This funny little animal hides a surveillance camera

The monitoring equipment is certainly convenient, but can be intimidating one. This is why anItalian design studio has revived day by customizing and making the pass for curious small animals. To lighten the mood, the concept into effect the cameras very endearing creatures. The studio Parson has appealed to Eleanor Trevisanutto designer to customize these devices. The collection called Animals includes a series of standard cameras, dressed in a molded aluminum housing . As the design and color is different for each element, you are entitled to a camera-chameleon disguised as another bird, in grasshopper or Squirrel. The aim is to provide an alternative and less intimidating rather fun to conventional surveillance systems. And perhaps more discreet, too. Finally, accessories are interchangeable for convenience. Such cameras of a new kind are reduced to the status of "concept". The realization is not yet on the agenda, at least for now.

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Electronic cigarette more than 1400 poisoning e-liquid

In an article published this week, the New York Times warning about the dangers of electronic cigarette and e-liquid nicotines with more than 1,400 cases of nicotine poisoning last year in the United States. If the electronic cigarette does not contain tar, cyanide, nickel or lead, e-liquids are also not without danger. It is recalled that on Monday New York Times in an editorial calling for vigilance . Besides flavors, propylene glycol or vegetable glycerin , liquid electronic cigarettes can indeed contain the nicotine , a chemical that is both a source of dependence and reported as'very toxic' by the European Directive of 27 June 1967. The New York Times reports that as of 2013, "calls to poison control centers in the United States related to e-liquids have greatly increased" . The number of calls for intoxication would indeed tripled between 2012 and 2013 to reach the number 365. That the total number of poisoning nicotine would rise about him in 1414 to 2013 from the American Association of Poison Control Centers . A figure which already stands at 651 for the first four months of 2014. According to the American newspaper, the case is color and attractive aromas bottles that attract young children. However, doses of nicotine contained in the e-liquid vials in Europe they are limited to about 20 mg per mL . A dose, according to the New York Times , "can make you sick, but is rarely fatal for the child" . Since the explosion of electronic cigarette in recent years, only one case of death caused by intoxication nicotine has been increased. It was the suicide of an American who decided to inject nicotine directly into the bloodstream.

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use your ring as a dock for smartphone

Even the media are intended for smartphones phones. Proof is the concept of Celltack, a new kind of magnetic dock . Its particularity? It takes the form of a ring to wear fingertips. Presented like a jewel in the design and functional time Celltack is compatible with any device and mobile gadget . It is composed of two elements: a small magnet that any dish is fixed on the back of the phone and the dock ultraportable itself. Available in several accessories, so it takes on the appearance of a ring, a bracelet or a variant for mounting on a bicycle. In this way, the user can easily manipulate its smartphone . In addition to viewing the mobile wrist, it may possibly perform other tasks with both hands free. Finally, the magnetic system is powerful enough to keep the unit in place. accessory is currently at the prototype stage and the realization of which depends on the outcome of a campaign on Indiegogo. It remains twenty days to raise the sum of $ 40,000.

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WhatsApp has 480 million users

According to a report by the news magazine Focus in the online edition of 23 March 2014, the short messaging service WhatsApp has become one of world's 480 million users. Monthly average of 15 million new users would be won and even though WhatsApp was taken in February of Facebook. In February, the provider in Germany rose by 1 million to increase its user base significantly to 30 million users.

Opposite Focus reported the WhatsApp-founder January Koum that his service for the user is to be attractive and this might be the announced telephone function make an important contribution. The call function to allow it to users via VoIP for free to be able to call each other. In Germany WhatsApp works to implement its mobile offering with E-Plus together.There should be a special prepaid card that has a WhatsApp option and where all sent messages, pictures and videos are not intended to affect the free volume of the prepaid tariff. The acquisition by Facebook cost 19 billion U.S. dollars and was one of the most expensive acquisitions to date of the social network.

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A touch pad holographic display

Soon, we can interact with a terminal via a holographic display . Finish the touch screen, instead, the tablet directly displays the data in the air through a holographic screen as interface.

The prototype was called AIRR Tablet for "Aerial Imaging by Retro-Reflection." The touch pad of a new genus is distinguished by its floating display. Allowing the user to manipulate and access to various applications. No need to use glasses virtual complete, the system is based on the retro-reflection to float interface and project information in the air. The tactile feedback is provided by sensors integrated movements, which can take up to 500 images per second. Touch holographic screen thus results in a specific order. Similarly, the user can enlarge or reduce the size via a simple gesture. This tablet was designed and developed by Professor Hirotsugu Yamamoto , University of Tokushima, Japan. At the moment, it is only a prototype that foreshadows the future of touch devices.

AIRR Tablet

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This chip lets you know when food is expired

If refer to one's usual expiration date printed on the packaging of our products, Chinese researchers have found a way to do things differently in order to check the status of our food.Thanks to nanotechnology, they managed to create a chip that can notify the consumer when a product is damaged. invention that the team of the must Peking University , led by Professor Chao Zhang. This is a tag to be bonded to the packaging of a food package or a medicament. Hardly bigger than a grain of rice, each chip is made ​​from gold nanorods and silver. To control the "consumability" of a food, the small device uses a color code to inform the consumer. Thus, it is red when the content is fresh. It then turns to orange to yellow according to the degradation of the food. Once the green , it indicates that it is outdated . In addition to considering the expiry date of the product, the process is also based on the potential damage caused by the change in ambient temperature. At the prototype stage, this tag feed controller was tested on milk exposed to different temperatures. For now, the process has been patented in China and its designers hope to find a way to make it accessible to a wider public more.

Tag for food

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MIT develops a lifelike robotic fish

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have recently created a "fish" from soft robotics. Away from rigid metal models, their latest is more soft and supple. A PLC can swim like a fish in water. Based on biomimicry , this robotic fish is able to mimic the movement and mode of movement of its animal counterpart. A prototype is manufactured from silicon 3D printed, so he can to move with fluidity and to withstand shocks and collisions with other here. Fullyautonomous , synthetic fish is provided with a shank comprising two sections. In addition to making quick movements, it has more freedom in his movements. Finally, it uses carbon dioxide to "breathe" in the water. Currently, this robotic fish has been developed for experimental purposes.Besides, the prototype is capable of between 20-30 maneuvers based on reserves of carbon dioxide. Later, it could be used to better study these aquatic animals in their natural environment.

MIT robotic fish

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