 With Mini in vivo Robots, Anyone Can do Surgery February 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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By attaching a millimeter-sized camera robot to a tether, scientists have designed a way to allow individuals with non-medical backgrounds to perform minimally invasive surgery in almost any location. Unlike ... | |
 IBM 3D TV November 11, 2005 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 69 vote(s)
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International Business Machines, a worldwide leader in technology innovation, has announced a new and affordable 3D video system that works with normal DLP (Digital Light Processing) televisions. Before now, ... | |
 Jumping robots take clues from nature July 06, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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A group of mechanical engineers from the University of Bath has a peculiar interest in flying squirrels, fleas, and grasshoppers. Inspired by animals considered to be excellent jumpers, the researchers have ... | |
 Gadget lovers flip for iPhone 3G but glitches mar release July 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Gadget lovers around the world on Friday crammed into stores to buy the latest super-fast iPhone G3 only to find activating the coveted devices was hit-or-miss due to Apple computer troubles. | |
Musical Robot Tags Along as your Serenading Sidekick June 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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If you ever thought it would be cool to be serenaded by a robot, you might get a kick out of the new A.M.P. Bot. Developed by Hasbro Tiger Electronics, the 2.5-foot-tall humanoid rolls around on a Segway-type platform, blasting ... | |
 Canon Announces EOS Rebel XS SLR Camera July 08, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Canon USA today announced the introduction of the EOS Rebel XS, a new entry-level digital camera that affordably puts Canon SLR technology such as an Optical Imaged Stabilized lens and easy-to-use professional ... | |
 Simplicity may be key to robotic self-reproduction June 05, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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“Self-reproduction is one of the remarkable feats of biological systems which has remained largely outside the scope of capabilities of traditional engineered systems,” explains Victor Zykov and his colleagues ... | |
 Browse digital media by flipping through a book April 25, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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As the amount of information on the Internet, TV and radio continues to increase, one of the challenges users face is how to quickly find what they're looking for. As Jun-ichiro Watanabe of Hitachi Ltd. researched ... | |
 Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack July 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday -- but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have ... | |
 Samsung Launches New Compact Camcorder with YouTube Connectivity July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Samsung Electronics unveiled today the SC-MX20, the successor to the company’s popular SC-MX10 compact digital camcorder. The ideal camcorder for the exploding generation of consumers uploading video content ... | |
 Apple iPhone 3G makes international debut Friday July 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The iPhone 3G makes its international debut Friday in an eagerly-awaited launch expected to boost Apple's fortunes along with its share of the booming "smart phone" market. | |
Gadget brings back Berlin Wall for tourists July 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Visitors to the German capital disappointed to find little of the Berlin Wall left can now have it reappear before their eyes with a gadget offering a self-guided tour. | |
 In 2050, your lover may be a ... robot June 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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Romantic human-robot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction -- researchers expect them to become reality within four decades. And they do not mean simply, mechanical sex. | |
 Care-O-bot 3: Always at your service July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Who doesn’t long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a new generation of household ... | |
 GoLive2 Introduces a Wiimote for PC Games July 03, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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For all Wii-lovers out there, GoLive2 has recently announced the Stix, a motion-sensing remote control that can be used to play PC games. | |
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