When Exercise Is Too Much of a Good Thing

This article was a study of 27 endurance athletes vs. 20 non-endurance athletes. "The different groups underwent a new type of magnetic resonance imaging of their hearts that identifies very early signs of fibrosis, or scarring, within the heart muscle. Fibrosis, if it becomes severe, can lead to stiffening or thickening of portions of the heart, which can contribute to irregular heart function and, eventually, heart failure'.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/when-exercise-is-too-much-of-a-good-thing/?scp=1&sq=When%20Exercise%20Is%20Too%20Much%20of%20a%20Good%20Thing&st=cse

Wearable Sensor Reveals what Overwhelms You.

There's a new wearable stress sensor that shows anxiety and it gives you an almost exact number. This device is called a Q Sensor by Affectivia. The sensor is a wristband similar to a watch with a button on it's center. This button changes color to show the battery level of the sensor. There are two silver electrodes that sends out an electric current and it runs to your skin and measures it conductance. Skin conductance rises and so does your stress level. It is being used for autistic children and other scientists want to help out drug addictions and post traumatic stress. On the sensor there is also an accelerometer to keep up the users motion. Scientist also would like to create a smart-phone app for the sensors data to be sent to the phone and let the user know if they're stressed or relaxed.
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/32446/page2/

Car Hacking

On this blog it has been shown and proven that cars are able to be controlled wirelessly. The cars were hacked by hacking threw syncs and the hands free calling using bluetooth syncs wirelessly. The persons car was controlled by a smart phone and was able to control the locks to brakes in the car. They repeatedly called the car over 100 times in till they were able to access the car and control it by getting into the computers system. They planned that if people can do this they will be aloud to force the car to send its position over GPS and then be able to unlock it and steal it without force. This is a pretty cool thing but highly dangerous.

Emerging Technology

A new type of computer is now being created. This computer that was created by a company called Lenovo (IBM) can now read your eye movement through hidden cameras beneath the screen of the computer. These cameras can tell where you are looking on the screen and can be controlled using your eyes. This is supposed to make computer usage much quicker and easier than using a mouse and/or trackpads. This prototype is suppose to be very accurate. These computers are going to be expensive, so the company must sell these units at a high volume in order for the computers to be affordable for the consumer.

Bionic Eyes

Bionic Eyes





A new invention for people with eye diseases or people who have lost eyesight have new hope. A new implant has emerged that may partially restore vision. "It marks the beginning of an era in which sight will be restored at ever more astonishing levels," says Robert Greenberg, president and CEO of Second Sight, the California company that developed the device. So far it is developing in Europe but its making its way around the world. The down side to this new invention is its price. It can cost up to 115,000$. This implant is actually a camera placed on glasses and it corresponds to signals sent through the wire attached. Read more through this link. http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/35064/?p1=MstRcnt

Private Space Shuttle

NASA's commercial crew development program will be funding multiple companies who can create a new space shuttle that can carry people and supplies into orbit. The Sierra Nevada Corporation has received the most money from NASA, $20 million to build the Dream Chaser. The Dream Chaser will hold eight people and be able to transport them into "low-earth orbit" which is where the space station is located, it will also be able to land on airport runways. Its carbon fiber body and design will allow for less intense exposure of the passengers and equipment to gravitational force. If the company continues to accomplish their goals for the Dream Chaser, it will be launched into orbit in 2014. It will be launched by the Atlas-V, a launch booster made by the United Launch alliance company.

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/27094/