Technabob » sensors http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Pajamas for Baby Tell You if Your Tot is Alive and Well http://technabob.com/blog/2010/09/01/biometric-baby-pajamas/ http://technabob.com/blog/2010/09/01/biometric-baby-pajamas/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:00:57 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://technabob.com/blog/?p=38631 If you don’t have kids you might think that this new sensor laden pajama for babies is pretty stupid and sounds like some of that wacky crap that we see out of Japan every now and again. If you have kids, you have undoubtedly sat up in the bed at 2 am when they were infants with the idea in your head that the baby isn’t breathing only to rush in there and scare the crap out of the little guy. Parents can understand how interesting these pajamas are.

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Exmovere is showing off the Exmobaby PJs that have a bunch of different wireless biosensors in them that can monitor the baby’s heart rate, breathing, and emotional state. That last one is a bit out there since there are two modes in baby world happy (or quiet) and pissed (or screaming) and that is pretty much it.

The sensors use Zigbee protocol to communicate and would send the vital signs to some sort of monitor that the parents could see. This is actually a very cool idea and would help ease the worry of SIDS for many new parents.

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2010/09/01/biometric-baby-pajamas/feed/ 0 Hundreds of Box Fans as Interactive Art http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/14/hundreds-of-box-fans-as-interactive-art/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/14/hundreds-of-box-fans-as-interactive-art/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:45:44 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/14/hundreds-of-box-fans-as-interactive-art/ This unusual art installation took hundreds and hundreds of individual cooling fans, and tied them together with sensors that detect the movements of passersby to produce an amazing visual and sensory experience.

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Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde worked with a team of technical wizards to create this mammoth interactive work entitled Flow 5.0. The display dynamically adjusts the speed and direction of the fans, reacting to visitors’ movements. The installation was constructed as two 10-meter-long walls which immerse visitors in the center of the artwork (and gives them a nice cool breeze while they’re at it).

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Flow 5.0 is on display through January 3, 2008 at the Kapelica Gallery in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In other words, you probably won’t be seeing it up close and personal, so you’ll just have to live with this video clip instead.

[via dezeen]

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Technical Overview from Microsoft Research (PDF)

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