No matter how expensive your sunglasses may be, it fails to protect you from the sun’s blinding glare.
Which is why Chris Mullin, PhD, a formerly local inventor and entrepreneur, has teamed up with the University at Buffalo to develop sunglasses that detect bright spots of light and darken specific parts of the lens to fight the sun.
“Our products let users see more in glare situations than ever before, because they reduce direct glare 10 to 100 times more than any other sunglasses,” says Mullin, adding, “when there is no glare, it’s just a pair of sunglasses.” Mullin, together with UB electrical—engineering professor Albert Titus, PhD, produced the state—of—the—art sunglasses that combine sensors and miniaturized electronics to identify and block bright glare.
The glasses’ lenses are actually liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, capable of creating dark spots that specifically target glaring light.
A pinhole camera in the bridge of the glasses takes a picture of the frame’s line of vision. The camera itself analyzes the image and scans it for glare that exceeds a certain threshold.
The camera then alerts an adjacent microcontroller, which directs the LCD to send extra pixels of shade to that portion of the lens, displaying a four— to six—millimeter gray square in front of the eye.
The square moves with the wearer to block the source of glare at any angle but still allows the surroundings to remain visible. If the sun moves, then so does the LCD spot.
This whole process takes about 50 milliseconds. Although the sunglasses are not yet ready for the consumer market, they are garnering significant attention: these ‘smart’ shades were named in June 1 of Popular Science’s top 10 inventions of 2011.
2. Wow-Keys by Omnio
One of the unique and amazing things about this keyboard is that this 1.6-pound wireless keyboard gets a charge from sunlight or indoor lighting, so it never needs batteries
. You can download software to monitor the charge level and measure available room lighting. You can also program keys for quick access to e-mail and your desktops search window and calculator. It is available at a price of 3600.
3. Smartfish Reflex
It can be awesome keyboard as it can be a great help for people with repetitive stress injuries. It is designed to reduce wrist strain. After 2,500 clicks, a motor moves the t
wo trays slightly to the right or left so your hands don not stay in the same position all day. We liked the keyboard's flat, Chiclet-style keys. It is available at a price of 6750.
4. Mini Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard
Mini Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard has built in rechargeable Li-ion battery, Micro USB port in charging. Colour LED for working status indication. Built in i
ntelligent power manage software for power conservation and it works with iPad/iPhone4.0 OS/PS3/PC/Smart Phone/HTPC. It is up to 10m Charging time about 3-4 hours Compatible mobile OS: Google Android OS Windows Mobile(6.0 & later)OS Nokia Symbian S60(V3.0 & later)OS iPhone 4.0 OS. It is available at 555.75.
5. Luxeed U7 Dynamic Pixel LED Keyboard
Each key on this 1.75-pound keyboard can be programmed to light up in one of seven colors. Assign colors to commonly used keys?for instance, the Tab or Retu
rn buttons to make them stand out, or color-code an entire bank of keys. You can create up to four preset color schemes and toggle among them with the press of a button. During our tests, the color coding was actually helpful. Unfortunately, the keyboard's raised, rubbery keys slowed us down. It cost around 5850.
6. Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750
This 1.6-pound wireless keyboard gets a charge from sunlight or indoor lighting, so it never needs batteries. One can download software to monitor the
charge level and measure available room lighting. You can also program keys for quick access to e-mail and your desktops search window and calculator. It is available at a price of 3600.
Which is why Chris Mullin, PhD, a formerly local inventor and entrepreneur, has teamed up with the University at Buffalo to develop sunglasses that detect bright spots of light and darken specific parts of the lens to fight the sun.
“Our products let users see more in glare situations than ever before, because they reduce direct glare 10 to 100 times more than any other sunglasses,” says Mullin, adding, “when there is no glare, it’s just a pair of sunglasses.” Mullin, together with UB electrical—engineering professor Albert Titus, PhD, produced the state—of—the—art sunglasses that combine sensors and miniaturized electronics to identify and block bright glare.
The glasses’ lenses are actually liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, capable of creating dark spots that specifically target glaring light.
A pinhole camera in the bridge of the glasses takes a picture of the frame’s line of vision. The camera itself analyzes the image and scans it for glare that exceeds a certain threshold.
The camera then alerts an adjacent microcontroller, which directs the LCD to send extra pixels of shade to that portion of the lens, displaying a four— to six—millimeter gray square in front of the eye.
The square moves with the wearer to block the source of glare at any angle but still allows the surroundings to remain visible. If the sun moves, then so does the LCD spot.
This whole process takes about 50 milliseconds. Although the sunglasses are not yet ready for the consumer market, they are garnering significant attention: these ‘smart’ shades were named in June 1 of Popular Science’s top 10 inventions of 2011.
2. Wow-Keys by Omnio
One of the unique and amazing things about this keyboard is that this 1.6-pound wireless keyboard gets a charge from sunlight or indoor lighting, so it never needs batteries
. You can download software to monitor the charge level and measure available room lighting. You can also program keys for quick access to e-mail and your desktops search window and calculator. It is available at a price of 3600.
3. Smartfish Reflex
It can be awesome keyboard as it can be a great help for people with repetitive stress injuries. It is designed to reduce wrist strain. After 2,500 clicks, a motor moves the t
wo trays slightly to the right or left so your hands don not stay in the same position all day. We liked the keyboard's flat, Chiclet-style keys. It is available at a price of 6750.
4. Mini Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard
Mini Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard has built in rechargeable Li-ion battery, Micro USB port in charging. Colour LED for working status indication. Built in i
ntelligent power manage software for power conservation and it works with iPad/iPhone4.0 OS/PS3/PC/Smart Phone/HTPC. It is up to 10m Charging time about 3-4 hours Compatible mobile OS: Google Android OS Windows Mobile(6.0 & later)OS Nokia Symbian S60(V3.0 & later)OS iPhone 4.0 OS. It is available at 555.75.
5. Luxeed U7 Dynamic Pixel LED Keyboard
Each key on this 1.75-pound keyboard can be programmed to light up in one of seven colors. Assign colors to commonly used keys?for instance, the Tab or Retu
rn buttons to make them stand out, or color-code an entire bank of keys. You can create up to four preset color schemes and toggle among them with the press of a button. During our tests, the color coding was actually helpful. Unfortunately, the keyboard's raised, rubbery keys slowed us down. It cost around 5850.
6. Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750
This 1.6-pound wireless keyboard gets a charge from sunlight or indoor lighting, so it never needs batteries. One can download software to monitor the
charge level and measure available room lighting. You can also program keys for quick access to e-mail and your desktops search window and calculator. It is available at a price of 3600.
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