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Now, a glove to write your texts and emails in the air

Researchers have developed a new innovative 'air-writing' glove system that allows users to write texts and emails in the air with their hand. When the wearer of the gloves draws letters in the air with their hand, the system can identify which letters are being drawn. ...  

Now, seismic wallpaper to help homes in quakes

Karlsruhe: Researchers in Germany are working on a material that can keep walls from collapsing during earthquakes -- and even detect them before they happen. The "seismic" wallpaper being developed by scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in western Germany is embedded into a masonry wall imparting "horizontal reinforcement" to the earth's sharp lateral movements during an earthquake. "It's particularly beneficial where there are many stone and brick buildings...