ZeroTouch multi-'touch' sensing technology unveiled
by: Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine, 2011-05-18 21:07:02 UTC
Last November, German tech firm Evoluce unveiled a
Kinect-based prototype multi-touch system that allows users to navigate through Windows 7 applications, simply by moving their hands in the air. While that system utilizes the Kinect unit’s RGB camera and depth sensor to track the user’s hands, a new technology developed at Texas A&M University's Interface Ecology Lab uses a matrix of infrared light beams to do essentially the same thing. It’s called ZeroTouch, and it was presented at last week’s 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, in Vancouver...
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by: Inhabitat , 2011-05-18 21:20:15 UTC
Panda Bicycles is a Colorado-based manufacturer of artful bamboo bikes that look a lot like ridable art. The company focuses on bringing their sustainably built bikes and lifestyle to a wider audience, helping to promote the growing movement of urban cycling. Each bike features a frame that uses bamboo as the primary building material, resulting in a super strong (and cool-looking) set of wheels.
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UPS Boosts Mileage 40% with Prototype Plastic Delivery Vans
by: Greener Design, 2011-05-16 18:36:49 UTC
UPS engineers have lowered fuel consumption of deliver vans by about 40 percent with a prototype vehicle made from rugged, lightweight ABS plastic.
Nestlé Releases First U.S. Environmental Metrics
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Nestlé in the United States has published its first environmental metrics, showing a one year, six percent decline in normalized greenhouse gases emissions. CO2 output fell from 37.7 to 35.4 kg per ton of product last year, and absolute greenhouse emissions stayed steady at 600,000 tons, according to the 2010 Creating Shared Value report (pdf). [...]
Split: Stylish and light, the new generation laptop is here!
by: The Design blog, 2011-05-18 07:14:45 UTC
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Computers have become quite a necessity these days; from desktops to laptops, they are quite ubiquitous. However, carrying a laptop may not be an easy thing to do. Large size makes it uncomfortable and so does its weight. Dae Hoon Jung of Korea has done something really amazing as he has found an interesting solution to it. The designer has ‘split’ the various components for convenient carrying. His design is one of the 3000 short listed entries to the Designboom competition ‘A Life with Future Computing’.
This Split seems more of a book than a laptop and is also protected by a case. Its futuristic design enables one to dissemble the machine to adjust it ergonomically for more ease in use and to take out only the components required. The user can adjust the screen angle and use other parts also according to his need. Split also enables you to control the laptop with a remote when it is kept in the bag. Thus, it allows use of simple functions like music or even using the hard drive like a database without taking out all the parts. It is very suitable for a number of user environments.
The 320 by 220 mm monitor can be used as a tablet PC as well. E-book reading along with the facility of a graphic pen for highlighting is also there. Split shows the future of laptops for sure. So the next time you feel like reading that favorite e-book, no need to take the entire machine out; simply use the monitor with the graphic pen.
If you think, all this will look really geeky and gaudy, you are mistaken. The exterior resembles a woman’s handbag, that too a very stylish one. For all the fashion conscious ladies who carry the huge laptop every day, this is good news indeed. Moreover, exterior can be selected according to personal taste as well. All these awesome features make Split a new generation laptop for sure!
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Dezeen Screen: NewspaperWood by Mieke Meijer and Vij5
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This week, Waste Management announced that it is investing in Agnion Energy, a company that turns trash (or "solid biomass feedstock") into synthetic gas that can be used in heating. The idea to make gas from trash isn't new (Waste Management already owns 111 landfill-based gas plants). But Agnion has developed a small-scale device that allows users to perform on-site gasification for a low upfront cost. In practical terms, this means that hospitals, shopping malls, and every other building or institution that collects large amounts of waste--like Waste Management--can get high-quality gas out of straight-up garbage.
Waste Management isn't betting only on Agnion. The company has also invested in startups like Enerkem, which turns trash into transportation fuel; and Agilyx, a company that is attempting to turn plastics into crude oil. If any of these solutions pan out, Waste Management will have the ability to turn trash to power--and be in the enviable position of having already cornered the market on garbage.
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