However cool this looks, 4 years of research for getting a cartoon book is a little bit pricey.. :)
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
An idea
The other day I saw an ad: "this bag fits the hand luggage size.
I had to describe the situation to someone, who has never been to an airport: your hand luggage must fit into a box, if it is only a little bit bigger, you have to remove something from it.
(Mostly getting out a jacket or pullover, and taking it on, or throwing away some big but cheap souvenir.)
The idea: why do we need the box?
Maybe we could check the size of the luggage with a laser scanning device, or with a video recorder.
(As you've seen in a previous post, a 3D model could easily been constructed..
There would be no need to try to push your stuff at all costs into that box.. you just have to smile and show the bag while the device scans you and your belongings.
"Ott is volt egy!"
http://twitpic.com/662hqp/fullMy new desktop picture.. :)
A shooting star photo taken from IIS by an astronaut.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
GelSight - Innovative research at MIT
Woooow! GelSight offers various new research opportunities, for example....
This unique measurement system can help to analyse the surface patterns in the firearms and toolmarks identification. Nowadays, the forensic experts investigate these surface structures in 2D and I think the 3D comparison of these patterns can provide more exact identification process in the law enforcement.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
The next generation of battleship weapons - laser cannons?
In a new research project the MK-38 25 mm machine gun will be combined with a solid-state laser weapon. This new technology can be useful against the small ships and drone attacks in the future, because the invention of this unique defense system provides a huge improvement in the field of next generation weapons.
The next MK-38 can be used in three different ways. First, the machine gun function (180 rounds per minute) can destroy the enemies within the range of 2000 yards. The second method is the laser function; the canon can fire of “different levels of laser energy???”. I don’t know, what does it means exactly, but I’m sure, I don’t want to stand at the front of the cannon during the test phase of the weapons. J Today, officially we can burn small objects (with 10 kilowatts maximum energy) or mosquitoes with laser…maybe there are some secret developments in the background like the Death Star Superlaser in StarWars. The third function of the new MK-38 means the combination of the first and the second techniques: the laser can identify and lock on a target for the machinegun. I think this third “combination method” of the weapon should be as a basic attribute in the first function. My question is: Why would I use only the machinegun function? I have an integrated laser as well, which could help during the target selection….I don’t understand. To summarize: I think, this “new” invention tries to upgrade the previous machinegun technologies and unfortunately, we should wait again for the real laser cannon news.
source: wired.com
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Bird Flight Deciphered
http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/11369.htmIt looks wonderful.. however, it reminds me one of Philip K. Dick's novels: Do Androids Dream About Electronic Sheeps?
I bet the main usage fields of this technology will be entertainment and military.
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