February 2008
Electronic tattoo display runs on blood
Thu, 02/21/2008 - 12:00am
The tattoo display: "Waterproof and powered by pizza."
Jim Mielke's wireless blood-fueled display is a true merging of technology and body art. At the recent Greener Gadgets Design Competition, the engineer demonstrated a subcutaneously implanted touch-screen that operates as a cell phone display, with the potential for 3G video calls that are visible just underneath the skin.
RFID Ecosystem Project
Fri, 02/15/2008 - 12:00am
RFID Ecosystem Project
The RFID Ecosystem is a large-scale project with participants from various research groups at the University of Washington's Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The project investigates user-centered RFID systems in connection with technology, business, and society. Past research on user applications of RFID has been limited to short-term technology and user studies in restricted scenarios. In contrast, the RFID Ecosystem provides a living laboratory for long-term, in-depth research in applications, databases, privacy, security, and systems.
Tags: Posey - Smart 3D "Lego" Programmning
Thu, 02/07/2008 - 1:00am
Posey - Smart 3D "Lego" Programmning
Posey is a computationally enhanced poseable hub and strut construction kit that can be used as an interface to applications running on a host computer. Its optocoupled ball and socket joints transmit local topology information and determine the roll, pitch and yaw of connections. Zigbee transceivers in each hub communicate this data wirelessly back to the host computer.
