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New Scientist Catches The Realise Buzz

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Here at Realise we are very pleased about our latest magazine fame! New Scientist has written a fantastic piece about a recent product we have been working on which we refer to as the ‘Bee Hotel’. Working alongside ML Electronics, we designed and manufactured a bee training device designed to reward groups of bees with a syrup solution when they detect particular smells.

Bees have a fantastic sense of smell and after a few hours of using the bee hotel, they learn to associate the reward with the odour. The product is currently being tested by UK biotech firm Inscentinel. Have a read of the full New Scientist article, page 19 issue 2752, or read our previous blog article about the innovation & design of the Bee Hotel.

Google phases out support for IE6

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Google phases out support for IE6

Great news -  Finally Google is phasing out support for IE6, sinking a nice big wooden stake through the heart of the evil browser…

Well OK maybe that’s overstating it a bit. But on occasions I’ve seen my colleague Ed almost reduced to tears when our latest W3C standards compliant site falls to pieces testing in IE6. So it was over a consoling cup of tea last year that we decided to stop offering IE6 compatibility to clients, unless they wanted to pay double for the web build and testing stage.

The problem has always been that IE6 ploughed it’s own furrow in a fairly typical Microsoft kind of way - it all worked, but just slightly differently from everyone else - making building a site that worked on all browsers like herding cats up a steep river.

So bye bye IE6, good riddance old chap. Great, now we can put that stinky garlic away.

Disclaimer: The views expressed here do not suggest that Google is a vampire slayer or that Microsoft turns out software with supernatural powers to offend web designers.

Augmented Reality Realised

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Augmented Reality (AR) is a hot topic, but one that has for some time been considered too futuristic and advanced for us tech followers to get on board with. However, AR is now becoming more real thanks to some well known companies using the technology to their advantage.

Augmented Reality Application - Image Courtesy of Wikimedia

Augmented Reality Application - Image Courtesy of Wikimedia

Augmented Reality works on the basis that elements from the physical real world are combined with virtual computer-generated imagery thus creating a mixed reality. By using this advanced technology, the information that surrounds us in the real world can become interactive and easily used digitally.

AR is interactive in real time and registered in 3D, therefore we can harness this technology without difficulty into our everyday lives. We can now see AR being used in sport, film, documentaries and video games. The technology can enhance our viewing pleasure for (more…)

Copper ‘Community Support’ Launch

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Copper has recently launched it’s on-line community page which aims to replace its previous forums, FAQ’s and support emails.  The management software, which we at Realise have been using for a short time, has produced what looks like an easy navigational on-line support tool to help customers with purchasing problems, helpful information on how to use Copper project effectively and the future development of Copper.

We are sure that the launch will be successful and the new function of the community page will attract more custom!

Best User Interface Message Ever!

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Just opened a part in Solidworks and joy of all joy I got the best dialog box error message ever…

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…Oh Ok. Brilliant. (more…)

Realise at the Buzzing Edge of Innovation

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

thirstybeeWe’ve recently developed a bad habit of making awful bee jokes… but we promise to ‘bee-have’ better in future.  The reason for this sharp drop in our humour quality is Realise has been working with our partners ML Electronics to develop a ‘bee feeding machine’ for start up Inscentinel Ltd.

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What?! Why on earth do bees need feeding? Well, this is not because bees are rubbish at feeding themselves, but  that Inscentinel train bees using a food reward system to act as sniffer dogs, or rather, sniffer bees, to be used to sniff out explosives, drugs and even cancer in people.

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