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Fabulous concept design from Kong Fanwen, a glass keyboard fitted with lights and camera. You can click the keys and type in traditional fashion, or you can let your fingers float across the surface and allow the in-built sensors to judge your keystrokes. Amazing idea. Would love to see it in action… more details
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The bendy chip, developed by researches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Unlike the current generation of brittle-boned silicon chips, the new chips can be “stretched and folded whilst maintaining the electronic capabilities of traditional microchips. The circuits are built from ribbons of single crystalline silicon supported on very thin plastic and rubber-like layers.”
The development heralds a new era of flexi-tronics, and smart applications like “latex glove[s] for surgeons which would measure vital signs, such as blood oxygen levels, during an operation.” Other apps currently in progress include surveillance antennae for aircraft, and “a sheet of electronics which could lie on the surface of the brain to monitor brain activity in epileptics.” Full story
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The MPC-095 from Rodintech, a groovy webcam for sports fans. The models have flexi arms and legs, and come complete with basketball, baseball, football or soccer. Specs include 300k pixel resolution, 1.3 megapixel video sensor, and built-in mic. No price or release date yet.
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Kevin Everett at Barnes & Noble in Beaumont, Texas, signs copies of his new book which charts his miraculous recovery from a severe spinal injury. The event took place on Saturday 22nd March, the story covered by South East Texas Live, quoted below.
“He told me not to give up,” said Dani Simien, a 19-year-old Beaumont resident confined to a wheelchair since a car accident with a drunken driver almost a year ago. “He told me to keep working hard and to get my education.” Simien’s connection with Everett extended far beyond Saturday’s encounter. The pair frequently saw each other at Memorial Hermann as both recovered from their injuries. “He’s a nice person,” said Simien, who attended the book signing with his mother, sister and niece. “A lot of people who are big-time like him, they don’t care like he does.”
Full story‘Everett has thought about his future. Friends have contacted him about coaching high school in Texas, and that possibility intrigues him. “I’d like to work with kids,” he says. “I’m sure of that. Maybe teaching. I want to stay around football too.” He says that with help from the NFL and the Bills, his medical issues have not created a financial burden.’
Full story on SI – December 2007
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