Gloves Turn Sign Language Into Speech

What a brilliant idea! A group of Ukrainian students have invented a sensory gloves that work with an app to turn sign language into automated speech. The Enable Talk project won first place ($25,000 grand prize) at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2012 this week in Sydney, Australia. Students on the winning Team QuadSquad — Anton Stepanov, Anton Posternikov, and Maxim Osika — beat… Continue reading Gloves Turn Sign Language Into Speech

Colourful Ants

Dr. Mohamed Babu is an Indian scientist who came up with an interesting idea when his wife showed him some ants that had turned white after drinking spilt milk. He gave the ants a colored sugar drops and watched as their transparent stomachs matched the food they were eating. Via: Pondly

Eddy Currents Demonstration

As you can see in the video below the demonstrator got a length of copper pipe and dropped a small neodymium magnet into it. It shows that the magnet wasn’t attracted to the pipe, but the descent was still slowed dramatically on the way down creating eddy currents. Interesting, don’t you think!? Watch the video below.