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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. One group of people has traditionally been left out of our modern tablet revolution: the visually impaired.

Touchscreen Braille Writer Lets the Blind Type on a Tablet

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.

technology - electronic aerosol technology : TTP

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.

Microactuator

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. Classes of microactuators[edit] See also[edit] Imina Technologies. Cubestormer, Lego Mindstorms Nxt e Samsung Galaxy S II.

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Cubestormer, Lego Mindstorms Nxt e Samsung Galaxy S II

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.