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Back to the Future was right: a working hoverboard will be available in 2015

The good news: Just like Back to the Future Part II promised, you will be able to get your hands (or feet) on a working hoverboard on Oct. 21, 2015. The bad news: The board, which is called the Hendo, will cost $10,000 and the battery only lasts 7 minutes. Despite the hefty price tag, Arx Pax, the Los Gatos, Calif., startup behind the board, let me take it for a ride Monday afternoon. I wasn’t immediately steady enough to jerk the board in different directions, but I kept my balance as it slowly spun in a circle while I bounced between two of Arx Pax’s engineers. The board was large, almost like a doublewide snowboard. It felt as if I was standing on a giant air hockey puck hovering three quarters of an inch above the ground.

Tuesday October 21 By Computer System Intelligence Read more...

Visualizing nanotechnology in 3D with open source software

The new open source project tomviz is helping the 3D visualization of nanotechnology. Modern computers are built with nanotechnology. A processor contains billions of transistors, each around 14 nanometers. A single bit of information on a hard disc drive is confined to a 10 nanometer domain spinning on a disc 75 miles per hour. The accelerometers in our smartphones contain nano-springs that measure gravitational forces to determine orientation.

Tuesday September 23 By Computer System Intelligence Read more...

With this 3D Printed Microscope turn your Smartphone into a science tool for less than $1

Have you ever tried for getting super-duper up close with tiny objects like a salt crystal or a blood cell using your smartphone camera ? Yes I agree that smartphone cameras are great for lot of things. but they are not designed for getting super close shots of tiny objects. But you can now do this giving a helping hand to your smartphone camera to get super-duper close to tiny objects.

Friday September 19 By Computer System Intelligence Read more...