Important Innovations

Expands and Monitors Stomach Health MIT E-Pill MIT has developed an ingestible e-pill that is jello-like and expands just like a pufferfish.  It stops in the stomach in place to take readings overtime. This new e-pill overcomes the limits of other e-pills that just past through the system. New, Expanding E-Pill  Monitor This is a medical device at the cutting edge.  Composed of two types of hydrogels, the pill expands to take stomach readings for thirty days.  It's a quickly expanding pill to monitor your stomach health.  It's been tested in animals and its sensors stay in place for 30 days to monitor the stomach. Other Potential Use The MIT team believes several e-pills expanding in the stomach could serve as a weight loss system.  The jello like substance would make the stomach feel full and reduce appetite.  This cutting edge innovation is under development and testing for commercial applications.

Fingerprint Recognition Smart Device that Opens Your Car with a Touch Source:  Anytek New Innovation at Your Fingertips This is brand new technology that is an alternative to keys and codes for car security.  It's called Anytek and is a fingerprint recognition smart device that  instantly opens your car if the fingerprint is a match with the authorized driver.  It's a waterproof, keyless, anti-theft device. For a great news blog on this go to Important Innovations Collection: New Smart Device for Car Security : Anylock Fingerprint Padlock for Your Car Padlock Opens with a Touch This is new technology to secure your car.  Anylock is a finger...

MIT Robot Plays Jenga Source:  MIT Remarkable Robotics MIT's latest robot is being called a new kind of intelligent robot.  It uses vision and touch to play Jenga, which requires an understanding of the forces of physics such as push, pull and spatial arrangement.  Through machine learning, the  new robot has interactive perception and sophisticated manipulation.  For a great news story on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: Jenga Playing Robot : Highly Advanced, New Kind of Robot Courtesy:  MIT MIT Robot Has Interactive Perception & Sophisticated Manipulation to Play Jenga ...

Robot Explorers Enabled by MIT Algorithm to Calculate Risks vs. Opportunities Source:  MIT Breakthrough New Algorithm for Intelligent Robot Explorers MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute engineers have just created an algorithm that enables marine robots to calculate the risks versus the opportunity of exploring remote ocean regions for scientific research.  This is groundbreaking science.  The researchers believe it could enable fleets of explorer robots to pursue discoveries in the ocean, space and on earth, all the while calculating whether the risks are worth taking.  For a great news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: MIT's New Robot Explorers Calculate Risk : Daring Bands of Robot Explorers for Ocean, Space and Earth Source:  MIT Algorithm Breakthrough by MIT and Woods Hole Oceanograp...

Sierra HD Makes Truck Trailers Transparent Source:  GMC Sienna HD Transparent Truck Trailer for Safer Towing While Travelling The Sierra HD has an array of 15 cameras to provide wide view, "transparent" navigation, according to GMC.  They have just unveiled this new system which the company says makes for safer towing by creating a transparent truck trailer as seen from the driver's rear view mirrors.  The technology allows the driver to see what behind them. The Difference What's different here about the camera system is there is a trailer mounted camera system that GMC says offers a "transparent trailer view".  The camera is the first installed in a production vehicle.  It makes it a lot easier to park the truck with a large haul in the trailer and travel through narrow spaces. It is new automotive  innovation and just unveiled by GM.

Stanley Black & Decker's New Health Care Companion Smart Device Pria Stanley Black and Deckers is a distinguished tool and outdoor device company that is now moving into smart devices for patient care at home and in clinical environments.  It just unveiled Pria, a home health care and companion robot produced by its new STANLEY Healthcare division.  For a news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: New Home Care Companion Robot from Stanley Black &... : Stanley Black & Decker's Pria Source:  Stanley Black & Decker's Pria Helper Robot Designed to Enhance Patient Lifest...

University of Utah Robotic Science Innovation Source: University of Utah's Robotic Grasp System- Precision (left), Power (right) Robot Grasping Planner System to Extend Robot Grasping Abilities Scientists at the University of Utah have just developed a new, supervised learning system to enable robots to grasp objects with delicate precision and/or power/strength.  The purpose is to greatly expand their functionality.  It's called a probabilistic grasp planner and it's new innovation for the development of robotics. Real Time Robot Planning Device The device is able to plan grasps in real-time.  The system models and plans high quality precision and strength grasps.  It allows the robot to learn the best grasping technique as it practices on different objects. So for instance, the power and strength needed to pick up and place heavy objects and the precision and delicate manipulation needed for smaller, fragile objects. Learning and Planning Grasp System for Ro

New Driverless Car Safety System to Protect Pedestrians and Build Trust Jaguar Innovation Jaguar has just unveiled this unique driverless car projection technology.  The system uses bars of light reflected on the road ahead of the vehicle to let pedestrians know exactly where the vehicle is headed.   The purpose is to build trust for the vehicles with pedestrians.  For a great news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: Jaguar's Unique Projection Technology for Driverle... : Driverless Car Trajectory Displays Source:  Jaguar Bars of Light to Protect Pedestrians and Build Trust Jaguar Land Rover has just d...

This Phone Triples in Size Source:  Xiamoni, Double Folding Phone Xiamoni's Double Folding Smartphone This is a really coo,l new piece of smartphone innovation.  The double folding smartphone from Xiamoni expands to triple its size from a pocket phone to a tablet.  This is a prototype but experts say there is nothing like it out there. More to This - Shifting Screen Image Xiamoni' s foldable phone shifts the image when opened to the size of the screen rotationally in an automatic fashion as you flip it.  There aren't a lot of tech specs on this breakthrough phone as it is a prototype and under development. But it is something to be aware of as it goes to market. Thought you might enjoy knowing about this innovative development in smartphones.

MIT's Laser Beam Speech Messaging to Your Targeted Ear Source:  Laser Beam Speech MIT Laser Beam Speech - Breakthrough Innovation It's being called Laser beam speech and is a revolutionary form of messaging.  It's just been developed by scientists at MIT's Lincoln Labs.  It is a new laser system that can send an audio message such as voice, music or tone, to a selected person's ear by laser light without anyone else detecting or receiving it. MIT scientists say it's safe and can target an individual in any location. It's an incredible innovation.  For a news blog on it, go to Important Innovations Collection: MIT Laser Sends Sound Messages : Transmitting Sound By Light to Your Selected Recipient Source:  MIT Breakthrough Laser System from MIT This is breakthrough technol...

China's Very Smart AI Camera The Obsbot Tail AI Video Camera This new, artificial intelligence empowered video camera is getting a lot of positive attention.  The video camera is called The Obsbot Tail AI.  It was developed in China and is loaded with advanced AI and imaging technology.  The AI recognizes the subject of the video even in a crowd by identifying the face, body shape and posture.  That enables the camera to accurately video the person with smooth camera movements, tilts and zooms while keeping the person in center frame while they move around.  For more on this new technology, go to Important Innovations Collection: AI Smart Video Camera : China's Osbot Tail AI Camer a Source:  Obsbot Tail AI Video Camera Highly Advanced Videographer The Obsbot Tail AI is a brand n...

Volkswagen Innovation The Electric Charger Comes to You For electric car enthusiasts, this mobile charging machine is a gamechanger.  VW is working on bringing the charging station to you and your car. VW's Mobile Electric Charger System VW has introduced a mobile charging station that can be delivered to you wherever you are. The time to charge is 17 minutes and 15 cars can be charged at one station.  It is a real enabler for electric cars. It's innovation technology that is green and on the move.  This could be particularly effective for people who live in urban areas, park on the street and don't have access to a garage to charge their vehicle.

Keyless Car System from Bosch Innovative Technology on the Move You know the feeling - you can't find your keys or you can't find your car in a huge garage after a long meeting.  This is innovative technology from Bosch that addresses both and a lot more. It's Bosch's keyless car system that is new and different through a smart phone app.  For details go to my journalist colleague Ed Kane's blog, Important Innovations Collection: Keyless Cars at Your Door : New Bosch Keyless Car System Image Source:  Bosch Smart Phone App Does the Trick Bosch is an innovation company.  It has just unvei...