Sunday, March 30, 2014

Wireless technology? it's here

According to Dr.Hall, himself and other scientists are working on powering things wireless.
this is called the wireless "resonance technology". The trick is putting magnetic fields in the air, the actions of this is "a coil of electrical wire that generates a magnetic field". The way that it is proven to work is "when you bring a device into a magnetic field it creates a current in the device, which creates the action of transferring power".
The central idea of this article, is to show that there are ways of charging your electronics without the wires, as well as, to show that this could possibly be the future of wireless technology at all costs. "Hall assures that the magnetic fields used to transfer energy are "perfectly safe" -- in fact, they are the same kind of fields used in Wi-Fi routers".
This particular topic does not relate to school, but it is related to science and discovering new things' I feel like this is a great idea, because it means no more wires laying around and you do not have to worry about your cell phone or anything else dying while you are traveling or even at school.
Cell phones are able to charge while they are in your pocket with a resonator coil that is placed upon the battery. I would use this to see if it works like it says, as well as, to see if it makes a difference of not having to use cords.


   

                                                            Works cited
Glass, Nick, and Matthew Ponsford.  "Wireless technology? it's here. "technology innovations     28  Mar. 2014:  Technology online. web. http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/14/tech/innovation/wireless-electricity/index.html.


Sunday, March 16, 2014

Fingerprint start up claims smartphone security breakthrough

Apple has made the Touch ID sensor,this invention reads your finger and tells you if the fingerprint is arch,loop or whorl. The way that it is able to do so,is "170 microns thick or a skosh more than a human hair. the button is made out of sapphire crystal".
There is another technology that came about,along with Apple's invention. IDair's Technology uses the camera on a smartphone,along with its own software to take pictures of a persons fingerprints.Process relies on "algorithm the company,which turns the image into useful means of identification.
'Advanced Optical systems developed the original technology behind the fingerprint scanner".
This is forensic science related, because how they scan your fingerprint and tells you the pattern but it does not directly to school.
I think this invention is very cool and creative,also shows how technology can become science based. This doesn't really effect me,but it interests me to try it. I think this new technology is really cool and I think that it will become a hit.






                                                             Works cited

     Ashlee Vance. "Fingerprint start up claims smartphone security breakthrough. " Technology 13 March.2014.Boomberg BusinessWeek. web.http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-13/fingerprint-startup-idair-claims-smartphone-security-breakthrough#r=nav-r-story

Ashlee Vance. "Fingerprint start up claims smartphone security breakthrough". Photograph. Website. Technology,13 March 2014.http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-13/fingerprint-startup-idair-claims-smartphone-security-breakthrough#r=nav-r-story