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iMicro
iMicro, also known as the Fingertip Microscope is a portable
microscope that makes it possible for you to have a look at small
things while on the go. This one of a kind device has a
comparable optical performance that is quite to similar to those
found in a professional microscope. You will, therefore, get the
same performance but at a lesser cost since you are only using
your smartphone.

Features:

There are quite a number of breathtaking features that you are set to enjoy when using iMicro. They
include:

Very High Magnification Power

One of the most remarkable feature of the iMicro is its high performance magnification power that goes
up to 800x. With this high power, you can be able to observe even the slightest of objects without
having to go through a lot. For instance, you can have a glimpse of the apical bud L.S at full view with a
magnification of 100x.

Minimal Distortion

Unlike most microscopes attached to a smartphone, the iMicro ensures you only suffer from a minimal
distortion when observing things to make sure you get a clear view, the manufacturers performed a test
with a grid calibration target.Even when viewed at a full view, there was no obvious distortion making it
a gadget worth having.

High Resolution Power

When testing the resolution power of iMicro using the USAF 19951 resolution test chart, it was highly
evident that it is quite effective. Actually the intervals between the finest test bars are at 2.19
micrometer. This is a very high resolution power for such a gadget. You are thus sure of catching a
glimpse of what you want without necessarily having to go through a lot.

Extremely Low Profile

iMicro keeps a very low profile as it is the size of a fingertip and weighs around 1.5 grams. It thus suites
people who are looking to bring their microscope to any place that they may wish to go since you can
never feel the weight. To make it even better, there are no parts that extrude beyond the edge of your
smartphone when it is installed.

OrCam MyMe
A tiny device that you clip on your T-shirt to help you
remember faces. The OrCam MyMe features a small
smartphone-like camera and a proprietary facial-recognition
algorithm so that you can associate names with faces. It can be
a useful device at business conferences, or to learn more about
how you spend a typical day.

OrCam is expanding beyond this market with a mass-market

product. It features the same technological foundation, but with a different use case.
OrCam’s secret sauce is that it can handle face recognition and optical character
recognition on a tiny device with a small battery — images are not processed in the cloud.

It’s also important to note that the OrCam MyMe doesn’t record video or audio. When the
device detects a face, it creates a signature and tries to match it with existing signatures.
While it’s not a spy camera, it still feels a bit awkward when you realize there’s a camera
pointed at you.

When there’s someone in front of you, the device sends a notification to your phone and
smart watch. You can then enter the name of this person on your phone so that the next
notification shows the name of the person with whom you’re talking.

If somebody gives you a business card, you can also hold it in front of you. The device then
automatically matches the face with the information on the business card. After that, you
can tag people in different categories. For instance, you can create a tag for family
members, another one for colleagues and another one for friends.

The app shows you insightful graphs representing your work-life balance over the past few
weeks and months. If you want to quantify everything in your life, this could be an effective
way of knowing that you should spend more time with your family, for instance.

Coffee Power
What is Coffee Power?
Scientists have whirled coffee waste into electricity for the first time, in research that could assist
farmers and curb pollution in the developing world. The coffee industry produces a huge amount of
liquid waste during the procedure of turning the fresh material of the tree, the coffee cherries, into the
9.5m tons of coffee the world generates each year. While coffee waste has been utilized as biofuel
before, and compacted to be sold as “biologs” to be burned, the project is supposed to be the first to
generate electricity from such waste.

For London-based entrepreneur Arthur Kay, using coffee grounds is the distinct waste—they are an
important reserve and an untapped reservoir of energy. The company he established, bio-bean, is
collaborating with coffee shops and coffee makers to transform their natural by-product into a spectrum
of advanced biofuels on an industrial scale.