Lightbulbs As The New Wi-Fi Hotspots · 07:00 PM
The next generation of wireless communications technology could be based on visible light instead of radio waves.
Imagine data communications piggybacking on low-power light emitting diodes (LEDs) to give us Smart Lighting which would be faster and more secure than our current network technology.
Well, this is exactly what the College of Engineering a Boston University is researching.
The researchers are working to develop an optical communication technology that would make an LED light the equivalent of a Wi-Fi access point.
“Imagine if your computer, iPhone, TV, radio and thermostat could all communicate with you when you walked in a room just by flipping the wall light switch and without the usual cluster of wires. This could be done with an LED-based communications network that also provides light – all over existing power lines with low power consumption, high reliability and no electromagnetic interference. Ultimately, the system is expected to be applicable from existing illumination devices, like swapping light bulbs for LEDs.” – Professor Thomas Little, BU Engineering.
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The Dastardly Report: Esquire October 2008 E-Ink Issue · 05:28 AM
“The E-Ink display is the same technology used in the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader. This is the first time it’s been used in a magazine cover.”
See Dastardly Report
and Esquire.com
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Scientists Develop "Terminator" Eyecam · 11:56 AM
Researchers at the University of Illinois and Northwestern University are in the process of developing a camera with a design that is similar in size and shape to the human eye.
Credit: Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
According to the University of Illinois, “The eye camera is based on “single-crystalline silicon detectors and electronics, configured in a stretchable, interconnected mesh.”
The curved technology will put an entire image in focus, plus could bring the Terminator-type bionic eye one step closer to a reality.
The mesh-like material is made up of an array of tiny squares that hold the photodetectors and electronic components and allows the structure to curve like the eye.
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Street Artists Protest Using Green Tech · 10:08 AM
Credit: SpY
LED “light interventions” street art from Madrid-based artist SpY.
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Tangent Quattro Mk2 Internet Radio · 11:17 AM
In case you were thinking about getting a dedicated box to listen to your favorite Wiggle.FM songs on the internet, without having to fire up your computer to do it, then check this out.
Those guys at Tangent, who are famous for an array of digital audio broadcasting units, have just introduced the Quattro Mk 2. It’s a tabletop radio made specifically with access to internet radio stations in mind.
Tangent Quattro Mk2 Internet Radio
It features integrated WiFi and an Ethernet port and WPA2 security support (a wireless security specification, to secure your home network), FM tuning capabilities, a backlit LCD, a headphone jack and an auxiliary port for connecting all your DAPs / PMPs.
According to the rumors being floated about, the walnut and black models are on sale for $362.00, while the glossy red and white versions are a bit more expensive at about $402.00.
WPA2 – Wi-Fi Protected Access
DAPs – Digital Audio Players
PMPs – Portable Media Players
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