Archive for May, 2008
The smart pen
The specialists from Phillips have come up with a real breakthrough that is likely to change the way we write for ever. This is the expressive pen that contains special features so as to express the state of mind of the person using it.
Its creators have come up with this idea, thinking of it as a really original product. And it is original indeed. The smart, expressive pen has a micro chip, built in, so as to be able to record the writer’s state of mind, nervousness, joy or sadness. All these feelings can be easily measured by the expressive pen which uses a special technique in expressing them.
Critter cams
The great breakthrough and advance of technology has created really original innovations. Among the latest inventions of technology we may take into account the case of critter cameras. These tiny cams have been created for small pets, in order to notice their behavior and their daily routine.
People have started paying a great importance to their pets and not only that but the actual daily activities of a pet are thought to tell a lot about the pets’ feelings and disposition. For this reason, scientists have created these tiny video cams that are to be installed by mounting them to the animals’ heads or necks.
Software that decodes dogs’ barking
Two scientists from Budapest have developed revolutionary new software that they say is very efficient for interpreting dogs’ barking. They have started their project by recording first the types of dog barking under several circumstances.
Dogs are known for their intelligence and for this reason the scientists have capitalized on this idea when they started the project. They say that dogs have special ways of barking depending on the situation.
