Objects that know when they are touched

Touche is a new device that senses when objectss are touched. This works on humans, screens, liquids, and everday objects. Basically, it means everything. Touche requires a single wire to be attached in order to catch the movement. For example, a door knob will know whether to open or not based on how its being gripped. This new device is amazing because it'll keep you safe. Touché is a form of capacitive touch sensing, the same principle underlying the types of touchscreens used in most smartphones. But instead of sensing electrical signals at a single frequency, like the typical touchscreen, Touché monitors capacitive signals across a broad range of frequencies. Touche may enable us from key boards to computers one day. Touche is really cool because its basically another way of keeping yourself safe and monitored. Touche will lock doors depending on the grip and in the video I watched Touche is teaching kids how to eat with the proppar utensil. It buzzes when the wrong utensil is used and says "good job" when the correct utensil is used. This invention is really cool and I would love to be able to have the use of it.

LINK: popsci.com http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/05/Information-Tech-Electrical-Engineering-Objects-that-know-when-they-are-touched/

Heating Earth's Surface Lab

PURPOSE: The purpose of this lab was to see what the heat did to the sand and water. It was to see which one heated faster. HYPOTHESIS: The water temperature is to get warm and level is to increase. Also, the sand temperature is to get warmer and the level is to rise. MATERIALS:2 thermometers or temperature probes, 2 beakers, 400 mL, water, 300mL, metric ruler, string, ring stand and two ring clamps, sand, 300mL, lamp with 150-W bulb, clock or stopwatch, and graph paper. PROCEDURE: !) put 2 filled beakers of water(300 mL), and sand(300mL) separatly on the ring stand. 2) Then, use the clamp to get the lamp/bulb over the beakers. 3) turn on the lamp by plugging it into an outlet. 4) Attatch 2 pieces of string coming down the ring stand. 5) take 2 thermometers and hang on on each piece of string so that one is touching the water and the other is touching the sand. 6) measure how high the water and sand are going after a few minutes witha metric ruler. 7) use clock or stopwatch to time yourself when to measure the water and sand. 8) record your results in the packet. 9) After packet is complete, make a line graph showing the increase in height. 10) follow the instuctions and start the lab report. RESULTS: There were changes during the procedure. The water and sand levels increased a lot from what they originally were. The sand level increased more than the water did. Temperature with Lights On(C) Time(min).sand......water Start 1) 2 degrees C..... 2 degrees C 2)2.3 degree C.....2.2 degrees C 3) 2.4 degrees C....2.2 degrees C 4) 2.4 degrees C....2.2 degrees C 5) 2.4 degrees C....2.2 degrees C 6) 2.4 degrees C....2.2 degrees C 7) 2.4 degrees C....2.2 degrees C 8) 2.4 degrees C....2.3 degrees C 9) 2.4 degrres C....2.3 degrees C 10) 2.5 degrres C....2.3 degrees C 11) 2.5 degrees C....2.3 degrees C 12) 2.5 degrees C....2.3 degrees C 13) 2.5 degrees C....2.3 degrees C 14) 2.5 degrees C....2.3 degrees C 15) 2.6 degrees C....2.3 degrees C ^^SAND ^^WATER Temperature with Lights Off(C) Time(min) SAND.........WATER 16) 2.6 degrees C......2.3 degrees C 17) 2.6 degrees C......2.3 degrees C 18)2.6 degrees C......2.3 degrees C 19)2.6 degrees C......2.4 degrees C 20) 21) 22) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) 28) 29) 30)^^ SAND..............^^WATER (MY GROUP DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FINISH THE DATA TABLE). CONCLUSION: During this lab, the water and sand temperature to get warmer and the level to to increase was expected. This is exactly what happened. The sand temperature was warmer and the level also increased more than the water. The surface layers of water and sand get heated directly by the sunlight. If none of this heat is conducted away, the sand will reach a higher temperature than water because of the lower specific heat. However, the heat does get conducted away. But again, since it is conducted away more slowly by the sand, than by the water, the surface of the sand stays hotter. This is why the sand is warmer than the water. The purpose of the lab was to if the water or sand got warmer. Also, to see which one increased in height more. This was a fun lab and we should do more of them.

USING MAGNETIC BACTERIA TO CONSTRUCT THE BIOCOMPUTER OF THE FUTURE

This is magnetic bacteria. The article I read was about Magnetic Bacteria. This will help later in the future with the technology then. The main idea was the parts in the computer are decreasing in size and its become very difficult when it comes to manufacturing the computer. This problem is making prices increase. With the new Magnetic Bacteria, there will be less computer parts and prices will go down for sure. All of this research was done in the UK and Tokyo University of Algerculture and Technology. To me, this is an amazing idea!Who would'nt want to pay less for getting their computers manufactured? These products don't harm your computer at all because they are natural, coming from the earth. Researchers are now growing tiny magnets that can serve as components in the minuscule hard drives in the future. These Magnetic Bacterias can even help human beings with surgeries or even live permenantly inside the human body. The Magnetic Bacteria is a great idea.