Hyperion’s Portable Nuclear Power Units

Generating nuclear power with a small, compact modules that can be transported by truck, rail or ship to remote locations is possible with the Hyperion's portable nuclear power units.

clipped from www.impactlab.com Portable Nuclear Power In Your Backyard A radically different mindset than the “nuclear is too dangerous for anybody” of the 1980s clipped from www.gizmowatch.com Portable backyard nuclear reactor: solution to energy crisis? What’s Innovative: Hyperion’s nuclear reactor uses clean water to moderate the reaction and also to cool the system. You can, therefore, rest assured that the reaction wouldn’t reach uncontrollable proportions. clipped from www.hyperionpowergeneration.com Clean, Safe, Affordable Power ... Clean no greenhouse gases to contribute to climate change Safe the most controlled and regulated type of power on the planet Affordable the cheapest in terms of dollars & environmental impact Reliable Available 24/7 rain or shine, windy or calm Now it is! Introducing the Hyperion Power Module (HPG) Think About It: Global warming. Dependence on foreign oil. Infrastructure vulnerable to natural and manmade catastrophes. Undrinkable water, poverty, disease, social unrest.

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Robotic Telepresence

RoboDynamics is a company that researches and develops advanced telepresence robots. The idea is creating robots which allow people to attend meetings remotely.

clipped from robodynamics.com What is Robotic Telepresence? Robotic Telepresence is the ability to transport yourself to a remote location without going there. clipped from smart-machines.blogspot.com TiLR: A telepresence robot in action The following promotional video explains using a simple cartoon how the company believes their telepresence robot can be used to add value to a company. Finally, the following Mahalo Daily video showcases the actual TiLR robot and its control software. clipped from robodynamics.com Introducing TiLR TiLR System Overview TiLR Robotic Telepresence is comprised of three distinct components, which include a robot (TiLR), a PC application (TCC), and a Robot Server (RS). clipped from robodynamics.com TiLR TiLR is the main state of the art attraction of our Robotic Telepresence Platform. Standing at four feet tall and featuring a bright 8" LCD and powerful Canon camera, TiLR is a unique blend of innovative technologies that enable Robotic Telepresence in a new, affordable way. clipped from robodynamics.com TiLR Command Center TCC enables you to log into TiLR remotely and control its movements.

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Bug Labs Lego-like Gadgets

With BUG, a collection of Lego-like hardware modules you can easily build your own electronic gadgets

clipped from www.buglabs.net Products BUG is a collection of easy-to-use electronic modules that snap together to build any gadget you can imagine. Each BUGmodule represents a specific gadget function (ex: a camera, a keyboard, a video output, etc.). You decide which functions to include and BUG takes care of the rest, letting you try out different combinations quickly and easily. With BUG and the integrated programming environment/online community (BUGnet), anyone can build, program and share innovative devices and applications. We don’t define the final products – you do. BUGbase BUGview BUGmotion BUGcam2MP BUGlocate clipped from dobbscodetalk.com Roll Your Own Hardware, or Dr. Dobb's Does Bug Labs clipped from www.theregister.co.uk Version 1.3 will see completely new modules offering GSM, WiFi and ZigBee wireless - along with an upgrade to the existing BUGbase unit that these and existing modules plug into. The BUGbase is also adopting SD flash memory to provide capacity at a low price. clipped from news.cnet.com Open-source gadgets at LinuxWorld The Bug Base now has a Web browser.

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Panasonic's 3D Full HD Plasma Theater System

Panasonic announced that it has developed the world's first 3D full HD Plasma Theater System. The system uses a plasma television and a Blu-ray Disc player capable of decoding and playing back 3D images. To experience the 3D effect a user wears eyeglasses with liquid crystal shutters.

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Clipped from: Panasonic Develops World's First 3D Full HD Plasma Theater System | Headquarters News | Panasonic Global

Panasonic Develops World's First
3D Full HD Plasma Theater System*

Presenting High Quality 3D Viewing with Plasma TV and Blu-ray Disc
at CEATEC JAPAN 2008

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Clipped from: [CEATEC Preview] Blu-ray, Glasses Used to Watch 3D Video on 103-inch PDP TV -- Tech-On!

[CEATEC Preview] Blu-ray, Glasses Used to Watch 3D Video on 103-inch PDP TV

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The system displays 3D images based on the field sequential method in combination with active 3D glasses manufactured by XPAND. Specifically, images for right and left eyes are switched over and alternately displayed for every frame, while synchronously blocking the vision on the opposite side by the liquid crystal shutter.

Thus, the system can provide different images for right and left eyes. While the method using passive glasses results in a lower resolution, the latest system with the active glasses has an advantage to display 3D images without sacrificing the resolution. But the luminance of the 3D images is reduced to 1/4 of that of the standard 2D images.

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Clipped from: Translated version of http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20080924/pana.htm

Plasma TV and BD-103 improved player, 3D-view

LCD shutter glasses

Video demos  Left and right images for each eye separately to the two PDP display. LCD shutter glasses in sync with the images that open and close experience of 3D images

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MALINTENT Mind Reading Security Scanning

Homeland Security is testing the next generation of security screening. The system, called MALINTENT, searches for non-verbal cues of fear or nervosity. It has a series of sensors that read body temperature, heart rate and respiration for unconscious signals, invisible to the naked eye.

Anxiety detection

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Clipped from: Anxiety-detectingmachines could spot terrorists - USATODAY.com

Anxiety-detectingmachines could spot terrorists

A scene from the airport of the future: A man's pulse races as he walks through a checkpoint. His quickenedheart rate and heavier breathing set off an alarm. A machine senses his skin temperature jumping. Screeners move in to question him.
Signs of a terrorist? Or simply a passenger nervous about a cross-country flight?It may seem Orwellian, but on Thursday, the Homeland Security Department showed off an early version of physiological screeners that could spot terrorists. The department's research division is years from using the machines in an airport or an office building— if they even work at all. But officials believe the idea could transform security by doing a bio scan to spot dangerous people.

The MALINTENT System

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Clipped from: Daily Express | World News :: 'Mind reading' scanner tested in US

'MIND READING' SCANNER TESTED IN US

A "mind-reading" security scanner which screens the person, rather than their bags, is being tested in the US.

The Malintent system searches the body for non-verbal cues that predict whether the person intends to cause any harm to fellow passengers.

It uses a series of sensors and scans to detect temperature, heart rate and respiration as passengers walk through an archway - and could also cut airport queues. The system is also designed to be able to distinguish between a rushed, stressed and sweaty passenger, and a terrorist.

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Clipped from: FOXNews.com - Homeland Security Detects Terrorist Threats by Reading Your Mind - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News






A computer screens displays input from Homeland Security's FAST body scanner during a demonstration.



An infrared camera that comprises part of the FAST screening system.

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