INNOVATIE

- ACCELEGLOVE KAN VOOR VEEL TOEPASSINGEN GEPROGRAMMEERD WORDEN

Zondag 5-7-2009 Gloves that are wired with sensors can provide useful information about a user's motions, and they offer a novel way to interact with computers beyond the keyboard and mouse. At the end of May, AnthroTronix, a company based in Silver Spring, MD, released its first commercial version of the AcceleGlove, a programmable glove that records hand and finger movements. Other gloves--like 5DT's Data Glove, used primarily in virtual reality--normally cost $1,000 to $5,000, but the AcceleGlove costs just $499. It comes with software that lets developers use Java to program it for any application they wish. AnthroTronix initially developed the glove with the U.S. Department of Defense for robotic control. The glove could also be used in video games, sports training, or physical rehabilitation.
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Biohackers spelen met bouwstenen leven

- ZELFMEDICATIE MET DNA-MATERIAAL
Woensdag 13-5-2009 In Massachusetts, a young woman makes genetically modified E. coli in a closet she converted into a home lab. A part-time DJ in Berkeley, Calif., works in his attic to cultivate viruses extracted from sewage. In Seattle, a grad-school dropout wants to breed algae in a personal biology lab.
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icloud, de eerste gratis online computer, breidt diensten uit

- BREIDT DIENSTEN UIT NAAR MEER TALEN
Zaterdag 9-5-2009 Xcerion today announce that icloud, the online service that gives you the freedom of your friends, files and digital life on any computer, is offered globally in nine more languages. Previously icloud is available in Chinese, English, Filipino, German, Portuguese for Brazil, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. People use icloud for fast and easy sharing of files, backups, mail and staying in touch with friends. They also use Instant Messaging with MSN through their work and Internet café computers, without installing anything or leaving any traces. The icloud desktop is completely customizable into your own secret place.
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Robots halen mensen in

- EERSTE ROBOBUSINESS CONFERENTIE IN BOSTON
Dinsdag 21-4-2009 Robots are gaining on us humans. Thanks to exponential increases in computer power - which is roughly doubling every two years - robots are getting smarter, more capable, more like flesh-and-blood people. Matching human skills and intelligence, however, is an enormously difficult - perhaps impossible - challenge.
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Zuiniger auto dankzij vinding NL ingenieur

Dinsdag 31-3-2009 Ir. Michael Boot (29) heeft binnen de vakgroep Verbrandings-technologie van de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e) een groene technologie voor benzineauto's ontwikkeld waarmee sportiever en zuiniger rijden hand-in-hand gaan. Hij noemt zijn vinding Waste Energy Driven Airconditioning System (WEDACS). Laboratoriumproeven wijzen uit dat benzineauto's met dit systeem gemiddeld 10% sportiever rijden met een besparing van 15% op brandstof, terwijl de airco gratis voor koeling zorgt.
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Israelisch bedrijf maximaliseert kracht computers

- CENTRALE PROCESSOR WERKT SAMEN MET CHIPS IN PERIFERE APPARATEN
Zaterdag 28-3-2009 YISSUM, Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd., and Van Leer Ventures Jerusalem, one of Israel's leading early stage investment organizations, today announced that Yissum licensed to Van Leer Ventures a software platform for maximizing PC processing power. Van Leer Ventures has established a startup company, Valensum, for the development and commercialization of the technology, which enables computer applications to utilize the processing power of various peripheral devices, such as the graphic interface card. Harnessing the computing capabilities of these underutilized CPUs offers a smart, cost-effective and efficient approach for maximizing the processing capabilities of Pcs.
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IDCP introduceert lijn van gaming stoelen

- GAMING EN MULTIMEDIA STOELEN VOOR VERWENDE GAMERS
Dinsdag 24-3-2009 IDCP introduceert een nieuwe categorie gaming accessoires met de Gaming Chair. Vanaf de introductie zijn vier verschillende modellen in Nederland leverbaar. IDCP koos in eerste instantie voor vier high end modellen, die allemaal zijn voorzien van een draadloze verbinding met de geluidsbron voor de aansturing van de ingebouwde Dolby 2.1 speakerset.
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Een oplossing voor automatiseerde verstuurde email

- STARTUP HEEFT NIEUWE BENADERING VOOR UIT DE HAND LOPEND PROBLEEM
Woensdag 18-3-2009 Despite all our best efforts, most of us are still drowning in e-mail, and much of it is sent by machines rather than real people. OtherInbox, a Web service launched this weekend at the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) conference, in Austin, Texas, promises to rescue e-mail-swamped users from this problem.
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Obama verruimt stamcelonderzoek

- EINDE AAN ACHT JAAR MORATORIUM
Zondag 8-3-2009 From tiny embryonic cells to the large-scale physics of global warming, President Barack Obama urged researchers on Monday to follow science and not ideology as he abolished contentious Bush-era restraints on stem-cell research. "Our government has forced what I believe is a false choice between sound science and moral values," Obama declared as he signed documents changing U.S. science policy and removing what some researchers have said were shackles on their work.
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