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How to Make Cheap Thermal Goggles (with Pictures) Infrared Non-Contact Thermometer - Blue (JPD-FR100) Forehead type infrared themometer is a thermometer that measures the temperature of the human body according to the principle of receiving infrared.

Infrared Non-Contact Thermometer - Blue (JPD-FR100)

Tile. Tutorials/lesson01 - Borderless Electronics Education. What is the Arduino?

Tutorials/lesson01 - Borderless Electronics Education

The Arduino is the most popular microcontroller platform in the world. What is a microcontroller? Well a microcontroller is a small computer that contains a processor, some memory, and all your inputs and outputs. What can you do with an Arduino? Really you can do anything from blinking an LED to making a controller for a satilite, so with the Arduino not even the sky is the limit.

KIWI.KI - Sicher. Intelligent. Komfortabel. Toolkit Transforms Whiteboard Sketches Into Functioning Apps [Video. How would you like to turn your sketches into functioning prototypes?

Toolkit Transforms Whiteboard Sketches Into Functioning Apps [Video

AppSeed lets you do just that. The app enables designers and developers to create prototypes faster and more easily by directly transmitting drawings from paper to phone; it uses computer vision to crop and isolate each image. Once the images are isolated, users can then alter or designate specific functions to it. Looking to find an easier way for developers, AppSeed allows for simple manipulation and modification of digitized sketches. AppSeed allows users to run and share prototypes on mobile devices, to transmit designs to Photoshop shop, and to set up interface widgets, such as buttons, maps, and in form text input.

The idea is still in the developmental stages, and is currently asking the Kickstarter audience for support. Here is the video explaing how the app works: Laser Projection Virtual Keyboard by Brookstone on Luvocracy. Blood Pressure Monitor Loses Cuff. The Nihon University has come up with a spanking new kind of blood pressure meter which is capable of measuring one’s blood pressure simply by touching it with a finger.

Blood Pressure Monitor Loses Cuff

First displayed at Medica 2012 in Dusseldorf, Germany, this particular blood pressure monitor will measure your blood pressure sans the traditional cuff, meaning it is a whole lot easier to deliver readings of blood pressures of babies and elderly people. Meet The Tacit Project. It’s Sonar For The Blind. Meet The Tacit Project.

Meet The Tacit Project. It’s Sonar For The Blind.

It’s Sonar For The Blind. Eye Tracker!! Open Source. SmartThings: Make Your World Smarter by SmartThings. 3D Motion and Gesture Control for PC & Mac. TOP 10 IMPOSSIBLE INVENTIONS THAT WORK « Revolutionizing Awareness. Searl Effects Generator by Jeane Manning When Leonardo da Vinci sketched out an impossible invention, fifteenth-century scholars probably put him down.

TOP 10 IMPOSSIBLE INVENTIONS THAT WORK « Revolutionizing Awareness

Forget it, Leon. If machines could fly, we’d know about it. Throughout history, experts tell innovators that their inventions are impossible. Perhaps in the 21st century the following inventions will be standard science, and a history student may wonder why 20th-century pundits disregarded them. This class of inventions could wipe out oil crises and help solve environmental problems. Forget the Rube Goldberg mechanical perpetual motion contraptions; they had to stop eventually. Inventors give various names to their space-energy converters. YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN ADD~ON GREENHOUSE. It's a snap to design and build your own add-on greenhouse from low-cost new and salvaged materials.

YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN ADD~ON GREENHOUSE

You Can Build Your Own Add-On Greenhouse For decades, the height of gardening and "food self-sufficiency" luxury has been the private greenhouse. Unfortunately — or, perhaps, foolishly — too many of us have traditionally regarded a family greenly greenhouse as just that . . . a luxury that "maybe" we'll be able to afford "someday". Database search engine. There are several categories of search engine software: Web search or full-text search (example: Lucene), database or structured data search (example: Dieselpoint), and mixed or enterprise search (example: Google Search Appliance).

Database search engine

The largest web search engines such as Google and Yahoo! Utilize tens or hundreds of thousands of computers to process billions of web pages and return results for thousands of searches per second. High volume of queries and text processing requires the software to run in highly distributed environment with high degree of redundancy. Modern search engines have the following main components: Searching for text-based content in databases or other structured data formats (XML, CSV, etc.) presents some special challenges and opportunities which a number of specialized search engines resolve.

Database search engines were initially (and still usually are) included with major database software products. See also[edit] External links[edit] Deep Web. New M-Block Mini Robots Can Self-Assemble, Jump And Climb. A new square mini robot has been created called the M-Block that is capable of self assembly, jumping and climbing.

New M-Block Mini Robots Can Self-Assemble, Jump And Climb

The new move out is fitted with a flywheel and can reach speeds of up to 20,000 revolutions per minute allowing it to create its own angular momentum. To help the M-Block move from one location to another it is also fitted with magnets on each corner as well as its flat faces, allowing modules within the robot to change location. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about these unique and fascinating M-Block robots. The M-Block robots are cubes with no external moving parts and have been created by Roboticists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Daniela Rus, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science and director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) explains: A full presentation will be shown at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems next month.

Source: The Register.