Month: August 2014
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AirDroid: Remotely Control Your Android Device Using A PC
Using your smartphone at office or at home can lead to missed calls. Also, its a bit hectic process to transfer or read your media files from a PC. One of the solution that exists for the sycnhronisation between android smartphone and computer is AirDroid. In fact, this app converts your smartphone into a web server and…
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mCube Designs World’s Most Tiny Accelerometer For Smartphones And Connected Devices
A North American company has developed an extremely small sized accelerometer, measuring just 1 mm by 1 mm. This precise, energy-efficient and cost-effective accelerometer could be easily integrated into clothing, sports equipment and Smartphones. The accelerometer is an electronic component that has found a widespread use in smartphones and tablets. It detects tilt, acceleration, vibration and…
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Is Boston Police’s New Facial Recognition System A Threat To Public Privacy?
Recently, Boston Police tested one of the most advanced facial recognition system system to identify and track attendees at a Musical concert. Impressive, but this new innovation may raise many new questions related to the privacy at the public places. We explain to you this incredible event. Some of the investigators working with Dig have discovered some…
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NASA Experimenting With Origami Inspired Foldable Solar Panels For Satellites
We know that solar panels are a vital part of the satellites. They captures solar energy rays to provide electrical power for the functioning of satellites. Solar panels are designed to have maximum surface area so that they may capture maximum amount of solar rays. However, sending these satellites into the space requires them to…
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Top 10 American Engineering Innovations That Changed Our Lives
With the declaration of American independence in 1776 from United Kingdom, there was very little, if any scientific research infrastructure in USA. You can only imagine how backward life may be at that time. Innovation was only very minimal, and there were yet many areas of improvement that could still be done. When compared to…
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Digioxide: An Apparatus That Transforms Air Pollution Analysis Into A Digital Artwork
What if checking of air pollution around you becomes a work of digital art? Infact, this is the idea behind DigiOxide, an invention from the the Russian engineer Dmitry Morozov. It is a portable wireless device equipped with sensors to measure the air pollution (gas and fine particles). The system is handy that can be transported easily…
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Discover How Our Streets Would Look Like With Buildings Only Having Facades
Zachary is a young photographer who is passionate about building facades. In this series of photographs, he imagines a world where building fronts are separated from the rest of the buildings and stand alone in the street. See these pictures full of mystery! Zechariah Gaudrillot-Roy is a young French photographer who loves wandering in unfamiliar cities, wandering…
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Paris Police To Experiment With Drones To Combat Crimes
The Paris Police will soon be experimenting with drones for the surveillance of sensitive areas in the French capital. On the other side of Atlantic, majority of American cities have already acquired many drones for the same purpose. The adoption of drones will facilitate the Paris police in the collection of information from places and situations where…
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Researchers Develop An Amazing Plastic That Can Repair Itself
Scientists have created a revolutionary plastic material that can regenerate itself when damaged. This innovation can have a vast number of opportunities in many areas of our everyday life. We explain to you everything in detail. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a polymer plastic that has the ability to regenerate. This technique mimics the way cuts on the skin…
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HARB: A US Military Surveillance Robot That Moves By Rolling Like A Football
This robot looks like a football but is not one. Its name is HARB which stands for Highly Adaptable Robotic Vehicle. It is one of those surveillance robots that move by rolling themselves. Designed for the military, the HARB may also be useful for police or rescue workers. Still in the prototype stage, this spy robot measures no more…
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Tinitell: This Connected Bracelet Lets You Always Stay In Touch with your child
Want to stay connected with your child at any time? Yes, it is now possible thanks to Tinitell. This connected bracelet attached to the wrist of your little one, will enable him to call you with just one click. This object also allows you to stay informaed about his location. We present to you this innovation, meant…
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10 Amazingly Life Like Computer Generated 3D Portraits OF Famous Characters
Facial modeling techniques are now so advanced that sometimes we struggle to tell the difference between a 3D portrait and a photograph. We have selected 10 such life-like graphic productions that are indistingushable from the original character. You will not believe your eyes! No doubt you will recognize some of your favorite personalities, but do not…
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The Pinch: An Amazing Community Library With Double Roof Curved As Slide
Olivier and John have designed The Pinch, a library and a recreation center for the children of Shuanghe village in China. A real place of leisure for those people whose city was devastated by an earthquake. We presents to you this unusual place which is a source of delight of all the young villagers. Ottevaere Olivier and John…
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Top 10 Amazing Achievements Of Pakistan In Science And Technology
Pakistan came into being on 14th August, 1947. Despite being a new nation and suffering many setbacks due to bad governance, it managed to have some wonderful achievements in the field of science, engineering and technology. Today we are listing some of the unique achievements of Pakistani scientists and engineers, some of them were individual but…
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Harvard And MIT Researchers Develop World’s First Origami Inspired Robots
Researchers at Harvard University and MIT have developed a an origami inspired technique that enables robots to independently change their shape from flat to an articulated structure. Composed of copper layers, paper and shape memory polymer, this robot can be manufactured inexpensively with a laser cutter. Many of you will remember the Transformers from your childhood…