This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: CrowdCam: With nearly everyone capturing events in real time with their smartphones, a new conceptual app could change the way we view these events. CrowdCam is an idea from Aydin Arpa (MIT) that figures out the location of each camera relative to…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Eddie Bauer Katabatic 2 Solar Tent: Coming next spring, geeks will have a new reason to go camping when Eddie Bauer releases their Katabatic 2 solar tent. It features interior wiring that can work with battery packs to store from 50Wh up…
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…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these topics: The Cortex Cast: A recent university graduate in New Zealand has an idea he’s working on that will change how broken bones are taken care of. Today’s plaster casts are messy, uncomfortable and awkward to wear for weeks on end. Using 3d scanning…
This week on News 1130 Radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Privacy visor glasses jam facial recognition systems to protect your privacy: Currently being developed at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, these glasses have a number of near-infrared LEDs embedded in them that are invisible to the human eye but blinding to facial…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these topics: Petfig: A new service in Japan is offering customers the ability to immortalize their pets in full color 3d printed models. You send in photos of your pet and 3D Wave will create a model that will be printed in sandstone that…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Using water and light to stop truck accidents: Not unlike what recently happened in Washington State, after too many over height trucks crashed and caused damage in many tunnels, authorities in Sydney, Australia implemented “Soft Stop” technology. If a driver ignores the…
This week on News 1130 Radio in Vancouver, I discussed these topics: Turning E-Waste into 3d printers: A designer from Togo, a country that receives a large amount of old computers and related ‘e-waste’ from all over the world, begin to think about ways of upcycling the e-waste. He found a way to turn the…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: RoboHand: After losing his fingers in a work accident, South African carpenter Richard Van As set out to design replacements that could be made on a desktop 3d printer. Working with a designer in Washington State, Ivan Owen, they collaborated over the internet…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: Wearable tech for your dog: Popular devices like the FitBit and Nike Fuelband have been used by people to measure their physical activity levels for a while now. Now you can ensure that your dog is also getting the right amount of exercise…