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https://i.imgur.com/VPFNQLX.mp4

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This should be a real thing. F*ck team building exercises and stress management techniques!

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And this. Definitely this.

fritzelly

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https://i.imgur.com/VPFNQLX.mp4

I don't get it?

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It's a way increase the water intake of elderly people with dementia - they often get severely dehydrated because they forget to drink or don't feel thirsty or refuse to drink, and that's very dangerous. Also, some have big trouble swallowing liquids, which is a danger in itself because they can go down the wrong way and cause ab ingestis pneumonia.

There's more information about the whole thing on the captions.

fritzelly

Ahh right, thought it was just an image

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It's a gif/video, but they don't always embed, that's why I added the link underneath.

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https://i.imgur.com/tiZPiQN.gifv

Doge

Absolutely love the resonating sound of this new instrument:

https://bajinn.com

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bajinn-a-new-mindful-musical-instrument#/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuPdsGIbR50

Capt'n Midnight

^^^^^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKRj-T4l-e8

Toccata and fugue in D minor by Bach played on wine glasses :cool:

See also Glass Harmonica , the sound of the "new instrument" is very similar to one of the options on the old Casio Keyboards

Doge

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Here's an Irish one I backed called Ripcord by MyVolts which was successfully funded recently.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/48955335/ripcord-the-plug-n-play-anywhere-usb-power-cable/description

Its a USB cable with a voltage converter that can power Guitar Pedals, Synthesizers, Keyboards, Small Amps, Drum machines, Mixers and even some retro game consoles etc.. from a USB mains adapter, Power Bank battery, computer or even an Android phone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqTIvE7bL6M

I have one of their pre Ripcord Cables which is basically the same and I use it to power my Korg Volca Keys fom USB instead of having to buy an expensive power adapter or use 6 AA batteries, and it works really well.

I guess if you know your voltages, amperages, polarity and barallel sizes you could use this to power virtually any DC powered devices like Routers etc..once it uses less than 1A.

The first review of Ripcord is up........and its by me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sbECZ_HQqk

3 years was a long time to wait but it was totally worth it.

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Doge

Saw this posted by the designer on the "3D Printing Useful Things!" Facebook group:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3682303




It's called a "screw sizer" and basically lets you measure or quickly identify the random screws and nuts and bolts you have lying in a drawer or box in your shed.

I used use a digital calipers bit this seems much faster!

The horizontal part is a ruler which is tricky to see in that photo.

There's a few versions of it including a metic and imperial one and some others.

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Doge

Blind Engineer Invents A ‘Smart Cane’ That Uses Google Maps To Help Blind People Navigate


https://www.boredpanda.com/blind-engineer-invents-smart-cane-wewalk/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BPFacebook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrUsAt_2BOU

fritzelly

Great idea but what's with the video, like it cuts off before it's finished

Doge

These new 4K & 1080P Nebula projectors by Anker will be amazing if they can pull it off.

Nebula Cosmos Max: World's 1st 4K Home Cinema with 3D Audio, via @Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nbl/nebula-cosmos-max-worlds-first-4k-home-cinema-with-3d-audio?ref=android_project_share

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7SsFp7pCrI

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Charlie-Bravo

^^^ Please excuse my ignorance. I read through this picture, but don't quite understand how the converted audio speech helps a deaf person? Or am I completely missing something?

Kat1170

So people who don't understand sign language can still understand her ???

iLikeWaffles

Kat1170 wrote: »

So people who don't understand sign language can still understand her ???

And more importantly who are not deaf.

Capt'n Midnight

Doge wrote: »

These new 4K & 1080P Nebula projectors by Anker will be amazing if they can pull it off.

Nebula Cosmos Max: World's 1st 4K Home Cinema with 3D Audio, via @Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nbl/nebula-cosmos-max-worlds-first-4k-home-cinema-with-3d-audio?ref=android_project_share

What am I missing here

The RRP for 1080 is $699, 900 Lumens and 4K is $1699 r 1500 Lumens and the "3D" speakers are built in rather than separate.

https://euro.richersounds.ie/c-18-projectors.aspx?swapstore=1#pgnum=&sort=

Doge

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

What am I missing here

The RRP for 1080 is $699, 900 Lumens and 4K is $1699 r 1500 Lumens and the "3D" speakers are built in rather than separate.

https://euro.richersounds.ie/c-18-projectors.aspx?swapstore=1#pgnum=&sort=

It's the native 4k resolution without upscaling.

None of the ones I looked at on richer sounds are native 4k.

The android TV. integration ups the cost also. I'm not saying it's not overpriced of anything but it will be a cool feat if they can pull of 4k with a small projector.

Capt'n Midnight

Doge wrote: »

It's the native 4k resolution without upscaling.
...
The android TV. integration ups the cost also.

Unless they start making DLP chips themselves all they will be doing is what the Chinese will do. Sticking an off the shelf component in to a cheap box.

Android TV isn't magic. Compare to the cost of a 4K chip and the spec needed to run 4K it's just extra firmware.

Charlie-Bravo

Kat1170 wrote: »

So people who don't understand sign language can still understand her ???

Ah, thanks. Gotcha. Had my numpty switch inadvertently turned on.

Doge

https://artiphon.com/pages/orba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVEzQmakqZg

Absolutely in love with Orba by Artiphon already and its only in the Kickstarter phase!
You can make beats on the go with it thanks to its built in samples and synth sounds and looper, connect it via bluetooth to its native app on your smart device and 3rd party apps for the even more sounds
Use it as a mini keyboard and expressivity controller via USB C MIDI or bluetooth meaning you can connect it to your pc and hardware synths via a MIDI host.
Its an amazingly simple but flexible little device, that will be a hit all age groups, music therapists, live performers, the list is endless! And its quite affordable too.
Cant wait to get my habns on it after launch.

iLikeWaffles

Doge wrote: »

https://artiphon.com/pages/orba


Absolutely in love with Orba by Artiphon already and its only in the Kickstarter phase!
You can make beats on the go with it thanks to its built in samples and synth sounds and looper, connect it via bluetooth to its native app on your smart device and 3rd party apps for the even more sounds
Use it as a mini keyboard and expressivity controller via USB C MIDI or bluetooth meaning you can connect it to your pc and hardware synths via a MIDI host.
Its an amazingly simple but flexible little device, that will be a hit all age groups, music therapists, live performers, the list is endless! And its quite affordable too.
Cant wait to get my habns on it after launch.

MIDI over Bluetooth can have incredibly latency, but this is a really cool gadget. I wonder how a connected cable would effect the built in censors, would they be as accurate.