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Designing bug perception into robots

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Insects have provided the inspiration for a team of European researchers seeking to improve the functionality of robots and robotic tools.


Apple: iPhone sold out online in US, UK (Update)

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(AP) -- Apple Inc. said Monday its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation featuring faster Internet ...


New top-of-the-line BlackBerry doubles screen resolution

May 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday is introducing its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, ...


Beaver-like robots face off in annual MIT contest

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Robots designed to toss pool-noodle trees into a river of ping-pong balls ruled over competitors focused on rescuing fuzzy toy beavers in this year's 2.007 contest, "Da (yes) MIT, or Save the Baby Beavers," ...


Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor Family Expands with New Low-Power Options

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AMD today introduced the industry’s first energy-efficient x86 server processors with four processing cores and an integrated memory controller all in a low 55-watt ACP thermal envelope. Blade and rack systems based on five ...


Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident

May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 24 vote(s) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes.


Flying saucers, tiny helicopters compete in British war game

May 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Emotion-detecting robot cars will face off against eavesdropping flying saucers in the English countryside when scientists, academics and schoolchildren compete later this year to design the next ...


Research firm cuts into Sony claims for super-thin TV

May 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | User comments: 4

(AP) -- A Sony TV with novel display technology that has drawn rave reviews for image quality may actually last little more than half as long as the company claims, according to a test by a private research ...


Apple inks Latin American deal for iPhone

May 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- In another step in the worldwide march of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America said Wednesday that it has inked a deal to bring the multimedia gadget to more than a dozen countries ...


Vodafone to distribute iPhones in 10 new countries

May 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

British mobile phone giant Vodafone announced Tuesday that it will distribute Apple's iPhone in 10 new countries including Australia, India and South Africa.


HTC Peaks-Leaks Intro of New Innovations

May 04, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) | User comments: 3

HTC has created a mystery for its announcement of next generation innovations in London on May 6th. Bloggers and Internet electronic gadget web sites have entered into the fray. Is it an Android supported ...


Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research

May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | User comments: 2

(AP) -- One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scrounged for food nearby. It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing the warning was powered by amps, ...


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