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Power Pillow Will Charge Your Devices While You Take A Nap

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“World’s first pillow that recharges smart devices” – That’s the motto of this latest product. A pillow that houses a battery pack that can charge your mobile devices when sockets are not available.<br />
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This product is in the form of a pillow that comes in different designs, which cleverly hides a battery pack that’s a mean of charging your devices such as your smartphones, tablets and other USB-powered devices. The catch however is that it’s not the pillow that’s charging anything, its actually the battery pack that is housed inside the pillow. This does not mean that the Power Pillow has not got any significance, its gives the users option to charge their devices while they are using them or while they’re expecting an important call, text or an email.<br />
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The use of these devices on a large scale can be very beneficial. Using them in places where people gather together such as dorm rooms, reception areas and resting places is an intriguing idea. The best case use of this product is during power outages or during emergencies. Funded by Kickstarter, the power pillow holds the aim to raise CAD$30,000 (US$28,000).<br />
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A single power pillow costs CAD$132(US$125); consisting of two 12000mAh battery packs, one soft battery housing, and two micro-USB cables for charging. The campaign video below shows how the power pillow can be used in various ways, the most obvious one being people charging their phones while relaxing.

Power Pillow Will Charge Your Devices While You Take A Nap

“World’s first pillow that recharges smart devices” – That’s the motto of this latest product. A pillow that houses a battery pack th...

MultiTouch Tables Make Drafting Super Easy

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As if the smartphones and tablets were not enough for this tech world, we are moving onto even bigger touch screens. Last year in September, MultiTouch from Finland displayed a MultiTaction display. Why was it so unique? Because it was an Ultra High Definition 84-inch display. The demonstration was carried out during MultiTouch’s annual developer conference. Although pre-ordering for the gadget started only a few weeks after the display, the gadget still has to go in production phase that has been planned for later part of this year. However, Ideum from New Mexico has released news for the 4K version of its 55, 65 and 100 inch multi-touch interactive walls and tables which will begin shipping at the end of this month.<br />
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Ideum’s models which will be able to benefit from the four fold resolution upgrade include; Ideum’s 55-inch Platform and Pro models, 55 and 65 inch Presenter touch walls, the 55 and 65 inch versions of Drafting models that have been released recently along with the 100 inch Pano. Jim Spadaccini from Ideum said; ‘We are already filling our first order for an 8K, 100-inch table.’<span style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span>
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The last month introduction from Ideum is the new Platform Drafting Table. The device is a pure example of magnificence. The display has been kept at an angle of 30 degrees to take up architectural, design and construction drawings activities. The display’s skirting is made up of aluminum which is of the same quality as the one used for aircrafts. It comes with a fully integrated core i7 PC, a high end 3840×2160 resolution with two models available in 55 and 65 inch sizes. The models are capable of catering up to 40 simultaneous touch points and enjoys a 7ms touch response time and is capable of Wireless networking, Bluetooth, USB and HDMI connectivity. One may very well call this device the tech beast!<span style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span>
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While some of the models will ship later during this month, the rest are due in February. All the models will be accompanied by Windows 7 or 8, a lifetime license for the company’s GestureWorks SDK authoring package and GestureWorks Gameplay.<br />
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This is the thing for future folks, fingers crossed for how it performs out in the market.

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This Amazing Technology Makes Physical Buttons Appear On A Flat Smartphone Screen

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A completely flat and smooth touchscreen in which buttons bubble up when the keyboard appears, sounds almost like witchcraft (or wizardry), but Tactus Technology has actually produced such a screen using a new technology. The company amazed people when it unveiled this technology last year at the Consumer Electronics Show and now, it is ready to bring it to the market.<br />
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The magical screen on which the buttons appear out of nowhere and then disappear just as before is something we could all use. The morphing hardware can be used to make typing easier and more natural. The tactile buttons are not limited to keyboards alone and can be used for gaming controls to provide an enhanced gaming experience. The simplest explanation of how it works is given below by Business Insider:<br />
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“Tactus has created a thin layer that can replace the Gorilla Glass on top of the touch sensor and display layers of a smartphone or tablet. The surface of that layer is a semi-elastic polymer under which there are little channels filled with a special transparent micro-fluid. To make buttons appear (for a keyboard, a game controller, whatever), you can increase the fluid pressure in a certain area. The added fluid physically stretches and raises the polymer surface.”<br />
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The CTO of Tactus, Micah Yairi, said that the company would release a tablet or smartphone screen cover this year. Moreover, the company is also looking for partnerships with mobile companies so that they could pre-install the screens on new devices without the users having to buy the aftermarket product.

This Amazing Technology Makes Physical Buttons Appear On A Flat Smartphone Screen

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LG Launches The World’s First TV That Has A Changeable Screen Curvature

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Don’t we just love it when two titans of technology get ready to tango? It allows the users to experience what would have been impossible otherwise. As of now, there is a battle raging on between LG and Samsung in the TV market. The latest product of this battle is the Flexible OLED TV which has been introduced by LG and enables its users to change the curvature of their TV’s screen as per requirement.<br />
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Previously, both the titans had launched TVs that support curved displays but LG surely has taken things a notch up by coming up with a bang; OLED TV which has a changeable curvature. Once again, like many other gadgets we have been talking about, this one was also unveiled at CES 2014.<span style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span>
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This particular feat by LG has a display of 77 inches and allows its users to be in charge of the angle of curvature by employing the remote control. It does this by factoring the screen size and the distance from which they are viewing the TV in order to generate the optimum viewing experience. While there are some valid concerns regarding how reliable and long lasting this new technology is, LG is quite confident about this model. According to LG, the TV has been tested for tens of thousands of hours and has given the result they were looking for; it is durable and reliable.<span style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span>
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Self-Balancing One Wheeled Skateboard Makes You Feel You Are Hovering In Air

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Imagine a skateboard that “lets you fly over pavement on only a single wheel”. Well American firm, Future Motion, has created a contraption that can do just that. The skateboard is called the Onewheel and gives users the feeling of being on a hoverboard.<div>
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<br /><br />The gadget costs $1300, can reach a top speed of 12 mph and can turn 360 degrees within the length of the board. The board has one air-filled tire taken from a go-kart and uses motion sensors that you would find in any smartphone. The Kickstarter campaign was started about a week ago and has since surpassed its original goal of $100,000. At the time of this writing, the campaign stands at $194,450.<br /><br />The controls of the board are simple and almost natural. Users who are not familiar with board sports can learn to use the Onewheel in a matter of minutes. By leaning toward the front, users can accelerate and by leaning back they can slow down or even reverse. The braking is regenerative and charges the battery. The firm says that to truly master the Onewheel, one must learn to ‘carve’ on pavement which is similar to what one would do on a snowboard or surfboard. With the Onewheel, however, riders don’t need snow or water to feel as if they’re sliding around. Onewheel users can ‘hover’ over pavement as easily and smoothly as if they were masters of anti-gravity.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX_7FqFuJuRNSlJXT9QHx9qsSCBlgTHLTJ_DaNTp7u84EmAlJadAPgSaT6dytPMyjRupnUeXltDJpiWDgafOreHCAP3b-qvyzwPrdSzWLQ5DjYlVCKNQ0rkMREw6KDuPZ_rGIYj641Y-Y/s1600/g3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #494949; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Self-Balancing-One-Wheeled-Skateboard" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX_7FqFuJuRNSlJXT9QHx9qsSCBlgTHLTJ_DaNTp7u84EmAlJadAPgSaT6dytPMyjRupnUeXltDJpiWDgafOreHCAP3b-qvyzwPrdSzWLQ5DjYlVCKNQ0rkMREw6KDuPZ_rGIYj641Y-Y/s1600/g3.jpg" title="Self-Balancing One Wheeled Skateboard" width="640" /></a></div>
The moving part is the wheel itself and requires no transmission to reach its top speed thank to the hub motor which uses state-of-the-art axial flux brushless motor technology. The powerful lithium iron phosphate batteries charge in 20 minutes using the fast charge option and provide peak power for acceleration and balancing. The board feels almost like an extension of your own body and is simple to balance, thanks to the powerful sensors and complex algorithms that help you maintain balance and control over the board with great ease.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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The movie Back to the Future predicted that we would have developed hoverboards by this time and that everyone would be hovering over any surface. The Onewheel may not actually fly over water, but Marty McFly would still be impressed.</div>

Self-Balancing One Wheeled Skateboard Makes You Feel You Are Hovering In Air

Imagine a skateboard that “lets you fly over pavement on only a single wheel”. Well American firm, Future Motion, has created a contrap...

First Solar rises again

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(Fortune) <br /><strong>Jim Hughes is about the last person you'd expect to find running a solar-power company. For starters, the 51-year-old Texan is a lawyer, not a physicist or a materials scientist. Then there's the matter of the decade-plus he spent in senior jobs at Enron, followed by several years operating energy assets cleaved from its carcass. And lest there be any confusion, Hughes makes no effort to hide his contempt for the save-the-world, policy-driven mentality embraced by the "renewable" energy sector since its inception. "We need to quit talking about policy," he says. "We need to focus on the fact that we can participate alongside traditional energy players on the basis of the existing economics. And we need to quit turning everything into a debate over climate change." Markets may one day reward solar-panel makers for the benefits of lower carbon emissions, he says. "But the fact is, they don't today. We can succeed without fighting that war."</strong><br /><br /> Peace has definitely broken out in the solar sector, stoked by the success of retail rooftop-installation companies like Solar City (backed by Elon Musk) and manufacturers like First Solar, which survived a wave of bankruptcies among competitors. To get to this point, First Solar and others have endured the solar industry's roller coaster of investor exuberance and massive government subsidies followed by manufacturing gluts, trade wars with China, plunging prices, and more recently a modest financial recovery. The company's stock price trades for more than $50 a share, having bottomed out near $10 in mid-2012, around the time Hughes became CEO. (It exceeded $300 in 2008, during a period of maximum solar mania.) With 2013 earnings estimated to be just shy of $450 million on sales of $3.5 billion, First Solar is a stalwart -- the biggest by revenues and profits -- in an industry known for catastrophe. <br /><br />First Solar is more than a survivor. It's also a case study in the virtues of marrying wide-eyed technological optimism with patient capital that is willing to see a company through good times and bad. As one of the oldest surviving large-scale makers of what's known as photovoltaic panels -- sheets of glass covered with semiconductors that convert sunlight into electricity -- the company has been a pioneer at several turns in its history. It championed a different type of panel technology from most of the rest of the industry, the same kind generally pursued by Solyndra, the infamously bankrupt startup that lost half a billion taxpayer dollars. <br /><br /> Yet First Solar is no Solyndra. Indeed, the latter might have fared better if it had been backed by a son of Sam Walton rather than by Uncle Sam. John Walton, one of the Wal-Mart founder's four children, bought a controlling stake in First Solar 15 years ago, and his family continues to hold about 27% of the company's stock today, a stake worth about $1.4 billion. (For comparison, the clan's roughly 50% share of Wal-Mart today has a value of about $125 billion.) <br />

First Solar rises again

(Fortune) Jim Hughes is about the last person you'd expect to find running a solar-power company. For starters, the 51-year-old Texan...

19 Improved Everyday Products That Make Life Easier

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<br /><br /><br /><br />We all, sooner or later, start noticing about how we could improve our everyday products to make them more handy and useful. What follows is a list of such improvements which have been carried out and one must commend those who came up with the ideas!<br />
<br /><b>19. Toilet cum Sink</b><br />
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Say hello to this Japanese toilet which is water efficient and doesn’t take up lot of space as well.<b> </b><br />
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 Using the conventional outlet you can plug in only two ways, well no more!<br /><b> </b><br />
<b>17. Washable keyboard</b><br />
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 You no longer need to be worried about a dusty keyboard. Just wash it.<br />
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 The concept is simple; your flash drive displays the files it contains.<br />
<b><br />15. USBs Again<br /></b> <br />
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 This is a wonderful improvement for office where one continuously needs USBs for data transfer. Just tear and share!<br />
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<b>14. Say Goodbye to Sogginess<br /> </b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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 Now you can enjoy your cereal without sogginess.<br />
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<b>13. Cutting Board and Wine Holder<br /><br /> </b><br />
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 This improvement allows for your cutting board to also work as your cup holder.<br /><b> </b><br />
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This is the perfect way to measure out exactly how much you’re cutting and adding to the recipe.<br />
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<b>11. Enjoy your Coffee Mug – Literally<br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXDsLYoa6tQEKjNKWPbnxkcB_cmp4KvRztnFF_mJORCiEigjy004nkv06SKGaZ69bEyRLIWGQqTzBYb6tv2HFd5f73Dohh0YaaFu9bnW68UEAFAM02N4sDiP-EaYkwFCX2HkL9gztcRX9/s1600/am11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Enjoy-your-Coffee-Mug–Literally" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXDsLYoa6tQEKjNKWPbnxkcB_cmp4KvRztnFF_mJORCiEigjy004nkv06SKGaZ69bEyRLIWGQqTzBYb6tv2HFd5f73Dohh0YaaFu9bnW68UEAFAM02N4sDiP-EaYkwFCX2HkL9gztcRX9/s1600/am11.jpg" title="Enjoy your Coffee Mug – Literally" width="640" /></a>This idea is pretty slick; you get your coffee in an edible mug!<br /><b> </b><br />
<b>10. Knives that can Nest</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It’s a neat and sleek design for your knives. You can buy it here:<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002JTWRDS/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002JTWRDS&linkCode=as2&tag=thebittetruth-20">Deglon Meeting Knife Set, Stainless Steel Knives and Block, Set of 4</a><img border="0" src="http://cdn.wonderfulengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/HLIC/accba0b69f352b4c9440f05891b015c5.gif" /><br /><b> </b><br />
<b>9. Where do I put the Paint brush?<br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The answer is simple; let it hang on the rim of paint cans.<br /><b> </b><br />
<b>8. Ice Cubes and Ice tray – The dilemma</b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An elegant way to change how watches work.<br /><b> </b><br />
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 These awesome luggage tags will shout your name!<br />
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Meet the flat extension cords – Where have you been all our lives?<br />
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This bottle opener will also trap the cap once it has opened the bottle for you.<br />
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High Strength 3D Printed Bone Technology Now A Reality

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Artificial bone printing has also been made possible by experts at MIT. It is made of collagen protein, elastic in nature and hydroxyapatite minerals that give it the strength thus is making it flexible for movement, yet 22 times as strong as its constituent materials. The components are so well blended that they are perfect to support heavy loads.<br /><br />This research has been carried out by Markus Buehler MIT civil engineering professor and his team. He has been working on 3D printing techniques for quite some time and has worked with various polymers, synthetic materials, etc., and the geometric patterns are also inspired from the naturally occurring materials like real bones or nacre with some additions to the design. His work has been published in Advance Functional Materials.<br />
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What came out from the research, were three materials; first simulated mineral calcite, second replicated nacre and third a composite design that was assembled to enhance the human bone structure.<br /><br />After the new bone was created out of the new materials, multiple trials and tests were carried out on it to check  its strength. The result showed that the new invention was highly resistant to fractures and thus could withhold great amount of stress.<br />
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High Strength 3D Printed Bone Technology Now A Reality

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