Underwater remote-operated vehicles, or ROVs, are
almost impossibly fascinating. They’re controlled by a surface-based
operator, who watches their real-time video feed and pilots them via a
long umbilical cable. Although the big-league multi-million-dollar ROVs are used for things such as exploring the wreck of the Titanic or studying hydrothermal vents, hobbyists have quite a bit of fun using their own home-built versions
just to see what’s under the surface of the local lake. Unfortunately,
even to build one yourself, you need to be pretty technically skilled.
That could change, however, as the OpenROV project is developing “easy to assemble” kits – it may even provide li’l ROVs that are ready to go, right out of the box. Read More
A lot of devices, such as shock absorbers,
currently use elastomers to help minimize vibrations. While the
malleable, yielding qualities of these materials do indeed allow them to
absorb energy that would otherwise take the form of rattles and jolts,
they are nonetheless passive – basically, they just sit there.
Researchers from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Structural
Durability and System Reliability, however, are developing a new system
in which elastomers actually “fight back” against vibrations. Read More
Power cables are a necessary evil of technological life - until we all get wireless electricity - and while a tangled and fully loaded
power strip is annoying, we always find there's something insanely
irksome about trying to find your seemingly hidden (and equally tangled)
'spare' extension cord. Well, PlugBook is a power strip/extension cord
which has been designed to look like a book ... so that it can be neatly
stored on your bookshelf when not in use. Read More
Using a combination of apps on a smartphone and
hardware attached to a bike is undoubtedly a more convenient and often
less expensive way to wirelessly provide riders with performance data
than plumping for
dedicated setups of the kind manufactured by Garmin and Sigma. After
all, most of us carry our phones around wherever we go. The first such
combination to make use of Bluetooth Smart technology is the new Blue SC Speed and Cadence Sensor for the iPhone 4S and 3rd gen iPad from Wahoo Fitness. Read More
At approximately 11:30 this Tuesday night, the Solar Impulse
solar-powered aircraft completed its first-ever transcontinental
flight, arriving at Morocco’s Rabat-Salé international airport 19 hours
and 8 minutes after taking off from a scheduled stop-over in Madrid. Prior to that, on the first leg of its 2012 Crossing Frontiers mission, it took 17 hours, 30 minutes and 50 seconds to fly to Madrid from its starting point at the Payerne aerodrome in Switzerland. Read More
After decades of trial and error, artificial
intelligence applications that aim to understand human language are
slowly starting to lose some of their brittleness. Now, a simple
mathematical model developed by two psychologists at Stanford University
could lead to further improvements, helping transform computers that
display the mere veneer of intelligence into machines that truly
understand what we are saying. Read More
Following an E3 press conference
that was relatively light on hardware revelations, Nintendo has
confirmed a fuller spec list for its forthcoming Wii U games console,
confirming 1080p output and multi-core processor. Read More 
Electric motorcycle racing became a lot more
interesting today when the TT Zero race at the Isle of Man was run and
the top three riders all finished at average speeds of more than 100
mph. The win went to the Segway MotoCzysz team with Michael Rutter
producing a lap of 104.56 mph but the extra strong showing of a 102.215
mph lap on the Mugen (Honda) ridden by John McGuinness indicates the
electric bike racing scene is going to be very competitive in the near
future. Read More
Designed by Portuguese industrial
designer Miguel Mestre, the "My Desk" is a hybrid of a desk and a
notepad culminating in a workspace designed, let's face it, to be
scribbled, doodled, sketched and written all over. Read More 
While smartphone cameras may never be able to
fully replace a high end digital camera, they're definitely giving it a
darn good try. We've already seen the first 8-megapixel camera phones
hitting the streets, and now OmniVision has announced the development of
a 12.7 megapixel camera chip sensor capable of full resolution stills
at 24 frames per second. As well as helping ensure that mobile
photographers are able to grab all the action by minimizing shutter lag
between shots, the new sensor also caters for in-device image editing
and high dynamic range photography. Read More
While fingerprint-reading security peripherals
aren't exactly the new kids on the block, the latest offering from
AuthenTec has two distinct things going for it - its compact size and
its US$10 launch price. The Eikon mini is Mac and PC compatible, has a
built-in USB connector and when plugged in, measures just 0.6 x 0.75 x by 0.5 inches (15 x 19 x 13 mm). Read More
The annual Cholmondeley Pageant of
Power in the U.K. never fails to deliver something special and this year
that exotic ingredient is a 1910 Edison-Puton Monowheel. Capable of
being ogled by engineers for hundreds of hours at a time, the Monowheel
was built in Paris in 1910, and bears testimony to human folly at its
most ingenious. Read More
Sony is looking to get real estate
on more screens with HTC becoming the first non-Sony handset
manufacturer to join its PlayStation Certification program. The program
is designed to ensure handsets are capable of delivering PlayStation
quality graphics and sound on games and other content branded from Sony
Computer Entertainment (SCE). The move to partner with HTC will expand
the circulation of Sony content on Android-powered devices. Read More
ENVIRONMENT
Similar to the G-POD and House Arc,
the Habitable Polyhedron is a prefabricated outdoor space that
transforms a patch of garden into a study, lounge or quiet retreat. The small garden module is the creation of Colombian architectural studio, Manuel Villa and features a surprisingly large interior space. Read More
Science fiction has lost one of its
great heroes. It was revealed today that widely revered author Ray Bradbury passed away in his Los Angeles home on Tuesday at the age of 91. Bradbury's groundbreaking works, such as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, influenced the science fiction genre as a whole and placed him among the ranks of Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clark. Read More
ASUS has unveiled a prototype of its
latest all-in-one PC at Computex 2012. The Transformer AiO is the first
desktop targeted device designed to run both Android 4.0 and the
upcoming Windows 8
OS, and while an all-in-one case design isn't new, the difference here
is that the 18.4-inch multi-touch display can be completely detached to
function as a (very large) tablet. Read More
The MH-2 is a telepresence robot
like no other we have seen, and believe us, we’ve seen our share of weird robots.
This tiny humanoid figure is always there for you, perching on your
shoulder, ready to be remotely inhabited by your friends. Conceived by
the researchers at Yamagata University in Japan, MH-2 is designed to
imitate human behavior accurately enough for you to feel like your friend is actually there with you. Read More
Although we featured the world's first exclusively solar-powered computer mouse
as long ago as 2007, I think it's fair to say that such solutions
haven't exactly taken off. One reason could be a fear of being left
unable to click and scroll if there's not enough light to juice up the
I/O peripheral. Bondidea's N91 wireless optical mouse gets round any
potential power fail anxiety by running from either battery or the
built-in PV panel. Read More
With the release of its Intense PC
back in March, Israel's CompuLab proved yet again that you don't have
to sacrifice performance for size when opting for a fanless mini-PC. The
company has further strengthened that position by becoming the first to
market a low power, small form factor computer featuring Intel's new third generation Core i7 processor. Read More
Every E3 brings a fresh crop of video game trailers,
each with more impressive visuals than the last. A new tech demo from
Square Enix however may have blown them all out of the water in terms of
graphics, and even give the KARA demo from a few months back some competition. The demo, titled Agni's Philosophy,
was created with a new engine from Luminous Studios that depicts
real-time graphics on par with pre-rendered CGI and will likely be used
in a future installment of the acclaimed Final Fantasy series. Read More
You can pack an entire kitchen and garage into
your car for a camping trip, but the one thing you forgot will cripple
you the entire time. And that's one of the reasons why multifunctional
gear is such a godsend to campers. One of the latest multifunctional camping tools, the Bosavi headlamp, gives you a several different types of lighting in one versatile package. Read More
E3 2012 is in full swing right now, and while there haven't been any new game consoles announced, that doesn't mean there aren't some new ways to play video games being revealed. Cloud gaming service, OnLive has announced that its library of instant-play games
will soon be available both on LG's line of Smart TVs and through
almost any PC or Mac browser. In addition, the company will be rolling
out a new MultiView spectating mode along with several new games being
featured at the show. Read More
While fingerprint-reading security peripherals
aren't exactly the new kids on the block, the latest offering from
AuthenTec has two distinct things going for it - its compact size and
its US$10 launch price. The Eikon mini is Mac and PC compatible, has a
built-in USB connector and when plugged in, measures just 0.6 x 0.75 x by 0.5 inches (15 x 19 x 13 mm). Read More
All eyes are currently on the E3 2012 gaming expo
in Los Angeles. Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have all already held
keynote speeches, with new games proving to be the order of the day. Nintendo revealed more about the Wii U (including the Pro Controller), Microsoft teased its SmartGlass technology and while Sony placed its new Wonderbook augmented reality device front and center, it also quietly announced the new PlayStation Move Racing Wheel. Read More
Two years ago, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. developed a tiny magnetic sensor
that could detect the human heartbeat without touching the subject's
skin. Now, the same team has improved the sensitivity of the device
tenfold, making it capable of measuring human brain activity and
becoming almost as sensitive - but much cheaper and easier to operate -
than the best magnetometers available today. Read More
The annual Cholmondeley Pageant of
Power in the U.K. never fails to deliver something special and this year
that exotic ingredient is a 1910 Edison-Puton Monowheel. Capable of
being ogled by engineers for hundreds of hours at a time, the Monowheel
was built in Paris in 1910, and bears testimony to human folly at its
most ingenious. Read More
Sony is looking to get real estate
on more screens with HTC becoming the first non-Sony handset
manufacturer to join its PlayStation Certification program. The program
is designed to ensure handsets are capable of delivering PlayStation
quality graphics and sound on games and other content branded from Sony
Computer Entertainment (SCE). The move to partner with HTC will expand
the circulation of Sony content on Android-powered devices. Read More
SiGNa Chemistry, a company developing portable
hydrogen fuel technology, is close to taking one of its solutions to
market. Hydrogen is an emissions-free renewable source of energy –
however, logistic obstacles related to current considerations such as
high-pressure tanks, and metal and chemical hydrides, have stymied its
progress towards the mass market. Read More
ENVIRONMENT
Sun Flare Systems is a Canadian company
that has developed a solar-powered backup generator. Designed to
provide power in cases of outage and disaster, the patent-pending SOS in
a Box kit is basically a small, portable power plant that includes a
backup generator, flexible high-efficiency solar panels, and a charge
controller. Sun Flare says its solar generation package is the first FAA
and Airline Approved generator of its kind. Read More
Similar to the G-POD and House Arc,
the Habitable Polyhedron is a prefabricated outdoor space that
transforms a patch of garden into a study, lounge or quiet retreat. The small garden module is the creation of Colombian architectural studio, Manuel Villa and features a surprisingly large interior space. Read More
With the launch of the aptly-named Flex ONE,
Wexler is first to commercially launch a flexible ereader based on LG's Electronic Paper Display (EPD) technology.
Wexler additionally claims that the Flex ONE is the thinnest and
lightest ereader in the world. Weighing in at a mere 110-g (3.9-oz), the
4-mm (0.16-in) thick ereader delivers on LG's promise that EPD-based
products would follow soon after the technology was announced. Read More
Science fiction has lost one of its
great heroes. It was revealed today that widely revered author Ray Bradbury passed away in his Los Angeles home on Tuesday at the age of 91. Bradbury's groundbreaking works, such as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, influenced the science fiction genre as a whole and placed him among the ranks of Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clark. Read More
Bionx has taken its proportional assist
technology used in pedal-assist bicycles and developed the SeaScape 12, a
low-maintenance, no noise and no local pollution craft that's designed
to carry two adults and two children and will deliver a speed of 5 knots
(5.8 mph) for around 4-5 hours. It's a human-electric hybrid for the water. Read More
ASUS has unveiled a prototype of its
latest all-in-one PC at Computex 2012. The Transformer AiO is the first
desktop targeted device designed to run both Android 4.0 and the
upcoming Windows 8
OS, and while an all-in-one case design isn't new, the difference here
is that the 18.4-inch multi-touch display can be completely detached to
function as a (very large) tablet. Read More
GPS watches already come in all shapes and sizes
(at least if you consider "heavy, square brick" and "massive discus" all
shapes and sizes). Now they have a gender. The new Bia sports watch
claims to be the first GPS sports watch designed for women, by women. In
addition to bringing a little estrogen to a testosterone-dominated
market, the watch adds a slim form factor, a separate GPS-GSM unit and a
smart set of features. Read More
NASA’s collection of space telescopes just got a
bit bigger thanks to an extraordinary gift from America's National
Reconnaissance Office (NRO) intelligence agency. The space agency
announced on Monday that the NRO has given it two surplus spy satellites
that are more advanced than the Hubble Space Telescope. If the money
can be found for a mission for the spy “birds” then NASA will not only
have two possible replacements for the retiring Hubble, but also an
added ability to scan the skies for supernovae, locate new exoplanets
and even seek the answer to the fate of the universe. Read More
A team of researchers at the University of Texas
is exploring the possibility of electrically stimulating the visual
cortex of the brain to create simple images and shapes. This development
could lead to a visual prosthetic device that would effectively "trick"
the brain of visually impaired or blind people into seeing ... and such
a device, the authors say, is only about five years away. Read More
Electric vehicle charging has been a hot topic
for years, but it's mostly been a one-way discussion: how the EV charges
from a given home charging system. Toyota turns the conversation
around, experimenting with how the home can draw power from the EV.
Toyota's vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging system offers two-way charging
between the Prius Plug-in and a home power supply. Read More
Compact cameras
are great in that their pocket-sized form means you can always have
them with you when you need to take a photo. Unfortunately this
'pocketability' often comes at a price ... the small sensors
manufacturers are typically limited to using provide less than stellar
image quality. Sony has revealed the Cyber-shot RX100, a compact camera
with a larger than usual 1.0-inch sensor which measures 13.2 x 8.8mm.
Read More
California startup Tactus Technology
recently caused plenty of "oohs" and "aahs" at SID Display Week 2012.
The prototype touchscreen the company presented featured buttons that
can rise out of the flat surface of the screen at the user's whim, disappearing completely once they are no longer needed. Read More
For many of us, mosquitoes are an irritating pest that can ruin any number of outdoor activities.
For many others, however, they are also spreaders of malaria – a
disease which infected approximately 216 million people in 2010,
according to an estimate by the World Health Organization.
Repeatedly slathering on bug repellant is one way of dealing with the
insects, although wearing clothing made from mosquito-repellant fabric
sounds a lot more preferable. While existing mozzie-unfriendly garments
have some limitations, Portuguese tech company Nanolabel has developed a
new treatment process that it claims is far superior to traditional
technology. Read More
We've seen a lot of campers here at Gizmag. Typically, they're made for big, gas-drunk trucks, SUVs
and vans - vehicles with the size and hauling capacity to spend the
night in. What we're not used to seeing is campers made for small,
fuel-frugal hybrids. But the Habitents is just that - a camper extension
for the Toyota Prius. Read More
The MH-2 is a telepresence robot
like no other we have seen, and believe us, we’ve seen our share of weird robots.
This tiny humanoid figure is always there for you, perching on your
shoulder, ready to be remotely inhabited by your friends. Conceived by
the researchers at Yamagata University in Japan, MH-2 is designed to
imitate human behavior accurately enough for you to feel like your friend is actually there with you. Read More
Among other things, multiple sclerosis can result
in a loss of balance and severe weakness in the legs – not exactly
traits that would improve someone’s volleyball game. As a dedicated
player, however, Toronto’s Brian Light wasn’t about to let his own MS
keep him from participating in the sport he loved. Instead, he designed
and built his own hands-free wheeled support device, known as the Sports
Walker. Not only did it extend the amount of time that he was able to
continue playing in a standing position, but it also won him an
international award. Read More
Although we featured the world's first exclusively solar-powered computer mouse
as long ago as 2007, I think it's fair to say that such solutions
haven't exactly taken off. One reason could be a fear of being left
unable to click and scroll if there's not enough light to juice up the
I/O peripheral. Bondidea's N91 wireless optical mouse gets round any
potential power fail anxiety by running from either battery or the
built-in PV panel. Read More
As the promised summer 2012 California and Oregon
rollout of Honda's 2013 Fit EV approaches, the battle for "fuel"
efficiency supremacy has begun. Honda has announced that its new battery
electric vehicle has received a combined adjusted Environmental
Protection Agency mile-per-gallon-equivalency rating of 118 MPGe (1.99
L/100km equivalent), nudging it ahead of all of its nearest rivals in
the emerging EV market. Read More
Leaf House is the creation of small home
enthusiast Laird Herbert from Whitehorse, Canada, who was inspired by
the idea of building his own home. After testing out several prototypes,
Herbert has finally finished work on what he calls Version.2 ... and
the result is a tiny portable home design that takes up a small amount
of space, is big enough to live in comfortably, and reportedly
accommodates a family of four. Read More
As the fifth anniversary of the original iPhone's
launch approaches later this month, the Apple rumor mill has been
particularly active and everything from a larger screen, radical case
design and all-new dock connector have been cited as forthcoming
alterations to Apple’s flagship mobile device. While nobody outside
Apple’s inner circle can be sure exactly what the famously tight-lipped
company has planned for the iPhone, a skeptical reading of rumors makes
it possible to build up a picture of what we know, or rather what we think we know, so far. Read More
Toyota Motorsport is hoping for a
spectacular few months in the middle of 2012, most notably with the race
debut for the TS030 HYBRID in the Le Mans 24 hour and now for an EV
assault on Pikes Peak. Not content with challenging the all-conquering Audi Team Joest with its hybrid 3400 cc V8 and supercapacitor energy storage system,
the company has unveiled a new development of its TMG EV P001 car
(which set a very respectable EV lap record at the Nürburgring
Nordschleife in 2011) dubbed the P002 with which it will compete in the
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado on July 8. Read More
The Nite Ize WrapLit LED Utility
Light combines LED lighting and a big, rubberized twist tie to give you a
light with an infinite number of personalities. Tie it over your work
area, sculpt it into a lamp, wrap it around your arm and otherwise bend
it to your needs. Read More
Anyone who has tried to kill a cockroach knows
just how difficult they can be to be to capture. Not only can they
squeeze through very narrow gaps, but they can also instantly accelerate
to a running speed of approximately 50 body lengths per second.
Recently, biologists at the University of California, Berkeley realized
that the insects have another escape skill at their disposal. When they
get to the edge of a surface such as a table, they can hook it with
their rear claws and swing around 180 degrees to land upside down on its
underside – a maneuver also performed by geckos. A team of UC Berkeley
researchers subsequently did what any of us would do upon gaining that
knowledge, and set out to get a robot to perform the action. Read
Tired of having to hold back your
hair when you stick your mouth under the tap to rinse the toothpaste
foam out of your mouth? Don’t like using that water-spotty,
rarely-washed glass? Well, perhaps the Rinser toothbrush is what you
need. Read More
After touring the United States
in a bespoke boot-mobile earlier this year, L.L. Bean has turned its
attention to the water in its continuing centenary celebration. The
100-year-old outfitter has built what it believes to be the world's
largest modular kayak. Read More
Over the last few years, Google's
specially-designed cars, trikes, trolleys and snowmobiles have brought
interactive Street View technology to the cities and jungles
of the world – but why stop there? The search giant recently unveiled
the Street View Trekker, a hi-tech backpack-contained system that will
bring Street View to those places that can only be reached on foot. Read More
New results from CERN today would appear to
confirm that last year’s findings by the OPERA experiment which appeared
to suggest that neutrinos could travel faster than light were
incorrect. A faulty element of the experiment’s fiber optic timing system has been cited by CERN as a likely cause for the error. Read More
Toyota Motorsport is hoping for a
spectacular few months in the middle of 2012, most notably with the race
debut for the TS030 HYBRID in the Le Mans 24 hour and now for an EV
assault on Pikes Peak. Not content with challenging the all-conquering Audi Team Joest with its hybrid 3400 cc V8 and supercapacitor energy storage system,
the company has unveiled a new development of its TMG EV P001 car
(which set a very respectable EV lap record at the Nürburgring
Nordschleife in 2011) dubbed the P002 with which it will compete in the
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado on July 8. Read More
Every year, once E3 rolls around, most gamers know what to expect. Almost anyone setting foot in the LA Convention Center already knew there is going to be a new Call of Duty, a new Halo, a new Assassin's Creed, more Kinect dancing games,
and this year, the Wii U. But then there are those announcements which
made a huge splash because, up until the show, almost no one had any
idea they even existed. Read More
Designed to address our need to sometimes be
alone in an increasingly interconnected world, HUSH by UK-based designer
Freyja Sewell is a "womb-shaped" pod fashioned from 100-percent woolen
felt designed for quiet moments of contemplation or rest. At least
that's how Sewell sees it: HUSH "inspires very different feelings in
different people," she writes. But it can also be reshaped into a
beanbag-like armchair - duality that makes HUSH as viable an option for
the smaller space-constrained dwelling as it is the hipster-infested
open plan office. Read More
The Klymit Ulaar Jacket doesn't puff you out like
a down jacket, and it doesn't make you pile on sweaters like a shell.
Instead, it serves as both shell and insulated jacket
using an innovative insulator: argon gas. You can pump the jacket full
of gas (insulation) when you're cold and let some of the gas out when
you're warm. Read More
McLaren has announced a raft of upgrades to its already formidable MP4-12C supercar.
A 25 hp increase in power that gives the 12C’s 3.8-litre twin turbo V8
engine a maximum output of 616 hp (625 PS) leads the list of
enhancements which will come online later this year. Read More
The Nite Ize WrapLit LED Utility
Light combines LED lighting and a big, rubberized twist tie to give you a
light with an infinite number of personalities. Tie it over your work
area, sculpt it into a lamp, wrap it around your arm and otherwise bend
it to your needs. Read More
Even the smallest wound is potentially serious,
so something as simple as a finger plaster and a little disinfectant can
make the difference when it comes to preventing a nasty infection. But a
dressing can do more than just keep out germs. That’s the idea behind
work of the Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies (ETH)
in Zurich, Switzerland, where Prof. Dimos Poulikakos and his team of
engineers and biologists are developing a new plaster that not only
protects a wound from infection, it can also accelerate healing through
the use of specially contoured silicone that promotes cell migration.
Read More
Architecture has the power to completely change
its surroundings, creating a focal point which influences an area much
larger than that which it inhabits. This means that when it comes to
rebuilding a locale from the ground up, a bold new approach is needed,
one which looks to the future while tapping into the past. Bulgarian
firm Sonik Module believes it has accomplished this tricky balancing act
with Sity, a conceptual design envisioned as the centerpiece for the
redevelopment of an area along the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai. Read More
Anyone who has tried to kill a cockroach knows
just how difficult they can be to be to capture. Not only can they
squeeze through very narrow gaps, but they can also instantly accelerate
to a running speed of approximately 50 body lengths per second.
Recently, biologists at the University of California, Berkeley realized
that the insects have another escape skill at their disposal. When they
get to the edge of a surface such as a table, they can hook it with
their rear claws and swing around 180 degrees to land upside down on its
underside – a maneuver also performed by geckos. A team of UC Berkeley
researchers subsequently did what any of us would do upon gaining that
knowledge, and set out to get a robot to perform the action. Read
The mantis shrimp
is a fascinating creature that has the ability to punch its prey into
submission with a club that accelerates underwater at around 10,400 g.
By studying the secrets behind this formidable weapon, a Californian
researcher hopes to develop an innovative, hi-tech material that is one
third the weight and thickness of existing body armor. Read More
Canada's QNX Software Systems wants to turn your car into the ultimate mobile device,
complete with apps, infotainment, access to all your media and - of
course - control of the car itself. To show how this concept might take
shape, QNX put together a reference vehicle to demonstrate its "CAR 2"
platform at the recent Telematics Detroit Conference. Read More
Tired of having to hold back your
hair when you stick your mouth under the tap to rinse the toothpaste
foam out of your mouth? Don’t like using that water-spotty,
rarely-washed glass? Well, perhaps the Rinser toothbrush is what you
need. Read More
After touring the United States
in a bespoke boot-mobile earlier this year, L.L. Bean has turned its
attention to the water in its continuing centenary celebration. The
100-year-old outfitter has built what it believes to be the world's
largest modular kayak. Read More
While there are already various anti-blind-spot automobile mirrors
on the market, these all tend to incorporate a very curved surface that
drastically distorts the appearance of objects seen in them – given
that drivers use their mirrors to avoid getting in accidents, it’s kind
of important that those mirrors show the surrounding traffic as it
really is. That’s why Dr. Andrew Hicks, a mathematics professor at
Philadelphia’s Drexel University, has created a side mirror that eliminates the blind spot, while causing almost no distortion. Read More
Samsung has partnered with cloud gaming provider Gaikai to make games
available on Samsung LED 7000 series Smart TVs. The announcement was
made earlier this week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, E3, in Los
Angeles. Read More
GM announced this week that the 2013 Chevy Volt,
which will go on sale in August, will get a boost in electric range and
efficiency. The automaker has tinkered with the formula of its
lithium-ion battery to provide a few extra miles. Read More
The smartphones of today are certainly
technological wonders. Besides their powerful processors and multitude
of available apps, most of them are also equipped with sensors such as
cameras, microphones, GPS, accelerometers and gyroscopes. While those
sensor-laden phones allow users to perform a broad variety of
activities, the folks at Nokia believe that those or similar devices
could do much more – particularly when it comes to healthcare. That’s
why the company is sponsoring the Nokia Sensing X CHALLENGE. The US$2.25
million global competition is intended to “stimulate the development of
sensors and sensing technology to drastically improve and expand the
quality and access to healthcare across a wide variety of settings for
consumers all around the globe.” Read More
At face value, all the headline-grabbing features
of Canon's new EOS Rebel T4i DSLR Camera (EOS 650D in Europe) look
identical to those of the T3i (EOS 600D)
before it, but not everything is at it first appears. Canon says that
the new flagship Rebel model is its most consumer-friendly DSLR to date,
and is the first of the company's cameras to feature a sensor-based
hybrid AF system that allows for continuous autofocus while recording
video. It also benefits from the latest DIGIC 5 Image Processor that's
six times faster than its predecessor, and a high resolution multi-touch
display panel with touch focus and shutter operation. Read More
Over the last few years, Google's
specially-designed cars, trikes, trolleys and snowmobiles have brought
interactive Street View technology to the cities and jungles
of the world – but why stop there? The search giant recently unveiled
the Street View Trekker, a hi-tech backpack-contained system that will
bring Street View to those places that can only be reached on foot. Read More 
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