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Last year we told you about the CharaChorder Lite, a special keyboard that lets users type faster by using groupings of keys to represent entire words. Well, any keyboard can now do that, if it’s equipped with the CharaChorder X.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading CharaChorder aims to radically boost typing speed on existing keyboards
If you’re at home alone, you may be reluctant to use headphones, vacuum carpets, or do anything else that keeps you from hearing noises such as ringing doorbells. That’s where Earzz comes in, as it’s designed to listen for those noises, and alert you w… Continue reading Earzz is made to listen for important noises that you might miss
It’s a sad fact that threatened species of sharks are routinely caught on fishing lines intended for other types of fish. A new device could help change that, by harmlessly scaring sharks away from baited hooks via pulses of electricity.Continue Readin… Continue reading Device generates electrical fields to keep sharks away from fish hooks
While the field of printable electronics holds a great deal of promise, the printing of circuits onto curved surfaces is still very challenging. A new technique greatly simplifies the process of doing so, potentially allowing for new types of electroni… Continue reading New technique allows circuits to be printed right onto curved surfaces
It was just last year that we told you about the Super Sub, a speedy three-person electric submersible made by Dutch company U-Boat Worx. Well, the firm has now announced a revisal to its design, which will make the watercraft even faster.
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Continue reading Redesigned U-Boat Worx Super Sub gets a big boost in speed
If you were trying to gauge the reaction force of an insect’s leg, you couldn’t just push it with your finger – the size difference between the two would be too great to do so with enough sensitivity. A set of hand-controlled soft robotic microfingers,… Continue reading Robotic microfingers allow scientists to get a feel for tiny objects
While lifeguards serve a vital purpose, it can sometimes be difficult for them to keep an eye on all the swimmers, all the time. An experimental new device has been designed to help, by sending an alert if its wearer is drowning.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Experimental wearable pops its top to send drowning alerts
Touring kayaks are typically made of plastic, composites or sometimes wood, but unlike canoes, almost never aluminum. That didn’t phase Brennen Kunka, however, who recently built his own all-aluminum kayak from the ground up – and it’s awesome!Continue… Continue reading One-of-a-kind aluminum watercraft is like the DeLorean of kayaks
We’ve all seen footage of disaster victims being winched up into helicopters, in litter-type stretchers. It’s not a good thing if those litters start spinning or swaying, though, which is what the thrust-vectoring Vita Rescue System is designed to stop… Continue reading Vita Rescue System keeps medevac litters from spinning and swaying
While time-lapse videos can be quite striking, creating them usually involves leaving the camera in one place for the duration of the shoot. A new app allows such videos to be recorded on a smartphone, which can be moved and used for other things betwe… Continue reading App lets iPhones shoot time-lapse, without having to stay in one place