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of the potential of body-to-body networks with live streaming of video at a con..." alt="An example of the potential of body-to-body networks with live streaming of video at a con..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>At a major sporting event I attended recently, it proved impossible to get a connection on a mobile network that was swamped as many of the 100,000 strong crowd attempted to contact friends and family. While the influx of calls was the result of a thrilling draw, it highlighted the weakness of overloaded communications networks that would struggle in the event of a disaster in a heavily populated area. A new system being developed by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast could turn this weakness into a strength by allowing members of the public carrying wearable sensors to form the backbone of new mobile Internet networks. <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/body-to-body-networks/16769/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/health/" style="float: left; ">HEALTH AND WELLBEING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/app-to-view-electrocardiograms-on-smartphones/16664/">App allows users to view electrocardiograms on smartphones</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/author/bridget-borgobello/">Bridget Borgobello</a></p> <p><em>08:53 October 15, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/app-to-view-electrocardiograms-on-smartphones/16664/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/heartmonitoringandroidapp.jpg" title="The new IMEC/Holst Center ECG app" alt="The new IMEC/Holst Center ECG app"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Gone are the days when we simply used our mobile phones for calling people – now we can conduct our own ECGs. We’ve already seen iPhone and Android applications that can create <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/ultrasound-images-a-snap-with-a-smartphone/11556/" target="_blank">ultrasound images</a> and that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/smartphone-app-measures-air-pollution/16433/" target="_blank">measure air pollution</a>. Now tech companies IMEC and the Holst Center, together with TASS software professionals, have released a new heart rate monitoring application. <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/app-to-view-electrocardiograms-on-smartphones/16664/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sports/" style="float: left; ">SPORTS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sensoglove-digital-golf-glove/16454/">SensoGlove digital glove helps golfers get a grip</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>20:16 September 23, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sensoglove-digital-golf-glove/16454/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sensoglove-digital-golf-glove/16454/picture/121127/">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sensoglove-digital-golf-glove/16454/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/sensoglove.jpg" title="The SensoGlove digital golf glove" alt="The SensoGlove digital golf glove"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Over the years we’ve seen quite a variety of technology aimed at shaving a few shots of a golfer’s game, from robots such as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/go/3803/" target="_blank">Top Swing</a> to motion analyzing systems such as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/go/3491/" target="_blank">PSProSwing</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/go/3963/" target="_blank">iClub system</a>. While such systems provide great feedback about the motion of a golf swing, they can overlook one of the most basic but no less important aspects of a natural golf swing – a relaxed grip. German-based company, Sensosolutions, has come up with a compact way to measure the level of grip pressure in the form of the SensoGlove, the world’s first digital golf glove. <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sensoglove-digital-golf-glove/16454/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/robotics/" style="float: left; ">ROBOTICS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/pr2-robot-commercially-available/16306/">Willow Garage's PR2 robot now for sale</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>19:05 September 8, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/pr2-robot-commercially-available/16306/picture/120377/">11 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/pr2-robot-commercially-available/16306/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/pr2robot.jpg" title="PR2 robot" alt="PR2 robot"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Earlier this year we reported how Californian robotics company Willow Garage was giving away a number of its PR2 robots to various institutions as part of its <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/willow-garage-pr2-beta-program/14117/" target="_blank">PR2 Beta program</a>. Lucky PR2 recipients were asked to use the robot to pursue their research and development goals and share their progress with the open source robotics community so that the community as a whole can build on each other’s results. Now anyone can get in the act with Willow Garage officially announcing commercial availability of the robot. And if you’ve got a proven track record in the open source community you could be eligible for a hefty discount. <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/pr2-robot-commercially-available/16306/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/mobiletechnology/" style="float: left; ">MOBILE TECHNOLOGY</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/eye-controlled-earphones-phone-music-player/16222/">Eye-controlled earphones let you pick up phone calls with a glance</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></p> <p><em>10:21 September 2, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/eye-controlled-earphones-phone-music-player/16222/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/eye-controlled-earphones-phone-music-player/16222/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ntt_docomo_eye_controlled_earphones.jpg" title="The eye-controlled earphones developed by DoCoMo could revolutionize the way we control ou..." alt="The eye-controlled earphones developed by DoCoMo could revolutionize the way we control ou..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo has recently developed and demonstrated a peculiar pair of headphones that can precisely detect a user's eye movements without a camera, and use those movements to control electronic devices such as mobile phones and portable music players. DoCoMo started working on this idea back in 2008 by adapting an electrooculogram (EOG), a medical device used for measuring eye response, to their purposes. An EOG works on the principle that the human cornea has a positive electrical charge. As the user looks to the left or right, the charge shifts in the space between the user's ears – a change that can be easily detected by appropriate sensors. <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/eye-controlled-earphones-phone-music-player/16222/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/digital-cameras/" style="float: left; ">DIGITAL CAMERAS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/canon-120-megapixel-cmos-sensor/16128/">Canon’s new 120-megapixel CMOS sensor</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>19:28 August 24, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/canon-120-megapixel-cmos-sensor/16128/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/canon-120-megapixel-cmos-sensor/16128/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/canon120mpcmossensor.jpg" title="Canon's 120-megapixel CMOS sensor" alt="Canon's 120-megapixel CMOS sensor"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>There are many factors other than the megapixel count that affect the quality of images a digital camera will produce – sensor size, lens quality, organization of the pixels, etc. However, consumers often use the number of pixels each dollar buys as a basic measure of value for a digital camera and there has been a steady increase in the “pixels per dollar” for new cameras that roughly follows Moore’s Law. Depending on its cost and when it will hit the market, a new APS-H-size CMOS image sensor developed by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/canon/" target="_blank">Canon</a> could put a bit of a dent in that line with its image resolution of approximately 120-megapixels. <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/canon-120-megapixel-cmos-sensor/16128/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/onthewater/" style="float: left; ">ON THE WATER</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/computer-equipped-surfboard-could-lead-to-like-totally-awesome-boards/16090/">Computer-equipped surfboard could lead to, like, totally awesome boards</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>19:27 August 20, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/computer-equipped-surfboard-could-lead-to-like-totally-awesome-boards/16090/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/computer-equipped-surfboard-could-lead-to-like-totally-awesome-boards/16090/picture/119524/">4 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/computer-equipped-surfboard-could-lead-to-like-totally-awesome-boards/16090/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/surfboard.jpg" title="The science-of-surfboards team, left-to-right: Mechanical engineering undergraduates Victo..." alt="The science-of-surfboards team, left-to-right: Mechanical engineering undergraduates Victo..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Four mechanical engineering undergraduates from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), have installed a computer and eight velocity sensors on a surfboard, in effort to create the ultimate surfing experience. While the students ride the board across the waves, the sensors register the speed at which the board skims along the water, then send that data to the computer, which proceeds to transmit it wirelessly to a laptop on the beach. The computer also saves the data on an internal memory card. The students built the board for their senior design project, but also as a part of Ph.D. student Benjamin Thompson’s science-of-surfboards project, in which he hopes to design the "perfect" board. <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/computer-equipped-surfboard-could-lead-to-like-totally-awesome-boards/16090/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/urbantransport/" style="float: left; ">URBAN TRANSPORT</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sensor-system-alert-drivers-to-free-parking-spots/15658/">Sensor system alerts drivers to free parking spots</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>18:25 July 8, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sensor-system-alert-drivers-to-free-parking-spots/15658/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sensor-system-alert-drivers-to-free-parking-spots/15658/picture/117461/">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sensor-system-alert-drivers-to-free-parking-spots/15658/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/xaloc-parking-2.jpg" title="The XALOC system, incorporating the ARID Navigator, helps drivers find free parking spaces" alt="The XALOC system, incorporating the ARID Navigator, helps drivers find free parking spaces"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>It’s a frustrating situation. You’re aimlessly circling the blocks, hoping to stumble across a free parking space, but with no clue as to where such a space might be. Well, as we so often like to say here at Gizmag, “A new invention could change that.” Researchers from Spain’s Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have helped develop a system that detects free parking spots, then guides drivers to the closest ones using a process that’s reportedly better than GPS. <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sensor-system-alert-drivers-to-free-parking-spots/15658/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/sports/" style="float: left; ">SPORTS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/shadowbox-personal-3d-sports-recorder/15522/">ShadowBox captures all your extreme sporting moves in 3D</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>07:37 June 24, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/shadowbox-personal-3d-sports-recorder/15522/picture/116746/">7 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/shadowbox-personal-3d-sports-recorder/15522/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/shadowbox.jpg" title="The ShadowBox attaches to boards of all sorts " alt="The ShadowBox attaches to boards of all sorts "/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>No one believing your tales of gnarly moves pulled on some off-piste run? Can’t convince your friends you nailed a Spock 540 One Handed when no one was looking? Now you can prove it (or get a harsh dose of reality) with the ShadowBox – a "personal 3D sports recorder" that attaches to your extreme sporting implement of choice and uses GPS and G-Force data to record a "ride path" of all your extreme sporting moves. Ride data can be viewed immediately on the device or uploaded to a PC or Mac to analyze all your extreme sporting moves in 3D detail. <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/shadowbox-personal-3d-sports-recorder/15522/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/wearableelectronics/" style="float: left; ">WEARABLE ELECTRONICS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/smart-textiles-evoke-memories/15321/">Smart textiles designed to evoke memories of absent people</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>19:42 June 4, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/smart-textiles-evoke-memories/15321/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202232940im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/smart-textiles-evoke-memories/15321/picture/115741/">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202232940/http://www.gizmag.com/smart-textiles-evoke-memories/15321/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202232940im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/smart-textiles.jpg" title="Clothing incorporating Wearable Absence technology" alt="Clothing incorporating Wearable Absence technology"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>You’ve had a hard day at the office, your spouse is currently over 2,000 miles away and now your boss says he wants you to work late. It’s all you can do to contain your anger until you get into the bathroom, whereupon you let loose with a string of red-faced, high-cardio profanity. At that point, your spouse talks to you via your shirt. “Take it easy, it’s all right,” they coo from your collar, as they play your favorite song, and photos of them scroll across your chest. Hey, it could happen. No, really, it <em>could</em> happen, thanks to the Wearable Absence project. 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