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Watch: Video projections float in mid-air. NASA plans for asteroid deflection. And a start-up promises a commercial solar car in two years.
Interactive Screenless Projections A French artist has added motion tracking to traditional video projections to make them appear like they are floating in air and following the viewer’s perspective. Unlike augmented reality and virtual reality, there is no device or screen required for this
Controlling Smartphones with Facial Gestures
Current mobile devices are typically operated using a touch screen. However, it is nearly impossible to operate when you are, for example, wearing gloves or doing dishes.
Researchers Find Link Between Pokémon Go! and Increased Physical Activity
This time last year, many of us were doggedly making our way through parks and charging through the streets intent on one thing: Capturing Pokémon.
Fern Inspires Breakthrough Electrode Design
What do a fern native to the western United States and fractal geometry have in common with solar energy? Quite a lot: the fractal nature of the fern’s structure inspired a new electrode design that, in turn, could increase energy storage capacity by 3,000 percent.
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The Specialist is answering questions with some help from Special Agent Harwin!
New Solar Cell Uses Near-UV Light for Self-Powered Smart Windows
Using this light source allows the solar cell to be transparent and occupy the same footprint as a window.
Educating Undergraduates for Entrepreneurship at Rice University
The current generation of college students and young workers sees older relatives and friends losing jobs in traditional businesses. Instead, in a 2014 survey, up to two-thirds of millennials expressed interest in entrepreneurship.
Researchers Find Link Between Light Exposure and Migraine Intensity
Although it is common knowledge that migraine sufferers are sensitive to light, researchers at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have determined an actual link between the two.
Dementia Patients 'Soothed' By New Technology
Researchers, hoping to reduce the number of outbursts had by dementia patients in long-term-care facilities, have set out to evaluate and modify a tool that may soothe agitated residents.
Smart Campus Technology Implemented at Company Headquarters
SAS is starting to establish a “smart campus” at its Cary, NC, headquarters to build on its corporate sustainability leadership and Internet of Things (IoT) technology expertise. The smart campus project will take advantage of SAS’ advanced, real-time, analytics to improve energy usage while monitoring equipment performance in order to boost operational longevity.
Social Media Platforms Could Improve Police Response Time
Researchers from Cardiff University believe that police officers using social media may improve response times to both large- and small-scale disruptive events.
Smart Phones Are Making Us Dumb
According to the study, which set out to prove this theory with a set of experiments, just the sight of our smart phones is enough to impair a person’s ability to hold and process information (in real time).
Researchers Urge Wearable Device Designers to Consider Baby Boomers
In an effort to appeal to older generations who stand to benefit from their use, researchers are urging designers of wearable devices to consider altering the technology design to better accommodate that population.
Researchers Employing Big Data to Predict Severe Weather Conditions
Using a new method for identifying bow echoes (often associated with violent winds) in radar images, researchers have published their findings in the journal Applied Soft Computing.
A New Method for Reducing Lawn Watering
Because 50 to 90 percent of household water usage alone goes toward watering lawns, it is critical to find a way to conserve water. Commonly used methods to conserve water include implementing watering restrictions such as watering only on certain days or during specific times.
Wall-climbing Drone Aids in Fighting Highrise Fires
The unmanned aerial vehicle detects fires in skyscrapers, searches the inside of the building and transfers data in real time from fire scenes to the ground station.
New Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials Could Revolutionize Technology
The development of these nanomaterials will improve computer processors, TV displays, and solar cells.
RFID Package to Increase Read Range 2x
Kyocera Corporation has developed an ultra-small ceramic package utilizing a proprietary multilayer structure with a built-in RFID antenna that can increase the read range up to 2X as compared with conventional packages of the same size.
MultiMark the Smart All-In-One Marking Solution
MultiMark is a marker system which perfectly meets modern requirements in conjunction with tailored software and particularly efficient printer technology.
Organs-On-Chips Go Electric
Organs-on-chips is a new tool that allows researchers to study human organs and tissues in a new and groundbreaking way, but it can take weeks to grow human cells. A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering set out to fix this problem.