HOLOGRAM OF R2D2 FROM STAR WARS FINALLY BUILT

 

Remember the scene from the movie Star Wars R2 D2 projects Hologram to display map of a ship .

Holovect is a Holographic Display that draws objects in the air with light. The Holovect Mk II is a self-contained laser-based volumetric display system that fits on your lab bench or desktop.

  It is the perfect companion to a 3d printer and a stand-alone educational or promotional device. The Holovect Mk II is the first commercially available, laser-based desktop "holographic" display, capable of drawing 3D objects in air with light.

HOVERBIKE - THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION

A Russian drone start-up called Hoversurf unveiled a prototype for a single-seat aircraft that you can drive yourself. Dubbed the Scorpion-3, the electric-powered hoverbike is capable of lifting itself and a driver into the air. It combines a traditional motorcycle design with quadcopter technology, allowing both professionals and amateurs to easily control and maneuver the vehicle. Using proprietary software, the company is able to limit the range and velocity of the hoverbike to ensure the safety of the driver.

DOT - A SMARTWATCH FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

DOT: The first Braille Smartwatch. It brings new possibilities and benefits of the networked digital age to the wrists of millions of visually impaired people worldwide.
The patented DOT Active Braille Technology reduces size, weight and price by more than ten times compared to existing digital Braille reading devices which rely on piezo-electricity.

GHOST ROBOT

Ghost Robotics is revolutionizing legged robotics and the market for small to medium unmanned ground vehicles (SUGV, UGVs) used in rough, unstructured terrain and harsh environments with direct-drive technology.​

Beyond all terrain operation, a core design principle for our legged robots is reduced mechanical complexity when compared to other legged and tracked UGVs on the market.  By reducing complexity, we inherently increase durability and reduce the cost to build and deploy robots, increasing adoption across a range of potential markets.

CONSTRUCTION SITE - ROBOTS AT WORK

Think of it as souped up self driving 3d printer on wheels. So for the moment market of construction robotics is still in its infancy. The Swiss Federal Institute of technology in Zurich uncurls the brick laying robot in 2015 while Eindhoven university of technology showed a 3d concrete printer the same year. At DARPA robotics gunshots robots used power tools to finish certain task. Now there are commercial companies that are entering into space. Blueprint robotics in New Jersey has facility where home making robots can build prefabricated walls , roof and floors.

VEINVIEWER - A DEVICE THAT HELPS IN DETECTING VEIN PROBLEMS

VEINVIEWER is a device works by shining an infrared light on the area, observing it with a camera, and projecting the image onto the patient's skin. 

AccuVein's second generation product also displays the veins on the surface of the skin.

This second generation vein illuminator allows the user to hold the device in any direction, sees deeper and can be held at a wider range of distance from the skin, though it is still small and hand held

SOLAR ENERGY JUST GOT SMARTER

Smart flower's dual axis tracking follows the sun throughout the day, ensuring its modular panel are always at optimal angle for maximum production of all daylight hours. It is smartly designed to be a plug-and-play system and can be set up in few hours. Smart flower removes all contaminants from the surface of panels each time it folds and unfolds, thus allowing the sun's rays to be absorbed unimpeded 

Three curious and progressive-minded friends living in Burgenland, Austria circa 2010 set out to a create a completely new and unique solar solution- inspired by the sunflower- in attempt to challenge the status quo of the solar energy market at the time. Alex Swatek, one of the three founders of smart flower energy technology GmbH, envisioned the driving concept of the product even before putting pen to paper, “It was clear that it had to be an all-in-one solution.

JOTO - A CONNECTED DISPLAY THAT DRAWS WITH PEN

 

Joto, an internet connected drawing robot that gives digital content a physical presence. It is one of that a companies that is successfully funded on Kickstarter.

Now you can turn your home into an ever changing gallery .Joto takes request sketching everything from work of art to love notes to do list to puzzles.

LAMPIX - A LAMP THAT TURNS ANY SURFACE INTERRACTIVE

LAMPIX is technology startup that specialises in augmented reality displays.

Lampix is a smart interactive projector and camera system that recognises hands and objects to transform any existing horizontal surface into an interactive one.

Advanced computer vision and machine learning algorithms reference the pics image library and find a match in nanoseconds even in wearing light conditions.

HDFC BANK HAS EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS 24X7 WITHOUT BREAK

HDFC Bank becomes India's first bank to deploy robot for customer service. A short demo of IRA robot can be seen in the video below. Talking of applications this robot has multiple features to serve customers. Customers comes in front of this humanoid and it presents multiple options like loans, cash deposit, foreign exchange,  cash withdrawal, fund transfer and fixed deposit.

This intelligent humanoid robot, IRA (intelligent robotic assistance)is  now able to greet customers, and offer list of banking services that a customer can get. The interactive humanoid robot can guide incoming customers toward banking operation cash deposit etc. Once the customer selects" take me there " option then this robot actually takes customer to requested destination.

THE FUTURE OF ARCHITECTURE - HYPERCELLS

Remember the exhibition scene from the movie "Big Hero 6" where "Hiro",the little guy builds micro robots that connect themselves to form any desired structure. 

A team of students from design and research laboratory in London has developed cellular self assembling devices that can restructure themselves as instructed. These devices named  called hypercells have ability to climb,  roll or alter into any desired structure as per architectural requirement. 

It uses arduino board and magnets that change pattern as they rotate. A single hypercell can roll itself and can even calculate shortest path to its destination. 

Students purpose the use of this system as a replacement to current urban planning process. 

HANDPRESSO - A PORTABLE COFFEE MAKING MACHINE

Ever wondered how it would be like to have a homemade espresso while travelling  or while camping outside. Handpresso is a French manufacturer has come up with a portable espresso machine. The device works by pumping up-to 16 bar pressure on handpresso unit. Hot water of about 50 ml is then added for a perfect coffee. The temperature of water is very important for the best results. So have a wonderful coffee anytime anywhere. 

NOW CRICKET GETS VIRTUAL REALITY

Ever wondered watching cricket at home with the complete experience of cricket stadium ?

STAR INDIA,  the official broadcaster of VIVO IPL, is banking on technology to increase the viewership in digital space. This IPL will be available in virtual reality format on hot star .

There are two ways to view IPL in VR on hotstar.First is through VR glasses available in the market. Second is to pause match at any given time and swipe or tilt the phone to get 360 degree view of the ground.

With cricket season in full swing now cricket fans can even try out their batting skills with virtual reality game developed by stickee in collaboration with university of bath. The game called balls ! Virtual reality cricket uses vive virtual reality headset and is available to download on steam games store.
Gamers can play against their friends and adjust difficulty level by choosing different bowler and speed.

ORIGAMI - SELF TRANSFORMER

Researchers at MIT’s Tangible Media Group have developed a self-folding, origami-like technology called aeroMorph. The new type of inflatable could open the door to all sorts of things—basically, whatever designers figure out they can create with the material.

One of the most exciting possibilities of self folding robots is their potential use in medicine. In future surgeons could deliver a tiny origami- bot into body where it could unfold and perform any medicinal task.

To make tiny origami robots move without batteries researchers have installed  two structures into the joints coil of Memory Alloy which returns its shape to original when heated and manager circuits that become energized when interacted with varying level of magnetic resonance frequencies.

MITRA - AN INDIAN ROBOT WHO WELCOMED MR.NARENDRA MODI

What could be the better way to showcase Indian Engineering by welcoming India's Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi and US President Mr Donald trump's daughter ivanka Trump by a robot.

5 foot tall "Mitra" robot built by Bengaluru based invento robotics is designed to greet customers and interact using facial and speech recognition. It is currently serving few humans in few branches of Canara Bank and some outlets of PVR Cinemas.
Mitra robot is also available on rent for office sessions,  private birthday parties and hotels.

DIGITAL TATTOO - CHANGE IT WITH A TOUCH ON YOUR SMART PHONE

Imagine having a tattoo for which you have to spend just once and get a new tattoo whenever you want without spending additional money. Simply change the tattoo on your arm with the help of your smartphone.

As a leading digital innovation technology agency, EMERGE has come up with mobile technology and mobile app to create a screen on our skin and display information with very low energy usage

E Ink’s development, a dynamic image display required a constant current of electricity, inevitably tying the longevity of the display to the power source. Like any other implantable wearable technology, adding a display to our body has been limited by the requirement on battery power. E Ink changed this by providing a medium that consumes energy only when the content of the display changes, not requiring a current to maintain the image on its display. The result is that we can create a screen on our skin that displays information with very little energy usage

WHO IS THE WORLD'S BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER ?

MARCH MADNESS is going all around these days in U.S. It is a form of sports betting based on annual NCAA division.

Artificial intelligence is making it's way into basketball courts too. CUE is the humanoid robot designed by Toyota, has learned it's shooting techniques through artificial intelligence . It can shoot basketball in a range Close to 200,000 shots can be made from a distance of 3.6 meters from background.
A 190 cm tall humanoid robot made by a team of Engineers at Toyota .It made its recent debut with local professional Alvark Tokyo team.
It is most likely design for the exhibition purpose to show abilities of robot. The biggest challenge for the robot like CUE is to create and sustain a consistent place for them in the world of sports.

ROBOTS AT WORK - IN INDIAN RESTAURANTS

Hotel Technology has now evolved to such an extent that customer can order their favourite food just by selecting on a phone or tab placed on their table.

Restaurant in Southern India "Chennai" is revolutionizing their customer service by introducing robots as waiters. The restaurant formerly known as " momo " was relaunched as " robot " after the founding partners Venkatesh Rajendran and Karthik Kannan decided to include Technology.
At the robot robot moves at the eatery delivers food to the respective table and also collect dirty dishes and takes back to kitchen.

INDIAN IOT TECH

FIN is a tiny hardware that you can wear to a thumb and use whole arm as a touch interface . This is a Bluetooth enabled trendy gadget that can be used to control different digital devices.
There are many different applications of this device. At a time 3 different devices can be connected to this fin ring. This device is waterproof dustproof and durable. It can also be used as a security authenticator. It is fashionable and understands palm gestures .
Now let that be turning on TV, switching channels or using your smartphone everything can be done with simple Palm gesture.