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.
See the Stanford Libraries' Island in Second Life Virtual worlds, most particularly Second Life, are being used by academics worldwide for collaboration, research and education. Stanford University Libraries' Second Life island provides a new way to make the Libraries' unique collections more accessible, and also provides a set of tools to support the teaching, learning, and research needs of many different members of the Stanford community. Researchers - explore the use of virtual worlds to visualize information in new and unique ways. Faculty - hold classes and meet with students or colleagues who are not physically able to come to campus. What's on the Island SULAIR's island currently offers several exhibits (including the Egyptian movie poster exhibit in both English and Arabic), has successfully hosted live-feed lectures, conferences, in-world classes and tours, and has provided international outreach for our Special Collections. The Stanford Libraries' Special Collections Exhibit in Second Life. Not Just for the Tech Savy
5 iPhone Apps for Creating Expense Reports On the Go I admit, I'm not terribly organized or efficient when it comes to tracking business expenses. Of course, as a technology journalist and a freelance writer, those expenses aren't particularly frequent or substantial. But I still struggle. Mobile phone apps make this process much easier, as you can record your receipts and track your expenses on-the-go. as they occur. So here are a few suggestions for other iPhone apps that can aid in the process: Receipts The aptly named Receipts lets you create accounts and categories, and has 5 different types of custom receipt fields for local taxes, payment information, and mileage. Expensify Expensify can link to your credit card account and import your purchase history. ProOnGo Expense with Receipt Reader ProOnGo Expense tracks receipts and details, and you can export your information to QuickBooks or Excel. Shoeboxed Receipt Tracker and Receipt Reader Ah, the shoebox - after the envelope it is the go-to storage device for many receipts.
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.
Why learn German? - Why study German? - 12 Reasons to learn German - Warum Deutsch lernen? 12 great reasons why you should start learning German today So you already have some perfectly good reasons for learning German ... Maybe you want to be able to communicate with relatives, or to travel to Germany during your summer break, or prepare yourself for study in a German-speaking country. Maybe a German exchange student sparked your interest, or you have a friend who recommended it, or you just like the way the language sounds. Just in case you need some reassurance in your decision or the final push toward taking the plunge, here are 12 more solid reasons why learning German may be a good choice for you. If you first need to be convinced that you should learn a language, then read why everyone should learn a language. <<< 9-12 | Reasons #1-4 to learn German | 5-8 >>> 1. More people speak German as their native language than any other language in Europe. 2. Germany has the third largest economy in the world and is the economic powerhouse of the European Union. 3. 4.
Daily Tip: How to manage multiple iPhone email signatures with Mail Enhancer [jailbreak] | TiPb Have multiple email accounts on your iPhone and wondering how to get custom signatures for all of them? There's little app in Cydia called Mail Enhancer that allows just that. You can have custom signatures for each individual email address as well as set different sounds for mail within the settings panel. [$2.99 - Cydia Link] You won't see an icon for Mail Enhancer on your springboard. If you'd like to use custom sounds for mail, you can use any iOS sound file on your device as well as import your own into iTunes ringtones. Any signature changes you make via Mail Enhancer will automatically flow through to the default mail app. This is personally a tweak well worth the $2.99 it goes for in Cydia. Tips of the day will range from beginner-level 101 to advanced-level ninjary.
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. Classes of microactuators[edit] See also[edit]
David Neville: The DigiBahn Project How to Install AirPrint to Enable Wireless Printing on Windows? | Jaxov iOS 4.2 comes with a unique feature called AirPrint which allows you to print your documents, photos, emails and web-pages over a Wifi connection with your Apple iOS device. To enable iOS 4.2 AirPrint Service on Windows, follow the step-by-step guide below. This guide is applicable to Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP users. Prerequisites: iTunes 10.1Make sure the printer is setup as a shared printer on your local PCMake sure you have full administrator privileges to enable/disable services on your PC Steps to Enable AirPrint Service on Windows 7/Vista/XP: If you have 64-bit Windows OS, go to C:\Program Files (x86) and create a new folder called AirPrint as shown in the screenshot below: If you have 32-bit Windows OS, go to C:\Program Files and create a new folder called AirPrint as shown in the screenshot below: Download AirPrint.zip from here (Mirror) and unzip it in the AirPrint folder you created in the above steps. For 64-bit Windows OS: For 32-bit Windows OS: Thats it.
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! 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.