SixthSense technology brings wearable gesture interface closer to reality

We first heard about SixthSense in a Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) presentation by Dr Pattie Mae earlier in February. At TEDIndia this month, MIT grad student Pranav Mistry demoed in detail the various applications of the wearable gesture interface he created, bringing virtual reality into the physical world. The technology cobbles together a camera and image projector system that you hang around your neck and sensors you wear on your fingertips. To call someone, you simply extend your hand and a dial pad appears on your fingers. To find out the time, just draw a circle on your wrist. And we're only scratching the surface of SixthSense's potential. The best part? Mistry said he'll open source the software starting next month. Watch the video if you haven't already seen it.

New Popoplug comes in pink and more USB ports

Just recently we reviewed Cloud Engines' Pogoplug, a very affordable US$99 solution that effortlessly turns any USB hard drive or memory stick into an online-connected makeshift server. We really enjoyed playing with the original, although its blocky white look wasn't exactly eyecatching. We take that back--and perhaps even long for the minimalism--with Cloud Engines' new Pogoplug, available in December.
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Large Hadron Collider back in action

The world's biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is in full operation after a year of repairs.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, said in a statement on Friday that particle beams are once again circulating in the LHC, and that a clockwise circulating beam was established at 10pm in Geneva.

According to the CERN Twitter feed, an anticlockwise beam was also successfully injected, and both beams have completed many thousands of turns of the LHC.

Read more of "Large Hadron Collider up and running again" at ZDNet UK.

Wear the Polaroid ring and swear allegiance to real instant photography

Here's another fashion accessory to complement your Polaroid-related peripherals collection. This Good Time ring from Etsy has a slot at the side which allows you to slip your favorite picture into the wearable frame to show off.

The ring's face measures 2.8 x 2.3cm, and accommodates prints of only 1.8 x 1.8cm. Yes, that is small, but it's definitely a unique piece of jewelry which every Polaroid-devoted shutterbug should have besides the candle, paper weight and mirror.

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Tech Award winners include fortified rice and fuel cell

Projects that turn slaughterhouse waste into energy and fertilizer, and zinc oxide from fuel cells into fertilizer, as well as programs to fortify rice with nutrients, feed Indian children, and boost wages for artisans were honored Thursday night at the Tech Awards for technology benefiting humanity.

Established in 2001, the Tech Awards recognize 15 laureates in the categories of education, equality, environment, biosciences economic development, and health. One laureate in each category receives a US$50,000 cash prize. The winners were announced at a ceremony at which Al Gore, former U.S. vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, received a humanitarian award.

The Intel Environment Award went to the Cows to Kilowatts project, which Dr. Joseph Adelgan conceived of after realizing that people in his hometown of Ibadan, Nigeria, were being exposed to high levels of Salmonella, E.coli and other disease-causing microorganisms from waste runoff from the local slaughterhouse that ended up in surface water and groundwater.
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