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High-Tech Pitfalls
New technologies can
make our lives easier, but they can also distract,
mesmerize and make you a couch potato. Here are a few
ways to keep fit using the latest
body conscious technologies.
Exergaming -
Get Fit by Playing Your Favorite Video
Games
XR STATION is a video game console that burns
calories and builds muscle with isometric resistance.
Dance Dance Revolution®
(DDR) a popular arcade game, is
 now available at home.
This game features a platform with four arrows: up,
down, left, and right. Players move their feet to the
instructions they receive on the machine.
EyeToy®
technology (for PlayStation 2), features motion
tracking, light-sensing technology and a built-in
microphone to record and detect audio. It can function
as a photo and video camera, snapping photos,
recording video and placing players on the TV.
Guitar Hero® - Strap on your custom guitar shaped
controller and find out how much energy it takes to be
a rock star.
Robotic Pets
Robotic pets have the potential to be useful in many
ways. Some robot pets are used to remind the elderly
to take their medication. In Japan, robot pets are
being used as companions for humans and for real pets.
Robotic pets
Printable Power
Solar cells convert light
to electricity. Until now, solar
cells have been developed mainly on glass, making them
easily breakable and expensive.
Konarka Technologies, Inc.
has developed organic photovoltaic cells on lower cost,
lightweight, flexible plastic substrates rather than on
glass.
Power Plastic®
Meet Nobel Prize Winners
This web site
presents original video interviews of Nobel
Laureates in physics and chemistry. Learn first hand of
their achievements and what they could mean for the
future. The site could be an inspiration to any student
interested in physics or chemistry and the one minute video section was perfect for my
limited knowledge and short attention span.
Honeywell Nobel
Interactive Studio
Inspired by
Nature - Biomimetics
Nature is
the ultimate engineer. Billions of years of
“natural R&D” have resulted in effective, optimized
biological solutions that really work. By studying and
mimicking nature’s processes and structures, scientists
and engineers can develop nature inspired
solutions that are far more effective than solutions
conceived and developed exclusively by man.
This field
of study is called biomimetics, which falls
into two distinct areas:
1) mimicking
of natural creation of chemical compounds
2) imitating
mechanisms found in nature.
Other examples of
biomimetics:
Velcro® – inspired by seeds' clingy burrs
Low-friction ship hulls – inspired by shark skin
Morphing aircraft wings – inspired by bird wings
Temperature-adapting fabric – inspired by pinecone
Dirt and water-resistant paint – inspired by the lotus
flower
Neuromorphic computer chips – inspired by neural networks
Source:
Qualcomm
Time
to Invade Your Privacy
Designed with a
built in voice recorder, an innocent
looking wrist watch can secretly
capture hours of conversation.
Spy
Equipment
Technology Breakthrough Links
12 Highly Anticipated Science and Technology Breakthroughs of
2008
Virtual worlds are 2008’s ‘breakthrough technology’
Eight technology breakthroughs to watch in 2007 |
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Young Innovators
Technology Review honors young
innovators whose inventions and research they find most
exciting. "The TR35 is a list of technologists and
scientists, all under the age of 35. Their work--spanning
medicine, computing, electronics, communications,
nanotechnology, and more--is changing our world."
Young Innovators Under 35
Ten-Minute Cancer Test
This article is about a 10
minute oral-cancer test in development that could be
administered at the dentist's office.
Ten-Minute Cancer Test
The SmartPill
The SmartPill is an
ingestible capsule that
measures pressure, pH and temperature from within the
entire GI tract and wirelessly transmits that information
to a data receiver worn by the patient.
The SmartPill
Let The Games Begin
Marny Skora, Langley Research Center
The number of jobs requiring science and engineering
skills in the U.S. labor force is increasing by five
percent annually. However, today’s students are generally
not performing well enough in math and science to take
firm command of their own futures.
Enter a diverse group of Hampton Roads professionals
who have decided to do something about the downward trend.
They have agreed to work together to ensure the ability of
Virginia students to compete in our increasingly complex
global world. Their weapon of choice – games.
“Games are part of our social and cultural environment,”
says Dr. Christine Darden, director of Strategic
Communications and Education at NASA’s Langley Research
Center in Hampton. “Today’s children grow up playing
computer, video and Internet games. Let’s engage them via
their own interests."
Let the Games Begin
Hollywood's Latest Favorite Villain
Science and
technology are often portrayed as villains in science
fiction movies because, well let's face it, any
other way would be boring. What are the effects on
society when technology is depicted negatively in the
media?
Future of Media
It's
11pm, Does Your Cell Phone Know Where You Are?
A project at MIT called
Reality Mining used cell phones and other devices to
collect data on 100 test subjects. Their goal was to
discover insights on individual and group behavior.
Researchers could tell where the subjects were, when they
slept, who they called and more. Once enough data was
collected, they were able to predict what people would do
next and be right up to 85 percent of the time.
Reality Mining
MIT Scientists Create Fiber Webs That See
In a radical
departure from conventional lens-based optics, MIT scientists
have developed a sophisticated optical system made of
mesh-like webs of light-detecting fibers.
MIT scientists create fiber webs that see
Technology and the Arts
The activities
of the new Center for Contemporary and Digital Performance at
Brunel University, U.K., centers on the integration of
creative arts, performance writing, and performance design
with digital technologies.
Centre for Contemporary and Digital Performance
Headphones
That Really Move You
A special headset turns a
reporter into a remote control toy.
A remote control that controls humans
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