Met een beetje voorbereiding thuis lijkt dit de ideale manier om je hond aan te lijnen voor mensen, zoals ik, die (soms) maar 1 hand tot hun beschikking hebben.
De Canny Magloc is een simpele oplossing waarmee de riem van je hond
snel en gemakkelijk kan worden vastgemaakt met slechts één hand. Richt
het op de halsband van de hond en het zal automatisch bevestigd worden.
Om het los te maken, knijpt je in de twee zwarte greepjes, waarna je hond
meteen los is van de riem.
Geschikt voor honden met een gewicht tot 40 kg.
Misschien moet ik het maar eens uit gaan proberen .... meestal blijkt de praktijk een stuk weerbarstiger.
Wel jammer dat ik op dit moment geen hond heb om het bij uit te proberen. Er zit dus maar één ding op .... mezelf aanlijnen en uitlaten.
De Canny Magloc is in Nederland te bestellen bij verschillende webshops. Het voordeligst is het echter bij The Canny Company zelf. (Je hebt daar wel een Paypal account of creditkaart voor nodig.)
De prijs valt mee, gemiddeld € 13,95. En hij is er in verschillende kleuren.
En dan nu een filmpje over deze 'magische hondenaanlijner'.
(The quickest and easiest way to connect to your dog. The Canny Magloc
uses two magnets to attract your lead to your dog's collar and then a
locking mechanism made from 30% glass-filled nylon secures it firmly in
place. Will hold dogs up to 40kg in weight. A one-handed way to quickly
and easily connect and release your dog's lead, ideal for people with
arthritis, gloves, cold days, lively dogs etc.)
Info gevonden via The Dog Lounge Facebook
donderdag 29 mei 2014
woensdag 28 mei 2014
3D Kunstarm - Steele Songle
En weer een kind blij gemaakt met een 3D geprinte hand. Dit maal de 8-jarige Steele Songle. Gemaakt door een aantal 17-jarige studenten.
Onder de afbeelding het (engelstalige) verhaal.
Steele Songle was born without a left hand, but has never let that hold him back from the thing he loves most – playing sports.
And now, the 8-year-old from Wilmington, Del., who plays lacrosse and golf, swims, skis and bounces on his friend’s trampoline, is getting a bit of bionic help from engineering students at the Westtown School in Chester County, Pa.
As part of their design and engineering class, using a 3-D device, the students are making a robotic hand with fingers that can open and close around a lacrosse stick or ski pole.
Among other things, Steele says he is confident the hand will improve his trampoline-basketball game.
“I can grip better on the trampoline and slam-dunk better,” said Steele, who maneuvered and played with the device as if it were the coolest toy on the planet.
“That would be fabulous,” said his mother, Ellen, associate director of parent and alumni engagement at the Quaker boarding school, although she also hopes the hand will help Steele with more mundane activities, such as buttoning his shirt and tying his shoes.
The two, along with Steele’s father, David, saw the plastic hand-in-progress on April 18 in the school’s Science Center. The six engineering students were eager to show Steele what they had so far.
The idea for a simple robotic hand was created, like many good inventions, out of need and ingenuity. Richard van As, a carpenter from South Africa who lost four fingers while sawing wood, teamed with Ivan Owen, a mechanical special-effects artist from Washington, to develop a mechanical finger in 2011. Soon they had developed the Robohand and put the design online so anyone with access to a 3-D printer could make fingers, hands or arms.
While 3-D printing lets students explore ideas and solve problems as never before, said teacher Steve Compton, making a hand is a real challenge. Many parts must interact smoothly and reliably, and the design has to be form-fitted to the individual.
“This is a real and transformative thing for a real kid, so doing it right – no matter how many prototypes it takes to get to finished product – it’s got to be focused and tailored and great,” Compton said. His other students are making a submarine to test water quality in the school’s lake, an improved geriatric walker and an emergency stove that creates electricity for use in disasters.
Layer by layer, 3-D printers build objects out of strands of filament that are heated and become gooey plastic. For the Robohand, fishing line and pins are inserted into internal holes in the fingers to make them move.
During Steele’s visit, the students were printing another set of fingers. With a picture on a computer, the printer moved back and forth, building layer upon layer of filament into the shape of fingers.
The device is strapped on with Velcro and driven by the motion of the wrist. Move the wrist up, and the hand opens; down, and the fingers close. Clay McKee, 18, a senior, said Steele ultimately will be able to adjust the tension of the fingers for different activities.
Total cost – $3 and some screws. A commercially made hand can cost $10,000 or more.
“We’re thinking of making one specially for swimming,” McKee said.
Although the prototype was white, the hand can be made in any color. Steele, “the Man of Steel” to his parents, asked for Superman’s colors.
“We’re going to put the Superman logo on top,” said Alex Nunes, 17, a junior.
Bron: Buffalo News
Onder de afbeelding het (engelstalige) verhaal.
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| Eight-year-old Steele Songle, who was born without a left hand, smiles at his mother, Ellen, after trying on an artificial one. |
And now, the 8-year-old from Wilmington, Del., who plays lacrosse and golf, swims, skis and bounces on his friend’s trampoline, is getting a bit of bionic help from engineering students at the Westtown School in Chester County, Pa.
As part of their design and engineering class, using a 3-D device, the students are making a robotic hand with fingers that can open and close around a lacrosse stick or ski pole.
Among other things, Steele says he is confident the hand will improve his trampoline-basketball game.
“I can grip better on the trampoline and slam-dunk better,” said Steele, who maneuvered and played with the device as if it were the coolest toy on the planet.
“That would be fabulous,” said his mother, Ellen, associate director of parent and alumni engagement at the Quaker boarding school, although she also hopes the hand will help Steele with more mundane activities, such as buttoning his shirt and tying his shoes.
The two, along with Steele’s father, David, saw the plastic hand-in-progress on April 18 in the school’s Science Center. The six engineering students were eager to show Steele what they had so far.
The idea for a simple robotic hand was created, like many good inventions, out of need and ingenuity. Richard van As, a carpenter from South Africa who lost four fingers while sawing wood, teamed with Ivan Owen, a mechanical special-effects artist from Washington, to develop a mechanical finger in 2011. Soon they had developed the Robohand and put the design online so anyone with access to a 3-D printer could make fingers, hands or arms.
While 3-D printing lets students explore ideas and solve problems as never before, said teacher Steve Compton, making a hand is a real challenge. Many parts must interact smoothly and reliably, and the design has to be form-fitted to the individual.
“This is a real and transformative thing for a real kid, so doing it right – no matter how many prototypes it takes to get to finished product – it’s got to be focused and tailored and great,” Compton said. His other students are making a submarine to test water quality in the school’s lake, an improved geriatric walker and an emergency stove that creates electricity for use in disasters.
Layer by layer, 3-D printers build objects out of strands of filament that are heated and become gooey plastic. For the Robohand, fishing line and pins are inserted into internal holes in the fingers to make them move.
During Steele’s visit, the students were printing another set of fingers. With a picture on a computer, the printer moved back and forth, building layer upon layer of filament into the shape of fingers.
The device is strapped on with Velcro and driven by the motion of the wrist. Move the wrist up, and the hand opens; down, and the fingers close. Clay McKee, 18, a senior, said Steele ultimately will be able to adjust the tension of the fingers for different activities.
Total cost – $3 and some screws. A commercially made hand can cost $10,000 or more.
“We’re thinking of making one specially for swimming,” McKee said.
Although the prototype was white, the hand can be made in any color. Steele, “the Man of Steel” to his parents, asked for Superman’s colors.
“We’re going to put the Superman logo on top,” said Alex Nunes, 17, a junior.
Bron: Buffalo News
woensdag 7 mei 2014
Facebooken, tweeten of gewoon sms'en met je stem
'Spreek gewoon en klaar is Kees’, luidt de slogan van Actieve Stem . Daar zit wat in, want voor een optimaal resultaat moet je inderdaad een beetje je beste Nederlands (lees: Hollands) bovenhalen. Of in elk geval gewoon zo beschaafd mogelijk praten. Een klein accent mag wel, maar maak het niet te bont.
Een kleine moeite voor een groot plezier, want als je duidelijk en langzaam spreekt maakt Actieve Stem nauwelijks fouten. Niet dat dat ons verbaast, want de app maakt dankbaar gebruik van de spraaktechnologie van Nuance die zichzelf al meermaals heeft bewezen. Een gevolg daarvan is wel dat je smartphone online moet zijn wanneer je een boodschap wil dicteren (de omzetting gebeurt via het internet), dus een data-abonnement is in de praktijk geen overbodige luxe.
Eenmaal geconverteerd naar tekst kan Actieve Stem je boodschap exporteren naar vijf verschillende apps op je iPhone: Mail, Berichten (voor sms en iMessage), Facebook, Twitter en WhatsApp. Daarnaast kan je tekst kopiëren, laten uitspreken door de Vlaamse computerstem Ellen of het Nederlandse duo Xander en Claire, of laten vertalen in een van de 32 buitenlandse talen die de app ondersteunt. Dicteren in een van die talen, als je ze beheerst, is eveneens mogelijk.
Actieve Stem is beschikbaar voor iPhone en iPad en heeft een schappelijk prijskaartje van 1,79 euro.
Bron: De Standaard
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