Boffins over at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) have worked with Finnish company Multitouch to develop a new kind of microscope which ought to get owners of touchscreen-enabled phones excited – since this microscope is able to be controlled using hand and finger gestures. How does this work? Well, it requires the merger of two technologies, which is Web-based virtual microscopy and a huge multitouch display (as seen above). Imagine touching a table, or perhaps, a wall-sized screen for you to navigate and zoom through the microscope sample in a similar manner to that of a conventional microscope. You can also move from the natural size of the sample to a 1000-fold magnification via this method, at which cells as well as subcellular details are made visible to the naked eye. With such a low learning curve, science classes look set to become more interesting.
A design makeover can turn any ordinary item into a most extraordinary piece. That is exactly the effect created by the amazing concept earphones designed by Kai Ren Chua. The sleek design and aesthetics have made these earphones into hi-tech pieces of art. The concept earphones were designed for Sparcstone Science pte ltd. Looking stunning in black with a tinge of blue, these ear plugs are truly functional pieces of art. Blending beautifully design and technology, these earphones are for every music buff with an aesthetic sense. The white cord perfectly completes the look of these amazing earphones.
A product of physics, mathematics and computer science combined together, quantum computing, in the past two decades, has evolved from a visionary idea to one of the most fascinating areas of quantum mechanics. First proposed in the 1970s, quantum computing relies on quantum physics by taking advantage of certain quantum physics properties of atoms or nuclei that allow them to work together as quantum bits, or qubits, to be the computer’s processor and memory. By interacting with each other while being isolated from the external environment, qubits can perform certain calculations exponentially faster than conventional computers.
German designers Patrick Decker and Florian Langer, of Formboten, have won one of the judge’s special awards in the recent competition ‘A Life with Future Computing’. A collaboration between designboom, Fujitsu and Design Association Japan, the international industrial design competition aimed to find next-generation computing products for future lifestyles.
From Cambridge Consultants, the folks who brought you the portable in-wall radar bag, here comes a new device called Sprint to make fights against the unseen more in your favor. And when I say unseen I don’t mean sprits or ghosts, but possible traps, explosives, and weapons that could be hidden in walls. In addition to spotting dangerous items, the Sprint in-wall radar can also be used to look for contraband or even holes or weak sections in walls. What’s more impressive is that the device is not just limited to walls and can also be used on floors and ceilings, if such a need ever arises. What makes Sprint different from other methods of detection is that it doesn’t need to have access to both sides of a wall structure in order to work, and the fact that it uses very little power and is easily portable makes it even better. The Sprint in-wall radar is currently undergoing extensive performance to make the leap from prototype stage into a commercial product.
