Language Translator, Image-Translating iPhone App

The new iPhone Application "Word Lens" is an image translating application which combines augmented reality, real-time translation and optical character recognition software that translates real world foreign worded sentences to the language of your choice using your iPhone camera, at least that was the plan but it initially offers Englsih-Spanish or Spanish-English translation while other languages will be included in the near future.

Ride along in this Futuristic Bubble Car

Check out this miniature egg-shaped two-seater car GM EN-V (Electric Networked Vehicle), not only is it two-seater but it's also a two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a balancing technology. The car also comes equipped with a feature to switch to auto mode where you can just sit back and relax and leave the driving to its GPS-driven navigation system. At one glance the car can be mistaken as a vacuum cleaner.

Free energy that runs a heat powered Stirling engine using Fresnel lens

There's an old adage that says "from acorn to an oak tree", there were lots of innovative ideas conceived in the past which may seem irrelevant at one point but was put to good use afterwards, an example of this is the development of the steam engine by James Watt which led to a large number of further developments. This video demonstrates harnessing the energy of the sun to power an engine using a Fresnel lens capable of taking twelve square feet of sunlight concentrated to as little as one inch of area. The power of concentrated sunlight collected in the magnifying glass has a beam temperature exceeding 2000 degrees Fahrenheit which provides all the heat needed to run a heat powered Stirling engine fitted with a piston enclosed in a cylindrical chamber filled with gas, the gas is usually non compressed air although hydrogen is more preferred, when the gas in the chamber is heated by the concentrated heat coming from the lens it builds pressure that expands to push the piston, providing the power stroke that turns the connected flywheel which is also connected to another secondary piston that pushes the cooled gas back to the primary piston, developing a repeated cycle of the process.

OLED Technology- Future of TV

The technology behind bright clear displays could change in electronic devices. Researchers are developing organic light emitting diodes or OLED technology which sees the potential of giving a very light weight display so thin that it cost less to manufacture because it is a much less complicated technology compared to LCD technology or the plasma technology. Most notable with this technology is the ability to display image without distortion from any 180 degrees position whether sideways, top or front. OLED technology does not need any backlight which gives it versatility with display applications such as transparent displays, mirrors or even flexible thin film rolls. But despite its potential benefit, scientist are still finding ways to improve the lifetime of the display by looking for other more durable molecules which may have more stable properties capable of producing light efficiently.