The technological research offers every week new inventions that can make our lives easier, including engineers who work for large companies and young people looking for funding on crowdfunding platforms. Here is the news announced in recent days.
1) The skin becomes a touch surface
The launch of iWatch has finally convinced the big technology companies to invest on smart watches, producing more and more functional models and updated both in hardware and in software. The system of use of these devices is not, however, far from simple, because of the small size of the touch screens of which they are provided, and in fact until now has required the implementation of a software designed specifically for them.
a research lab at Carnegie Mellon University, Future Interfaces Group, may have exceeded this limit permanently, creating a new track called Skins input system. It consists of two parts: a sort of strap formed by a circuit and a ring which is to be worn on the finger that is used to interact with the display. The finger touching the skin, sends a high-frequency electrical signal that spreads through the body and then arrive at the receiver in the strap. The arm or the palm of the hand are transformed into a true extension of your display, with a margin of error of just 7.6 mm, and said an accuracy of 99 percent.
2) a swallowable robots to repair the internal organs
the robotics in the collective concerns mainly big machines that deal with assembly lines or the creation of anthropomorphic androids able to replace us in their daily work. But there are also those who worked on the creation of very small devices, such as applicable to medicine, one of the most affected sectors by the new technologies.
A research team led by Daniela Rus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT) has recently presented a very small robot, even ingestible. The robot is folded in on itself like a tiny origami and once swallowed opens to repair injuries to the stomach lining or to remove small metal objects that have been swallowed inadvertently. It works thanks to a magnet in its interior, which is controlled from outside with a magnetic field and has been shown to be able to carry drugs in a specific area and heal wounds. The goal of the developers is now to enter inside the robot of the sensors and guidance systems, so as not to require an external intervention to be maneuvered.
3) a device for climbing like Spiderman
the fantasy of movie screenwriters or cartoonists has often been a source of inspiration for technologies that were later turned into reality several years after having seen the movies or on a paper book. If your dream is to climb like Spiderman, the best way to try a similar feeling is to use Z-Man, a device developed by the US military that is inspired by the famous comic book hero.
official documents describe him as a device designed to allow the soldiers to fight climbing up vertical walls and the coordinator of the work, Eugene Choi, it ensures that you will be able to scale any surface. Z-Man was shown at the annual presentation of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) inside the Pentagon, along with 67 other inventions. Choi explained that the device is biologically inspired by the gecko: “We looked at the natural world and animals are able to climb. The gecko is the champion of the natural world in this specialty. We studied its amazing ability to cling to surfaces and we tried to play it. “
4) The bracelet that gives the shock when you spend too much
the shopping addiction is a problem for some people can be very difficult to manage, especially since there are thousands of online portals that deliver everything you could possibly want directly at our house and when the shopping centers are springing up like mushrooms. People suffering from this addiction are shopaholic calls and the most trivial consequence is to be no money in your pocket and with the house full of objects often unnecessary. Some have had to resort to a psychologist sessions, or had to deliver to a loved one each credit card for autoimpedirsi to spend more money, but sometimes this is not enough.
A new method, a bit ‘extreme, is based on a new wristband that is programmed to deliver an electric shock each time the current account goes into the red or falls below a certain threshold. The bracelet is named Pavlok, inspired by the famous Russian scholar, and emits a shock to 255 volts which should discourage the wearer to continue in their purchases. It costs about 160 euro and the producers have ensured that there is no danger of suffering any real damage: the shock should only give a slight feeling of discomfort, like a little sting.
5) a patch that helps to train in the gym
the culture of physical well-being in recent years has spread to many people, who now have become accustomed to pay more attention to their own diet and to play every week a fair amount of exercise. Train independently but it is not always easy, because despite the indications given by the experts, every body responds differently to certain stresses.
To learn to know more about their body and understand how to train in a optimal was invented by the University of California at San Diego a kind of patch to wear during exercise. It is able to detect all major vital signs of our body but also because the muscles are producing lactic acid, an essential indicator to understand how the exercises are effective. There is a use even in the medical field, as it has among other things an electrocardiogram and a Bluetooth system that sends information to a software on your smartphone or PC, in order to be consulted by a doctor.
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