Category: High Tech
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Incredible- A Hacker Clones Fingerprints From Digital Photos
At the occasion of the Chaos Communication Congress, a hacker has demonstrated a technique to clone fingerprints from simple digital photos of an individual’s fingers. Politicians and other prominent personalities will now have to keep their hands in their pockets when they speak in public? Starbug, a hacker who is a member of the Chaos Computer…
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Yeti: An Autonomous Robot To Save Human Lives By Tracking Crevices
To secure scientists’ convoys at the poles, the researchers have developed Yeti. This self-guided robot can track the crevices that could engulf the men and their gear. Check out the amazing video of this robot that is currently involved in monitoring the Ross Barrier in Antarctica. Scientists participating in the expeditions to the Arctic and Antartic have to constantly be…
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Build Yourself A Planet Observation Telescope With A Single Camera
Did you ever think that it is possible to detect planets outside our solar system using a single camera? Yet an American astronomy enthusiast has shown that it is not necessary to invest all your fortune in an expensive telescope to make fantastic discoveries. We give you more details about this invention? According IEEE Spectrum, David…
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World’s First Tool Made In Space Using 3D Printing
For the first time, the International Space Station (ISS) astronauts have received a tool design by “e-mail” and then printed it using 3D printing on-board the station. A feat made possible by “Made In Space”, a Californian company. We make you discover the video of what the astronauts have printed in space. Previously we had to wait…
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Discover Kubb: A Compact And Energy Efficient Aesthetic Computer
A French team has just designed Kubb: a powerful computer that is more efficient and consumes very little energy! A sublime and perfect cube of 12 cm: this is what will look like your computer in no time. We tell you more about this technological marvel. This small cube is a replacement for your ordinary computer. Combining the…
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A Revolutionary Battery Prototype To Double The Electric Car Range
An experimental lithium-ion battery developed by a US start-up can store twice the amount of energy as compared to the current electric car batteries. Based on a solid electrolyte, this innovation could help extend the range of electric cars beyond 300 kilometers. Recently, OEDC, a startup based in Hayward (California, USA), has recently become known after raising…
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Infrared Curtain: A Cost Effective Technique To Transform Any Automobile Screen To Touchscreen
Continental, a German equipment manufacturer, wants to make touch technology in automobiles a common thing. Using a technology combining infrared rays and photodiodes, a conventional screen may be converted into a touchscreen at a much lower cost. Continental expects to commercialize the system within two years. Although the touchscreens are now a part of our daily…
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Carefree Traveling Through This Ingenious But Simple Security System
A team of American researchers has developed a new revolutionary security system. No need to search you at the airport, you can pass the security in seconds! Thanks to the highly sensitive touch sensors, the machine detects the dangerous objects in record time. We tell you more about this innovation that will make your travel safer and…
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Future Smartphone Screens Will Be Inspired By Vegetable Leaves And Cobwebs
Nature has often inspired the creations of man. Today these are spiders and their webs that have particularly stirred the curiosity of a team of researchers. These physicists are expecting to improve the smartphone screens or renewable energy devices using resistance and elasticity of silk thread created by these little beasts. We tell you more about this stunning…
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BMW’s Innovative Technology Will Enable Driver To park His Car Using His Watch
BMW is working on a standalone system where a driver would use a connected watch to direct his car to go park itself and come back to the same place when asked. Fans of the television series K2000 will recall those scenes where the hero uses his watch to communicate with his high-tech car which…
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This Amazing Self-Powered Glass Changes Colour With Change In Lightning Condition
In Singapore, a team of Nanyang Technological University has developed an electrochromic glass that can darken or lighten according to the lightning conditions without the need for an external power source. It is even able to store some energy … Currently the tinted windows found on the market are permanent and do not adapt to changes…
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SmartEyeglass Attach: Sony’s Kit To Convert Any Glasses Into Smartglasses
Sony, the Japanese manufacturer, has just introduced a device for converting any pair of standard glasses into smartglasses. This is a kit comprising of an electronic module and a 0.23 inch OLED screen that can be set on the spectacles to be transformed into smartglasses. The device will enter production starting from the next year. Although Google Glass…
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Hector: This Bio Inspired Hexapod Moves Swiftly Like A Real Insect
Hector is a small insect robot built by a research team from the University of Bielefeld in Germany. It very closely mimics the behavior of real insects where each leg can adapt itself to the surface and moves swiftly. Hector is an autonomous hexapod, its acronym stands for Hexapod Cognitive autonomously Operating Robot. Basically, the robot was designed with…
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Wind Tree: A Tree Shaped Windmill That Is Also Energy Efficient
The energy provided by the wind is free, environmentally friendly and inexhaustible but current wind turbines are often considered too noisy, too large and change the view of landscape. A Parisian start-up has developed a tree-shaped windmill system whose leaves act as mini wind turbines, capable of providing power and autonomy. We present to you this…
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Breakthrough In Photography: This Device Captures 100 Billion Frames Per Second
Since its invention in 1839, capturing the motion has always been one of the obsessions of photography. In 1878, for the first time a trotting horse was captured on a film and in 1887, the trajectory of a bullet going at supersonic speed. Today, a new techniques are being developed to capture the events taking place in the duration of…