piezo Silicon MEMS fabrication processes in depositing picoliter-sized droplets of functional fluids on all types of surfaces. By employing single-use cartridges that researchers can fill with their own fluid materials, the DMP system minimizes waste of expensive fluid materials, thereby eliminating the cost and complexity associated with traditional product development and prototyping. The DMP is suitable for prototyping and low-volume manufacturing, and the technology is scalable from research and development to production.
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Lenovo’s Ideapad U8 MID
Feast your eyes on the Lenovo Ideapad U8 MID, which is based around Intel’s new Atom processor. It’s got a sizable 4.8-inch touchscreen display and a “bullseye” optical mouse for one-handed web surfing operation over either EDGE or 3G data networks.It also has GPS built in for location-based applications and will allow for hand-written notetaking on that touchsceen it has. No details are known as to when the device will be released.
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