E83- iCalm, Muse Headband, Hendo Hoverboard | Red Headed Geek Show




iCalm Dog, is an iPod of sorts for dogs that uses calming music –specifically "doggy soothing music" to help with their anxiety. Elements that need to be adjusted for animals are tone, tempo and pattern, and dogs and cats can hear higher frequencies than us, so these are adapted to that. The music is also simplified so the animals can process it, like a "soothing auditory meal".

The Muse headband, its not like Google Glass and its not like a fitness tracker. This device aims to help your well being by easing you into relaxation. Along with the headband, you need your smartphone, and some time set aside for yourself. It involves wearing the headset to hear soothing sounds and looking at serene images on the screen.

The US government is looking to use robots to save lives from the Ebola virus. Here is a whole bunch of reasons why this might work.
If you eliminate contact aid workers and replace them with robots, less people will become exposed from other contagious people.
We can use them to detect contamination in hospitals, and houses.
We can use them to disinfect areas, handle waste, and provide humanitarian relief like food, water, and medicine.

Hendo Hoverboard is the 18th prototype designed by the company, it can support the weight of a 200 pound human, and hovers an inch above the ground. The weird part is it only hovers above a specific type of metal surface like aluminum or copper due to its electromagnetic field technology.

Then we have your professors worst nightmare, the worlds first camera calculator. Photomath is already the top free app in the app store. It works by snapping a photo of the equation and then displauing the answer using augmented reality.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation will be releasing a 7-inch VGA capacitive touchscreen for the Pi, compatible with B and B + models, and sell for about 70 bucks. There's also an updated beefier version of the Model A coming soon too.

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