Leather, designed for smart phones and humanoid robots that respond to touch
an Example of use of the developed artificial skin on the body of the robot Remember the movie with Robin Williams “bicentennial man”? In this robot, named Andrew with the passage of time and more and more became similar to man. A...
Oculus has unveiled a new virtual reality headset Rift S
In the ongoing present moment in San Francisco developers conference Game Developers Conference (GDC), the company Oculus has unveiled an updated version of its virtual reality headset Rift, which should appear on store shelves th...
Spherical display showed a new kind of virtual reality
the Most common method of immersion in virtual reality at the moment is the use of special glasses or helmets. However, there are other ways of immersion — for example, projecting an image directly onto the retina of the eye or th...
Russian scientists invented the technology of ultra-fast laser printing of nanostructures
To create different electronic structures on the surface of metals used nanomaterials that should be applied by a special laser. While earlier it was done almost "manually". But, as the press service of the far Eastern Federal Uni...
Russian scientists invented the technology sorbitol laser printing of nanostructures
To create different electronic structures on the surface of metals used nanomaterials that should be applied by a special laser. While earlier it was done almost "manually". But, as the press service of the far Eastern Federal Uni...
Multi-Touch Skin sensor that turns human skin into a touch surface
To control the electronic devices invented a variety of different input devices. But what if we could make our own skin this device? Sounds fantastic, but a group of scientists their Carskogo University in the development of senso...
How does it work? | Portable heart rate monitor
Monitor — a device for monitoring heart rate in real time. Electrical activity of the heart was opened in the late 19th century, and in 1902, Willem einthoven was the first, who is technically registered with a string galvan...
How does it work? | Fire sensor
the First automatic fire sensor was heat. It was created by Americans Francis Upton and Fernando Dibble in the late 19th century. The design of the sensor was an electric battery, bell dome, a magnet in an open circuit and a therm...
How does it work? | Motion sensor
the motion Sensors are widely used in security systems to detect intrusion, as well as for automation of lighting and HVAC equipment in homes and offices. Analysts expect growth in the use of motion sensors by 14% annually until 2...
Elastic sensor will change the way of interaction with wearable electronics
and other tiny gadgets at first glance seem easy to use, but their tiny touchscreens comfortable not always and not for all users. Engineers from the University of Saarland (Germany) has decided to make its contribution to the we...
Paint turns any surface into a touchpad
No, regular paint that is not suitable, but the one that is created by specialists of the American University Carnegie — Mellon, exactly amiss. A team of researchers of the Future Interfaces Group has developed a new paint E...
Guide Facebook decided to close down Oculus Story Studio
it looks Like Oculus continue to face problems. Not so long ago we told you that founder Palmer Lucky, and even the court found the company guilty of intellectual property theft and ordered to pay the plaintiffs . This time the Fa...
Master Card released a test batch of biometric cards
Debit and credit cards have become an integral part of modern life. Despite the fact that some of us already use services like Apple Pay, most people continue to use the familiar plastic cards to calculate in stores and withdraw c...
The company Facebook has integrated virtual reality to your social network
Since the beginning of 2014, mark Zuckerberg has bought Oculus, many were eagerly waiting for the world leader in the field of social networks realizes the possibility of VR communication between people inside virtual reality. Las...
Created the image of the "universal fingerprint" that can fool most sensors
fingerprint Scanners are no longer a novelty on the market of mobile electronics. They are primarily designed to provide additional security for user data, but a 100% guarantee against unauthorized entry, of course, can not give. ...
The company Oculus has unveiled the lineup of games for the VR-helmet Oculus Rift
From the outset, the headset Oculus Rift somehow it all went wrong. First, problems with production, due to the lack of components, then the lawsuit from Zenimax, which now Oculus needs to the claimant. Yes, and the controllers mo...