Amazing 3D Immersion Technology – Video

Amazing 3D technology turns 3 walls and a floor to “real space adventure”. A viewer stands in the room called “iCube” wearing polarized 3D glasses — like you might use in a 3D movie — with small markers that stick out a bit from the frames.

The viewer will experience an amazing view, because to him everything looks real. Watch this video of a man experimenting the technology.

Amazing 3D immersion technology from IDEO Labs on Vimeo.

High Tech Glasses Help Blinds See

Oakley, a company that makes sunglasses mostly for athletics, developed a new glasses that help blinds see using their tongue.

The first to test this new technology was Craig Lundberg, who lost his eyes in combat in Iraq three years ago.

The device is called BrainPort, and works like this:

A video camera is attached to a pair of glasses captures the moving image in the wearers usual field of vision. Then, the BrainPort device transmits the image via a cable to a lollipop-shape device which sits on the tip of the tongue. Last, hundreds of of tiny electrodes tingle to reflect the shape of the image on the tongue. Darker section of the image produce stronger pulses on the tongue to create a grainy black and white image.

This is the result:

According to Graig, he was able to identify the top line of the optician’s eye test card, clearly visualizing the letters.

He said: “I could feel with my tongue that the first letter was an A, and then I moved onto the next one. It was amazing. Then I walked down a corridor and I could make out the doorways, the walls and people coming towards me.

MIT Researchers Generate Thermopower Waves Using Carbon Nanotubes

MIT scientists discovered a new way to produce energy, that could lead to a new way of producing electricity, the researchers say.

The researchers used carbon nanotubes coated with a layer of fuel to produce so-called thermopower wave, during the process they stumbled across a reaction that may eventually be used to power small electronics such as computers and cell phones. CNN Reports

The research led by Michael Strano, MIT associate professor of chemical engineering.

“This could lead to batteries that are up to 10 times smaller and still have the same power output. In the portable energy and energy conservation arena, we’re trying to find power sources that have a smaller profile but hold more energy,”

Some of the advantages of using this new technology are:

1. Much more power from tiny tiny device.
2. Eco-Findley: No heavy metal residue. The current batteries we use are bad for our environment, but using this method eliminates toxic metals such as nickel and cadmium.
3. Saves a lot of energy.

Watch this video created by MIT researchers showing the reaction:

Future Buses Travel Above Your Head

Public transportation in the city could be very confusing and tiring, especially if you are not from that city or county. So, to make transportation easier on commuters, a company based in Netherlands designed a new concept bus and train system that make it easier for people to navigate the city and know where they are exactly. – -Designer Page

The bus has a built in monitors that give full description about the location of the train, the destinations, and any delays.

The monitors look like a GPS, that gives your real time updates about your trip.

The goal of the company is also to free up the city streets from trains and tracks. The train will be traveling above your head with little or no sound.

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