Scientists at the Boston Retinal Implant Project recently developed an implant that will help those with degenerative blindness see again.Although not a complete bionic eye, this implant is a huge step forward in that direction. It works by being implanted at the back of the eyeball and transmitting light to the brain via a tiny nerve.
X-Base is THE laptop cooling system upgrade. X-Base has many, we wouldn’t call them competitors… weaker counterparts in the market that are much less expensive, but if you are serious about your gear, there is no other choice.
Heat is you computer processor’s natural enemy, so cooling is vital. The X-Base’s design allows for natural cooling of your laptop without a fan. This beast also sports an easily adjustable slope, a built in cord organizer and weighs less than a pound.
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Here is an idea for you, your laptop and your desk. DesCom was designed by Sung-kyu Nam and it consists of a laptop integrated in a desk. The concept looks very cool just because that Samsung fits perfectly into the desk and the surface is so neat. Being the first of its king and already looking astonishing, I expect more from other future design. Don’t know what ideas to bring about, but I guess that other PC accessories are welcomed.
Intel has found a way to stretch a Wi-Fi signal from one antenna to another located more than 60 miles away.
Intel has announced plans to sell a specialized Wi-Fi platform later this year that can send data from a city to outlying rural areas tens of miles away, connecting sparsely populated villages to the Internet. The wireless technology, called the rural connectivity platform (RCP), will be helpful to computer-equipped students in poor countries, says Jeff Galinovsky, a senior platform manager at Intel. And the data rates are high enough–up to about 6.5 megabits per second–that the connection could be used for video conferencing and telemedicine, he says.
This week, NASA unveiled a new website that touts spin-offs from its technology that have found uses in the bathroom, kitchen, grocery store, and other places. You can find the website by following this link and clicking on “NASA Home and City” in the menu.
Some previous bragging about NASA spin-offs has raised eyebrows, even within the agency itself. Agency staffers questioned earlier boasts about a variety of smoke detector technology that NASA was said to have had a hand in developing.
I had a look at the spin-off website, and although some of the claims are surprising, each is accompanied by a link to further information to back it up.
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