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more about #universityofmichigan more comments → Platypus Man: I was hoping for a video of the actual performance (or anything with more than one person), but the video in the link is just people talking about it.... more » Juaco: You can do a lot of cool stuff with jailbraked iphones more » sabari75: what are they planning to achieve by this act ? more » Digo: If I were ever at such an event I would not be able to resist the urge to start calling everyone I could that was on stage. Am I a bad person? more » ANoel: Yet another great human in(ter)vention.Wax it! more » Ridley: Hate to be that guy, but what about the ecosystem it would destroy to lay these things down over the size of a track. And what about the build up of a... more » OMG! Ponies!: How many ppm of human urine can it withstand? Figure that out and install them in kiddie pools. Injuries to small children be damned. more » Markarian: I'm so sick of hearing about green energy. Ever since I was a kid, I've been hearing about environmentally-friendly energy that was just around the co... more » First: if you could install one in your toilet it would make power from being peed on...and if one were in every toilet in the world...just think of all the ... more » 92BuickLeSabre: How about cool medical uses? You go to the doctor's office and change into "diagnosis pajamas" and then instead of just sitting and waiting for the do... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Intelligent pants? Invader's blood marches through my vein like giant radioactive rubber pants! The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins! With l... more » -
#iphone
iPhone Orchestra Hacks Touchscreen, GPS and Accelerometer to Create "Music"
Dressed in the required blue jeans and black turtleneck, the world's first iPhone orchestra is staging a public performance next week as part of the University of Michigan's "Building a Mobile Phone Ensemble" course. More » -
#hydropower
UMich VIVACE Hydropower System Makes Energy From Slow Currents
A new hydropower prototype from the University of Michigan could end up using even slower river and ocean currents to generate energy. VIVACE, which stands for Vortex Induced Vibrations for Aquatic Clean Energy, can generate power from as little as 2 knots, making it more useful than most turbine and water mill systems out there, which need an average of 5 to 6 knots to operate efficiently. More » -
#military
Army's Miniature Spy-Bat Concept Makes Lucius Fox Drool
Army dudes sat down with scientists at University of Michigan and other schools and asked for a simple frickin' bionic bat with frickin' stereo cameras, miniaturized radar, ultra-sensitive self-guidance, "energy scavenging" recharging capability and a radio to send data back to troops in urban combat zones. Was that too much to ask? Here's how it's working out for them: More »
