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VH-ET-AL-SR-04.pdf (Oggetto application/pdf) iPhone 4S - Ask Siri to help you get things done. Touchscreen Braille Writer Lets the Blind Type on a Tablet | Gadget Lab. One group of people has traditionally been left out of our modern tablet revolution: the visually impaired. Our slick, button-less touchscreens are essentially useless to those who rely on touch to navigate around a computer interface, unless voice-control features are built in to the device and its OS. But a Stanford team of three has helped change that. Tasked to create a character-recognition program that would turn pages of Braille into readable text on an Android tablet, student Adam Duran, with the help of two mentor-professors, ended up creating something even more useful than his original assignment: a touchscreen-based Braille writer.

Currently a senior at New Mexico State University, Duran arrived at Stanford in June to take part in a two-month program offered by the Army High-Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC). “How does a blind person orient a printed page so that the computer knows which side is up? “The solution is so simple, so beautiful. Technology - electronic aerosol technology : TTP. Destined to replace traditional aerosol and trigger-spray technologies in consumer, drug delivery and pharmaceutical applications, TTP’s patented TouchSpray™ technology uses a low-cost microdevice to generate precisely controlled droplets from bulk liquids without the use of propellants. Innovative aerosol products will be packaged in compact new shapes and sizes thanks to the highly adaptable TouchSpray™ technology, which enables efficient delivery of concentrated liquids and suspensions from an un-pressurised reservoir. Electronic control provides precise and consistent droplet size and creates a spray plume with a flexible format, making the technology suitable for a wide variety of applications.

It has already been proven in the medical sector for nebulisers.

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Microactuator. A microactuator is a microscopic servomechanism that supplies and transmits a measured amount of energy for the operation of another mechanism or system. As a general actuator, following standards have to be met. Large travelHigh precisionFast switchingLow power consumptionPower free force sustainability For microactuator, there are two in addition Principle of microactuators[edit] The basic principle can be described as the expression for mechanical work since an actuator is to manipulate positions and therefore force is needed. For different kind of microactuators, different physical principles are applied. Classes of microactuators[edit] See also[edit] LED testing | Imina Technologies. Cubestormer, Lego Mindstorms Nxt e Samsung Galaxy S II | Ott 19 2011 35EmailShare Quanto impieghereste per risolvere il cubo di Rubik? Cubestormer e le sue braccia costruite col kit LEGO Mindstorms NXT battono per un secondo l’essere umano con 5,35 secondi!

Questo è stato possibile grazie ad un software che risolve il rompicapo basandosi sulle indicazioni date dagli scatti della fotocamera del Samsung Galaxy S II inviate tramite bluetooth. Il robot è stato costruito da Mike Dobson e David Gilday, ed il suo debutto ufficiale è previsto per il 26 Ottobre durante l’ARM TechCon Festival 2011 di Santa Clara. By Chiara • Motion, Technology • 0 • Tags: arm techcon festival 2011, cubestormer, cubo di rubik, david gilday, fotocamera, galaxy s II, lego, lego mindstorms nxt, mike dobson, samsung, santa clara Chiara Puglia Seeding Manager, dott.ssa in scienze delle comunicazioni e appassionata di felini domestici.