カーネギメロン大のChris Harison氏、東大の佐藤宗彦教授、ディズニーリサーチのIvan Poupyrev氏らが開発した画期的なインタフェース。手でタッチするだけで認証できるというもの。Capacitive Fingerprintingという技術で、体を流れる電流のインピーダンスを計測して、その違いから人を識別するというもの。長期間の用途には向かないが、短時間なら複数人で交代にタッチしても、誰がタッチしたか識別できるというもの。タッチパッドのみならずグラスなど様々なものに応用できる可能性があり、夢が広がる。
What if your iPad could recognize you, not through passwords, retinal scans or even fingerprints, but a simple touch? Well that’s exactly what technology being developed by researchers Chris Harrison (Carnegie Mellon University), Munehiko Sato (also University of Tokyo) and Ivan Poupyrev (Disney Research) can do. Without wearing silly gloves or extra gadgets of any sort, any object you touch could recognize you.
New hover vehicle is straight out of ‘Star Wars’
The aerial vehicle resembles a science fiction flying bike with two ducted rotors instead of wheels, but originates from a design abandoned in the 1960s because of stability and rollover problems. Aerofex, a California-based firm, fixed the stability issue by creating a mechanical system — controlled by two control bars at knee-level — that allows the vehicle to respond to a human pilot’s leaning movements and natural sense of balance.
Full Story: Fox
Innovative and cool short film projected by the world’s smallest hand held laser projectors using images stored in iPod touch and captured on a Canon 5D MkII digital camera.
Enjoy! via digitalbuzz
沖に設置する大規模なオフショア型フローティング風力発電の開発を計画中：米英
これまでは水深60mぐらいが限界とされていたが、これをもっと水深があるところに設置できるようにしようというもの。またこの手のものとしてはノルウェーにある2.3MWのものが最大だが、これを2倍から3倍の発電能力に向上させることを狙っている。
Full Story: ArsTechnica
emergentfutures:Massive offshore wind turbines to float in waters over a thousand feet deep
Massive offshore wind turbines to float in waters over a thousand feet deep
The US and UK last week announced plans to develop enormous floating offshore wind turbines that can be deployed in much deeper waters and further out to sea.
Full Story: ArsTechnica
ユニフォームに埋め込まれたセンサーで選手の状況をリアルタイムでコーチに伝達。アディダスのmiCoach。7月25日のMLSオールスターゲームで実証実験予定。
スピード、距離、ペース、心拍数などの情報を収集し、モバイル端末にリアルタイム表示するというもの。
まるでサッカーゲームをやっているかのように、現実の選手の状況を把握できてしまうのか。
Trackers embedded in athlete’s apparel provide live in-game data for coaches
Devices that help athletes monitor their performance have been around for a while and are starting to encompass a range of sports – we recently reported on the Swimtag wristband, which acts as a training aid for those heading to the pool. Taking the concept one step further, adidas is set to test its miCoach performance-tracking system on world-class soccer players during a live game in July. READ MORE…
Trackers embedded in athlete’s apparel provide live in-game data for coaches
Devices that help athletes monitor their performance have been around for a while and are starting to encompass a range of sports – we recently reported on the Swimtag wristband, which acts as a training aid for those heading to the pool. Taking the concept one step further, adidas is set to test its miCoach performance-tracking system on world-class soccer players during a live game in July. READ MORE…
これをたどっていけば、自分に最も適したホスティング・タイプがわかるというインフォグラフィックス。
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