Experts agree that handwashing is the key to prevent the spread of viral infections. Statistics show that 30% of bathroom users don’t wash their hands after using a public restroom. In today’s public washrooms, you have sensor flush toilets, sensor water faucets and sensor paper towels. It’s all touch less until you get to the door. Those wonderful germs get shared by all while opening and closing bathroom doors.
Diamonds have always been a symbol of love and are commonly given in the form of unique diamond rings or diamond necklaces to a significant other.
On it’s own, these symbols are perfect, but if you want to go a step further, Gemory offers a commercially available nanotechnology whereby they will inscribe a diamond with a personal photograph.
D-Link has come out with two new home security video cameras, models DSC-910 and DSC-2121. These are to meet the growing demand in a niche that D-Link refers to as the “home security market”.
Of the two models, the DSC-2121 is the wireless security camera. With the absence of wires, this camera could be used as a wireless hidden camera. This model also offers a couple of other interesting features such as Full Duplex 2-way Audio, low light recording, and dual mode (MJPEG and MPEG-4) recording. The DCS-910 is similar but is a wired security camera that requires an Ethernet LAN connection into the home network.
Wi-Fi network security has generally been addressed at the router level. Each high speed wireless router is slightly different and will support different security protocols. Some rely on just WEP passwords, while others use WPA, or WPA2. Some find a benefit to implementing MAC address filtering.
A Japanese researcher has taken a different approach to tackling wireless security. His method involves a coat of cheap interior paint which when applied to the walls of a room will block high speed wireless signals. The new paint contains aluminum-iron oxide which resonates at the same frequencies used by Wi-Fi signals and is thus able to absorb electromagnetic waves in that range.
The DZ Flex TFT LCD Video Wall display would be a delight for hardcore gamers and an efficiency improving device for employees in the medical and financial services sector.
This multi screen display comes standard with a solid aluminum frame structure and includes a flexible arm to allow positioning of the individual displays to suit personal preference.
Looking at the above picture, you’d think this is the latest spy gadget or some kind scope. In actuality, this cool gadget is the Image Fulgurator. Designed by Julius von Bismarck’s, the Image Fulgurator consists of a camera into which a digital slide has been loaded.
Moving away from a coal based economy is one of the top priorities for many governments. Clean energy is what is being looked at, including wind energy and solar energy. Boon Edam has come up with a very cool idea. It’s the first energy generating revolving door.
WaterMill is an electricity powered machine that can extract up to 13 quarts of water from the air and purify it so that it becomes drinkable and available for human consumption. WaterMill is the design of Canadian company Element Four and it is anticipated that a household version of this device will go on sale in Spring 2009.
