Real-life Magneto boy ‘becomes living magnet’ after getting massive electric shock from street lamp

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Nikolai Kryaglyachenko, 12, now attracts coins, spoons and glasses to him – and had decided to become a superhero when he is older

New powers: Living magnet Nikolai Kryaglyachenko

A boy who was almost killed when he was knocked out by a huge electrical shock claims he has become a LIVING MAGNET with superpowers like those of Marvel’s Magneto.

Nikolai Kryaglyachenko, 12, was blasted across the pavement when he leant briefly against a lamppost that was live from a faulty wire.

“When I came round I felt groggy but managed to get home and told my mum what had happened,” he said.

“When I woke up the next day and got out of bed I found some coins that had been lying on the mattress had stuck to my body.

“Then when I was having breakfast and dropped my spoon, it stuck to my chest.”

‘Superpowers': Nikolai Kryaglyachenko wants to be a superhero when he grows up

Nikolai said he was a keen fan of comics and, believing that maybe he had developed some sort of super magnetic power to attract metal like Magneto, had decided to put it to the test.

“I can do things I couldn’t do before but I don’t have a lot of control over it,” he said.

“Even when I do not want to do it, I still attract things.

“Once I even attracted a glass – it just moved towards me.”

Nikolai added that he has now decided instead of a fireman he wants to be a superhero when he is older, saying that he would want to do something that helped people, and the job would certainly fulfil that role.

Look at me: Nikolai Kryaglyachenko ‘performs’ for his classmates

He has also found himself one of the most popular boys at school with many of his classmates asking him to demonstrate his superpowers, and Nikolai even claims that he seems to be able to share his power.

According to his classmates, he can influence others so that other people turn into live magnets as well.

Nikolai’s classmate, Vika Balandina, said: “I could even hang a ladle on my nose.”

Stories about “living magnets” began to appear at least in the middle of the 19th century.

In 2004, the story of a Russian factory worker Leonid Tenkaev and his family received extensive media coverage when he appeared to obtain the ability to attract objects after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Cutlery collection: Nikolai Kryaglyachenko is a magnet for spoons and coins

Although people who have the ability to attract metal items are commonly referred to as “magnets,” many of them can also hold plastic, glass, wood and paper items on their body.

Only some of them develop a “preference” for a particular material.

In 1990, as many as 300 “living magnets” gathered for a conference in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, after young woman Marinela Brankova demonstrated her amazing ability on TV.

The woman could hold 7 kilos of metal on a vertical palm.

Scientists say however that rather than people being magnetic, it is probably nothing more than unusually sticky skin.

Real-life Magneto boy ‘becomes living magnet’ after getting massive electric shock from street lamp

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Hands On With the Parrot Bebop Drone

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.Parrot’s new Bebop Drone arrives in December, but we got a few minutes of early flight time under our belts.

Hands On With the Parrot Bebop Drone

It’s neither a bird nor a plane. It’s Parrot’s new quadricopter Bebop Drone, and it’s coming under your control this December.

I flew the Bebop using an iPad Air with Parrot’s Freeflight 3 iOS app, and it was enormous fun, mostly because it was so easy to control using the on-screen virtual joysticks; it immediately reminded me of piloting a helicopter with an Xbox controller in Battlefield 4. A simple tap of the “Takeoff” button woke the drone. It started its battery-powered engines and automatically hovered about 4 feet off the ground, where it showed no difficulty in remaining stable, and awaited my commands.

If you didn’t know it was coming, you’d think an approaching Bebop was a swarm of flying insects due to the sound it makes. But even when you realize it’s not a swarm of killer bees, a Bebop hurtling towards you at its 30mph top speed is a site to behold. You can capture your reaction with the on-board 14 megapixel, 1080p30 camera with 180-degree field of view.

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The Bebop transmits what it sees through its on-board camera via Wi-Fi directly to iOS and Android mobile devices, from which you can control the drone and frame your shots. Parrot wants the Bebop to be a complete solution for your shooting needs, so there’s no option to attach your GoPro or other actions cameras. Bebop’s camera doesn’t swivel or move at all, so you’ll need to frame the shot by intuitively pointing and dragging on your tablet’s screen to relay where you want your focus.

We’ll assess the camera’s video quality and whether it can match up to our action cameras when we get a review unit, but for now, the Bebop camera’s indoor capabilities appear quite grainy. Seeing as I was in New York City at the time, I wasn’t able to try the Bebop and its camera in its intended outdoor environment, where it can surely record sharper and clearer footage.

One thing’s for sure, our test footage is extremely stable, and it’ll remain stable by using digital 3-axis stabilization, even when you perform the Bebop’s flip trick. The Bebop has several shooting modes, including still photos, and you’ll be able to change resolutions and other options through the Freeflight app. There’s 8GB of flash storage inside the Bebop for your footage and pictures

The app was fairly intuitive and provided useful information, such as speed, altitude, and battery level. Speaking of the battery, you only get 11 minutes per battery pack, which means you need to get the shot you want quickly. But short battery life is common in consumer drones, and you can replace the battery with a fresh secondary pack, which will be included.

Hands On With the Parrot Bebop Drone

Controlling the Bebop with an iPad was fairly easy, but once I got my hands on the Parrot Skycontroller, I could get much more precise with the controls. You’ll be able to fit a tablet into the Skycontroller’s frame, and connect the device via Wi-Fi. There’s a large Wi-Fi antenna that vastly extends the Wi-Fi range, but if you do fly the Bebop out of range, it’ll use its on-board GPS to automatically fly back to you. It’ll cost you an additional $400 over the Bebop’s $400 price tag, so depending on your budget, you may want to see how well you do with the tablet controls, first.

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Comet 67P becomes landing site for Philae in historic touchdown

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Rosetta mission’s safe landing gives scientists their first chance to ride a comet and study close up what happens as it gets closer to the sun 

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The signal broke a seven-hour wait of agonising intensity and sparked scenes of jubilation at the European Space Agency’s mission control in Darmstadt. The team in charge of the Rosetta mission achieved what at times seemed an impossible task by landing a robotic spacecraft on a comet for the first time in history.

The moment the tension broke came shortly after 1600 GMT when the Philae called home. “We are there. We are sitting on the surface. Philae is talking to us,” said a jubilant Stephan Ulamec, Philae lander manager at the DLR German space centre. “We are on the comet.”

Andrea Accomazzo, the Rosetta flight operations director, added: “We cannot be happier than we are now.”

But celebrations were tempered by the later discovery that the probe’s two harpoons had not fired to fasten the craft down in the ultra-low gravity. Scientists now think the probe may have bounced after first coming into contact with the surface. Ulamec said: “Maybe today we didn’t just land once, we landed twice.”

The safe, if precarious, touchdown of the lander gives scientists a unique chance to ride onboard a comet and study from the surface what happens as its activity ramps up as it gets closer to the sun. The first images beamed back from the lander’s descent revealed a dramatic landscape of pits and precipices, craters and boulders. However, there have been gaps in its radio link with the orbiting Rosetta mothership.

The Philae lander on its way to the comet, photographed by the Rosetta spacecraft. Photograph: AP

The £1bn ($1.58bn) Rosetta mission aims to unlock the mysteries of comets, made from ancient material that predates the birth of the solar system. In the data Rosetta and Philae collect, researchers hope to learn more of how the solar system formed and how comets carried water and complex organics to the planets, preparing the stage for life on Earth.

Space agencies have sent probes to comets before, but not like this. In 1986, Nasa’s Ice mission flew through the tail of Halley’s comet. In 2005, the agency’s Deep Impact spacecraft fired a massive copper block at comet Temple 1. But none before now has landed.

The feat marks a profound success for the European Space Agency (ESA), which launched the Rosetta spacecraft more than 10 years ago from its Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. Since blasting off in March 2004, Rosetta and its lander Philae have travelled more than 6bn kilometres to catch up with the comet, which orbits the sun at speeds up to 135,000km/h.

“We are the first to do this, and that will stay forever,” said Jean Jacques Dordain, director general of the ESA.

Matt Taylor, a Rosetta project scientist, who had selected an extremely colourful shirt for the event, revealed an impressive – and brave – tattoo of the lander on the comet’s surface.

Early data from the lander revealed that it had had a softer landing on comet 67P than expected. But an hour after the landing signal came through, Paolo Ferri, the ESA’s head of mission operations, said that Philae’s twin harpoons, which are intended to secure it in place, had not fired, raising fears about the lander’s stability and chances of clinging on to the comet for long.

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Touchdown for the lander played out 510m kilometres from Earth, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, on a comet hurtling through space at more than 18km/s. At so vast a distance, even radio signals travelling at the speed of light take nearly half an hour to travel from Earth to the spacecraft, making real-time control of the landing impossible. Instead, the entire descent was precalculated, uploaded and run automatically.

Landing Philae on the comet’s surface was never going to be easy. When ESA managers got their first closeup of the comet in July, its unusual rubber duck shape left some fearing that a safe touchdown was impossible. The shape was not the only problem. The comet’s surface was hostile: hills and spectacular jutting cliffs gave way to cratered plains strewn with boulders. If Philae landed on anything other than even ground it could topple over, leaving it stranded and defunct.

Rosetta spent weeks flying around the comet to create a surface map from which mission controllers could choose a landing site. They faced a trade-off: the site had to be fairly flat and clear of boulders, but with a good view of the whole comet and plenty of sunlight to charge the lander’s batteries. From a shortlist of five potential landing spots, scientists and engineers unanimously voted for a 1 sq km region on the comet’s “head” later named Agilkia.

Scientists celebrate at the space centre in Toulouse as they learn that Philae has landed. Photograph: Remy Gabalda/AFP/Getty Images

At the start of the mission, ESA officials had assumed the comet would be potato shaped and rated their chances of a successful landing at 75%. After seeing the shape and terrain of their target close up, those odds fell to around 50%, but climbed again as technical staff learned more about the landing site.

The confidence did not last long though. On Tuesday night, hours before Philae had left its mothership, the chances of a safe landing took another dip. Overnight, a thruster on the lander failed to respond to commands sent from Earth. Engineers tried for hours to correct the fault but to no avail. The malfunction threatened to abort the mission, but at 0235 GMT on Wednesday mission controllers decided to go ahead with the landing regardless.

The nitrogen thruster, facing upwards from the top of the lander, was designed to fire for 60 seconds as Philae touched down to prevent it from bouncing off the comet’s surface where the gravitational pull is several hundred thousand times weaker than on Earth.

Philae’s shot of its mothership shortly after separation. Photograph: ESA/Handout/ESA/Handout/Corbis

For the mission team, the seven-hour descent, during which Philae fell at walking speed towards the comet’s surface, was a nail-biting experience. The lander separated from its mothership at 0835 GMT with confirmation received on Earth at 0903. For the early part of the 20km descent, Philae was expected to be out of contact with Rosetta. Around 1100 GMT the mothership reacquired a signal from the lander, which duly unfurled its legs and began to take pictures. The first image taken just 50 seconds after separation revealed a look back at the mothership, one of its 14-metre-long solar arrays clearly visible, as Philae fell silently to its destination.

One hour from touchdown, Philae was on the right course. Ulamec of the DLR German space centre said everything looked “fantastic”. Telemetry from the lander showed that it was rotating, but not enough to cause problems.

Scientists in Toulouse look at the first picture transmitted by Philae. Photograph: Remy Gabalda/AFP/Getty Images

From its orbit around the comet, the Rosetta probe will take more high-resolution images and gather information on the body’s density, temperature and chemical makeup. It will also capture dust and gas released in ever more violent jets from the comet’s nucleus as it nears the sun.

From its vantage point on the surface, the lander can drill down 20cm and collect samples of subsurface material for on-the-spot testing. On board Philae are 10 instruments, including one from the Open University named Ptolemy which will bake pieces of comet material and analyse the gases given off to build up a picture of the comet’s composition. Another instrument, the Comet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radiowave Transmission (Consert), will reveal the comet’s internal structure by passing radio waves through the icy body to Rosetta on the other side.

Celebrations at the European Space Agency’s mission control in Darmstadt. Photograph: Arne Dedert/Arne Dedert/DPA/Corbis

The Rosetta mission is planned to run until December 2015, but if enough fuel remains in the spacecraft’s tanks, mission controllers may extend its life by six months and give the mothership more high-risk tasks, such as flying through one of the gas and dust jets streaming from the comet. Philae has initial battery power to last 40 hours but will then switch to rechargeable ones replenished by sunlight.

The lander could continue working until March next year, when the electronics will become too warm to work properly. Even when Philae packs up, it may still cling on to the comet, perhaps for several 6.45-year-long laps around the sun, before enough material erodes from the comet’s surface for the lander to lose its grip.

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Near-infrared device makes veins easier to find

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A handheld near-infrared scanner can be used to locate veins in patients and blood donors by mapping them onto the skin.

Near-infrared device makes veins easier to find

It’s not an uncommon occurrence when having blood taken or for hospital patients receiving medication intravenously: sometimes, that vein just does not want to be found, and the poor patient can be left feeling like a pin-cushion.

A new device being trialled by the Red Cross in Australia could see an end to hard-to-find veins. The portable, handheld vein visualisation scanners can find the veins under the patient’s skin, and project a map onto the surface, allowing Red Cross’s nurses to find veins quickly and easily.

The technology used is near-infrared, which reacts a specific way with the veins.

“Vein visualisation technology uses near-infrared technology to project an image of the vein onto the skin,” explained Dr Dan Waller, senior researcher on the trial. “Veins have a lot of deoxygenated haemoglobin that absorbs near infrared light, and the device is able to use this information to project the image. The machines have settings to manage individual differences.”

The device is to be tested on 900 blood donors at the Chatswood and Elizabeth Street Donor Centres in Sydney: 300 first-time donors and 600 returning donors. This will allow the Red Cross to determine the feasibility of a widespread rollout, examining such factors as safety, cost and impact on donor retention — the team believes that the technology may improve the donation experience for young donors and see them returning.

“Donor Centre staff have found the technology particularly useful in cases where the vein is not visible to the naked eye,” Dr Waller said. “We are keen to retain our young donors, and it is important to test if this technology may help us do that.”

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Egyptian teacher’s chemistry experiment going horribly wrong goes viral

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The teacher – named locally in the Egyptian capital Cairo as Ahmed Gabr, 38, – was supposed to be showing the class how to produce a mild reaction by producing oxyhydrogen.

Bang: A chemistry teacher in Egypt has become a laughing stock after an explosive video of him bungling an experiment and causing a classroom explosion became a worldwide internet hit. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

A chemistry teacher in Egypt has become a laughing stock after an explosive video of him bungling an experiment became a worldwide internet hit.

The teacher – named locally in the Egyptian capital Cairo as Ahmed Gabr, 38, – was supposed to be showing the class how to produce a mild reaction by producing oxyhydrogen, or bang gas as it is also known.

But he apparently bungled the quantities and sent children screaming from the classroom when the tumbler he was using exploded, showering the room with sparks, flying glass and boiling chemicals.

Bang: A chemistry teacher in Egypt has become a laughing stock after an explosive video of him bungling an experiment and causing a classroom explosion became a worldwide internet hit. Fortunately, no one was hurt

Before and after: The teacher was supposed to be showing the class how to produce a mild reaction by producing oxyhydrogen

Some of the terrified youngsters can be heard praying as they fight to get out of the classroom while others shout out in distress.

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Giant pink condom lowered onto Sydney’s Hyde Park Obelisk to fight AIDS in NSW

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The condom-clad obelisk at Hyde Park is drawing plenty of attention.The condom-clad obelisk at Hyde Park is drawing plenty of attention. Picture: Ross Schultz

IT’S the erection that has Sydney – and the world – talking.

A giant pink condom towered over workers bustling along Elizabeth St in Sydney’s CBD this morning after being lowered onto the Hyde Park Obelisk overnight.

The 18m love glove was slipped on by ACON, a NSW health promotion organisation specialising in HIV and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex health.

Giant pink condom lowered onto Sydney’s Hyde Park Obelisk to fight AIDS in NSW Upstanding campaign: Passers-by stop, take pictures and discuss the new arrival.

It will to stand tall for a week to help raise awareness among gay men about how they can help end HIV transmission in NSW by 2020.

Hard-hatted crews were reluctant to talk to The Daily Telegraph as they mounted the giant sheath but, as Sydney woke to its morning glory, people took to social media to have a chuckle.

18-metre pink condom erected in Sydney park

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LG begins Android 5.0 Lollipop update for G3, Nexus 5 still in the dust

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LG begins Android 5.0 Lollipop update for G3, Nexus 5 still in the dust

Google just can’t seem to catch a break. After Motorola dropped a bombshell last night by beginning Lollipop soak tests for the 2014 Moto X, even LG has beaten out Google’s Nexus line in getting the update to the latest version of Android, as it has just announced the beginning of the LG G3 Lollipop update.

The update will begin rolling out this week in Poland, followed shortly by other key markets. Of course, we’re expecting a lengthy wait for United States carrier-branded devices to get in on the fun, but still… even with that ultra-thick software skin, LG was able to bounce back with a super quick update. That’s most certainly a shocker, as we were expecting the G3′s update to have a couple more weeks to cook.

It’s fun to note that this makes two devices now that have beat out the Nexus 5 and 2013 Nexus 7 in getting the Lollipop update (not to mention the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 2012) – the Moto X and LG G3 – so we’re hoping Mountain View will get its act together and begin the rollout of Nexus updates as soon as possible.

Who do you think will be updating next? HTC? Sony? Samsung, perhaps? Sound off in the comments!

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ATM CHEAT WHO STOLE $1.6 MILLION WANTED BY POLICE

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A barman from country Victoria, who discovered a loophole in NAB’s ATM system and consequently withdrew $1.6 million in free money over four months in 2011, has done a pretty silly thing and broadcast his criminal activity in detail, complete with moronic bragging, on A Current Affair on Monday night.

ATM CHEAT WHO STOLE $1.6 MILLION WANTED BY POLICE

November 3, 2014: Australia’s ATM cheat. The Melbourne bar tender who swindled a big bank for thousands of dollars using a secret loophole in the system.

A bartender who swindled a big bank out of more than a million dollars using a secret ATM loophole is on the run after police issued a warrant for his arrest.

Dan Saunders, 29, spoke to A Current Affair last week for a segment aired tonight about his lavish lifestyle of prostitutes, private jets, top restaurants and high-rolling punts.

Mr Saunders, who has previously said he is unable to get on with his life because he has not been charged despite confessing his crimes, spoke to A Current Affair about wanting to be arrested but has now apparently changed his mind.

ATM cheat on the run after revealing he wants to pay his dues

“I just want to get back to normality. This is why I’m doing it, I’ve been up here in this space world for so long, I just want to get back to basics,” he said in the interview.

For four and a half months Mr Saunders lived like a millionaire – a far cry from his former $700-a-week income working behind a bar.

“With the NAB card I could be anyone I wanted to be. I could go anywhere I wanted to go as long as I had the card in my back pocket – I was the king,” he said.

“You felt like a rock star but I probably looked like a fat white Kanye West.”

The man who felt like a king was just an everyday hospitality worker who moved to Wangaratta in country Victoria.

But late one night in February 2011 while out drinking with friends, fate would turn in his favour.

It was Mr Saunders’ round and he needed cash but had just $3 in his savings account. So he transferred $200 from his credit account.

“It said transaction cancelled, but it worked,” Mr Saunders said.

On the way home after a heavy night of drinking he transferred and withdrew $500, then another $500 and then $600.

“I went to bed and woke up in the morning and thought I must have dreamt it,” he said. ‘”It wasn’t a dream, it was in the wallet next to me.”

Within a couple of weeks, Mr Saunders had transferred $20,000 that wasn’t his – despite his card having a $2000 limit.

He was living a fantasy, partying with the most beautiful and most expensive escorts in Australia and abroad.

“I used to roll into airport lounges with girls off your arm and whatever else,” he said.

“Whatever anyone would want – the best hotels, the best restaurants, everyday. And whoever wanted to be a part of it they could be.

“I was lucky that NAB has an extensive ATM network so we could go to a lot of places.”

Mr Saunders told A Current Affair that he would act out scenes from Hollywood films to pass the time, even recreating scenes made famous by Pretty Woman and Indecent Proposal for their cameras.

He expected this window of opportunity to slam shut at any moment. But as long as he made the transfers daily, the good times continued to roll.

In May 2011, three months into his wild ride, Mr Saunders had $1.6 million of the bank’s money on his credit card.

He could have transferred the cash anywhere in the world and scarpered.

But Mr Saunders chose a different road.

The thrill had given way to guilt and panic, and he confessed to the bank.

“Ultimately you know, you want to see your family again – it sounds weird saying – it was never about the actual money … it was just about the journey,” he said.

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Ricoh offers Theta M15 360-degree spherical camera with video recording

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Published Oct 28, 2014 | dpreview staff

Ricoh Theta M15

Ricoh has announced the Theta M15, a second version of its 360-degree camera. The M15 adds video recording to its portfolio, with clips up to three minutes. Like the original Theta, the M15 is capable of 360-degree spherical images, which can be viewed using Ricoh’s mobile app or theta360.com. Additionally, Ricoh will be releasing an API and beta SDK for independent app developers.

The Ricoh Theta M15 will be offered in several color options with a price tag of $299.95/£269.99.

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Press release:

The New RICOH THETA – capture 360-degree images and videos in just one shot

RICOH IMAGING UK has today announced a new model of the RICOH THETA – the RICOH THETA m15.  This incredible device allows users to capture the area all around them – not forgetting above and below – all in a single spherical image. But that’s not all; this new spherical camera can also capture spherical videos!

Since the launch of the original RICOH THETA launch last year, the world’s first image input device1 has opened a new world of imaging possibilities. Users can now shoot game changing spherical images and video at any time, capturing more than they ever imagined.

The RICOH THETA m15, can now capture spherical videos up to three minutes in length with no stitch lines so you can share footage with your contacts that will make them feel like they’re right there!

This new model also enables Wi-Fi transfer at a rate almost twice as fast as the previous model yet all in the same small, lightweight and easy-to-carry design as before.

This new model is available in blue, pink, white and yellow, making the RICOH THETA even more fun and attractive device to carry around every day.

From the 14th November 2014, an API and SDK (beta version) will be released on theta360.com site to allow users to develop their own apps and add new exciting capabilities to their RICOH THETA.

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Wristband drone grabs Intel Make It Wearable challenge $500,000 top prize

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By Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times | November 4, 9:07 AM

The Nixie quadcopter can be worn while wrapped around the user’s wrist. The drone will then be able to launch into the air to capture images from hard-to-reach locations.

Intel gave out $500,000 as a prize to the developers of a wristband that can transform into a drone equipped with a camera.

The Nixie quadcopter, as the wristband-drone is named, is the winner of the Make It Wearable Competition held by Intel that the company hopes will ensure its top position in the emerging but lucrative wearable technology industry.

The Nixie quadcopter can be worn while wrapped around the user’s wrist. The drone will then be able to launch into the air to capture images from hard-to-reach locations.

Similar to a boomerang, the Nixie quadcopter will then return to its owner after it has done its duty. The drone then automatically syncs the images that it took to the user’s smartphone.

One of the primary uses for the drone is for rock climbers, who will then be able to take pictures of sights that are rarely seen by humans without compromising their safety.

Aside from that, the Nixie quadcopter has a broad range of uses that is only limited by human application. The drone can be used to look into cracks and crevices in search and rescue missions, capture intense action shots during sporting events, or simply take selfies from higher angles for bigger groups.

Intel launched the Make It Wearable contest back in January to urge both hobbyists and entrepreneurs to utilize the chips of Intel for the development of new wearable technology. The company looks to keep its processors in the forefront of this new trend in technology after falling second behind Qualcomm in tablets and smartphones, which is a trend that Intel was slow to adapt to.

The $500,000 prize, according to Intel, is meant to aid the winners of the competition to develop their prototype into a product that can be sold in the market.

“This was an experiment to see what we could do in this space and see what kind of creativity we could spawn,” said Intel CEO Brian Krzanich during the awarding of the winning group.

“The real value in this was the diversity of the teams and ideas,” Krzanich added.

Other finalists in the competition include a pad that will allow babies born prematurely to feel their mother’s heartbeat, and a necklace that provides cyclists with directions using pulses that are felt on the chest.

Second place went to Open Bionics, a low-cost prosthetic robot hand that looks to keep its price below $1,000, while third place went to ProGlove, a wearable production tool.

Team Nixie is made up of only three people, namely Christoph Kohstall, Jelena Jovanovic, and Michael Niedermayr.

Source : techtimes.com