Mice in the future with gyroscopes, accelerometers and other advanced motion sensors

If you look at a desktop computer you realize that in the last 10 or 15 years has evolved almost everything, disk drives, displays, processors, etc.. But there is still the odd item that resists being redesigned, this bag could fit a classic peripherals: mouse and keyboard. Is it because they are perfect enough or a lack of imagination? Apple may have the key to the next generation of mice because it has just patented design.

These include a mouse some elements that are quite common today in smartphones: gyroscopes, accelerometers and similar sensors. The idea here is quite interesting because it is based on multiplying the number of gestures you can make with the peripheral. For example, when you move the mouse over the surface of a table waiting for the mouse pointer on the screen moves too, but imagine here you will find a different behavior in the case of the mouse to tilt to one side or another, if you shake or if it up from the table. You could switch between browser tabs simply tilting the mouse left or right or maximize a window by simply lifting the mouse a few millimeters from the table. The possibilities would be many but the most interesting is that you could program these gestures and shortcuts to get mouse gestures in complex programs with multiple functions such as Photoshop, video games, etc..

Currently only a concept but the idea seems practical enough as to represent the future of these classics peripherals.

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Technology 'Virtual Body' gets you into the body of another person

The telepresence system goes a step beyond the odd you've seen it directly puts you in the shoes of another person, as if you had somehow 'possessed in spirit' or whatever you see. The experience should be pretty strange judging by what they say and what you see in the video, to begin around you a virtual reality system based on multiple sensors that isolate you to some extent the world around you. These sensors include a 3D viewer that provides you with images, vibration systems to provide tactile sensations in various parts of the body including the soles of the feet, throwing systems directly to your nose smells, headphones and even a fan to simulate wind and currents air. Literally 'hijack' your five senses, although it is unclear how to apply the taste.

With this system you can feel you are in places where you've never been.

From here begins the experience where you are immersed in the experience of another person through various stimuli. You can see walking down the street feeling the pressure of the soil on your shoes, surround sound listening, receiving and perceiving smells the breeze on your face.

So far it is a passive system, meaning that you just receive a series of pre-recorded feelings but the system seems ideal to feel in faraway places through tele-presence robots that could be controlled by remote control.

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Floating magnets move chasing a laser, the possible future of maglev vehicles

If you had to name two futuristic inventions that can be found today would probably maglevs lasers and these vehicles almost magically levitating through the effect of magnetism and get impressive speeds.

Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan have united both concepts to give a curious invention: a magnet that levitates on a metal surface and moves chasing a point of light.

The metal surface comprises a matrix of small magnets. The material on the surface coat is composed of graphite and what they do is to illuminate a point just at its edge. This point of light modifies the temperature of graphite piece enough to change the magnetic behavior of the area, the graphite is unbalanced at that point and move in that direction.

It may seem just a game having fun with these scientists in their spare time, but in practice could lead to quite interesting inventions. Maglev vehicles could be designed which would lead to a point of laser light, either manually or through an automated driving system to draw the light path has to trace the vehicle.

Another could be the most revolutionary inventions, there is the possibility of creating generators whose turbines were activated simply using spotlights.

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Turn your Wi-Fi password in a QR code

If you want a truly secure WiFi network then you have no choice but to resort to measures such as using one of those very long passwords consist of letters and numbers. This adds an extra point security, but sometimes the problem is just remembering this password or share it with friends or colleagues at the office. A Reddit user thought a quick fix: turn your WiFi password in a QR code and then print it out and hang it on the wall in a visible place:

From here, anyone interested in connecting to the wireless network only has to use a QR code reader on your smartphone to get the password quickly. If you think the idea good enough to apply in your case here that have created a website where QR code is generated automatically. Just go here to the form, enter the data and press the 'Generate QR Code WiFi', then save and print the generated image.

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The PS2 is no longer produced in Japan

The huge success of Sony's PlayStation 2 brought a huge catalog of games . Some very good, some maybe not so many. Surely many of us carry some memory of this fabulous console, right?
After staying in full production for 13 years, the legendary PS2 has finally stopped being produced in the country of the rising sun. Its sales of over 150 million units are among the best-selling consoles in history, all thanks to the great titles that are available for it. It is noteworthy that continued to create games for PS2 even years after the departure of the PS3.
If you had the luck of having your own PS2, tell us, what were your favorite games?

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Mac Mini could be produced in U.S.

As we said at the time, Apple has plans to bring some of their production to Asia to America and start making devices there. Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, said some computers Mac begin to be produced in North America, but was not very specific about which ones. Fortunately a report from Asia seems to shed some light on the subject.
The Taiwanese Digitimes says that Apple plans to manufacture PCs in U.S. is none other than the Mac Mini. The report also says that Foxconn will be giving a hand to Apple during the first months of production. As is well known, this is the cheapest Apple Mac and costs about $ 600.
According to the report, it is expected that sales of the Mac Mini to rise by 30%, achieving sell almost 2 million units next year.
For now do not know many details, so I hope to hear something soon.

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Control a cockroach on Twitter

Many people hate cockroaches. Some seem disgusting, others fear them, etc.. But, what if you could control the movement of a cockroach? Is it possible to do that? Of course you do, and frankly not surprising given that the technology is now at a very good level. What we do soprende a bit which can be checked via a cockroach Twitter.
The Twitter Roach (that's the name that has been given) is a leading real roach over it a kind of wireless signal receiving device, which when received by the apparatus used two antennas stimulate the insect. Not the first time you see something like that, only this time using a processor Audino and is using Twitter.
The aim of Brittany Ransom with Twitter Roach is whether insects react in the same way that people with a lot of fast signals.
Anyone can send tweets to @ TweetRoach with the hashtags # TweetRoachLeft or # TweetRoachRight and insect should react. To prevent an overload of messages, only receive every 30 seconds, so many of the tweets sent simply do not have sufficient effect. It should be noted further that the cockroach does not always put the device on his back.
What do you think about this?

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LG presented new 5.5-inch screen and a screen for tablets at CES 2013

LG seems to be completely ready to make your big presentation at next year's CES, which like every year will take place in January 2013 will be from 8 to 11 of the said month, if memory serves me.
The company has already prepared to present a phenomenal Full HD screen that measures 5.5 inches and has a density of 403 pixels per inch. Surely this small will be used in some future phablet to launch the firm.
In addition, LG also plans to unveil a new 7-inch screen that also feature full HD resolution and will have a density of 324 pixels per inch.
What's more, because we can also see a display of 12.9 inches QSXGA with resolution of 2560 × 1700 pixels and finally appreciate a 13.3 for ultrabooks.
We hope to have more data in less than a week.

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