OLED lighting
Anil @ GE’s research blog has an interesting overview of OLED lighting, it’s really good to see the research group at GE blogging like this, nice work – Link. Check out the video of the OLED getting hole-punched.
News from the Future
Cyborg interviews pilot during flight delays
Citizens might start wearing cameras to get better service, “watch the watchers” and use their cameras to document some of the travel nightmares we all seem to get trapped in to at times. David makes tiny cameras that mount on helmets for sports and he recently used one on a never-ending awful flight – go […]
Espresso book machine
Once I get back to NYC I’m heading straight to this giant book printer… An ATM for books that prints and binds any title on the spot within minutes from a digital file — The first Espresso Book Machineâ„¢ (“the EBM”) was installed and demonstrated today at the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry, and […]
xfinger
Incredible video of the xfinger – The X-Finger is the world’s first active-function artificial finger assembly designed specifically for partial finger amputees. The device allows users to regain complete control of the flexion and extension movements of an artificial finger in a self-contained device. It is designed to bend a silicone finger sheath in a […]
Extracting a 3D Model from drawings
Perspective techniques to extract a 3D model from a painting, nice! – Constructing 3D models of buildings is all about extracting the geometry from images using photogrammetric techniques. As such, although it goes against basic geometric principles it also lends itself to historic reconstruction via referenced hand drawn images. Over eight years ago we used […]
Bringing art to life in print
This a great way to get art in public using technology, if there’s anyone from HP reading MAKE we’d love to chat! – Some of the world’s most advanced printing technology has helped bring priceless art to the streets. Life-size reproductions of masterpieces from the likes of Constable and Da Vinci have been unveiled across […]
A Sound Way to Turn Heat into Electricity
New devices that can turn heat into sound and then into electricity @ ScienceDaily! University of Utah physicist Orest Symko demonstrates how heat can be converted into sound by using a blowtorch to heat a metallic screen inside a plastic tube, which then produces a loud tone, similar to when air is blown into a […]
