Venice may soon be sharing its “Floating City”
moniker thanks to a research project developing “amphibian houses” that
are designed to float in the event of a flood. The FLOATEC project sees
the primary market for the houses as the Netherlands, whose low-lying
land makes it particularly susceptible to the effects of rising sea
levels. Such housing technology could also allow small island-states in
the Indian and Pacific Oceans that are at the risk of disappearing in
the next 100 years to maintain their claim to statehood through the use
of artificial, floating structures. Read More
Among the many smartphones being introduced to the public at IFA 2011
are three additions to Samsung’s Wave family – namely the Wave 3, Wave M
and Wave Y. All three phones use the company’s new bada 2.0 platform,
which according to Samsung “brings together a wide variety of new
capabilities including multi-tasking, Wi-Fi Direct, voice recognition
and Near Field Communication (optional).” The platform is also said to
allow for photo and file sharing without internet networking, mobile
payments and transport pass-card recharge. Read More
Toshiba's 55-inch, Ultra HD, glasses-free 3D TV
By Gizmag Team
September 1, 2011
Toshiba has taken the wraps off a 55-inch, 16:9
ratio LED backlit TV with glasses free 3D capability and Quad Full HD
resolution. That's a massive 3,840 x 2,160 pixels, or in other words,
four times as many pixels as a 1920 x 1080p TV. We've just checked out
the Toshiba 55ZL2 on the floor at IFA and the consensus is that it looks
great. Read More
Volkswagen has once more produced a minimalist
and frugal commuter vehicle for its home auto show in Frankfurt, and
this one has us quite excited. NILS is an F1-inspired single-seat
electric concept with an aluminum space frame, gull-wing doors and
thanks to its extreme light weight (460 kg), small frontal area, it
offers sports car performance at speeds up to 130 km/h from a small 25kW
electric motor. The electric motor's 130 Nm of torque offers rapid
acceleration and although the range is limited to just 65 kilometers (40
miles), it recharges from empty in just two hours from a conventional
230-volt electrical outlet. Read More
San Francisco's Cloud Engines has announced its first mobile-focused device at IFA 2011.
Pogoplug Mobile will allow users to securely stream entire libraries of
digital content from connected storage in their homes to their Android
or iOS mobile phone and tablet, without having to worry about bothersome
monthly fees or storage limits. It will also cater for private sharing
of media with family and friends and could well be the perfect companion
for Amazon's Cloud Drive and Player or Apple's upcoming iCloud service. Gizmag caught up with Pogoplug's Daniel Putterman in Berlin for a quick look at what's on offer... Read More
No doubt looking to capitalize on the success of its gorgeous Series 9 notebook, Samsung has unveiled two Series 7 CHRONOS premium notebooks at IFA 2011.
Thanks to something Samsung has dubbed MAX screen technology, the
company has managed to squeeze 15- and 15.6-inch screens into frame
sizes normally reserved for 14- and 15-inch notebooks. Both models will
come with an Intel Core i7 processor, a spacious 750GB HDD and 8GB of
DDR3 system memory. There's also some extra flash memory on the
motherboard that's said to result in faster startup times and enhanced
performance. Read More
Ford's Evos may only be a concept car but with
its four scissor doors reaching skyward to the heavens, it is both the
most distinctive and important concept from Ford in many a year. The
Evos is the first manifestation of the Blue Oval's "first truly global
design language," a visual signature that Ford hopes will make its next
generation of vehicles more recognizable than the current fleet. The
plug-in hybrid will debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show
two weeks from now and previews not just the new family resemblance,
but the intuitive "cloud connected" functionality Ford will infuse into
the next generation of vehicles. Read More
Samsung flip-screen MV800 compact camera introduced at IFA
By Gizmag Team
September 1, 2011
A new compact point-and-shoot camera with a
3-inch flip-out LCD screen is among a barrage of products just showcased
at Samsung's IFA 2011
press conference in Berlin. The 16.2 megapixel MV800 gets the
"MultiView" tag due to its 3.0-inch wide flip-out capacitive touch
screen LCD Display, which is hinged at the top of the unit so that it
can tilted up or down to add versatility to shooting and help you
line-up self portraits. Read More
In the effort to capture more energy from the
wind, the blades of wind turbines have become bigger and bigger to the
point where the diameter of the rotors can be over 100 m (328 ft).
Although larger blades cover a larger area, they are also heavier, which
means more wind is needed to turn the rotor. The ideal combination
would be blades that are not only bigger, but also lighter and more
durable. A researcher at Case Western Reserve University has built a
prototype blade from materials that could provide just such a winning
combination. Read More
Samsung Galaxy S II triplets headed for U.S. carriers
By Darren Quick
August 31, 2011
Having already launched in many world markets, Samsung has now unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S II
models that are destined for U.S. carriers from September. The
company’s flagship smartphone will come in three slightly different
flavors through Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile, with all running Android
2.3 (Gingerbread) with Samsung’s TouchWiz 4.0 UI and packing a 1.2 GHz
dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and Super AMOLED Plus touch screen
display in a slim form factor. Although Samsung has revealed an LTE
version is on the way, the three phones initially on offer will use
HSPA+ (AT&T and T-Mobile) and WiMAX (Sprint) for 4G connectivity.
Read More
Each and every day, the sun showers our cities in
solar energy. Every night, our cities emit light so bright that they
can be seen from space. An industrial designer from the Bezalel Academy
of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel, has designed a concept device
called the UrbanTile that would harness the solar energy city buildings
absorb during the day for their lighting needs at night. The UrbanTile
is a small solar panel that can be flipped to reveal a light emitting
screen. Banded together into rows, the panels become a window blind that
forms a light and entertainment display. Read More
Dental professionals inform us that cleaning
between the teeth is essential to good tooth and gum health but regular
flossing can be at best time consuming and at worst painful. Philips has
introduced a new member to its Sonicare range of dental care products
at IFA 2011
that dislodges interdental plaque and bacteria with rapid bursts of air
and water. The cordless Sonicare AirFloss is about the same size as a
standard electric toothbrush and features an angled nozzle with guidance
tip for precision placement. Read More
Some cancers, such as pancreatic and cervical
cancers, are notoriously hypoxic, which means they contain low oxygen
levels. Because radiation therapy needs oxygen to be effective, hypoxic
areas of a tumor can be difficult to kill. To combat this, researchers
at Purdue University have developed and tested a miniature electronic
device that is designed to be implanted into solid tumors to generate
oxygen and boost the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy
treatments. Read More
Only a couple of months after Samsung debuted its Galaxy Tab at IFA 2010 rumors were circulating that an AMOLED version may have been in the works. One year on from the official launch of the tablet, Samsung has unveiled just such a device at IFA 2011
in the form of the Galaxy Tab 7.7. As the name suggests, the Galaxy Tab
7.7 sports a 7.7-inch display (that’s 0.7-inches bigger than the
original Galaxy Tab) and is the first tablet to feature a Super AMOLED
Plus display, which boasts 1280 x 800 pixel resolution and promises
brighter, higher-contrast viewing. Read More
Smart's iconic lightweight fortwo was such a
natural for conversion to electric propulsion that it was one of the
first zero emission cars with a badge recognizable by the general
public. In essence, the electric smart changed little from the
petrol-engined version apart from the drivetrain. Now it has teamed with
chemical developer BASF to envisage the smart reconstructed with new
materials for insulation, reflection, energy management and weight
saving. The roof not only transmits light, it generates energy. smart
says the end result of the forvision makeover is an increase in range of
20 percent with exactly the same powertrain. Read More
It's only been a couple of months since Improv Electronics updated its range of Boogie Board eWriters
but, like the original Boogie Board, these were criticized for not
having the capability to save your digital doodles. Well, the company
has finally addressed those concerns with the unveiling of the Boogie
Board RIP tablet at IFA 2011.
Standing for "Record Image Preserve," the RIP uses the same Reflex No
Power LCD display technology found on previous models but adds the
ability to save notes and drawings in PDF format to the device's
internal memory for later uploading to a PC via USB. Read More
Etymotic HD-15 electronic earplugs only block the loud noises
By Ben Coxworth
September 1, 2011
If you work someplace where sudden loud noises
frequently but intermittently occur, it can get kind of frustrating –
you pretty much have to choose between protecting your hearing with ear
plugs, or being able to hear what people are saying when it isn’t noisy.
Your basic earplugs, unfortunately, don’t let you hear when things are
quiet, but then activate when loud noises occur. Non-basic
earplugs, however, do that very thing. Etymotic Research’s HD-15
High-Definition electronic earplugs contain tiny microphones, that
instantaneously cause the plugs to block incoming sound waves when they
detect noises over a given threshold. When the noise has ceased, the
earplugs let the user hear normally again. Read More
Metz lets loose its Primus 55 3D Media twin R TV
By Ben Coxworth
September 1, 2011
New models of televisions are certainly plentiful at IFA 2011,
but one of the stand-outs so far has been the German-made Metz Primus
55 3D Media twin R ... evidently, they couldn't just call it something
like the Trinitron. The long-named TV is able not only to show 3D
content, but can also convert 2D content into 3D. Additionally,
it has a built-in digital recorder, it can record to USB drives, and it
can display film, photo and music files from an unlimited number of
other digital devices in its users' home. Read More
Toshiba Europe releases 7mm-thick AT200 tablet
By Ben Coxworth
September 1, 2011
Toshiba Europe unveiled its latest multi-touch
tablet today, the AT200. While the device has a backlit 10.1-inch 1280 x
800 HD screen, it is only 7 millimeters thick, and weighs in at just
558 grams (19.7 oz). It runs on Android 3.2 (Honeycomb), and offers
micro-USB, micro-SD, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. It also has a
micro-HDMI port (which allows it to stream HD content to a separate
television set), 5- and 2-megapixel rear and front HD cameras, a 1.2GHz
TI OMAP 4430 CPU, and 1 GB of RAM. Besides its thin profile, however,
one of the distinguishing features of the AT200 is its audio playback
capabilities. Read More
Samsung showed its new Note smartphone today at
IFA, just 12 months after it showed the Galaxy Tab to great acclaim, and
when history judges the 5.3” supersized smartphone it just might play a
much greater role in the development of the personal computer form
factor. The incorporation of a stylus and the 1280×800 high-resolution
Super AMOLED screen give the thin android phone additional functionality
by way of both sketching and note-taking and when Gizmag's Tim Hanlon
tried the phone with its 1.4GHz dual-core processor, he's now thinking
of trading in his Galaxy SII. “I'm sold” reported Tim from Berlin. Read More
Wikitude Drive AR navigation system keeps your eyes on the road
By Ben Coxworth
September 4, 2011
Although many of us don't know how we ever
managed without our car navigation systems, they are not without their
flaws. For one thing, when that voice says "Turn left in 100 meters,"
you may find yourself looking out the windshield and wondering "Does
that mean this left turn, or the one just past it?" The
Wikitude Drive augmented reality navigation app is designed to address
these problems, by overlaying directional arrows on real-time video of
the road in front of you. Read More
BMW and Husqvarna electric motorcycle concepts
By Jack Martin
September 3, 2011
Two of the more intriguing concepts planned for
the world's largest motor show (IAA) in Frankfurt a fortnight from now
will come from BMW Motorrad and sister brand Husqvarna. Almost nothing
about the concepts has been disclosed other than their existence and a
few cryptic words in a press release which mention an e-mobility BMW
Motorrad design study and "a new idea for individual single track
mobility" from Husqvarna. Read More
Citroen's Tubik Concept - high-tech executive shuttle bus
By Mike Hanlon
September 3, 2011
UPDATED: NEW IMAGES Yet another interesting
mobility idea to be seen for the first time at the Frankfurt Motor Show
is Citroen's Tubik concept - a high-tech, high-comfort, connected
executive shuttle. The idea came from Citroen's Multicity project, an
online routefinder portal that provides a door-to-destination transport
solution using all available modes - car, train, bus, plane etc. In
looking at the big picture, Citroen realised that something was missing -
a vehicle was needed that was more than a taxi and more flexible than a
limousine. The Citroen Tubik is that solution. Read More
High-end mountain bike has a 'Look' of its own
By Ben Coxworth
September 2, 2011
For many of us, the list of dream mountain bikes
that we’ll never be able to afford just keeps growing. That said, quite a
few of those bikes have a way of looking alike – after all, there are
only so many variations on the basic upright bike frame that will stand
up to off-road use. At this weekend’s Eurobike trade show in Germany,
however, a pretty unique-looking full-suspension rig is making an
appearance. It’s the Look 920, and as is the case with some high-end
road bikes, its handlebar stem is integrated into the top tube. Read More
Early disease detection can be a matter of life
and death, especially if that disease is cancer. In a novel approach to
this problem, researchers from MIT have engineeringed a series of
ultra-microscopic particles, each designed to bind to a disease-specific
type of microRNA - a genetic material which affects gene expression in
the nucleus. In cancer cells, the microRNA has somehow malfunctioned,
leading to rapid, unregulated cell growth that can ultimately form
tumors. Read More
New chemical reagent turns biological tissue transparent
By Ben Coxworth
September 2, 2011
Scientists are constantly looking for new and
better ways of seeing through biological tissue, in order to see cells
within it that have been marked with dyes, proteins or other substances.
While recent research has involved using marking materials such as carbon nanotubes and firefly protein,
scientists from Japan’s RIKEN Brain Science Institute have taken a
different approach – they’ve developed a chemical reagent that causes
the tissue surrounding the marked cells to become transparent. Read More
Sennheiser releases RS 220 wireless headphones
By Ben Coxworth
September 2, 2011
How many people out there like headphone cords?
Probably not a great number, but audiophiles will tell you that
hard-wired headphones offer far superior sound quality than their
wireless counterparts. Sennheiser, however, would have us believe
otherwise. The company states that thanks to its Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum (DSSS) technique, its new RS 220 wireless headphones sound like
they’ve got a cord coming out of ‘em. Read More
At last year's IFA electronics trade show, Miele unveiled its SmartGrid-ready washer and dryer.
Although they run off of regular mains power, these machines are also
able to access the internet and determine when rates will be cheapest.
Users indicate the time period in which the laundry must be washed or
dried, the appliances choose the least expensive time within that
period, then proceed to automatically start at that time. At IFA 2011,
Miele has gone one better by unveiling what it describes as the world's
first dryer to use the heat of the sun to get the wetness out of
clothes. Read More
Toshiba launches thin and light Portégé Z830 Ultrabook
By Paul Ridden
September 2, 2011
Toshiba has made an impressive entry into the new
Ultrabook arena with the 13.3-inch Portégé Z830 notebook. Claimed to be
the lightest in its class, powered by a second generation Intel Core
processor and featuring solid state storage, the new notebook is also
more than capable of withstanding the odd bump on the road, with new
internal structures and a honeycomb rib reinforced magnesium alloy
casing. Read More
Samsung has really gone to town with noteworthy new product launches at IFA
this year and the latest addition to its range of interchangeable lens
cameras - the NX200 - is on that list. The NX200 gets a 20.3 megapixel
APS-C CMOS sensor (a significant jump on last years 14.6 megapixel NX100
model) along with an all-metal body, 7fps continuous shooting (with
100ms Advanced Auto Focus), 100- 12,800 ISO, video recording at
1920x1080/30p, a 3.0-inch VGA AMOLED display and a capability upgrade
for its i-Function lens. Read More
Canadian design firm Molo has created a cheap and
comfortable housing innovation for disaster relief situations.. Dubbed
"softshelter," the system has been designed to create personal space
within in a communal shelter, thus providing individuals or families
with some privacy during a time of hardship. The softshelter modules are
made from 100 percent recycled materials designed for re-use over a
long period if time. The flexible walls pack flat, suitable for fast and
cost effective shipping, whilst in a matter of minutes the softwalls
can be unpacked and expanded to create walls and rooms. Read More
Acer has announced its first dip into the Ultrabook market at this year's IFA. A more obvious leaning towards the trend-setting MacBook Air design than Toshiba's Portégé Z830
notebook, the Aspire S3 will come with a choice of second generation
Intel Core processors, either solid state or hybrid hard drive storage
and promises an impressive battery life. We got up close and personal
with the pre-production models on show in Berlin, but were left less
than impressed. Read More
Over the last decade, mobile telephones have gone
from being a rarity in most countries, to being carried by the vast
majority of human beings. Now, according to new research, smartphone
(which is actually a misnomer – it is actually a Very Personal Computer)
sales will top a billion units a year by 2015 as the smartphone's share
of phone shipments rockets from 15.8% in 2009, to 32.5% this year to
54.4% in 2015). Planet Earth only has 6.75 billion human inhabitants. If
this trend continues, by the turn of the decade, the vast majority of
human beings will be carrying a networked personal computer on their
person at all times. We are undoubtedly living through a period of
unprecedented change in human history. Read More
Philips updates Cinema 21:9 line with 58-inch Platinum series
By Darren Quick
September 5, 2011
Philips has been teasing us with the promise of
the 58-inch 3D capable Platinum Series Cinema 21:9 TV since IFA 2010,
but the company finally looks set to deliver. Showing off the new set at
IFA 2011,
Philips revealed plans to launch the cinema-proportioned TV in
September. The Platinum series boasts an ultra-wide 21:9 (2.39:1)
aspect ratio and 2,560 x 1080p pixel resolution panel. Read More
App-based remote room monitoring system for iPad and iPhone
By Paul Ridden
September 5, 2011
When I lived in what is generally described as an
unsavory neighborhood, I had a device installed which would ring my
mobile phone if the alarm sounded. Technology has moved on a tad since
then with home monitoring options like this one from Florida-based Stem
Innovation. The company has developed an app-controlled video camera
called the iZON Remote Room Monitor that streams live video and audio to
your iOS device when movement or sound is detected at home. The system
can even send the recording direct to a private YouTube account for
safe-keeping or sharing. Read More
It's easy to look back at the history of
exploration and aviation and feel like there's no mountains left to
climb, that the age of the great pioneers is behind us and we're doomed
to a future of LCD tanning and monitor hypnosis. But don't try telling
that to Pascal Chretien. On August 12, this electrical/aerospace
engineer and helicopter pilot took to the air in the world's first
untethered, fully electric manned helicopter flight in a prototype
machine that he designed and built almost entirely by himself within a
12 month development period. In his 2 minute, 10 second test flight,
Chretien beat aviation giant Sikorsky into the record books - but it was
not without significant risk. As the man himself puts it: "in case of
crash I stand good chances to end up in kebab form." Read More
Sony Reader WiFi ups the bar for eBook Readers by adding a touch screen
By Mike Hanlon
September 5, 2011
Among Sony's releases at IFA is one that could
put a dent in Kindle's dominance of the eReader space - the 6-inch Sony
Reader Wi-Fi. The new reader comes in at just 168 grams, two thirds of
the weight of the Kindle 3 WiFi and with a host of advantages that
include faster and smoother page turns (we tried it), and a dual-touch
touchscreen for easy zooming. Unlike the Kindle, it won't lock you to
Amazon as the sole provider of your reading material. It's also cheaper
and lighter than the model it replaces, but still US$10 dearer than the
Kindle at US$149. Read More
Renewables top 20 percent of Germany’s energy mix for first time
By Darren Quick
September 5, 2011
In the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
disaster, tens of thousands of German citizens took to the streets
calling for the phase out of atomic energy. In May, the German
government bowed to public pressure and unveiled its plan to shut down
the country's 17 nuclear power plants by 2021 - with the possibility
that three will continue operating until 2022 if the transition to
renewable energy doesn't go as quickly as hoped. Providing some hope
that Germany will achieve its ambitious goals, Spiegel Online
International has quoted a newly released German Association of Energy
and Water Industries (BDEW) report that says, for the first time,
renewable sources accounted for more than 20 percent of the country's
electricity generation in the first half of 2011. Read More
Dyson unveils its first Ball cylinder vacuum cleaner
By Darren Quick
September 4, 2011
Until now, Dyson's patented Ball technology that
lets vacuum cleaners turn on a dime - or rather a ball - has only been
available in its upright models. Now the company has unveiled its first
cylinder - or canister - vacuum with Ball technology in the form of the
DC37. On show it IFA 2011,
the DC37 also includes a "Musclehead" floor tool that recognizes the
floor surface and automatically retracts its brushes on carpet, and
lowers them on hard floors. Read More
Sony finally threw its hat in the tablet ring at IFA 2011 by announcing the market launch of the Sony Tablet S and Tablet P (previously codenamed S1 and S2).
The biggest point-of-difference from other Android tablets and the
heavyweight champ iPad is form factor - the Tablet S gets an unusual
asymmetrical shape and the Tablet P throws the conventional tablet
format away completely with its clam-shell, dual-screen design. Having
stated its intention to become number two in the tablet marketplace and
setting pricing identical to that of the iPad 2, Sony is certainly
aiming high with this one. Read More
Fujifilm adds X10 to retro digital compact range
By Pawel Piejko
September 6, 2011
Fujifilm has announced a follow up to the retro Fujifilm X100
released earlier this year. The Fujifilm X10 compact digital camera
features an optical zoom viewfinder, a 12 megapixel EXR-CMOS sensor,
28-112mm equivalent F2.0 -2.8 Fujinon lens and continuous shooting at up
to 7 fps at 12 megapixels. Read More
Circadian rhythms are a roughly 24-hour cycle
governing biochemical, physiological, or behavioral processes that have
been widely observed not only in humans, but other animals, fungi,
cyanobacteria and plants. In plants, circadian rhythms help synchronize
biological processes with day and night to control photosynthesis, tell
the plant what season it is, and the best time to flower to attract
insects. Yale University researchers have now identified a key genetic
gear that keeps the circadian clock in plants ticking, offering the
prospect of engineering plants that can grow all year round and in
locations where that's is not currently possible. Read More
Husqvarna Nuda 900 and Nuda 900R get faux V-twin engines
By Mike Hanlon
September 6, 2011
We've already written quite a bit about the development of Husqvarna's new Nuda 900 and 900R
and the promise of the Italian (formerly Swedish) brand under Teutonic
(BMW) ownership to execute new thought, but we felt that the latest
release of new info on the supermoto/naked-bike crossover to debut at
Frankfurt warranted an update. We already knew the engine was derived
from the BMW F 800 R motor with an increase in bore and stroke giving it
898cc, but what we didn't know previously is that the crankshaft has
been altered from the F 800 R's 0-degree crank offset angle to
315-degrees, creating an engine with the feel and sound of a V-twin, but
with the same excellent power delivery of the parallel-twin at small
throttle openings, a characteristic not normally associated with
v-twins. Details have also been released on the suspension and running
gear packages of both models. Read More
HTC TITAN - 4.7-inch smartphone screen is HTC's largest ever
By Pawel Piejko
September 6, 2011
HTC
has unveiled HTC TITAN, billed as its largest screen smartphone
featuring 4.7-inch WVGA 480x800 pixel display wrapped in a slim 9.9 mm
(0.39 inch) aluminum shell. Running Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango), HTC TITAN
boasts 8 megapixel camera, which comes with f/2.2 aperture lens, dual
LED flash, BSI sensor and 720p video recording. Along with TITAN, HTC
has also announced a lower spec'd Windows Phone 7.5 arrival in the form
of 3.8-inch HTC Radar. Read More
Hase Bikes' KLIMAX tricycle converts into a velomobile
By Ben Coxworth
September 5, 2011
While there are those of us who are strangely attracted to velomobiles
– recumbent tricycles with full aerodynamic fairings – the
idiosyncratic vehicles certainly have their drawbacks. Among these are
the fact that the fairing, which is usually a hard shell, adds weight
and traps heat inside with the rider. It also contributes to the
sky-high price of the trikes, which can reach around US$15,000. Hase
Bikes has taken an interesting approach with its KLIMAX 2K recumbent
tricycle by using a weatherproof fabric fairing, that folds down and
comes off when not wanted. Read More
Small unmanned aircraft systems
(UAS) have become an increasingly important intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance tool for the military and their use will only
continue to expand. While vehicles that are small enough to be carried
provide soldiers in the field with capabilities such as
over-the-next-hill imagery or the short-term monitoring of convoys, much
research is going into finding ways to extend mission duration through
better battery systems. DARPA researchers say they have overcome this
limitation with the development of a compact solid oxide fuel cell
(SOFC) fueled by propane that quadruples the endurance of small unmanned
aircraft systems . Read More
Electric Audi A2 concept to light up Frankfurt Motor Show
By Ben Coxworth
September 5, 2011
Audi's A2 electric car will be among the huge list of concept vehicles
taking the stage at the 64th International Motor Show in Frankfurt
later this month. The automaker has so far only released sketches of the
four-seater and there's no specifics as yet on the drivetrain (just the
promise of a "powerful electric drive system for agile performance and
long range"), but we can expect to see some very interesting dynamic
lighting innovations along with a tech-packed interior that includes a
steering-wheel-mounted touchscreen. Read More
Yale researchers discover source of signals that trigger hair growth
By Darren Quick
September 5, 2011
In news that offers hope to millions of
chrome-domes everywhere – yours truly included – Yale researchers have
made a discovery that could lead to new treatments for baldness. While
men with male pattern baldness still have stem cells in follicle roots,
they need signals from within the skin to grow hair. Until now, the
source of those signals that trigger hair growth has been unclear, but
the Yale researchers claim to have now discovered it. Read More
'World's smallest electric motor' consists of a single molecule
By Ben Coxworth
September 5, 2011
Remember back in the old days, when nano-scale motors were a clunky 500 nanometers across? That record was subsequently broken with a 200-nanometer model, but has now been broken again, by a motor that’s just one
nanometer wide. By comparison, the width of a human hair is about
60,000 nanometers. The new motor, created by scientists at Tufts
University in Massachusetts, is reportedly the first one ever to consist
of a single molecule. Read More
iHealth helps manage your blood pressure and weight on your iPhone
By Ben Coxworth
September 5, 2011
For many people, a key part of their personal
health management routine involves monitoring their blood pressure and
weight. Frequently going to get one’s blood pressure measured at a
pharmacy or clinic, however, can be a hassle. Well, to paraphrase an
advertising slogan, “there’s an app for that” – along with a device. The
iHealth Blood Pressure Monitoring System for iPhone, iPod touch and
iPad consists of a blood pressure arm cuff wired to a portable dock,
along with the free iHealth app, which users run on their chosen iDevice
to keep track of their systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart
rate. They will also soon be able to throw their weight data into the
mix, with the iHealth Scale. Read More
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