Energy from snow: developed generator and working devices
They are based on the principles of the so-called "triboelectric effect", and their fields of application are boundless.
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The bracelet comes that gives us the shock if we spend too much
A very curious gadget, but definitely useful for those who don't know how to keep the shopping mania in check, the Pavlok bracelet aims to block excessively expensive purchases without half measures, that is, by giving a nice 340 volt shock that promises to make the desire go away to spend even the most convinced people. The intention of Pavlok, this is the name of the bracelet, is extremely interesting, because it exploits the concept of the Internet of Things, according to which objects are … Read more
Gi Bike, the future on two wheels is foldable.
Ah, electric bikes! Comfortable, anarchic, they can give us motor and energetic independence. Almost. The only problem is the difficulty of carrying them with you on buses, trains and other means. Gi Bike aims to solve this problem: it is a brand new electric bike capable of folding with a single movement, in just one second. With a full charge, this little gem offers almost 60km of autonomy: and is fully equipped, with integrated padlock, cell phone charger, lights... Read more
3 IT trends for 2014
Not all predictions and predictions are long-term: after all, I have to give someone the chance to refute what I say. If the topic is 'IT', then, it will be even easier to prove me wrong given the extreme 'elasticity' of certain situations. Yet some trends in my opinion are traced, and I am pleased to arrange them here for future reference. Here are 3 IT trends for the coming year: 1. The Cloud will be the new hardware. – All major industrial changes… Read more
In nanomachine towards the future
It's not the first and it won't be the last. Scientists from the University of Groningen (Holland) and the Empa research center (Switzerland) have created a nanometric transport system equipped with four motor units (translation: a “namomachine”). It's electric, four nanometers long and every half turn of the wheels has to fill up... It works thanks to a scanning tunneling microscope positioned above it, which transmits a tiny electric charge that causes reversible structural changes in the wheels (translation: … Read more
