A group of
researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST) recently developed a possible solution to such problems: a
foldable, compact electric vehicle that can be utilized either as a
personal car or part of the public transit system to connect major
transportation routes within a city.In-Soo Suh,
associate professor of the Graduate School for Green Transportation at
KAIST, and his research team introduced a prototype micro electric car
called “Armadillo-T,” whose design is based on a native animal of South
America, the armadillo, a placental mammal with a leathery armor shell.The concept
car has loads of smart features on board, too: the cameras installed
inside the car eliminate the need for side mirrors and increase the
driver’s ability to see the car’s right and left side, thereby reducing
blind spots. With a smartphone, the driver can control Armadillo-T and
enable remote folding control. The car has a maximum speed of 60 km/h
(37 mph), and with a ten-minute fast charge, it can run up to 100 km (62
miles).
Researchers
from Lund University in Sweden confirmed a new element created by
slamming atoms of one element, calcium, into atoms of another called
americium.The newly formed element vanished quickly in a flash of radiation that scientists could measure.That flash,
or "fingerprint," confirmed the existence of an element with 115
protons at its center. That would give it the atomic number of 115 on
the periodic table, the list of all elements known to humanity.The Swedes
were the second group of scientists to create the element. A group of
Russian scientists put together the same type of atom in 2004.The Swedish scientists have not given element 115 a name yet.Until they
do, it has a temporary name: "Ununpentium." That may be harder to
memorize than "element 115," but it is a scientific term made from Latin
and Greek that basically means 1-1-5.
Iceland
today generates 100% of its electricity with renewable: 75% of that
from large hydro, and 25% from geothermal. Equally significant, Iceland
provides 87% of its demand for hot water and heat with geothermal
energy, primarily through an extensive district heating system. Altogether,
hydro and geothermal sources meet 81% of Iceland’s primary energy
requirements for electricity, heat, and transportation. This must be a
record in the modern era. Certainly Icelandic politicians think so,
because they frequently make reference to it.
VIOS, a
subsidiary of Mind Solutions, Inc., has received the first tranche of
funding needed to complete the company's new mind-reading headset. This
presumably would be an evolution of the Emotiv headset. The device,
which functions similarly to the NeuroSky Mindwave Mobile, would be the
"smallest, most practical and user friendly EEG device on the market,"
according to CEO Kerry Driscoll.
In testing,
the device has successfully allowed users to use their mind to interact
with Android devices, including popular Android smartphones and
tablets. Generally, these devices use a contact point on the forehead,
as well as a clip on the ear, to sense the presence of different
brainwaves and calculate concentration and relaxation levels. Developers
can then build software to respond to these different levels, allowing a
user's brainwaves to influence applications.
Researchers
have used stem cells to grow pea-sized structures that resemble the
developing human brain, an advance that offers a way to model brain
maladies that are otherwise hard to study.The human
brain is one of the most elaborate natural structures known to science.
These new lab-grown "mini brains" are imperfect, and a long way off from
matching the real thing.Still, the
structures, which are about four millimeters in diameter, share some of
the crucial three-dimensional architecture of a developing human brain.
The different brain parts interact in a normal manner, though they
aren't necessarily in the proper places.
An Italian surgeon is reportedly convinced that the technology now exists to carry out a full-on human head transplant. The science
— according to Dr. Sergio Canavero, a member of the Turin Advanced
Neuromodulation Group — is based on the successful head transplants of
animals. In 1970, Dr. Robert White, a neurosurgeon, successfully
completed the procedure between two rhesus monkeys.
The
TPM-VIPNI super smartphone is the latest concept phone designed by
Innovator/Designer Imran sheikh. It’s a “Professional Computer Phone” ,
is not just another cell phone or a new UMPC device.
Its shape
uses unique “Leaf Odd Curve” body design, body size 150mm x 67.5mm x
9.8mm, equipped with a 6.1 inches ( resolution 1920×860 pixels )
flexible super AMOLED reality capacitive touchscreen with resistive
layer for precision stylus, capable of 3D with polarized glasses. The
slider design, the bottom of the screen uses stylish honeycomb keyboard
button. It is currently the coolest phone design.
The
TPM-VIPNI is equipped with a Dual Core 2 GHz x86 processor and a Quad
Core 1.8 ghz quad core processor, two 2GB RAM, and uses windows 8 pro
and windows phone 8 dual system. In windows 8 pro, running Dual Core 2
GHz x86 Processor, in windows phone 8, running Quad Core 1.8 ghz quad
core Processor.
It’s also
equipped with a 12mp 3D camera with 1080p real-time recording with
perfect night mode professional video capture, a 5mp front camera with
720p video capture, exclusive blowup mode for 1080p video calls.
Supported HDMI interface, NFC, GPS, FM and so on.
