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Create a 3-D Hologram With Your iPad

// July 20th, 2010 // No Comments » // Techie

N-3D DEMO from aircord on Vimeo.

Mars deerees avsan zurag gene

// April 27th, 2010 // 3 Comments » // Cool, Photos, Techie

Cutting-edge IT & Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition. 2009 Japan

// October 7th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Techie

Hundreds of companies have gathered to showcase their latest technology at CEATEC Japan 2009, the largest consumer electronics trade show in Asia, which is being held at Makuhari Messe near Tokyo until October 10. Here are a few photos from the event.

Nissan EPORO robots [+]

Nissan stole the show with their demonstration of the EPORO robot concept car, which travels in groups and is designed to avoid obstacles and collisions by mimicking the behavior of fish. [More]

NTT DoCoMo’s eye-controlled music player [+]

NTT DoCoMo showcased a set of earphones that enable the wearer to control a music player simply by shifting his or her eyes. Electrodes embedded in the earphones detect the subtle changes in eye movement.

TOUCH WOOD: Front [+] // Back [+]

NTT DoCoMo’s TOUCH WOOD prototype handset is made from the surplus wood of trees culled during forest-thinning operations. [More]

A model wears special glasses to promote Sony’s 3D Full HDTV displays [+]

Sony’s booth featured a variety of new 3D Full HDTV displays, and the accompanying presentation starred a pair of models wearing special 3D glasses.

A model wears special glasses to promote Sony’s 3D Full HDTV displays [+]

Vaio concept [+]

Sony also displayed a few concept items incorporating their flexible display technology, such as this future Vaio notebook.

Panasonic 3D Full HDTV PDP [+]

Panasonic exhibited their latest 3D display technology, which includes 50″ 3D Full HDTV plasma displays.

Sekai Camera [+]

Sekai Camera, an augmented reality social tagging application for the iPhone, was on display at the Yamaha booth. [More]

Squid robot 1 [+]

Representatives from Hakodate showcased a pair of squid robots designed to attract attention to their area. The robots are part of an unorthodox campaign that includes some entertaining tourism promotion videos. [More]

Squid robot 2 [+]

Fujitsu exhibited a selection of interesting concept phones submitted by participants in the mobile phone design competition.

F-Circle: Fujitsu concept phone [+]

The F-Circle phone, designed by Yuji Ito, has a “timeless” appearance that departs from the typical rectangular mobile shape.

FOLD-A-PHONE: Fujitsu concept phone [+]

Designed by Hanna Sahlen and Sachiko Munakata, the FOLD-A-PHONE is a paper-thin handset that can be folded into a compact shape. The design was inspired by the “Miura-fold” origami method.

chamelephone: Fujitsu concept phone [+]

The chamelephone, designed by Hiroyuki Tabuchi, has a body that changes its appearance to match the texture of the surface it is placed on.

KAORA: Fujitsu concept phone [+]

Designed by Wataru Igarashi, the KAORA concept features a curved design that can assume various configurations to suit different uses.

Amoeba Phone: Fujitsu concept phone [+]

The Amoeba Phone (designed by Kwak Yeon), whose entire surface is a touchscreen, has a concave shape designed to fit the user’s face when they are talking on the phone.

Спам гэж юу вэ?

// August 16th, 2009 // 19 Comments » // Techie, broadcasting :D

Спам (англ. spam) – гэдэг бол хэрэглэгчийн хүсээгүй байх үед хүрч ирсэн улс төрий, арилжааны сурталчилгаатай, аль эсвэл ямар нэгэн бараа бүтээгдхүүн, үйлчилгээг санал болгон цахим захиа юм. SPAM гэдэг үг 1936 онд бий болжээ. SPAM гэдэг нь SPiced hAM (гахайн шорвог мах) гэдэг үгнээс гаралтай. Hormel Foods гэдэг махан бүтээгдхүүн хийдэг компаний таних тэмдэг байжээ. 1969 онд Америкт “Монти Пайтоны нисдэг цирк” гэдэг шоу ихэд алдаршжээ. Энэ шоу тоглолтын нэг хошин үзэгдэлд нэгэн кафений бүх хоолонд нь гахайн шорвог мах хийдэг байжээ. Хошин үзэгдэлийн гол баатар эхнэртэйгээ кафед ирж гахайн шорвог махгүй хоол авч ирэхийг хүсдэг байна. Энэ үед үйлчлэгч нь гахайн шорвог махыг маш бага хэмжээгээр хийсэн хоол өгье гэж санал гаргадаг. Энэ тоглолтын сүүлд гол баатрын эхнэр нь би SPAM-д дургүй гэж хэлдэг байна. Тоглолтын үеэр SPAM гэдэг үг 100 гаруй удаа давтагддаг. Өөр нэг хувилбараар бол дэлхийн 2-р дайны үед америкийн цэргүүдийн хүнсэнд зориулан маш их хэмжээний лаазалсан мах үйлдвэрлэсэн байна. Hormel Foods компани дайны дараа хуримтлагдаж үлдсэн лаазалсан шорвог махыг борлуулж дуусгахын тулд зарлал сурталчилгаанд мөнгө хайрлахгүй зориулжээ. SPAM гэдэг үг бүх дэлгүүрийн лангуу, автобус, трамвай, гудамж талбай гээд ер хаа сайгүй үзэгдэж байв. Лаазалсан гахайн шорвог махны сурталчилгаа радиогоор залхтал гарч байлаа. 1986 онд SPAM гэдэг үг шинэ утга санааг олж авчээ. Дэйв родес гэдэг хүн USERNET компьютерийн сүлжээ ашиглан өөрийн санхүүгийн пирамидынхаа тухай захиаг хүмүүст илгээх болжээ. Дэйв Родес захиагаа “Их мөнгө олоорой” гэж гарчиглажээ. Тэр санхүүгийг пирамидад элсэх тухай заавраа цөхрөлтгүй илгээж, хүмүүсийг залхааж байлаа. Түүний захиаг хүмүүс мөнөөх гахайн лаазалсан махны сурталчилгаатай зүйрлэх болжээ. Энэ цагаас хойш цахим шуудангаар сурталчилгааны захиа ирэхийг SPAM гэж нэрлэдэг болсон юм. СПАМ-ыг компьютерийн мэргэжилтнүүд хууль ёсны сурталчилгаа, хууль бус сурталчилгаа, сөрөг сурталчилгаа, “нигерийн захиа”, “фишинг” гэж ангилдаг байна. Хууль ёсны сурталчилгаа гэдэг нь албан ёсоор үйлдвэрлэл үйлчилгээ эрхэлдэг компаниуд үйл ажиллагааныхаа тухай мэдээллийг цахим шуудангаар илгээдэг. Энэ нь бага зардалаар олон хүн сурталчилгаагаа хүргэх нэг хэлбэр юм. Олон нийтэд ил тод сурталчилахыг хориглосон бүтээгдүүхийг цахим шуудангаар сурталчилах тохиолдол байдаг. Хуулиар сөрөг сурталчилгаа хийхийг хориглосон байдаг. Тэгвэл спам ашиглан өрсөлдөгч компаниуд сөрөг сурталчилгаа явуулах үзэгдэл гардаг байна. Зарим цахим шуудан хэрэглэгчдэд бохир мөнгө угаах санал тавьсан захидал ирдэг. Гэвч ийм захианы зорилго нь захиа хүлээн авагчийн дансны дугаарыг мэдэж мөнгийг нь залилан авахад оршдог. Африкийн Нигер улсаас ийм утгатай захиа их ирдэг тул үүнийг “Нигерийн захиа” гэж нэрлэдэг болжээ. “Фишинг” гэдэг нь цахим шуудан хэрэглэгчийн дансны дугаар, дансанд нэвтрэх нууц кодыг мэдэх аваад луйвар хийх гэсэн гэмт хэрэгтнүүд банкны нэрийн өмнөөс хэрэглэгч рүү захидал илгээдэг. Үүнийг цагдаа нар ФИШИНГ гэжээ. Цахим шуудангаар сурталчилгаанаас гадна компьютерийн вирус, хортой программ тараадаг.

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starwar or foundation or …

// July 26th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Cool, Techie

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Baseball toglogchid

// July 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // Cool, Techie

To demonstrate the latest advances in high-speed industrial robot technology, researchers at the University of Tokyo have pitted a baseball-pitching robotic arm against a mechanical batter with a near-perfect swing.

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The robot pitcher consists of a high-speed, three-fingered hand (developed by professor Masatoshi Ishikawa and his team from the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology) mounted on a mechanical arm (developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). With superb control of nimble fingers that can open and close at a rate of up to 10 times per second, the robot can release the ball with perfect timing. Precise coordination between the fingers, hand and arm allow the robot pitcher to hit the strike zone 90% of the time.

The robot batter is an upgraded version of a machine that Ishikawa’s team developed in 2003.

In the demonstration — which was designed to showcase the speed at which multiple high-speed industrial robots can respond to external circumstances and perform activities together — the researchers placed the robot pitcher 3.5 meters (11 ft) away from the mechanical batter. The pitcher’s 40-kph (25-mph) sidearm throws posed little challenge to the batter, whose 1000-frame-per-second camera eyes allow it to see the ball in super slow motion as it approaches. The robot batter has a near-perfect batting average when swinging at pitches in the strike zone.

To make future contests more interesting, the researchers plan to increase the robot pitcher’s throwing speed to 150 kph (93 mph) and teach it to throw breaking balls and changeups. In addition, they plan to train the robot batter to repeatedly hit balls to the same target.

[Source: Mainichi]

Robot

// July 17th, 2009 // No Comments » // Techie

Саяхан нэгэн гайхамшигтай Asimo хэмээх
робот бүтээгджээ. Тэр нь хүний бодлоор л ажиллах
гэнэ. brain-machine interface (BMI) хэмээх энэхүү
шинэ технологи нь төхөөрөмжийг зүүсэн хүн “гар
хөлөө хөдөлгөж байна” хэмээн бодоход л хэдхэн
секундийн дараа Asimo робот тэр хөдөлгөөнийг
нь яг хийнэ.
BMI хэмээх энэхүү гайхамшигтай шинэ
технологийг Honda нь Advanced Telecommunications
Research Institute International (ATR) болон
Shimadzu Corporation нартай хамтран бүтээсэн
бөгөөд ажиллагааны зарчим нь хүний тархины
үйл ажиллагааг дамжуулах өндөр мэдрэгчээр
тоноглогдсон малгайнаас ирсэн бодлын загвар
дээр компьютер анализ хийн утасгүй холбоогоор
робот руу өгөгдөл дамжуулна. Энэхүү технологийн
судалгааны ажлыг Honda-ийн зүгээс ATR-тай
хамтран 2005 оноос эхлүүлжээ.

IPHONE + SKYPE = …

// July 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // IT, Techie

IPhone-ыг үнэгүй Skype-тай болох тухай яриа анх гарснаас хойш олон сар өнгөрч, саяхан 3 сарын 31-нд л үнэн болох нь нотлогдов. Зарим нэг үйлдэл нь илт дутагдаж байсан ч бас зөвхөн iPhone-д зориулсан хэд хэдэн тусгай үйлдэл энэ Skype-т байсан нь олзуурхууштай байлаа.
Skype-ын дэлгэц нь зохион байгуулалт сайтай, нэрсийн жагсаалтыг үсгийн дарааллаар юм уу онлайн байгаагаар нь эрэмблэх гэх мэт iPhone-ын шүүлтүүрийг ашиглаж болдогоороо онцлог байв. Хэрэглэгчид хоорондоо үнэгүй VoIP дуудлагаар холбогдох, суурин утас руу хямд үнээр ярих гэсэн Skype-ын хоёр онцлог бүрдэлээс гадна бас чатлах боломжтой байхаар хийгджээ. Гэвч iPhone-ын Skype нь Wi-Fi (more…)

Ultra-thin digital booth babe

// July 10th, 2009 // No Comments » // Cool, Techie

A 3-millimeter-thick digital booth babe is drawing double-takes in Tokyo.

Spotted at the International Stationery and Office Products Fair, this eye-catching digital signage system consists of a 0.3-millimeter-thick high-luminance rear-projection film (Vikuiti Rear Projection Film developed by 3M) applied to a 3-millimeter-thick glass substrate cut into the shape of a woman. A rear projector beams video onto the film, whose microbead-arrayed surface produces a crisp, brilliant image viewable from any angle, even in brightly lit environments.

[Source: Robot Watch]

Айл бүрд интернет

// June 8th, 2009 // 5 Comments » // Techie

ail burt internet hurgehiin tuld tognii shugam ashiglah ni mongold hamgiin tohiromjtoi sanagdaad baigaam daa, ger horoolol ruu shilen cable tatah holboonii shugam tatah ni zardal ihtei bololtoi, wimax unetei tusaad bgaa ene ued ger horoolol bairnuud yer ni l tog ochij boloh buh gazar internetiig tugeechih saihan shiidel shuu. jaal sudalj uzne ee

The World’s First Solar-Powered Waterproof Cell Phone

// April 28th, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Cool, Techie

Ever find yourself with a water-soaked low-battery phone? Sharp and Japanese network KDDI have a solution: the world’s first solar-powered waterproof cell phone. The phone, scheduled for a June release in Japan, can nab one minute of talk time or two hours of standby power from ten minutes of sun. The phone can derive 80% of its charge in total from solar power. It’s not a fast enough charging time to change anyone’s life, but it’s ideal for afternoons in the park or on the beach.

Details on Sharp’s phone are scant, with pricing yet to be released. The company hasn’t given a timeline on when the phone will be unveiled in the U.S., but Sharp’s cell phone will beat both Samsung and LG’s solar-powered models to market.

Samsung’s Blue Earth phone is made from recycled plastic bottles and features a built-in pedometer that  calculates savings on carbon emissions from walking versus driving in a car. The phone will be released in the U.K. some time during the second half of 2009. LG’s solar model works a bit faster than Sharp’s–10 minutes of sunlight provides enough power for three minutes of talk time–but the company hasn’t yet hinted at a release date. The most exciting development in sustainable cell phones may not be solar at all. Kyocera’s kinetic energy-powered concept phone features a fold-out OLED screen that’s big enough for movie-watching.

Asimo robot controlled by human thought

// March 31st, 2009 // 5 Comments » // Cool, Techie

Honda has developed new brain-machine interface (BMI) technology that allows humans to control the Asimo humanoid robot simply by thinking certain thoughts.

The BMI system, which Honda developed along with Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Shimadzu Corporation, consists of a sensor-laden helmet that measures the user’s brain activity and a computer that analyzes the thought patterns and relays them as wireless commands to the robot.

When the user simply thinks about moving his or her right hand, the pre-programmed Asimo responds several seconds later by raising its right arm. Likewise, Asimo lifts its left arm when the person thinks about moving their left hand, it begins to walk when the person thinks about moving their legs, and it holds its hand up in front of its mouth when the person thinks about moving their tongue.

The high-precision BMI technology relies on three different types of brain activity measurements. EEG (electroencephalography) sensors measure the slight fluctuations in electrical potential on the scalp that occur when thinking, while NIRS (near-infrared spectroscopy) sensors measure changes in cerebral blood flow. Newly developed information extraction technology is used to process the complex data from these two types of sensors, resulting in a more accurate reading. The system reportedly has an accuracy rate of more than 90%.

The use of EEG and NIRS sensors makes the new system more compact than previous BMI systems that rely on bulkier fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) technology. Although the system is small enough to be transported from place to place, the developers plan to further reduce the size.

Honda, which has been conducting BMI research and development with ATR since 2005, is looking into the possibility of one day using this type of interface technology with artificial intelligence and robotics to create devices that users can operate without having to move.

iPhone – Document Scanner

// March 18th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Cool, Techie

We’ve all tried to use our camera phones to capture whiteboard notes, doodles, and other documents, but oftentimes poor image quality and odd perspectives can make them illegible. JotNot (iTunes Link) is a nifty new application that just went live on Apple’s App Store that allows users to take photographs of documents using their phones and runs them through an advanced filter that makes them much easier to read.

Using the application is simple: first, you take a photograph of the whiteboard, receipt, or document that you’d like to store as a photo (you can also import photos that you’ve previously taken). The application presents a blue box with four corner markers, which you drag to the corresponding corners of the document in question. The application then takes around thirty seconds to process the image, correcting for any issues with lighting, color, and even perspective (if you initially took a photo of your document at an angle, the final image will look as if it was taken front-on).

Big Bang

// March 15th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Techie, broadcasting :D

Ертөнцийн үүсэлийн нэг онол нь байхаа

History of Internet

// January 9th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Techie, broadcasting :D