Have u ever wanted to see a perfectly replicated 3d model of yourself? Well, wait no more because 3d body scanning is here. This is possible through a set of cameras that capture a 360° view of your body and produces a visual model of yourself for you to see. This technology can be used in different applications. For example, it can be used scan yourself to produce an exact replica of yourself in virtual reality games. It could also be used for fashion related purposes, for example, Amazon bought a New York based start up called Body Labs that takes a 3d body scan of you and produces an avatar replica of you so that you can virtually try out clothes you want to buy when browsing their fashion section. In the area of fitness, this technology is being integrated too. A company known as Naked Labs sells 3d body scanners that scan your body, produces a 3d model avatar of your self and reports your metric like body fat and lean muscle m...
We've all seen the new trend of bezel less phones, only, with notches that many people hate and are wishing for a completely bezel less phone with no notch. Well, Samsung might have just answered your prayers with their notch less bezel less phone. Samsung recently did a presentation, and in that presentation, they talked about UPS (Under Panel Sensor). This means that all the sensors that you usually find on the top bezel or notch of your phone, (i.e. camera, light sensor, e.t.c.) will be imbedded in the screen. They also talked about on display fingerprint sensor. This tech isn't necessarily a new trend, but what's different is that Samsung will be using ultrasonic technology for the fingerprint sensor, which means it will be more secure. Next, they talked about SOD (Sound on Display). This means that there won't have to be a cut_out hole for the sound to come out from. They talked about HOD (Haptic on Display), for gami...
How do you think robots of the future will look like? It seems that they are becoming soft by the passing of time, literally! For example, this robot fish made by M.I.T that swims along side marine life. How do they work? Their main characteristics if these bots is that they are soft, made out of rubber, polymers and even fabric other than the traditional plastic, steel and aluminum. The moving parts like the "actuators" that usually use electric motors are replaced with hydraulics or pneumatics which pump compressed fluid through them making them move in a predictable manner. Others use shape memory alloys that coils and crawls when heat is applied to them, like this octopus robot from "Bio Robotics". Some have plans to even replace the actuators with actual " living muscles ". One of the reasons these new breed of robots are promising is because of their ability to adapt, which gives them a wide range of applications. They also help in...
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