Japanese firm unveils wearable airbag for elderly September 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A Japanese company on Wednesday unveiled a wearable airbag for the elderly that pops out when they fall. | |
 3M Launches First Pocket Projector September 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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3M will launch their MPro110 mini projector later this month. With its composite video input, you can use it for presentations, playing games, or watching movies. You can even connect you iPod to the projector ... | |
 Is This The HTC Dream- Android or An Anamorphic Inside Joke September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The Dream by HTC seems headed to T-Mobile. Dream will be the first Google Android mobile device to hit the US market and mystery surrounds its actual appearance. Some spy-shots appeared out of nowhere and ... | |
Scientists developing small robotic drones to become part of Air Force's arsenal September 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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It may look like a futuristic arcade game, but it's a scene from an official Air Force animated video: Bad guys of indiscernible origin being shadowed, from a careful distance, by small robotic drones designed to resemble ... | |
 KDDI's First 3D Mobile Phone LCD Screen October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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KDDI Corporation has released a prototype of the world's first 3D LCD display, designed for mobile phones. | |
Nissan uses bumblebee power in new car technology September 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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Japan's Nissan Motor Co. has tapped into an unlikely source of inspiration for technology to prevent car crashes -- bumblebees. | |
 A robot in every home? (Robot Special part 3) September 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Observers like Bill Gates believe that by 2025 we could have robots in every home. In labs across Europe, researchers are creating designs that could become the robo-butler of the future. | |
 New Sony Reader has light, note-taking stylus October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Sony Corp. unveiled a new e-book reader Thursday with a built-in light and a touch-sensitive display, features that set it apart from Amazon.com Inc.'s competing Kindle reader. | |
 Shuttle's mini PC with built-in touchscreen doesn't require a monitor September 19, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A small PC with an embedded LCD touchscreen may sound like an interesting idea, but you may wonder how practical it would be. Especially when the computer's 7-inch screen has a resolution of just 800x480, ... | |
 Taming Europe’s robots (Robot Special part 1) September 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe is the world leader for industrial robotics, but its leading corporations and research institute’s need to co-operate more closely to ensure that the continent also leads the world ... | |
 Super Talent Introduces a 128Gb SSD for Under $300 September 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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If you have been waiting for the price of Solid State Drives (SSD) to come down in price, the time has finally come. Super Talent has introduced their 128Gb, 2.5-inch, SATA II "MasterDrive LX" for the affordable ... | |
 Toshiba's 400GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive September 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Toshiba Storage Device Division has announced a 400GB USB 2.0 external drive with 8MB buffer. This drive weights only 6 ounces and measures 5 inches high, 3.2 inches wide and .65 inches thick. | |
Google offeres up a new vision of computing's future September 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Tuesday, and it has little to do with desktops or laptops. It's a future that focuses on mobility, with access to the Internet - and the ability to search its vastness, of course - no matter where you are from a device that ... | |
 Professors teach robot to 'play ball' September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Baseball is elegant in its simplicity. Pitch a ball, hit the ball. Score more runs than your opponent and you win the game. | |
 Panasonic Unveils 3D 1080p Plasma HDTV On Single Blu-Ray Disc At CEATEC Japan 2008 October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Panasonic unveiled the latest technology in 3D 1080p on a 100-inch plasma HDTV. According to Panasonic, the 3D innovation was demonstrated at CEATEC Japan 2008 using a Panasonic 100-inch plasma and a Blu-Ray ... | |
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