To write right, follow the laser

Can you write so perfectly straight on a sheet of white? Without happen, a group of designers has created a gadget that overcomes this difficulty. It is a small device capable of projecting virtual lines on blank paper.

Called Laser Cap, the concept takes the form of a pen cap to standard ball. This is actually a miniature laser projector that broadcasts a series of lights to guide the user when writing. Result, a simple white sheet, gets turned into paper lines. Simply put Laser Focus on the upper corner of the sheet.

In addition, the laser can be slid upwardly or downwardly with a 360 degree rotation depending on the need. It is also possible to adjust the line spacing of the request.

At the moment, Laser Cap is still at the concept. It is the fruit of the imagination of Jin Won Heo, Da Som Kim and Chang Manson.

Concept Laser Cap

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Google Glass nurses

Until the release of Google Glass , other versions are appearing on the market. The latest invention is a home Evena Medical . Eyes-on Glass is a pair of intelligent glasses specially designed for medical purposes.

Officiating as a medical device in its own right, these smartglasses are very useful for health professionals. Indeed, it is a technology dedicated to mobile vascular imaging in real time. Glasses connected allow nurses and physicians to easily locate veins. The wearer can therefore see through the patient's skin through viewing near infrared. In addition to its convenience, the Eyes-On Glass should help save time in research and access to the best vein. So make the most accurate practice helps reduce the pain and complications of intravenous injection. Equipped with speakers and an integrated memory storage, eyeglasses can communicate with a computer via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or 3G. They can also connect directly to servers hospital to access the patient's medical record.

Evena Medical worked with Epson Moverio glasses and multimedia to develop the product.Proposed about $ 10 000, it is expected for the first quarter of 2014.

Eyes-On Glasses

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Acer Z3-600: 22-inch tablet PC hybrid with Windows 8

Acer Z3 600: 22-inch tablet PC hybrid with Windows 8 (Photo: Acer)

The all-in-one tablet PC hybrid device Acer Aspire Z3-600 appears with Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, a 21.5-inch display, 4GB of RAM, built-in Harman Kardon speakers and Dolby Home Theater sound.

With Full HD display (1920 × 1080 p) and premium Harman Kardon speakers with Dolby ® sound to the hybrid device guarantees excellent picture and sound quality for movies, games and music. With an Intel Pentium J2580 Quad-Core processor, 4GB of DDR3 dual-channel memory and 750 GB of disk space and sufficient power should be available. With HDMI port, one USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports, the device has a versatile connectivity. By means of a movable stand on the back that makes tablet and place it on the desk and as a desktop PC use. The battery will hold 2.5 hours.

Launch is imminent

The tablet PC hybrid device will go on sale in December. The starting price is at 699 EUR lie.

Video: Acer Z3-600

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Lumio The reading light in book format

Finally a good book recommendation! Great idea, elegant design: Lumio looks like a book and lights as bright as a normal lamp.

Lumio looks like a book - when opened comes enlightenment.

A book could be the solution for dark- at least if Lumio is on your bedside table. The book imitation wood turns when opening in an original lamp. The concept and the elegant, minimalist design comes in: In order to be successful Kickstarter, had her $ 60,000. Lumio reached nearly tenfold.

The enlightenment in book format

Lumio can be taken not only as compact as a book, but just as easily. Absolutely wirelessly it lights up to eight hours, then you need to charge it via a USB connector. The makers also strive for sustainability: The book pages are made ​​of environmentally friendly Tywek, a paper-like plastic, the book cover made ​​of wood. You have the choice whether it should rather be walnut, cherry or maple. Installed in the cover are strong magnets, so that you can attach to metal surfaces Lumio also. For $ 160 Lumio is probably the most beautiful book you will never read. Ordered the unusual lamp is here .

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Rapoo A500: Test the Bluetooth speaker with NFC

The Rapoo Bluetooth Portable Speaker NFC A500 are available in four colors.

Smart phones and tablet PC manufacturers ship in getting slimmer housing. There's barely any room for reasonable speakers. The solution is mobile boxes that wirelessly via Blutooth with mobile phones and tablets contact record. The latest copy is called Rapoo A500.

Transparent Packaging

Available in a blue, green, yellow and gray A500 is in a pretty perspex packaging. In the package you will find a bag, a USB cable for charging and a 3.5mm jack cable.

Contact by Bluetooth

To establish a connection between your phone and the A500, you must first Blutooth enabled on the phone, then can locate the speaker and pair the two devices together. This worked in the test without any problems. The range between the devices may be ten meters according to the manufacturer, the test, this distance was almost ausreizen. Good: Per Multipoint Connection allows up to two devices, such as a smart phone and tablet PC, connected in parallel with the A500.

Simple connection thanks to NFC

The A500 has NFC technology on board. Are smartphone or tablet with the same technology ( NFC smartphones and NFC tablet PCs can be found at Idealo) which provides a connection can be established easily: Provided NFC is enabled on the phone, you need the phone only to the A500-top hold, even the contact is made. Super: NFC turns on the A500 an even - even if the power switch on the rear panel is set to "OFF".

Sound pretty neat

Music and language give the A500 in a fairly ordinary quality again. High and low notes sound relatively clean, but rich bass missing - no wonder, are the A500 only 14x6, 2x3, 6 inches tall. Pity: from the maximum volume, the testers have hoped for something more. For background music's enough though.

Handsfree well

The 216-gram A500 have even included a microphone, with which the Bluetooth speakers are to qualify as a speakerphone. The sound of the conversation partner is rather mediocre and the voice distorted to the called person - even if you speak directly into the microphone.

Conclusion: Rapoo Bluetooth Portable Speaker NFC A500

The currently around 60 euros expensive A500 are a useful accessory for smartphones and tablet PCs. Assuming you have an appropriately equipped device, make a quick and easy connection.And thanks to the included audio input and 3.5mm jack cable can also use the A500 on many devices without Bluetooth. The sound quality is pretty neat, but the speakerphone improvement.

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Canon Eos M2 with Wi-Fi and faster autofocus

Canon has officially announced in Japan with the EOS M2 the successor to its first system camera. The built-in CMOS sensor to bring a significant improvement in auto focus.The new mirrorless system camera to mid-December, first appear in China and Japan. By installing a hybrid CMOS sensor AF2 objects are to be found much faster sharp.

Smaller than previous model

Up to 2.3 times faster, the new mirrorless system camera to focus, and this over the entire image area. For wireless image transmission, for example, with Android smartphones, the camera is equipped with Wi-Fi equipped. The camera produces images at 4.6 fps, about eight percent smaller than its predecessor (104.9 x 65.2 x 31.6mm), weighs 238 grams and is available in black and white.

Video: Canon Eos M2

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Bluetooth Portable Speakers: what is the best?

In recent years, the Bluetooth speakers are fashionable. Easily transportable , with autonomy for several hours and often a lot better than a smartphone, they have gradually replaced the iPod docks.

The first advantage of pregnant Bluetooth on the dock is the fact of not having to connect the audio source to the speaker.Your smartphone or tablet can remain in your pocket or bag and play music all the same, provided you stay five or ten meters from the enclosure. Another advantage, the Bluetooth speakers are universal , unlike, for example AirPlay speakers. Thus, you can send your music from an Android device, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and even from a laptop or desktop as it is equipped for Bluetooth.

In this market more important, some brands more or less confidential paved the way, but other firms specializing in the audio consumer begin to enter the race. How to make sense of things? What are the speakers that are worth? Design, ease of use, sound quality, how to make the right choice? 

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Iconbit SmartWatch Callisto 100

The company has 100 Iconbit presented with the Calliso a Smart Watch, which can be pre-ordered now and mid-December 2013, available commercially. The purchase price for the innovative wristwatch amounts to 199 euros. The operating system is Google Android 4.2.2 was installed and the clock, a dual-core processor was installed with 1.2 GHz clock frequency. The processor is supported by 1 GB of RAM memory. The internal flash memory is 4 GB and can be expanded with a microSD card up to 32 gigabytes.

The watch supports communication standards UMTS, WLAN, GPRS and EDGE. The manufacturer has integrated a 3 megapixel digital camera for simple photos in the clock. Operation is via the 1.54-inch multi-touch TFT display that offers a resolution of 240 * 240 pixels. SmartWatch is completed by the Functions FM radio, Bluetooth, GPS, G-sensor and a speakerphone. As a gift for Christmas the Iconbit SmartWatch Callisto 100 can be recommended.

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New Windows Tablet Nokia Lumia 2520: Better than the iPad Air?

Nokia Lumia 2520 (Photo: Nokia)

In a new commercial touting Nokia for its new Windows Tablet Nokia 2520 in a funny scene which obviously compares the Nokia tablet with the iPad Air. Here, the competing tablet does of course not a very good figure. A preview of the Nokia tablet and a comparison to the competitors.

Battery life and features

The Nokia Lumia 2520 has a 8,000 mAh battery, which should, however, guarantee a five hours long battery life also promises the iPadAir long maturities and tests confirm a battery life of at least four hours even at high loads. A more fundamental strength of the Nokia Tablets is therefore probably the equipment and the ability to connect a keyboard.A full installed Office and Windows 8.1 RT make the tablet an attractive device to access while on the go all documents or to answer on the train to your next meeting before all messages. Other features of Nokia Lumia 2520: 2 GB RAM, 32 GB of flash memory, 800 Snapdragon quad-core processor with 2.2 Ghz. Alternative Tablets with Windows 8.1 come from Dell , Acer , Toshiba , MSI and of course Microsoft .

Nokia Lumia 2520 - Market launch in Europe?

In Europe, you have to wait a bit for the Nokia tablet. Market launch in Germany, Austria or Switzerland is not yet certain, if ever, the Nokia Lumia coming in 2520 not before 2014 on the market. In the U.S., the Nokia tablet is before Christmas in commerce, but whether in this country, the hybrid Tablets Nokia 2520 and Microsoft Surface are offered in parallel remains questionable.

Video: Nokia Tablet 2520

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Amazon announced the delivery in 30 minutes by drone

Founder 'of Amazon , Jeff Bezos , announced Sunday night that his company planned to use in a few years of mini-drones octocoptères to deliver small packages for its clients in a half hour. The ambitious project requires additional safety tests and approval from the U.S. aviation authorities but, according to Mr. Bezos' Amazon Prime Air "could be operational in four to five years.

A demonstration video posted on the website of the company shows tiny robotic craft carrying in the air parcels stored in small yellow boxes, from warehouses to customers who ordered 30 minutes earlier on Amazon.com.

"I know it sounds like science fiction. But it is not," said Jeff Bezos in the program "60 Minutes" of CBS television. "We can deliver in half an hour ... and we can carry objects weighing up to 2.3 pounds, which is 86% of what we deliver," said he said.

The mini-UAVs are powered by electric motors and can operate in a radius of 16 km around the warehouse, having access to a large part of the population in urban areas. "It is very green, it is better than the trucks", stressed the head of giant online sales.

Questions and skepticism

The announcement some skeptical observers who see an operation com 'cheap before Christmas, "a good time to talk about yourself," recalls the RTBF . "Civilian drones are not yet at the level of reliability required for civil applications", as pointed out in Challenges Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency, Patrick Ky.

Others questioned the safety and feasibility of such an undertaking? What to do in case of collision against a building? And if the device is hacker? asks the U.S. website Politico . What helped and what training it will he need?

Be delivered by a drone in any case given many ideas to users who have hijacked photos and videos . 

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PlusUs Life Link: Smartphone charger cable saves space

The smartphone charger LifeLink of PlusUs fits comfortably in a shirt pocket and is always with you to charge your smartphone into a USB port.

By Teflon sheath, flexible plastic shell, the Life Link cable to withstand the everyday stresses.

1st the battery is empty, the fun has often an end. No more little games in between, no status updates on Facebook or Twitter, and also no pictures of amusing situations. And of course the charging cable is exactly where it belongs: at home on the power supply . Replacement charging cable while there are to buy, but the tangled like and are uncomfortable to tansportieren. The Australian company PlusUs provides for such purposes to a USB charging cable, that as a debit card in your wallet disappears.

In practice, small

The Life Link USB cable should not be thicker than two superimposed credit cards and stand by a Teflon coating everyday stresses. The largest part of the cable is reinforced with a flexible plastic, put together that fits in your wallet and apart put 18 centimeters length reached. The Life Link will be released in three versions: for Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices with micro-USB to USB connector for iPhones up to the 4S with 30-pin adapter and current iPhones with Lightning port. The cable not only loads the device, but also allows data transmission.

Fully Fold the Life Link data cable comes in a length of 18 centimeters.

For each purchased cable, the project will Buy1Give1 supported, which for two days education in Nepal ranges, according to PlusUs, for one day an Indian family brings a roof over their head or will be invested to build wells in Ethiopia.

Ships from Australia

A Life Link cable with 30-pin or MicroUSB connector costs 16 AUD (Australian dollars), for a Lightning-connector, two AUD on top. Together with the shipping (5 AUD) costs a cable around 15.50 euros. The original Apple Lightning cable with one meter length costing at various online retailers like much. The only catch at the Life Link is currently the delivery time: According PlusUs is sometime "in the Winter 2013/2014" of the transit start.

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Qualcomm Toq - SmartWatch long-running and bluetooth headphones

Qualcomm Toc: Alternative to Samsung and Sony (Photo: Qualcomm)

The chip maker Qualcomm brings Beggining of December, a new SmartWatch on the market. This follows the well-known manufacturer of Snapdragon processors to previously published models on the market like the Samsung Galaxy Gear and AI SmartWatch .

Technical Details Qualcomm Toq

The SmartWatch "Toc" is (recommended Android 4.3 Jelly Bean) with Android Smart Watches from version 4.0.3 compatible with which she connects via Bluetooth. With the Premium Audio Edition from the spring of 2014 also are wireless Bluetooth headphones available. The 1.6-inch Mirasol display is supposed to be more power efficient, save battery power and legible even in direct sunlight. Apps can send notifications directly to the clock. With a single charge , the SmartWatch to several days can be operated, although the display is always lit. As suggested retail price $ 350 are given.

Video Qualcomm Toq

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Start the ball in the air, it will make 360 ​​° photos

On a camera, image capture is often summed up in a simple press of the shutter button. And if you could do differently? This is what has developed by a German firm model. In addition to its unique design, it is a digital camera that launches into the air for a panoramic view.

Called Panono Camera , AFN takes the form of a balloon full of 36 sensors fixed focus with a resolution of 72 megapixels. Everything is covered with transparent plastic, robust and shock resistant time. Weighing about 300g, the spherical camera can automatically capture 360-degree images. It just simply throw in the air. With a built-in accelerometer, Panono is able to recognize the moment when it reaches its peak altitude. This allows him to trigger the shooting in all directions simultaneously. The device can connect to a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and a mobile app for iOS and Android allows you to view photos. Its internal flash memory can store 400 panoramic shots. Rechargeable via USB, it can also roll like a ball for pictures at ground level.

Still at the prototype stage, Panono Camera trying to raise the sum of $ 900,000 on Indiegogo for its industrial production.

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Google Glass: Playing music now - the new earrings

Google Glass is expected to reach market maturity in the coming year and behind the scenes or the still very exclusive test program, work is in full swing. Thus, the beta phase may be extended, the developers have not only an open waiting list for willing test candidates (unfortunately still U.S. only), but also steadily expanded the functional framework of Glass. Currently there is also to music. Several blogs had reported yesterday that the latest firmware update (XE11) is the possibility of the Google Music app manually Glass installed and by voice command " Glass OK, listen to ... "call a song, artist or album.Today the matching official announcement came. Google Music and all known features such as the streaming service All Access will be immediately available. Another new feature is therefore the song recognition - you simply ask the smart glasses " What song is this , "Glass and listens nearby by playing music. If successful, then there is song, artist and album art on the screen. So that the whole can also be used properly and generates a value for the potential buyer, praises Google some ear plugs as original equipment. This will (obviously) be specifically geared to the comfort combined with glass and interchangeable caps in five colors including cost around $ 85th Interestingly, however, it will be definitely trying out music through the built-in vibration technology.

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Sony: New evidence on Virtual Reality Headset

Sony tinkering his own Oculus Rift? According to media reports, a virtual reality headset for the Playstation 4 in 2014 already appears.

Virtual reality glasses are the new trend. The currently best known VR helmet - the Oculus Rift - enthusiastic (vertigo) players in the world. Is now even a publication of the cyber glasses for Android systems planned. For the Playstation 4, the Oculus Rift will probably find no use. Sony apparently polishes on its own virtual-reality goggles. media reports , according to the Japanese IT Group presents as early as next year, an in-house cyber goggles. But this seems to depend on protecting Help: PlayStation Eye camera is a prerequisite for the virtual reality headset. It will be released in autumn 2014. Apparently, Sony wanted to present the VR goggles already in the Gamescom 2013, but desisted because you did not want to distract from the essentials potential buyers: buying the console itself, the Playstation 4 will appear on 29 November 2013. 

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Airo: a bracelet connected to measure stress and heart rate

Along with Flex or force Fitbit , the Jawbone Up or Fuelband and SE Nike Fuelband , other trackers bracelets, known as "quantified self" , gradually emerging as the bracelet 's Airo .

Unlike most of its competitors, the Airo not track the number of steps of its owner with an integrated pedometer, but also uses a pulse sensor to calculate the heart rate, stress and time rest. Presented in the form of a bracelet very design available in light or dark gray bracelet Airo has a sensor inside the bracelet, can measure the pulse of the wearer. Among the advantages of the system, we note the promise bracelet automatically measure the calories and nutrients absorbed without having to enter them manually in an application. As competitors bracelets, Airo also offers a wake-vibration system based on the most opportune time given the sleep cycle. An application will also be available for viewing all this information, but also receive alerts when needed.

The bracelet is already available for pre-order on the manufacturer's website . Available in two colors, it is sold at 159 dollars (115 euros), plus $ 10 fee for shipments to France. It will however be patient. The first deliveries are indeed planned for the fall 2014.

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A flying car without pilotage

To steal a car is no longer a problem. At least it's not the most complicated. The U.S. company Terrafugia already has in its catalog a flying car , the Transition , with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2015, against a whopping $ 000,270. But this vehicle is intended for drivers capable of providing one takeoff and one landing in the same way an airplane . In other words, the Transition requires a runway.

What about the common man, without pilotage? This is the new challenge of the brand, which unveiled a concept that could answer this question: the TF-X . A road? Where you go with the TF-X, you will not need road.

A "autocoptavion"

Halfway between an autonomous car , one the helicopter and an airplane , the TF-X will be able to take off vertically through the lateral rotors powered by electricity . Once in the air, the rear rotors will draw on the engine to move in the air. The landing , the most critical of a plane in flight procedure will meanwhile provided by the onboard computer, on autopilot.

The idea is to automate as much maneuvering to allow "anyone" to drive. Terrafugia announced also that "learning to operate safely a TF-X should take an average driver not more than five hours " .

Remains the question of price. Terrafugia wants nothing to announce before approaching a minimum of production, but said they still consider a similar rate of investment luxury cars . We did not expect less, marketing is anyway not envisaged before 2020. 

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Disney makes electricity with paper

Disney Research revisits the use of a single sheet of paper by giving a nice feature. Transforming it into electricity generator, it creates enough energy to power a LED light or an e-ink screen and it just friction.

The method does not require batteries or batteries to operate. Indeed, the generator itself is actually a thin Teflon sheet sandwiched between two conductive adhesives as an electrode. All, cleverly integrated into the paper. But the system also works on printed with conductive ink paper.When the user rubs on this specific part of the sheet, it creates electrical charges which will then produce an alternating current. Result: you can turn one or more LEDs, create animations on a screen e-ink or activate a built-in buzzer.
In its application, this paper generator could equip children's books or interactive posters in the future. Disney has collaborated with scientists from the Carnegie-Melon University to develop prototypes.

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VIDEO. The American soldier of the future, strong and bulletproof, like Iron Man?

The armor Talos project in a computer simulation of a combat demonstration.

U.S. Army RDECOM

Protected and armed with an exoskeleton soldiers! This is both the return of the good old armor but also of science fiction could very well become reality.

The U.S. Agency for Defense (DARPA) has been developing for several months Talos (Tactical Assault Suit Light Operator), an exoskeleton to soldiers of the Army. This armor, visually resembles the internationally known Marvels Iron Man superhero.

A super-armor study

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have given the realization of the armor of Talos by the army. Their goal, make invulnerable thanks to a condensed high-tech soldiers.Researchers are trying to develop a shield from future of a revolutionary liquid that happen in the solid state in a few milliseconds by activating a magnetic or electric charge. The soldier would then be invulnerable to bullets . Researchers at the University of Delaware in 2004 planchaient already on such a project.

The futuristic armor allow the soldier to carry heavy equipment and it will benefit from increased strength.

The soldier of the future would also have a system of monitoring of vital signs and a computer to locate on a battlefield while communicating with the command. The combination should also be able to generate heat or oxygen.

This project is part of a trend of research focuses on man-machine interface, to multiply the capabilities of a single soldier. It was initiated by Admiral William McRaven, head of Special Operations Command, and became famous when he led the Navy SEAL raid to kill Osama bin Laden in May 2011.

The admiral said he was in July "very attached" to the project. "I like to think that the last member of a lost battle commando will be the last and I think we can do that."

Call for other projects

The U.S. Special Operations Command, which oversees the elite commandos of the Navy, "Navy SEAL" and the Army, the "Army Rangers" have appealed to researchers to present projects on technologies that can be incorporated into a "smart armor fight."

Projects may be submitted until September 2014 . The military and Pentagon officials will then decide how to proceed, taking into account the growing budget constraints, said the spokesman of the command of the Army for research, development and engineering, Roger Teel.

According to researchers at RDECOM, the first prototype of Talos could be ready within two or three years.

Talos the United States, France Hercules

France is still far from such a project but is already developing its own exoskeleton for military use.

His name Hercules . Developed by the company RB3D and the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA), it is a mechanical extension of the human body. It is intended to help soldiers in the handling of heavy loads.

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