Um carro eléctrico numa Hora! E Moldagem de Resina, como actualizar máquinas CNC, re-carregar o Smartphone, de uma Pilha, e a Handibot ao Torno!

Para poupar na Gasolina, não há como montarem o vosso próprio Automóvel Eléctrico em uma Hora ou menos!

É bom!

OSVehicle’s Tabby EVO: Build This Open-Source EV in an Hour
Mike Senese

 The OSVehicle team wants to revolutionize the way the world makes its transportation, and today introduces a new platform that will help bring auto building to the community and individual level.

Named Tabby EVO, the vehicle can be built in just an hour in a moderately equipped workshop. It features an 80v/15 kW electric drivetrain with a range of 87 miles and a top speed of 80 mph. It has a 93-inch wheelbase and can be configured for 2-4 passengers. Its upgraded frame and suspension help qualify it for L6e, L7e, and M1 licensing for street-legal use in Europe and the US, as well as allow it to be used for off-road purposes. 

   

http://makezine.com/2015/05/13/osvehicles-tabby-evo-build-open-source-ev-hour/ 

   

 

  

Já reparei que os Instructables sobre Moldagem e/ou Fundição em vários Materiais, são muito populares... 

Pois aqui está este Instructable, sobre Moldagem de Resina, que vos permite produzir objectos translúcidos em Resina, e de um tamanho considerável:

Resin Casting Tutorial - Moldmaking

seeblack

When I started to make my Umi costume, it soon became apparent that I would have to make my own custom molds. You can usually buy or find something to cast common gem shapes, but sometimes the size you need won't be commercially available. In the above pictures, all the front tabard gems, headband gems, and waist cincher gems were made from custom molds using silicone rubber from Smooth-On. (The small ovals and small circle gems were made from a Michael's resin casting tray and a generic $1 paint tray respectively.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Resin-Casting-Tutorial-Moldmaking/ 

Caso ja'se tenham arrependido de ter comprado uma Máquina CNC, de que veio logo a seguir um Modelo melhor, podem aprender, neste Tutorial em várias partes, como actualizar a Máquina, e assim, estarem mais felizes com o Fabbing: 

Upgrading a CNC milling machine Part 1

stuartChilds

Compact CNC machines have been around for a long time and there are affordable and often well built units available to buy from surplus suppliers and via auction. Provided a machine is of good quality and has not been abused the hardware will likely work for many years to come.

Though the mechanical side may be serviceable it can be a different story when it comes to the software; the machines may not come with their original control computers, if they do this may not boot or may be missing the security 'dongle' for the control software. In addition there have been numerous improvements in motor drive technology in recent years.

We have a Denford Novamill 3-axis mill that came with a rusty old computer that did not boot up. From initial inspection the mill itself looked promising, leaving us with the challenge of connecting a new computer with new software to run the machine.

In this first post we will determine how our machine is wired and bring it up to date with new stepper motor drive electronics, and with a brand new embedded control computer.

http://www.rs-online.com/designspark/electronics/eng/blog/upgrading-a-cnc-milling-machine-part-1/ 

 

Não há mais simples, simpático e ùtil que este Porta-Chaves que recarrega os vossos Smartphones, Celulares, Telemóveis, I-Pads, etc. 

Até dá para, se quizerem, ganharem uns cobres, penso eu, com quase nada, Sugru, ou o muito mais barato Oogoo, e uma Pilha quadrada de  9Volts... 

Keyring Phone ChargerShakeTheFuture
In this Instructable, I made a simple keyring charger.
It can charge your phone's battery with a standard 9v battery.
If you ever travel and find that your battery is dying, just get a 9v battery and use your keyring to charge your phone.
For this project you'll need:

Car's USB charger

Micro USB to USB adapter

2x 9v batteries or battery connectors

Sugru

http://www.instructables.com/id/Keyring-Phone-Charger 

 

Isto é um espectáculo, a Fresa CNC portátil Handibot, a fazer peças de Xadrez, ao torno!

Sim, com um Acessório lá deles, podem tornear peças com essa máquiia excepcional...

Categoria!

Watch Handibot Cut 3D Chess Pieces
Nathan Hurst

The portable Shopbot CNC tool, Handibot, fits on a rotary indexer, churning out extra-large chess pieces from acrylic in the middle of Maker Faire. The environment is loud, and the shop vacs are running almost constantly, but engineer Ryan Sturmer says it’s the perfect environment to demo the tool.

“We have taken the internal electronic and software framework of our tool, and replaced it with something that is web capable, that you can access from your mobile device,” he says. “Your CNC tool will actually have an app.”

It’s targeted at Makers. Shopbot now has open-source FabMo software, a digital fabrication platform for PC, Mac, Linux, and mobile, and Sturmer hopes to see developers building apps for it.

http://makezine.com/2015/05/17/watch-handibot-cut-3d-chess-pieces/

QREN, Roscas, Engrenagens Magnéticas, e de Notebook para PC,

Notícia da Teamvision, o Programa QREN oferece novos Concursos para Empresas Inovadoras:

A Teamvision informa que abriram novos concursos QREN de incentivo às empresas. 

Pretende-se com estes apoios aumentar a competitividade da economia portuguesa, apostando na inovação de produtos e processos, na actualização da qualidade dos recursos humanos e da gestão e na orientação para a produção de bens e serviços transaccionáveis. Serão premiadas ainda as iniciativas que apostem no incremento das exportações e que promovam a geração de emprego, criando-se, neste em particular, critérios de mérito associados aos objectivos do programa Impulso Jovem. Ao nível da simplificação foram reduzidos vários critérios de natureza subjectiva, tornando mais objectivo o mecanismo de avaliação das candidaturas, reduzindo as exigências administrativas na preparação dos dossiers de candidatura e permitindo a aceleração dos processos de avaliação e aprovação das candidaturas. Para mais informações:

http://www.pofc.qren.pt/concursos/concursos-abertos

A Impressão 3D pode servir para de tudo um pouco, até para consertar os Tornos das Bancadas de Madeira:

Wood Nut for a Wood Vice Screw

Scotttland

In the construction of my leg vice, by the grace of the cosmos I came into possession of this huge wood screw. I estimate it to be about 100 years old; it looks like it's seen enough action to have earned a few purple hearts and a postgraduate degree. But the requisite nut, that component needed to turn rotational force into amplified lateral force, was nowhere to be found. I had the option of making the complimentary nut on a wood lathe, but I also have access to a CNC router. I could machine a nut to precise dimensions and, if I'm careful, I can do it right the first time, wasting no wood.
"Pass me the calipers" I said.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Nut-for-a-Wood-Vice-Screw/

Engrenagens Magnéticas!

Uma ideia simples, mas foi preciso alguém pensar nela, transmitir Electricidade, não por Wireless, que interfere com uma data de electrónica, mas por transmissão de movimento, através de Ímanes.

O que vai ser utilizado para uma data de coisas, onde uma Engrenagem atrapalhava, Engrenagens Magnéticas, vão resolver!

 

Researchers charge cars with "remote magnetic gears"

David Szondy
       
Wireless charging systems seem like an easy way to keep electric cars running. You just drive up to a charge point and let the system beam power to your battery without ever having to step out into the cold and rain. However, these systems require high-frequency electromagnetic fields that can interfere with electronics and pose potential health hazards. To keep the hands-free advantages of wireless, yet get rid of the high-frequency fields, physics professor Lorne Whitehead and his team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have developed an electromechanical vehicle charger that uses “remote magnetic gears” instead of electrical coils.

http://www.gizmag.com/remote-magnetic-gears-charging/24771/






Os Notebooks e etc. poderão um dia servir todos de PCs Portáteis, se esta ideia pegar...
É bom!

Samsung Galaxy Smart Dock turns a Galaxy Note II into a mini desktop PC

By Darren Quick

With Samsung’s Galaxy Note II already blurring the lines between a smartphone and a tablet – earning the moniker “phablet” – it seems the Korean electronics giant is now looking to have the device blur the lines between a phablet and a desktop computer. The company’s new Galaxy Note II Smart Dock gives the Galaxy Note II a mini desktop PC form factor to turn it into what Samsung calls “a productivity powerhouse.”

http://www.gizmag.com/samsung-galaxy-smart-dock/24820/

Telemóveis, Terramotos, e etc

Porque temos de apoiar o que é nosso, cá vai uma bucha pelos Telemóveis AEG, Made in Portugal:

Novo AEG QSX400

Pequeno no tamanho, grande nas funcionalidades. O novo AEG consegue oferecer três grandes vantagens: a versatilidade de um Dual SIM, o conforto de um teclado completo QWERTY e o tamanho de um pequeno telefone slide. O QSX400, é o primeiro Dual SIM slide com teclado completo. Extremamente leve e de pequena dimensão, apenas 120 g e 96,5mm, o novo QSX400 pode ser facilmente transportado no bolso. Para além disso, o facto de ser slide confere-lhe uma elegância indiscutível, marcada por linhas simples e um look clean, sem qualquer tipo de compromisso em termos das principais funcionalidades do aparelho.

http://www.aegtelecom.com.pt/noticias/11/novo-aeg-qsx400

...E pelos lados do Brasil, comprem disto: 

4 Chips em 1 aparelho

O primeiro celular 4 chips fabricado no Brasil e certificado pela Anatel.

O OCTO T90 é o primeiro celular fabricado no Brasil com capacidade para 4 chips. Com ele  você pode usar  a operadora de sua preferência e ter acesso as promoções, além de utilizar sua conta de dados para navegar na internet. Você ainda tem acesso às redes sociais, gravador de rádio FM, cartão de memória de 2GB e dual câmera de 2.0 Mega Pixels com edição de zoom manualmente. Tudo isso em um só aparelho.

http://www.octobr.com.br/crbst_4.html

E que tal registar Terramotos? Podem fazê-lo com esta Gigajoga:

Earthquake Detector 

audreyobscura

I grew up in California, and have had the fortune of experiencing every major earthquake in this state since I was born. I love them and fear them at the same time! Earthquakes are exciting, but also mysterious. Living in such a seismically active state, there are earthquakes all the time that most people don't even feel! That is why I decided to build this Earthquake Detector 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Earthquake-Detector-1/

Andon!

O que é preciso para todo o Cientista Louco, ou Engenhocas Fanático, ou Hobista, etc.

Em destaque este catrapázio para os vossos ricos joelhos, vão ver que dá jeito! Principalmente, depois de assentarem o rico do Joelho numa Porca!

Ui!

 

Proteção Knee RX

- 3 modelos distintos para as utilizações mais exigentes:
- Disponível em 2 tamanhos diferentes 20x38 ou 30x55 milímetros. Com espessuras de 13, 25 e 27mm.
• Projetado para o conforto e durabilidade em situações em que obriguem a uma postura de joelhos.
• Para uso em cascalho, asfalto, cimento, superfícies sujas / oleosas, solo em ladrilho ou madeira, grelhas de metal, relva, etc.
• Fabricado em dois tipos de material: Mistura de nitrilo / PVC ou em Poliuretano
• Superfície superior de borracha laminada resistente ao uso intensivo para um conforto extra e de longa duração em ambientes agressivos (apenas ref: 951 KneeRX ™ HD).
• Alça integrada para facilitar o transporte ou pendurar.
• Ausência total de Silicone.
• Ausência total de produtos nocivos e tóxicos, como o DOP e DMF

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Andon-Store/129580460440438

E, numa singela homenagem aos Gulosos, à Matemática, e às partidas estúpidas, mas eficazes, eis um Donut, que é uma Figura Geométrica, e uma partida sem par...

Donut

A paper donut to download, print out and make. The file comes in mono and colour so you can make bot hthe mathematical model of a torus and the confectionery.
Full details and instructions for construction are in Workshop Notes

http://www.robives.com/category/product_tags/doughnut

 

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Borlas e telelés

Eis uma Borla, uma Moldura para fazerem em Cartolina, ou o que quizerem;

É uma Moldura para fazer em Cartolina, para Quadros de 3mm de espessura, e basta ajustar as medidas do rectângulo grosso para as do Quadro, etc. e depois ajustar as medidas da Moldura. Tem um rectângulo alto para se poder imprimir em duas folhas de A4, e depois, ajustar as mesmas. 

Can't give it a rest!
Here's my new Frame version, and I'll add the Vector File, so you can make your own Frames, just change the Dimensions:

And here's the File: 
Link 

The thick Rectangle stands as a guide, for the 3 mm thick plate, and the inner sides of the Frame are 3mm shorter, so you can plug the thing on the Frame. I also added a tall Rectangle in the middle, so you can print the 2 templates on plain A4 Portrait-oriented sheets of paper, then align those into just one.

http://www.nicepapertoys.com/profiles/blogs/can-t-give-it-a-rest

Não têem jeiteira nenhuma para desenhar em CAD?
Eis uma ajuda da  Ponoko:
A Formulor dá um jeito, com este app que está na Net:

No CAD skills? No problem. Formulor lets anyone create lasercut designs 

Berlin-based company Formulor was founded by a team with over ten years of experience in laser-cutting and design. Formulor launched in 2010 and became our first manufacturing partner in the EU.
With the release of the Personal Factory API, the Formulor team began working on a whole new site and improved user interface.
The new Formulor site is now live and features a great built-in design tool that lets you create your design right on the page.
Just pick your material (25 to choose from), select a size and thickness, then start creating your design with the various shape, text, and line tools.

http://blog.ponoko.com/2012/06/07/no-cad-skills-no-problem-formulor-lets-anyone-create-lasercut-designs/

...E algo de fantástico, para quem já lutou com écrans de Telemóveis, que insistem em des-calibrar, um écran onde aparecem e desaparecem Botões em relevo!

Tactus Technology display brings physical buttons to the touchscreen 
By Dario Borghino 
California startup Tactus Technology recently caused plenty of "oohs" and "aahs" at SID Display Week 2012. The prototype touchscreen the company presented featured buttons that can rise out of the flat surface of the screen at the user's whim, disappearing completely once they are no longer needed. Beneath the surface of the screen are a number of microscopic channels that can be prearranged by the manufacturer, and a small amount of a clear oily substance. When the physical buttons are "switched on" by the user, the clear substance is pumped through the channels and the solid buttons magically rise out of the display. When the keyboard is switched off, the buttons disappear completely, leaving the user with a full-sized touchscreen device.

http://www.gizmag.com/tactus-technology-tactile-touchscreen/22852/

Policarbonato em 3D, Madeira Líquida, Mineiros do Espaço, e RS, com notícias da Raspi!

Notícia trazida através da Ponoko
O Policarbonato é resistente como'um raio, e por isso, isto é uma boa notícia, já há quem Imprima em 3D, usando Policarbonato!

3D printing with polycarbonate 

Durable plastic for durable prints

Ever needed to 3D print something in a strong, clear material? It’s always exciting to see hobbyist printers being used with non-ABS/PLA materials, and polycarbonate is no exception.
From what I can tell, RichRap was the first person to use polycarbonate in a hobbyist device back in mid-2011. Those efforts were followed-up on by Luke and Alex of ProtoParadigm, who wrote a thorough blog post on the subject.

http://blog.ponoko.com/2012/04/18/3d-printing-with-polycarbonate/

Madeira Líquida!

Eis algo que vai dar brado, para toda a espécie de Engenhocas...

Calligaris introduces the use of "Liquid Wood" to its furniture collection

By Bridget Borgobello

During Milan Design Week 2012, Italian furniture maker Calligaris has introduced a chair made from Liquid Wood, a composite biomaterial consisting of polymer and wood. It is said to be 100% recyclable, and is produced with raw materials that are easily available and renewable.

Liquid Wood is molded like a normal thermoplastic polymer, reportedly allowing for versatility and high performance in terms of durability, resistance and flexibility. The material is mainly composed of lignin and cellulose, which are found in the cells of plants.

http://www.gizmag.com/calligaris-liquid-wood-collection/22220/

Já há quem pense em minerar os Asteróides, e porque não, se eles lá estão, à nossa espera?

Is asteroid mining about to begin?

By Brian Dodson

Planetary Resources, a new player in the commercial space industry, is backed by a host of tech and aerospace luminaries with an integrated personal net worth on the far side of US$30 billion. A press release from the company hints that it will look to establish asteroid mining operations in space.
The President and Chief Engineer of the new company is Chris Lewicki, president of Arkyd Astronautics and former NASA Phoenix Mars Lander mission manager. A press release states, "the company will overlay two critical sectors – space exploration and natural resources – to add trillions of dollars to the global GDP. This innovative start-up will create a new industry and a new definition of natural resources."
Various Internet sources speculate, based on this statement, the name of the company, and the past interests of some of the officers and investors, that Planetary Resources will be aiming toward asteroid mining, probably with a strong robotic slant. Some types of asteroids are profligate ores of the noble metals, such as gold, platinum, iridium, and rhodium, and thus ripe for exploitation.

http://www.gizmag.com/planetary-resources-asteroid-mining/22213/

RS Components merece destaque.

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/home.html?

Quer pela quantidade de coisas porreiraças que vende, para os Engenhocas, desde, é claro, Componentes Electrónicos, e Mecânicos, passando por Pendisks para encriptar os vosso emails(!), Telemóveis, até este Alicate, para trabalhos do caraças, vocês já deram com eles...

Mas também, porque nos presenteiam com relatos dos felizardos que já receberam um RaspberryPi:

http://www.designspark.com/content/adventures-pi-initial-thoughts

Grandes notícias!

Eis algo que infelizmente chegou à minha atenção tarde demais, mas há  sempre o ano que vem, se Deus quizer:

100 days from idea to investment

Heard about Y-combinator or TechStars? Well now you can apply to JFDI.Asia, the first TechStars Network member in South East Asia. With a focus on mobile, our partners including SingTel Innov8 bring access to more than 416 million customers and over S$200 million investment.

http://bootcamp.jfdi.asia/

Uma boa ideia achada pela Ponoko, este novo site do caraças, que promete:

3D Print Place – a new site for collaboration and hardware access

3D Print Place is a new community site for 3D printing. It aims to be a place where people of all skill levels can get involved and have access to everything they need to make things.

There’s a design library for sharing paid & free content, an area to collaborate on creating difficult models, an upcoming design league for friendly competition, and a marketplace for printers & materials.

http://blog.ponoko.com/2011/12/15/3d-print-place-a-new-site-for-collaboration-and-hardware-access/

Atenção, Indústria Têxtil, roupas que se auto-limpam ao Sol!

 

 

Treated cotton cleans itself when exposed to sunlight

By Ben Coxworth

For some time now, we've been hearing about the benefits of drying our laundry outside on the clothesline. We save money and energy by not running the dryer, the sunlight kills germs, and we don't run the risk of generating harmful dryer emissions. In the future, however, we might also end up washing our clothes by hanging them outside - scientists in China have successfully used sunlight to remove orange dye stains from cotton fabric, that was treated with a special coating.

Mingce Long and Deyong Wu created the coating, which combines titanium dioxide and nitrogen. When exposed to sunlight, dirt on fabric treated with the coating breaks down, and microbes die. While the coating in its basic form is effective, it was found that it does an even better job at dispersing dye coloration when silver and iodine nanoparticles are added. Additionally, it is able to remain intact and active after washing and drying.

http://www.gizmag.com/sunlight-clothes-cleaning-coating/20867/

...E a menor Máquina a Vapor do Mundo!

Scientists create "the world's smallest steam engine"

By James Holloway

It sounds implausible, yet scientists have managed to create a functioning engine, analogous to a Stirling engine, just three micrometers wide and made of a single particle. The minuscule engine was created by Clemens Bechinger and Valentin Blickle at the University of Stuttgart, and though it has its quirks, the pair have apparently demonstrated the engine's ability to do work.

"We've developed the world's smallest steam engine, or to be more precise the smallest Stirling engine, and found that the machine really does perform work," Bechinger said. "This was not necessarily to be expected, because the machine is so small that its motion is hindered by microscopic processes which are of no consequence in the macroworld."

But before we conjure up images of a microscopic machine with fully operational furnaces and pistons, it's important to realize that this engine literally consists of a simple particle, a plastic colloidal bead, large enough to be observed by microscope.

http://www.gizmag.com/smallest-stirling-engine/20861/

Duas notícias muito boas

Como a Lusofonia é composta de Países com muita Costa Marítima, eis algo para o estudo de todas as nossas Costas Marítimas, controlado a partir dum Smartphone!
É que a vida está cara, e quanto mais Recursos aproveitados, melhor, para as nossas Economias, atenção Universidades e Institutos...

The smartphone controlled Aquabotix Hydroview underwater vehicle


By Pawel Piejko

Smartphones can already be used to remotely control a variety of vehicles, including flying toy helicopters and airplanes, or even starting your car. Now remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) can be added to the list with New England-based company Aquabotix rolling out its Hydroview vehicle. Equipped with LED lights and a HD video camera, the vehicle transmits a live video feed to an iOS- or Android-based smartphone, tablet, or a laptop and can be remotely operated by tilting the phone or tablet or via the laptop's touchpad.

http://www.gizmag.com/aquabotix-hydroview/20661/

Estava à espera disto, a ver se a Impressão 3D desce do cavalo, por assim dizer e se arranja Plástico mais barato!
Tão forte quanto o Alumínio, e com metado do peso? Protótipos à brava!
E até servirá para soturar feridas!
Este novo Plástico, biodegradável e BARATO, pode ser produzido a partir das carapaças dos Crustáceos, (mais uma vez, tudo está relacionado,) dum Desperdício das nossas Indústrias Pesqueiras:

Cheap, biodegradable, biocompatible "Shrilk" is a potential plastic replacement

By Darren Quick

Web-slinging arachnids already have researchers toiling away looking to replicate the remarkable properties of spider silk. Now spiders, along with their insect and crustacean arthropod cousins, have provided inspiration for a new material that is cheap to produce, biodegradable, and biocompatible. Its creators say the material, dubbed "Shrilk," has the potential to replace plastics in consumer products and could also be used safely in a variety of medical applications, such as suturing wounds or serving as scaffolding for tissue regeneration.

http://www.gizmag.com/shrilk-bioinspired-material/20858/

Notícias

Recordes Mundiais de Altitude e Duração de voo, com este aparelho, 14 dias no ar!

World records for QinetiQ Zephyr UAS now official
By Paul Ridden

07:20 December 29, 2010

The three world records that QinetiQ applied for after its Zephyr High-Altitude Long-Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle completed a successful 14-day flight in July 2010, have been confirmed by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. The aircraft has now officially been ratified as staying in the air longer and achieving the highest altitude of any surveillance craft in its class, and setting the absolute duration record of 14 days and 21 minutes.

The ultra-lightweight carbon-fiber aircraft trounced the duration record set by Global Hawk in 2001 by a factor of 11, and managed to rise a good 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) higher (NASA's Helios Prototype, although in a different class, did get a tad higher in 2001). QinetiQ claims that the Zephyr could also help governments, companies and universities cut costs, saying that the vehicle can be produced at "one tenth of the cost of other unmanned aerial vehicles and one hundredth of the cost of a satellite."

http://www.gizmag.com/qinetiq-zephyr-world-records-ratified/17396/

Uma câmara de vídeo com 1 Pixel!

Single-pixel camera captures high-quality, encryptable images

By Bridget Borgobello

17:58 December 29, 2010

In the crowded digital camera market, camera makers are continually pushing pixel counts higher and higher to attract consumers who have been led to believe that, the more pixels, the better the image. Proving that this is not necessarily the case, a team of researchers from Spain’s UJI (Universitat Jaume I) Optics Research Group (GROC) has developed a sensor of just one pixel with the ability to record high quality images.

CCDs

The CCD (charge-coupled device) sensors at the heart of today’s digital cameras record the electrical signals generated via the photoelectric effect in a large number of image points, known as pixels. This allows the light falling on a specific point on the sensor to be converted to a digital value. The CCD was invented in 1969 at AT&T Bell Labs by Willard Boyle and George E. Smith, with the two eventually recognized for their achievements by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awarded them the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2009.

http://www.gizmag.com/single-pixel-camera-captures-high-quality-encryptable-images/17332/

Como carregar um telemóvel do ar!

http://survivingthemiddleclasscrash.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/make-your-own-electricity-out-of-thin-air-for-2-00/



E o primeiro Aparelho Quântico!

Scientists build world's first quantum machine

by Terrence Aym

Can something be in two places at once? Can something be in two separate states at once? According to Einstein and the weird Twilight Zone rules of the quantum world the answer has always been a definite maybe.

The math supported the concept and scientific study of the quanta relies upon it being true.

Now, two scientists have proved it in what's being hailed by the journal Science as the scientific breakthrough of the year. Although a laudable sentiment, that praise might just be a bit of an understatement because what physicists Andrew Cleland and John Martinis from the University of California at Santa Barbara achieved is possibly the foundation for the technological applications of quantum theory-a veritable quantum revolution. 

http://www.helium.com/items/2051234-scientists-build-worlds-first-quantum-machine

Uma exelente ideia!

Se pensarmos que assim podemos vigiar os Doentes e as Crianças, que ficam en casa, e os mais velhos, isto torna-se uma EXELENTE ideia!!!

Mas mesmo para monitorizar toda a espécie de Máquinas e mesmo numa Quinte, é muito útil.

Trangram: A fun 'internet of things' demo from Japan


By Rick Martin

09:14 December 28, 2010

Back at Tokyo Make Meeting earlier this year, there was a fun demonstration showing us what kind of things might be possible if we connected various electrical devices around the home to the Internet, using a system called Trangram. Since the event, we've spoken with Hirotaka Hatayama, who has been working on this project together with his partner, Mr. Kinukawa.

"The original idea was that we thought it would be fun to be able to arrange and mash up electric parts just like web services, such as the 'Gakken EX-System' from Gakken which is famous in Japan," he told us. "We did not know how to explain but felt that it would be very attractive."

Parabéns, Japão!

Eis o Link, destes Japoneses que tiveram uma ideia com muito Futuro...

http://www.trangram.cc/

Novidades

Uma forma radical de armazenar energia:

Thursday, July 08, 2010

New "Ultra-Battery" as Energy-Dense as High Explosives

Metallized xenon difluoride heralds a new class of solid fuels.

By Christopher Mims 

The energy density of batteries is tremendously important as an enabler of new technologies. Meanwhile, the scramble to create ever more powerful batteries has even led some manufacturers to contemplate powering cell phones with energy-dense hydrocarbons like propane.
This is why the claims made for an extremely early-stage "ultra-battery" recently announced in the journal Nature Chemistry are so remarkable.
"If you think about it, [this] is the most condensed form of energy storage outside of nuclear energy," said inventor Choong-Shik Yoo of Washington State University. Yoo's ultra-battery consists of "xenon difluoride (XeF2), a white crystal used to etch silicon conductors," compressed to an ultra-dense state inside a diamond vice exerting a pressure of more than two million atmospheres.
Applying this level of pressure to XeF2 "metallizes" the substance, pushing all of its atoms closer together, into a new stable state.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/guest/25447/

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English 13-Year-Old Builds Vacuum-Powered Spider-Man Contraption And Literally Climbs the Walls

07-09-2010 • Rebecca Boyle via PopSci

Meet your friendly neighborhood Spider-Kid! It's the stuff of childhood dreams, right? A boy in Cambridge, England, can climb the walls just like his favorite superhero.

OK, Vacuum-Boy's powers are slightly less subtle than Peter Parker's. But you have to love 13-year-old Hibiki Kono's creativity. He spent five months designing and building his Spider-Man gear from a pair of cheap 1,400-watt vacuums bought at Tesco (like a British Wal-Mart) and some suction pads.

The British press quotes Hibiki saying he used to dress up as Spider-Man when he was younger and he loves all the movies: "It's great to be able to climb walls like him."

Vacuum-backpack whirring, Hibiki picks his way along a brick wall, blue crash pad below. He says he would go higher but his instructors won't let him. As for his mother, she thinks it's brilliant, he says. "But she won't let me use it in my bedroom as she's worried I may pull down the ceiling," the Sun quotes him saying.

4 COISAS QUE O TELEMÓVEL FAZ

4 boas dicas:

4 COISAS QUE PROVAVELMENTE NÃO SABEM QUE O TELEMÓVEL FAZ

  Há algumas coisas que se podem fazer em situações de emergência e o  telemóvel pode, na verdade, ser um salva-vidas ou uma ferramenta de  sobrevivência. Ora toma bem atenção as estas coisas que se podem fazer com   ele:

  PRIMEIRO: Emergências
  O número internacional das emergências para o telemóvel é o 112. Se te encontrares sem rede numa situação de emergência liga o 112 e o telemóvel vai procurar qualquer rede que se encontre disponível para se ligar ao    112. E o mais engraçado é que esse número pode ser marcado mesmo se o    telemóvel estiver bloqueado. Ora experimenta...

  SEGUNDO : Trancaste as chaves dentro do carro?
  Se o teu carro tiver um comando de abertura de portas, talvez isto te  possa ser útil um dia. Aqui está uma óptima razão para se ter um  telemóvel : se trancaste o carro com as chaves lá dentro e tens um outro    comando do carro em casa, liga para o telemóvel duma pessoa que se    encontre em casa, afasta-te cerca de meio metro da porta do carro e pede à   pessoa que ligaste para carregar no comando para abrir a porta, mantendo-o
  próximo do telemóvel. O teu carro abrir-se-à. E assim poupa-te uma viagem  até casa para buscar o outro comando. Neste caso a distância a que te    encontras da pessoa a que ligaste não é problema, podes até estar a  centenas de km de distância. Agora experimenta!

  TERCEIRO :Carga Bateria escondida
  Imagina que a bateria do teu telemóvel está em baixo. Para a carregar,  digita *3370# e o telemóvel carregará com uma reserva que se encontra escondida e mostrará um aumento em 50% da bateria disponível. Esta reserva carregará automaticamente na próxima vez que carregares o telemóvel.

  QUARTO : Como desactivar um telemóvel roubado?
  Para obter o número de série do teu telemóvel digita * # 0 6 #. Um código   de 15 números aparecerá no ecrã e é único para cada telemóvel. Agora    toma nota deste número e guarda-o num sítio seguro. Na eventualidade de o    teu telemóvel ser roubado podes ligar para o teu operador, dar este código e pedir que bloqueiem o teu telemóvel. O telemóvel ficará sem utilidade nenhuma mesmo se o ladrão tiver mudado o cartão SIM. Provavelmente não  recuperarás o telemóvel roubado mas ficas a saber que quem quer que o enha não poderá utilizar ou vender :)



  Fica um tipo de informação que todas as pessoas gostam receber, mas
  Mesmo assim vamos ter que experimentar !!!!

"Fantasmastástico!"

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