Sensordrone: The 6th Sense of Your Smartphone...& Beyond! by Sensorcon Collections Sections Categories On Our Radar Start a projectStart Sign in Explore About Support Hello More from Kickstarter Kickstarter, PBC © 2018 The Pocket TV: Makes any TV a Smart TV by Infinitec If you landed here after our Kickstarter campaign closed and wasn't able to get your Pocket TV but still want to support our project you still can! We've opened a pre-order site where you can support us and receive the same benefits of our Kickstarter backers. Just go to shop.infinitec.com to pre-order your Pocket TV. You can watch our hands-on demo video and get a better feel of the power of the Pocket TV and what the Air Remote can do. We're also working on upgrading the design of the Pocket TV. If you want to hear more, check out this podcast where Mind of the Geek interviewed Infinitec founder Ahmad Zahran. ZDNet "It’s becoming difficult to spot the potential gems in the crowd-sourcing crowd. PC Magazine "A thumb-sized dongle that plugs directly into HDMI ports on existing TVs, bringing the power of Android to living rooms everywhere." Android Community "This little device packs a punch Mind of the Geek "We can only say two more words about the Pocket TV: MIND.
Bitponics - Your Personal Gardening Assistant by Bitponics Collections Sections Categories On Our Radar Start a projectStart Sign in Explore About Support Hello More from Kickstarter Kickstarter, PBC © 2018 Why Google's self-driving car may save lives - May. 10 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Google's self-driving car got its license this week as the state of Nevada became the first in the nation to license the company's vehicles. And while a computer-driven car may seem unsettling, the technology represents a potential leap forward in auto safety. More than 30,000 people are killed each year in crashes despite huge advances in auto safety. The overwhelming majority of those crashes are caused by human-driver error. Computer driven cars could reduce traffic deaths by a very significant degree, said David Champion, head of auto testing at Consumer Reports, but only if all cars are computer-driven. "I think if all the cars were self-driving, it would be a benefit," he said. That's because humans are better at predicting the behavior of other humans than computers could ever be, he said. "When I'm approaching an intersection, I look to see of the other driver is looking at me," said Champion. Sometimes these systems can cause confusion.
Induction Charging Comes to Public Transit | Autopia The same principle that charges your toothbrush wirelessly keeps this bus running. Photo: Utah State University Say goodbye to catenary wires. Utah State University has unveiled an electric bus that charges through induction, topping off its batteries whenever it stops to pick up passengers. Designed by USU’s Wireless Power Transfer team and the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative’s Advanced Transportation Institute, the prototype Aggie Bus is already on the road. As in all modern inductive-charging setups, a transformer is “split” between the bus and a charge plate under the bus stop. Because of the fixed routes they run and frequent stops they make, induction charging is ideal for buses. Though the Aggie Bus is a working prototype, USU is working with Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification (WAVE) — a company spun-out from USU — in order to bring a commercialized bus to market.
MARC FORNES & THEVERYMANY™ Cassandra Daily 3D Printers One Step Closer To Creating Human Tissue 3D printing has performed some miraculous feats in the field of medicine. Researchers are already playing around with the idea of growing organs with 3D printers, and now one university has proven that you can make human-like tissue with the technology. Oxford University revealed this week that its researchers have built a custom 3D printer that prints out a new material that’s composed of thousands of connected water droplets inside lipid films. “We aren’t trying to make materials that faithfully resemble tissues but rather structures that can carry out the functions of tissues,” said Professor Hagan Bayley of Oxford University’s Department of Chemistry, who led the research. The custom 3D printer, built by Gabriel Villar, is unlike anything we’ve ever see in the field. The folding of these droplets is similar to another form of 3D printing called 4D printing. [h/t: 3ders] 3D Printers One Step Closer To Creating Human Tissue
Confira os 7 melhores pitches do TC Disrupt NY A Enigma venceu a competição Startup Battlefield (“campo de batalha”) do evento TC Disrupt em Nova York (conforme publiquei ontem), mas certamente todos os 30 competidores pré-selecionados para a competição foram “peneirados” por diversos avaliadores. Obviamente, estes 7 pitches (que foram selecionados de dentro dos 30) receberam as mais diversas análises antes de serem colocados como finalistas. Foram avaliados: produtos, negócios, equipes e – claro – apresentações. Reparem no timing, no uso dos recursos audiovisuais (especialmente demonstrações ao vivo e gravadas), no foco das informações prestadas, no nível das perguntas dos avaliadores, no nível das respostas dos empreendedores. Enigma.io facilita a visualização de massas de dados de 100 mil fontes de informação e já está sendo usada por jornalistas e empresas financeiras – para tomada de decisões. Glide permite que você faça chats em vídeo pelo seu smartphone, inclusive com agendamento de horários e “assista quando puder”. Google+
The Innovation Mindset in Action: Jerry Buss Innovators think and do things differently in order to achieve extraordinary success. They are found not just in the world of business, although they do have strong leadership qualities and excellent business sense as a common core. Our research indicates that whether they are CEOs, senior executives, sports team owners, or film directors, game changers who stand head and shoulders above the rest share a common set of qualities that we call the innovation mindset. In a series of blog posts, we'll introduce a few game changers and explore the common qualities that make them such effective innovators: they see and act on opportunities, use "and" thinking and resourcefulness, focus on outcomes, and act to "expand the pie." Regardless of where they start, innovators persist till they successfully change the game. Innovators connect the dots differently and see opportunities that others don't. Buss launched his career in real estate with $1,000 in 1959—a venture that proved lucrative.