Turn your bike into a smart, illuminated bike by exchanging the brake pads: No friction, no batteries, no cables – just endless energy.
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Yet another bike light?
Thinking about cycling lights in this dark season of the year often evokes images of squeaking, slipping dynamos, empty batteries or torn cables, but our new fascinating technic puts an end to these nightmares. “Magnic Microlights” develop the all-in-all cycling lights into a customary cycle component (like a handlebar or saddle) and include a brake light in the basic version and further features such as a turn signal triggered via the brake handle, bluetooth-speed transmission as well as a smartphone-controlled navigation signals in the smart-version.
Content
The Rewards (Basic, Stand Light, Smart versions)
Adjustment towards the road
Brake Light Function
Smart Features (Turn Signals, Navigation, Speed Data, Crash Detection, Configuration)
Technology
Timeline
Awards
Media Coverage
Additional information (Handling, Energy consumption, …)
Safety
Crowdfunding Goals
Malawi Edition
Payment without Credit Card/ Bezahlung ohne Kreditkarte
FAQ
The Rewards
Brake shoes have Shimano-compatible brake pads (which can be exchanged). Compatibility with nearly all Caliper brake, Vbrake /Cantilever Systems. For disc brakes an extra adapter is included allowing to mount on the fork.
Adjustment
Front and rear Light beam can be adjusted towards the road easily- so the position of the brake won’t cause problems.
Brake Light Function
All Magnic Microlights have an integrated “Brake Light”-function shown in the video: When you pull the brakes the lights brighten up which warns the driver behind you.
Smart Features
Turn Signals
The Smart version comes with a cool novelty : A blink system for turn signals without any additional switches and even without a smartphone.
How does it work? If you tap the brake lever the distance between Microlights and rim changes which can be detected in the lights (even without braking). A double-tap is our signal for the blinker: If you double-tap the right brake lever the rear lights detect the signal and via bluetooth to the front lights- so that lights on the right side are blinking. Correspondingly this works on the left side.
Navigation
Navigation is similar to the turn signals – but here you are guided and need our Smartphone App for navigation: Lights are controlled by the navigation app and start to blink on the left or right side when you have to turn left/right. Put your smartphone in your bag and let the lights guide your way.
Speed Data Transmission
The smart Magnic Microlights are equipped with a Bluetooth LE microcontroller which easily detects the rotation speed of your wheel from the incoming current. Via smartphone or Bluetooth LE compatible speedometer you can receive speed data for display or further processing. This feature replaces Bluetooth LE speed sensors which have the same function but need extra mounting and extra batteries.
Crash detection with emergency call
This feature requires some future development and is still theory. In case of a crash generators will stop abruptly. We need some test data but we are confident to be able to detect a crash situation reliably which can be sent to the smartphone in order to make an emergency call.
Configuraton for Stand light and more
We will offer different stand light patterns which can be set via Smartphone App. Additionally it will be possible to switch the internal orientation of the lights (for example for correct turn signals if your left and right brake levers deviate from standard installations)
Technology
The core part is the world’s smallest contact and frictionless bicycle dynamo, that is integrated together with the electronic and the lighting system in the brake shoe of a calliper brake. The worldwide patented technic developed by the German company Magnic Innovations is based on a eddy current induction: a magnetic wheel in a generator separated from the bicycle rim by a narrow air gap induces temporary magnetic fields even in non-magnetic aluminium bicycle rims when the bicycle rim is moving. This leads to the magnetic wheel rotating contactlessly as if by magic.
Neither batteries nor external cables, further fittings or spoke-magnets are necessary. Solely the brake shoes are to be exchanged for microlight – brake shoes, so that the maintenance only involves the exchange of worn brake pads after thousands of kilometres. The included brake pads are compatible with other standard brake pads of other manufacturers as available in every cycle shop.
While the previous larger Magnic Lights were equipped with two LEDs (one for stand light) Magnic Microlights have just one LED which is fed by ultra-high efficient Mosfet rectifiers.
Here you see an open rear light (generator part) for basic rearlights. For the standlight & smart version a lot more electronic components will be added on both sides of the PCB boards.
Safety
Without lighting, cyclists risk their lives in the dark – but those on the road with battery lights will soon be left in the dark when the journey takes too long or the batteries are no longer full. For those who do not want to mount heavy dynamos, use batteries or lay cables, we’ve launched two Kickstarter projects with our non-contact Magnic Lights, which feel like battery lighting without having to exchange or change batteries. Magnic Microlights can’t be turned off at daylight and we are convinced this makes sense from a safety point of view: With lights on your visibilty increases significantly which means a great deal of safety.
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Unlock the potential of your DSLR or mirrorless camera and capture amazing images in any conditions.
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Unlock the potential of your DSLR or mirrorless camera and capture amazing images in any conditions.
Capture amazing images in any conditions and get complete control of your DSLR or mirrorless camera—all from your smartphone.
Arsenal is the world’s first intelligent assistant for DSLR and mirrorless cameras. Ultralight hardware lets you wirelessly control your camera with an intuitive iOS or Android app. And advanced machine learning algorithms help you get the perfect shot every time.
With a single tap, you can activate Arsenal’s settings assistant AI. The settings assistant is trained on thousands of great photos. It can determine the optimal settings for the scene you’re shooting. Next it fine tunes those settings using 18 different environmental factors. The result is great settings for any shot.
Like your own personal photography assistant, Arsenal lets you focus on the parts of photography you love while it takes care of the rest.
Arsenal lets you control your camera from up to 100 feet away. Set the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO, see a live preview, and trigger the shutter from your smartphone.
Arsenal automates advanced photo stacking techniques to help you capture scenes with High Dynamic Range (HDR). In seconds, you can take multiple exposures and merge them into a single RAW or JPG file on your camera—no post-production required.
With focus stacking, you can get your entire scene in sharp focus. Arsenal calculates the optimal number of exposures, takes them at different focus positions, and merges them into one crystal clear image.
With Arsenal, you can create long exposures that capture rich color and dramatic motion blurs…without buying expensive neutral density filters.
We love timelapses, so we designed the best timelapse interface on the planet. Set your parameters, then ask Arsenal to adjust the exposure in changing light for a smooth day-to-night transition. You can even preview your timelapse while it’s being recorded.
Once you start your timelapse, Arsenal takes care of the rest. You (and your phone) can leave your camera working. Come back anytime to check on the progress or make adjustments while the scene is still being captured.
Check out some of the timelapses we’ve shot with Arsenal
Let’s face it, reviewing images on your camera’s tiny screen is never fun. With Arsenal, you can review them wirelessly on your phone. Flip through photos instantly, zoom in to see details at full-resolution, then share favorites right from your phone.
Arsenal fully supports dozens of popular DSLR and mirrorless camera models made by Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Fuji. To see if your camera will be supported when we launch, visit our Supported Cameras page.
Arsenal controls your camera via a USB cable (included), and you control Arsenal wirelessly from your smartphone. Arsenal’s free mobile app will be compatible with modern iOS and Android devices.
Arsenal’s intelligent algorithm suggests settings based on your subject and environment. Then like any good assistant, it lets you control the final shot. Here’s how it works:
Compares current scene with thousands of past images using a convolutional deep neural network. (The same algorithm used in self driving cars)
Optimizes settings based on 18 different factors
Avoids settings that produce weak images on your specific camera and lens
Uses image recognition to identify subject-specific needs (e.g. fast shutter for birds)
Shows safe ranges for each setting based on situational constraints (e.g. vibration)
Gives you the ability to change the settings you care about most
P.S. The term “artificial intelligence” (AI) gets thrown around a lot these days, so we put together a blog post explaining how Arsenal’s algorithms work in more detail.
Powerful ARM processor
Weighs 2 ounces (57 grams)
Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi-enabled
Up to 100-foot wireless range
6-hour battery life
Charge while in use (with any USB-compatible battery pack, not included)
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Volterman® is the World’s most powerful smart wallet with 5 smart functions: • Built-in Powerbank (from 2,000 to 5,000 mAh) • Distance Alarm • Global GPS Tracking • Worldwide WiFi Hotspot • Thief Detection Camera. With all the tech inside, Volterman® is slim and lightweight made from premium quality materials.
A revolutionary wallet made by award winning designers and engineers. Volterman has a built-in Powerbank, Distance Alarm System, Worldwide GPS Tracking, Thief Detection Camera and Global WiFi hotspot.
Built-in Powerbank fully charges your smartphone on the go. Works both wirelessly and with a cable. Extremely lightweightand thin.
Bluetooth Alarm System doesn’t only notify you every time youleave your wallet behind, it sends alarm signals whenyou leave your phonebehind as well!
Wi-Fi Hotspot ensures you have internet, wherever you travel. The internet cost with Volterman is up to 3 times cheaperthan regular roaming charges.
Global GPS system secures you from thieves and loss. From Australia to Alaska, track your wallet wherever you are in real-time.
There’s a tiny camera in Volterman. Once your wallet is in lost mode, Volterman’s camera pictures anyone who opens it and sends you the pics.
Slim, sexy and super powerful, it fits neatly into any pocket.
Elegant and extremely lightweight with enough room to store all your cards and cash.
From passport to the boarding pass, take everything with you.
You can store your files from your phone into the wallet with just a tap of a button in your mobile app.
PCB in all Volterman wallets is fully sealed with epoxide resin sealant which makes it secure and resistant to heavy weights and heating.
We’ve tested Volterman wallets every way we know over the last two years — from carting them around constantly to driving over them. They’re built to last!
All Volterman wallets are RFID Protected against data theft.
All Volterman wallets are waterproof.
Only 0.43 Inch (11 mm) thickness and weighs only 0.26 lb (120g)
We’ve spent countless hours working with world-class engineers to develop the very best technology and functionality in Volterman wallets.
We use only high-quality technical equipment to ensure long lasting functionality and durability.
Volterman wallets will have one year guarantee against technical defects and functionality.
Inside:
Room for 8 cards, but you can fit 10+ cards in your Volterman Bifold.
To ensure a superior quality standard of your Volterman, we partnered with some of the world’s leading manufacturers of leather products, who produce for the world’s premium fashion brands, such as Cartier, Dunhill and Louis Vuitton etc.
When you have it in your hands, you will immediately feel the premium quality and our passion for perfection.
Volterman wallets are made from genuine Nappa leather and superior quality Vegan (Faux) leather. You will decide the material later on in a survey.
No need to remember to charge your wallet every time you go out. Simply charge it wirelessly with your phone.
Control your wallet on the go with Volterman apps for iOS and Android.
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Travis uses intelligent technology to give everyone the right to be understood.
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Ever wanted to speak to someone in another language? Now you can. We’ve put 80 languages in a handy device for people to have a chat, do business or maybe even fall in love. With Travis you can go global and speak local. ¿Alguna vez has deseado hablar otro idioma? Pues no estás solo. Hemos puesto 80 idiomas en un práctico dispositivo para que la gente pueda entablar una conversación, hacer negocios o tal vez, incluso enamorarse. Con Travis tú puedes viajar globalmente y hablar localmente.
Imagine arriving at an airport and trying to explain to a taxi driver where to go to in a language you don’t speak, or even trying to communicate to a doctor after an accident in a language you don’t even know. Imagine a refugee arriving in a foreign country and wanting to start their life again without speaking the language at all. We want to give everyone the right to be understood!
Travis is a handy device we believe will inspire change, encourage travel and create connections that weren’t previously possible. We can empower the 7 billion people in this planet who speak over 6,500 languages to come together and have a casual chat, order a drink, do business or maybe even fall in love.
In a globalising world, language differences can lead to social exclusion, dangerous misunderstandings and missed friendships & business opportunities. So call us crazy or naive, but here at Travis, we think we can bring the world together, by making sure we can all have a chat.
Travis is a portable device that uses artificial intelligence to translate speech to speech in 80 languages, all in less than two seconds. Travis has some unique features that include:
By becoming an early adopter and providing feedback, we’ll be to provide over the air updates to make Travis even better.
We’ve partnered with Movement on the Ground, an organisation operating on the frontline of the biggest refugee crisis in history. Volunteers in Lesbos, Greece, are faced with language barriers every day and Travis has recognised an opportunity to bridge these barriers and support their positive work. We have previously supported them in a local Dutch campaign, contributing 20 devices. While these will be very helpful for the non-profit organisation, we’re ready to have even more impact to help bridge language barriers!
How can you help MotG?
In supporting this campaign $10 from every order will be donated towards MotG until the end of December. These funds will go towards devices for volunteers and refugees in Greece.
Earlier in our campaign, we partnered with Open Learning Exchange (OLE) to help refugees starting new lives and learning new languages in foreign places. Over 200 devices have been donated to grassroots programs that assist refugees in education.
Apps are great, but things like battery life, speed and most of all, eye contact can become a struggle. Travis is a purpose-built device for face-to-face communication. We’ve integrated the best apps for each language into the device so it seamlessly navigates and selects the best translation for your chosen languages.
With just one Travis you can:
Use built-in microphone & built-in speakers
This is the most common use for Travis, hearing via its dual noise cancelling microphones, and clearly repeating what is said in another language via its speakers.
Use built-in microphones + earphones (wired/wireless)
Travis hears what is said via its built-in dual noise cancelling microphones, and repeats what is said in your ear via the wired/wireless earphones.
For travel – Whether in Shanghai or Paris, Travis helps you to speak to locals, get a cab, order food and drinks or simply ask, “How are you? Where are you from? What are your ambitions?”
As expats & international students – Moving to a new country can be stressful – getting the kids into school, arranging health care and figuring out food options at the grocery store or market. Travis can’t solve all your challenges, but we can make it easier for you to connect with the locals and feel at home.
For cross-cultural families – Have a girlfriend, wife or husband whose family speaks a whole other language? Many of our backers do, and will be using Travis to communicate with the in-laws.
Contact with refugees – Some of our backers are getting a Travis to communicate with refugees. Not only for social work, but to speak to new neighbours, colleagues and classmates as well. We partner with organisations who help with refugees and aid work and Travis helps bridging language barriers with volunteers and the people they help.
How will you use Travis? Join the movement with a pledge for Travis or donate to Travis x OLE, and let us know on the comments page. Thanks!
During 2016, Nick, Lennart and Brend decided they wanted to work together by launching meaningful products. With over 20 nationalities in their direct environment in the Rotterdam innovation ecosystem, they experienced a many language barriers to really make impact with innovation. This was the starting point of their new adventure. Bridging Language Barriers!
Nowadays Travis is a three continent team working from New York, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Shenzhen (China) with decades of management and product development experience, and a history of selling over 10 million devices.
Customer-ready device
Production and shipping have started. Software has continuous updates for increased speed, additional languages and more offline benefits. These improvements come free of charge by Over the air Updates.
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Bringing the keyboard personal digital assistant into the 21st century. Type and create on the move!
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Gemini is an ultra-thin clamshell mobile device with fully integrated tactile QWERTY keyboard, that fits in your pocket. Designed for Android, it also features a dual boot Linux option. Gemini is fully equipped with 4G, WiFi & Bluetooth enabling both data communications and mobile phone calls.
Quick Facts
Gemini is an integrated keyboard mobile device that fits in your pocket
It features an ultra-thin metal clamshell design with a fully integrated QWERTY keyboard
Designed for Android, it also features a dual boot Linux option
4G & WiFi and WiFi only models are available – enabling both data communications and mobile phone calls
The large ultra-wide touchscreen and double-sized battery provide optimal usability and portability
Summary
At Planet Computers, we are passionate about typing, writing, being productive and creating on the go.
Since the introduction of touchscreen mobile phones and tablets, we felt that it is very difficult to type on these types of devices. On-screen keyboards often take up more than half the readable screen. We want to get back to typing on a fully tactile keyboard whilst being able to view the entire screen. All this on a device no larger than most modern mobile phones.
We decided to re-invent the palm-sized keyboard mobile device that will benefit many, who we think are missing using the keyboard on the move. From bloggers and creatives that need to constantly write, to professionals who need to read and write e-mail, create and edit documents and spreadsheets.
Gemini is a modern clam-shell based mobile device with a fully integrated palm-sized keyboard.
To ensure Gemini has the lineage and continuity of the clamshell PDA designs, and to have the best mobile keyboard design on the market, we partnered up with Martin Riddiford and his London-based product design consultancy, Therefore, who were instrumental in the design of the Psion PDAs of the 1990s. In terms of software we partnered up with Private Planet, a leading supplier of applications and personal cloud solutions for mobile operators such as T-Mobile and Etisalat. The Planet Computers team each has over 20 years experience of software and hardware delivery.
The result of our work with Therefore is a beautiful piece of design, befitting the device we want to create. The hardware is based on a leading reference design based on a 10-core state-of-the-art mobile processor.
Gemini features a sleek metal clamshell design that is perfectly balanced for typing when open and beautifully tucks away the palm-sized QWERTY keyboard and screen when closed. It fits into a pocket, roughly the same size as most of today’s mobile phones. When open, the innovative clamshell also acts as a support of the device. The ultra-wide 5.99″ hi-res screen provides ample space for creating on the go. The fully tactile keyboard is recognised as the world’s best yet smallest full-sized keyboard for finger touch typing.
We plan to have two versions of Gemini: one model with WiFi only; and the other fully equipped with WiFi and 4G mobile communications.
Features:
Two weeks of stand-by time / 12 hours of talk time (TBC)
Fully tactile keyboard – recognised as the smallest keyboard for finger touch typing
Measure: 17.14 cm x 7.93 cm x 1.51 cm
5.99” colour hi-res ultra-wide touch screen
Wifi & WiFi+4G mobile options
Weight: 320 g
Dual side mounted speakers
Dual USB-C connectors to connect to keyboards, external screens, mice, charging cables as needed and many more.
Gemini is powered by the latest Android OS, supporting all your favourite applications. A number of key applications will also be optimised for the landscape screen and physical keyboard.
Gemini will also support Linux as a secondary boot option which provides Linux users with the rich set of Open Source applications.
The software also supports voice recognition using the integrated Voice Assist smart button located on the right hand side of Gemini. You can interact with Gemini using voice commands, even when it is closed in your pocket.
What We Need & What You Get
We are proud of what we have created to date but need your help to push it over the line. By supporting us, you will be part of re-inventing the PDA product category, which we feel is so lacking in the market at present. We would love you to join us on our journey to bring the product to life.
We aim to raise $200,000 through our crowd funding campaign. We have a fully functioning physical model of the device and have identified the mobile hardware platform that is based on the Mediatek Helio X27 processor and the Mali GPU.
Funds raised will go directly to funding the final design phases, manufacturing of the units ordered through the crowd fund, and development of the full software stack.
As early backers, we were keen to reward you with some unique perks. All Gemini units claimed as perks will have at least $200 off the planned retail price. First deliveries now start in January 2018 – only to Gemini backers.
The Impact
We want to change the way you work and play, liberating you from the need to take laptops with you, whilst still giving you an environment in which you can create on a tactile keyboard. Its computing for the creators, rather than consumers. Whether you owned a PDA in the 90’s or require a real keyboard integrated into your mobile device for extensive typing, Gemini is the device for you.
The team behind this campaign and Planet Computers has been involved in successfully delivering 5 funded crowdfunding campaigns. We have expertise in bringing both consumer electronics, hardware and software to market.
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It helps you breath in clean air by keeping an eye on air filter of your AC. Just check by saying “Alexa, ask Cielo Home what is the status of Bedroom Air Filter”.
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Cielo Breez is a plug & play smart air conditioner controller. It’s simple to install. You can hang it on the wall or place it on a table in AC / Heat Pump’s line of sight. Breez directly connects to your home Wi-Fi router and controls your air conditioner through IR signals. Download “Cielo Home” app and register your device. No additional hub or wiring is needed.
Cielo Breez lets you control your air conditioners and heat pumps through smartphone from anywhere in the world. It helps you save up to 25% on your energy bills. Cielo Breez is compatible with Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant. Just refer to Alexa and say; “Alexa, Power On Bedroom” or to the Google Assistant saying; “Hey Google, Power on the Bedroom” and it will be done.
The Cielo Breez is compatible with any remote. The availability of remote compatibility can also be checked by users from following link:
Cielo Breez was selected by Google to be showcased at Google’s booth in CES 2018 as a partner product of the Google Home. Cielo WiGle Inc. will also be showcasing Cielo Breez in AHR EXPO Chicago along with the launch of new internal smart controllers for multiple OEMs. Our booth at AHR expo, Chicago is 3846 in building automation section.
Cielo WiGle Inc announced that it has been named finalists for the AHR Expo 2018. Now Cielo “Breez” has been recognized as one of the top inventive product in the world by AHR 2018.
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Cielo Breez is a feature rich Smart Air Conditioner Controller
Lower Bills
You can save up to 25% on your energy bills by using various features of Breez Air Conditioner Controller.
Zone Control
Single touch control for all your Ductless ACs & Heat Pumps by creating zones.
Weekly Scheduling
Cielo Breez provides a powerful scheduling functionality where you can schedule your ACs / Heat Pumps as per desired settings and time.
Air Filter Status
Clean air filter keeps you healthy and reduces energy bills. Breez tracks air filter status and reminds you when it needs cleaning.
Location based Control
Location based control triggers air conditioner functions based on your location. You can define the geo-fencing to trigger actions of your choice.
Usage Statistics
It provides complete usage audit of connected ACs on “Cielo Home” App keeping you aware of your usage patterns and helps you achieve your saving goals.
Personalize your Breez Display
Cielo Breez provides you a personalized way to show case your favorite moments. You can upload your favorite pictures on the LCD of Breez. These pictures go directly from your phone to the LCD of your Breez device. We neither transfer nor save your pictures on cloud to honor your privacy.
Usage Statistics
Cielo Breez provides complete usage audit of your connected ACs / Heat Pumps on Cielo Apps keeping you aware of your usage behaviors and helps you achieve your saving goals.
Cielo Breez works with Amazon Alexa & the Google Assistant
Cielo Breez works with Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant. Managing your ACs and Heat Pumps is possible with simple voice commands. Just refer to Alexa and say; “Alexa, Power On Bedroom” or to the Google Assistant and say; “Hey Google, Power on the Bedroom” and it will be done.
Breez works with all major brands of air conditioners & heat pumps
Sensors
Temperature, Humidity and Luminosity sensors
Size
135 x 70 x 22 mm,
(L x W x H) max
Requirements
Breez needs working Wi-Fi connection with internet access
Warranty
One year replacement warranty
“Cielo Home” App
It’s time to enjoy “Cielo Home” app for your smartphone rather than worrying about your utility bills. “Cielo Home” app gives you unlimited controls and detailed statistics of your AC / Heat Pump usage. You can setup weekly schedules, know the status of air filter, when it needs cleaning and many more features. It shows a timeline of actions performed on all connected appliances and helps you save money.
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Tiny1: The world’s first astronomy camera made small, smart, and social.
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Meet Tiny1
The world’s first astrophotography camera made to be
small, smart and sociable
Captured with Tiny1 Prototype
TinyMOS Story
TinyMOS began in 2014. I was a professional photographer and on a stargazing trip. I saw a sky full of stars – the Milky Way stretched horizon to horizon. Armed with a Nikon D4 DSLR and years of photography knowledge, I could not capture the sights before me.
We built the Tiny1 so that now, you can.
Tiny1 is the world’s smallest, smartest and most social astronomy camera. It helps you plan, capture and share your star filled sky experience – all from the palm of your hands. Here’s a gallery of what we have captured, over 2 years of development.
Back us, to put the wonders of the night sky and exploration in the hands of everyone.
– Grey Tan, Founder and CEO, TinyMOS (Image Yosemite, California 2015)
CAPTURED WITH THE TINY1
Series of time lapses – Milky Way, ISS transit, Solar eclipse, Moon
Sun captured in H-Alpha Narrowband
PRODUCT COMPARISON
Traditional Astrophotography Gear
1,500USD to 5,000USD and up
5kg-10kg and up
Complex multi-brand setup for hardware and software
Now you only need
Tiny1
(scale compared)
Tiny1
(quarter for scale)
Less than 500USD for all
Approximately 700g for everything
Unified control on camera and smart phone
Now everyone can take pictures of the stars without worrying about expensive equipment and expert knowledge. The Tiny1 makes astrophotography a point-and-shoot experience with these unique features.
Smart
Top-of-the-line tech and instant image processing
Sociable
Pairs with your smartphone and compatible with any lens in the market
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“Something is going to happen in the next forty years that will change things, probably more than anything else since we left the caves.” –James Burke
James Burke has a vision for the future. He believes that by the middle of this century, perhaps as early as 2042, our world will be defined by a new device: the nanofabricator.
These tiny factories will be large at first, like early computers, but soon enough you’ll be able to buy one that can fit on a desk. You’ll pour in some raw materials—perhaps water, air, dirt, and a few powders of rare elements if required—and the nanofabricator will go to work. Powered by flexible photovoltaic panels that coat your house, it will tear apart the molecules of the raw materials, manipulating them on the atomic level to create…anything you like. Food. A new laptop. A copy of Kate Bush’s debut album, The Kick Inside. Anything, providing you can give it both the raw materials and the blueprint for creation.
It sounds like science fiction—although, with the advent of 3D printers in recent years, less so than it used to. Burke, who hosted the BBC show Tomorrow’s World, which introduced bemused and excited audiences to all kinds of technologies, has a decades-long track record of technological predictions. He isn’t alone in envisioning the nanofactory as the technology that will change the world forever. Eric Drexler, thought by many to be the father of nanotechnology, wrote in the 1990s about molecular assemblers, hypothetical machines capable of manipulating matter and constructing molecules on the nano level, with scales of a billionth of a meter.
Richard Feynman, the famous inspirational physicist and bongo-playing eccentric, gave the lecture that inspired Drexler as early as 1959. Feynman’s talk, “Plenty of Room at the Bottom,” speculated about a world where moving individual atoms would be possible. While this is considered more difficult than molecular manufacturing, which seeks to manipulate slightly bigger chunks of matter, to date no one has been able to demonstrate that such machines violate the laws of physics.
In recent years, progress has been made towards this goal. It may well be that we make faster progress by mimicking the processes of biology, where individual cells, optimized by billions of years of evolution, routinely manipulate chemicals and molecules to keep us alive.
“If nanofabricators are ever built, the systems and structure of the world as we know them were built to solve a problem that will no longer exist.”
But the dream of the nanofabricator is not yet dead. What is perhaps even more astonishing than the idea of having such a device—something that could create anything you want—is the potential consequences it could have for society. Suddenly, all you need is light and raw materials. Starvation ceases to be a problem. After all, what is food? Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorous, sulphur. Nothing that you won’t find with some dirt, some air, and maybe a little biomass thrown in for efficiency’s sake.
Equally, there’s no need to worry about not having medicine as long as you have the recipe and a nanofabricator. After all, the same elements I listed above could just as easily make insulin, paracetamol, and presumably the superior drugs of the future, too.
What the internet did for information—allowing it to be shared, transmitted, and replicated with ease, instantaneously—the nanofabricator would do for physical objects. Energy will be in plentiful supply from the sun; your Santa Clause machine will be able to create new solar panels and batteries to harness and store this energy whenever it needs to.
Suddenly only three commodities have any value: the raw materials for the nanofabricator (many of which, depending on what you want to make, will be plentiful just from the world around you); the nanofabricators themselves (unless, of course, they can self-replicate, in which case they become just a simple ‘conversion’ away from raw materials); and, finally, the blueprints for the things you want to make.
In a world where material possessions are abundant for everyone, will anyone see any necessity in hoarding these blueprints? Far better for a few designers to tinker and create new things for the joy of it, and share them with all. What does ‘profit’ mean in a world where you can generate anything you want?
As Burke puts it, “This will destroy the current social, economic, and political system, because it will become pointless…every institution, every value system, every aspect of our lives have been governed by scarcity: the problem of distributing a finite amount of stuff. There will be no need for any of the social institutions.”
In other words, if nanofabricators are ever built, the systems and structure of the world as we know them were built to solve a problem that will no longer exist.
In some ways, speculating about such a world that’s so far removed from our own reminds me of Eliezer Yudkowsky’s warning about trying to divine what a superintelligent AI might make of the human race. We are limited to considering things in our own terms; we might think of a mouse as low on the scale of intelligence, and Einstein as the high end. But superintelligence breaks the scale; there is no sense in comparing it to anything we know, because it is different in kind. In the same way, such a world would be different in kind to the one we live in today.
We, too, will be different in kind. Liberated more than ever before from the drive for survival, the great struggle of humanity. No human attempts at measurement can comprehend what is inside a black hole, a physical singularity. Similarly, inside the veil of this technological singularity, no human attempts at prognostication can really comprehend what the future will look like. The one thing that seems certain is that human history will be forever divided in two. We may well be living in the Dark Age before this great dawn. Or it may never happen. But James Burke, just as he did over forty years ago, has faith.
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