The River Gym – harnessing renewable energy from burnt-off calories
It seems clear that our ability to more efficiently harness forms of renewable energy is vital to the future of our planet, but aside from the archetypal ‘hamster in a wheel’, few models have effectively relied on energy generated from living creatures. The River Gym is one of the more innovative concepts to break water in recent times and looks to cash in on our desire to exercise to stay fit and healthy by capturing the energy we expend when burning calories. ..
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Phase One announces 645DF medium format camera
Danish firm Phase One, a leading digital imaging technology company, has unveiled the most recent result of its partnership with Japanese camera manufacturer Mamiya, boasting that its medium format 645DF can claim a number of unique benefits…
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Digital imaging,
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Pump off the jam with the Onis ultrasonic dishwasher
The fight for more environmentally-friendly ways of living continues and this time household appliances are getting a boost from innovative French manufacturer De Dietrich, which has come up with an efficient new way to clean the dishes – less power, recycled water and detergent-free…
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Dishwasher,
Environmental,
Ultrasonic
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SurroundSense uses your phone’s sensors to figure out where you are
Smartphones use GPS locating for a variety of functions but mainly they’re used on the road where their accuracy – only within 10m – is basically a case of ‘near enough is good enough’. But try using one indoors. They don’t work! Nor can they distinguish between two adjacent environments, however different. And 10m can make a big difference inside a shopping complex or multi-roomed office block. In a research jointly sponsored by Microsoft, Nokia, Verizon and the National Science Foundation, a group of computer engineers from Duke University is working on achieving better indoor localization using a combination of sounds, lighting and accelerometer data picked up by a mobile phone. They hope it will supplement the use of GPS systems, which most users know, have their limitations…
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Fingerprint,
GPS,
Lighting,
Microsoft,
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Nokia,
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LEGO LED lantern looks good, lights good
Somehow the thought of using this cute-looking LEGO lantern to get me through a dark path is visually more appealing to me than using the conventionally reliable torch.
And it may not be a big risk afterall, since the LEGO LED lantern claims to provide 360-degree lighting using 4 powerful white LED lights hidden within the torso. The hands hold up a swinging handle that you can use to hang the lantern on a hook or to carry it along a dark pathway. Just don’t forget to feed the boy with 4 AA batteries. That, always a pain.
The LEGO lantern is available from Perpetual Kid at $19.99.
Via OhGizmo.
