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The First Digital Camera Was The Size of a Toaster

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Registration is open ; guests can attend in person or virtually. Although the CCDs could capture an image, they couldn’t store it. He designed it so each tape would store 30 images. Sasson and his colleagues invented a device to take the information stored on the tape and turn it into digital images.

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Students Develop Low-Cost Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired

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The IEEE CIS chapter received a US $4,400 grant for the project from EPICS in IEEE , made possible through generous donors and a partnership with the IEEE Foundation. In addition, it assists the person in navigating the surroundings by describing nearby objects and their distance from the user. To support future projects, donate here.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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Security With a Spectrometer

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What if it could be used to unlock the phone by scanning, say, one’s skin tone—or rather, personal spectral signature? If the spectrum matched that of a previously registered object, the Teensy would then automatically “type” my password, granting access to the computer. So how might a smartphone use a spectrometer?

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

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His father suggested he think about ikigai , a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose. He was granted a patent in Germany last year. If, for example, the app detects the person has a folate deficiency, it recommends foods such as asparagus, spinach, and sunflower seeds, he says.

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Tesla has a misinformation problem, and silence may no longer be enough

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Kevin Brady recently shared an article on his Twitter page which featured Moravy’s statement from the Q1 earnings call. Read the article, Sparky). Granted, Elon Musk has made his stance clear on advertising, or, as the CEO noted on Twitter, “manipulating public opinion.” Misreporting Spreads Quickly.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.