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ICYMI: Rogue wave detection, exo-glove and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-127753{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-127753, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-127753{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-127753").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: Researchers at Seoul National University developed the Exo-Glove Poly, which can help wearer's perform difficult tasks like opening doors or grasping delicate objects. MIT built an algorithm to help detect rogue waves and warn sailors about them. And the Leidenfrost effect of a water droplet landing on a hot griddle and hovering above steam had never been captured on video, until now. We also covered a bunch of news in TL;DR but most urge you to dive into the latest on Apple vs. FBI, or for fun, read about what algae injections can do to vision. As always, please share any interesting science or tech videos, anytime! Just tweet us with the #ICYMI hashtag to @mskerryd.
Droplets, Inc sues Apple over iTunes, movie trailer site
The lawsuits from and to Apple keep flying around, and today is no exception. Texas based Droplets Inc., is suing Apple for patent violations in the Apple website, iTunes, and the Apple movie trailers page. The suit, according to the Patently Apple website contends that the Droplets patent covers delivering interactive clickable links using object oriented methods. The patent was granted in 2000. Droplets is also suing Google, Facebook and Yahoo. The suit was filed in Texas Eastern District Court, generally considered to be a patent lawsuit friendly venue.
Tetris played in 3D... on 9000-droplet-per-second liquid projection TV (video)
Sure, we've seen Tetris pop up in unusual places before, but never on a liquid 3DTV. While rows of droplets don't actually create the image here -- it's merely "painted" onto the falling H2O pixels -- computer-controlled solenoid valves can cycle 50-droplet curtains of water at up to 60Hz, making for a video-capable projector screen. See it in action after the break, or hit up the source link for a deep dive into how it works.
iDropper - FTP made simple
iDropper takes an interesting approach to file transfer software by allowing you to easily create cross-platform 'droplets' for drag-and-drop transfer to a server and directory you specify. These droplets can them be shared with friends, clients or anyone else across Mac OS X and Windows who needs to send you files but couldn't tell you what FTP stands for.Three editions of iDropper are offered: iDropper Personal ($39) offers all the basic FTP and droplet functionality, while iDropper Professional ($125) allows businesses to brand their droplets and receive email notifications. iDropper Enterprise ($295) adds web page and web script notifications for the most serious of file transferring businesses.A comparison chart of iDropper's features is listed here, and I should also point out that these prices are apparently introductory discounts. After January 31st, 2007 they will rise to their respectively regular prices of $49, $195 and $395. Trial downloads are offered here.
