Collaborate Disseminate
Rocksmith is a popular video game that works like Guitar Hero, but with a real guitar. You have to play well and hit the right notes, or the game penalizes your score. [Lightwing] …read more Continue reading Electric Guitar Shocks You for Missing a Note
It’s ridiculously easy to take a bad photograph. Your brain is a far better Photoshop than Photoshop, and the amount of editing it does on the scenes your eyes capture often results in marked and disappointing differences between what you saw and what you shot.
Taking your brain out of the photography loop is the goal of [Peter Buczkowski]’s “prosthetic photographer.” The idea is to use a neural network to constantly analyze a scene until maximal aesthetic value is achieved, at which point the user unconsciously takes the photograph.
But the human-computer interface is the interesting bit — the device …read more
Continue reading Neural Network Electrocutes You to Take Better Photographs
The title is sure to draw a snicker from some readers, but the purpose of this field-expedient treatment for postpartum hemorrhage is deadly serious, and a true medical hack that has the potential to save the lives of new mothers.
Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of death during pregnancy, claiming about 86,000 women every year. While it can occur up to six weeks after giving birth, PPH is most serious immediately after delivery and can require aggressive treatment to prevent hypovolemic shock and eventual death. A fully equipped obstetrical suite will have access to an array of medications and …read more
Continue reading Condom and Catheter Team up to Save New Mothers’ Lives
Haptic feedback device uses electric muscle stimulator to mimic lifting objects and touching walls. Continue reading New Approach to Virtual Reality Shocks You Into Believing Walls Are Real
Haptic feedback device uses electric muscle stimulator to mimic lifting objects and touching walls. Continue reading New Approach to Virtual Reality Shocks You Into Believing Walls Are Real
Everything you do bears some risk of getting you hurt or killed. That’s just the way life is. Some people drown in the bath, and others get kilovolt AC across their heart. Knowing the dangers — how drastic and how likely the are — is the first step toward mitigating them. (We’re not saying that you shouldn’t bathe or play with high voltages.)
This third chapter of an e-book on electronics is a good read. It goes through the physiology of getting shocked (DC is more likely to freeze your muscles, but AC is more likely to fibrillate your heart) …read more
