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SMART ACCESSORIES for SMARTPHONES

A doctor is needed on a plane to save a man from a heart attack. He whips out his smartphone and adds an accessory which turns his iPhone into an EKG which allows him to properly diagnose and save the man’s life. 

This video “notemation” highlights the true disruptive nature of the smartphone when combined with the new accessories coming out on the market. Other accessories discussed in this “notemation” include:

  1. Credit card swipers
  2. Perodmeters
  3. Plant watering 

My favourite quote: “This is democratizing what used to only be the domain of experts”

I highly recommend watching this 2.5 minute video!

Video originally from Frog Design

via nopixelpushing

(via futuretechreport)

Source: frogdesign.com

By definition, a computer is a machine that processes and stores data as ones and zeroes. But the U.S. Department of Defense wants to tear up that definition and start from scratch. Through its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), the DoD is funding a new program called UPSIDE, short for Unconventional Processing of Signals for Intelligent Data Exploitation. Basically, the program will investigate a brand-new way of doing computing without the digital processors that have come to define computing as we know it. The aim is to build computer chips that are a whole lot more power-efficient than today’s processors — even if they make mistakes every now and then. (via Darpa Has Seen the Future of Computing … And It’s Analog | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com)
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By definition, a computer is a machine that processes and stores data as ones and zeroes. But the U.S. Department of Defense wants to tear up that definition and start from scratch.

Through its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), the DoD is funding a new program called UPSIDE, short for Unconventional Processing of Signals for Intelligent Data Exploitation. Basically, the program will investigate a brand-new way of doing computing without the digital processors that have come to define computing as we know it.

The aim is to build computer chips that are a whole lot more power-efficient than today’s processors — even if they make mistakes every now and then. (via Darpa Has Seen the Future of Computing … And It’s Analog | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com)

Source: Wired

wired: Future extraterrestrial rovers may be powered remotely by high-energy laser beams shot through miles of thin fiber-optic cables. This new technology could allow robotic probes to penetrate thick layers of ice to explore Antarctic lakes or the subterranean oceans on icy moons like Europa or Enceladus, and even power a new kind of rocket into space. “Our modest goal over the next three years is to use a 5,000-watt laser to send a cryobot through up to 250 meters of ice,” inventor and explorer Bill Stone, who presented the new concept today at NASA’s Astrobiology Science Conference in Atlanta, told Wired. “All the data show there are no show-stoppers for doing that. But from my standpoint, this is child’s play compared to what we could do.” LASERS drilling into SPACE?! YES, THAT IS CHILD’S PLAY INDEED.
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Future extraterrestrial rovers may be powered remotely by high-energy laser beams shot through miles of thin fiber-optic cables. This new technology could allow robotic probes to penetrate thick layers of ice to explore Antarctic lakes or the subterranean oceans on icy moons like Europa or Enceladus, and even power a new kind of rocket into space.

“Our modest goal over the next three years is to use a 5,000-watt laser to send a cryobot through up to 250 meters of ice,” inventor and explorer Bill Stone, who presented the new concept today at NASA’s Astrobiology Science Conference in Atlanta, told Wired. “All the data show there are no show-stoppers for doing that. But from my standpoint, this is child’s play compared to what we could do.”

LASERS drilling into SPACE?!

YES, THAT IS CHILD’S PLAY INDEED.