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Wired Wednesday: InkHunter, Google data designs your wardrobe & Raybaby

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson:

  • InkHunter: Preview your tattoo with augmented reality (source)
  • Google ‘awareness’ data can help design your next wardrobe (source)
  • Raybaby tracks your child’s breathing (source)

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Prusa Mendel: building the frame

ByJohn

I finished printing all the plastic parts needed to build a Prusa Mendel. Also a box of hardware and motors I ordered from Mixshop arrived so I was able to start assembling. I decided to print all the plastic parts with 30% infill except the pulleys and gears which I did at 50% infill. I…

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Tech Tuesday: ArduSAT & a phone charging belt buckle

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 in Vancouver, I talked about these items: ArduSAT – a fantastic Kickstarter project to put a private satellite in space that you can control. Based on the amount pledged to the campaign you can get to control the cameras onboard, run experiments or even broadcast your own message from space…

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Tech Tuesday: The Chemputer and Tablet Rumour Roundup

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 in Vancouver, I talked about: Print any drug using the Chemputer: Professor Lee Cronin at Glasgow University is working with a modified 3d printer to create a machine that can ‘print’ just about any pharmaceutical with the ultimate goal to allow people to do this in their own home. The…

Tech Tuesday: curved touchscreens and a 3D display that’s watchable without glasses
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Tech Tuesday: curved touchscreens and a 3D display that’s watchable without glasses

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these topics: Plastic skin lights up on contact, may lead to touchscreens everywhere: Engadget is reporting that researchers at UC Berkley have found a way to make very thin pressure sensitive displays that can used as a touchscreen. By laminating pressure sensors with an organic…

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Android and me

ByJohn

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been lucky enough to have a few different Android handsets for review. This started late last year with the LG Eve handset (running an older version of Android) followed by the Motorola Milestone (aka Droid) running 2.0.1 version of Android: I’ve made a few serious attempts at using…