Microsoft has unleashed its latest Windows
8 Release Preview. As expected, this third and final pre-release
version shows significantly more polish than its predecessors and offers
increased personalization options in addition to some welcome new apps in the form of News, Sport and Travel. Read More
London has got quite a summer of celebrations
coming up, this week sees the Queen's Jubilee, and it's not long until
the London 2012 Olympics. As such there are countless festivities
planned across the city … and even the historic landmarks are getting in
on the act. Tower Bridge has been kitted out with a new state-of-the-art lighting system to help mark the occasions. Read More
Researchers working at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
have successfully made use of electrical and chemical stimulation
techniques to excite neurons in the lower spinal cord of previously
paralyzed rats, enabling the subject rodents to walk and even run when
suspended by a vest which provides balance and restricts movement to the
hind legs only. Read More
A team of bioengineers at the University of Washington
has developed the first structure for growing small human blood vessels
in the laboratory. The vessels behave remarkably like those in a living
human and offer a better and much more modular approach to studying
blood-related diseases, testing drugs and, one day, growing human
tissues for transplant. Read More
Whether you're sitting just outside
the lines of a baseball diamond on a mid-April night or camping at
10,000 feet in July, a thin piece of canvas isn't really enough to keep
you warm. And yet that's all that stands between your backside and the
cold air molecules below. The Toasty Tush uses some simple design to make your camp chair a little warmer. Read More 
When space is at a premium or you're just not a
big fan of cable clutter, there's nothing quite as attractive as an
all-in-one desktop computer and, as we discovered when reviewing HP's Omni 27
model recently, bigger is most assuredly beautiful. Dell's latest slim
and stylish addition to its premium XPS family is also its largest ever
all-in-one computer. The XPS One 27 features the latest third generation
Intel Core processors, HDD or SSD/HDD hybrid storage options and boasts
some impressive built-in audio capabilities, too. Read More
While the G-POD may resemble a cabin from the
London Eye’s giant Ferris wheel, the prefabricated pod does come with
some backyard benefits. The futuristic looking pod is a portable unit
that comes in four different options, designed to create a backyard
lounge, dining room or office. Created by the British garden
specialists, Ornate Garden in Birmingham, U.K., the G-POD series
features rotating or fixed spheres that create a practical outdoor
living addition. Read More
Do you have an emotional attachment to your DSLR?
Design student Brian Matanda says the constant stream of new cameras
filled with ever better tech means we no longer feel the same way about
our cameras and the images they produce. As such he's created Timeless
Capture, a concept digital camera that he claims users would have no
option but to develop an emotional attachment to … and there's certainly
no switching it for a newer model on a whim. Read More
We’ve already heard reports that placing small, reflective particles into the upper atmosphere could actually improve crop yields, but would also significantly reduce the amount of electricity generated by solar power plants and do little to arrest the acidification of the world’s oceans.
Now another potential side effect has been theorized by Californian
researchers, who say that solar geoengineering could lead to whiter
skies. Read More
3D printing
is starting to surf a wave that could take it from a specialist
manufacturing process to household product. The price of machines is coming down and the array of objects that can be created
is going up, but it's not yet clear exactly how this potential will be
realized in the consumer marketplace. One possible pathway is being
explored by Fujifilm: introduce 3D printers using the established
"kiosk" model that's been so successful for digital photo printing. Read More
Nintendo recently held an online
press event known as Nintendo Direct, at which the gaming giant revealed
more information about its next game console,
the Wii U. Among the announcements was the introduction of the WiiU Pro
controller, a device catering to more traditional gamers. Read More
Researchers at Oregon State University
have discovered a new type of blue pigment that could help boost the
energy efficiency of buildings. Discovered unexpectedly three years ago,
the "cool blue" pigment has unusually high infrared heat reflectivity
which it is hoped can be channeled into commercial products in the near
future. Read More
Long-standing purveyor of rugged
mobile device protection technology Otterbox has announced a new series
of iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S cases to join its existing Defender, Reflex,
Impact and Commuter protective shells. The Otterbox Armor Series iPhone
case promises to be its toughest to date and the company confidently
state that your iPhone will be protected from drops, dust, crushing and
even water. Given the reputation for robustness that Otterbox has
achieved thus far, we're inclined to take these claims seriously. Read More
You can take that GoPro HERO
actioncam of yours, and stick it someplace inaccessible ... after which,
you’ll be able to remotely start and stop recording, if you’ve got
GoPro’s new Wi-Fi BacPac + Wi-Fi Remote Combo Kit. The company
officially released the system today. Read More
Looking for something to jot down a few lines of poetry as you sip camomile tea from your Battle Mug? While a Bic might do the trick, it would perhaps be more appropriate to use the UZI Tactical Defender Pen. Read More
Microsoft used its E3 press conference to unveil its new SmartGlass technology that will use handheld devices
such as smartphones and tablets as both an Xbox control device and as a
second screen for the display of dynamic, rich information. Head of
Xbox Live, Marc Whitten, confirmed that in addition to working with
Windows 8 phones and tablets, SmartGlass would be compatible with
iPhone, iPad and Android devices. The technology will also finally see
the arrival of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser to the Xbox 360 before the end of the year. Read More
Nintendo recently held an online
press event known as Nintendo Direct, at which the gaming giant revealed
more information about its next game console,
the Wii U. Among the announcements was the introduction of the WiiU Pro
controller, a device catering to more traditional gamers. Read More
Like the #-symbol-inspired skyscraper
we looked at last month, REX's "Project R6," also known as Yongsan
Tower, is a striking residential tower design commissioned by Dreamhub
for its re-imagining of Seoul's Yongsan district. Central to the R6
concept is the claim that its unique, hollow, almost pulled-apart layout
lends its compact apartments "generous views, daylight, and
cross-ventilation," compensating for their modest size. Courtyards and
roof terraces are intended to achieve a similar sense of community in R6
that Studio Liebeskind sought with its #-skyscraper design. Read More
When it comes to online role playing games,
communicating with other players sadly hasn't evolved much beyond using
in-game text chats, attacking each other, and talking to someone whose
microphone is too close to their face. Sony's forthcoming SOEmote
technology however, promises gamers the ability to express themselves
through their online characters in a way that's more like real life.
Using any webcam to track facial expressions, head movements, and
voices, anything from an elf to an anthropomorphic frog will be able to
mimic a player's own actions in real-time. Read More
Researchers at Oregon State University
have discovered a new type of blue pigment that could help boost the
energy efficiency of buildings. Discovered unexpectedly three years ago,
the "cool blue" pigment has unusually high infrared heat reflectivity
which it is hoped can be channeled into commercial products in the near
future. Read More
Nanomedicine is a hugely promising field, but while remarkable new treatments and diagnostic tests are being developed, questions remain
about the long term effects of nanoparticles on our bodies. Adding to
our understanding of these issues, researchers have now reported that
the use of quantum dots - tiny luminescent crystals that can be used to monitor disease at a cellular level - appears to be safe in primates over a one-year period. Read More
Little satellites grow up to be big satellites. At least, that’s what will happen if Surrey Satellite Technology
Limited (SSTL) gets its way. Working in conjunction with the University
of Surrey, the UK-based company plans to launch a pair of
nano-satellites into orbit equipped with Kinect motion-control sensors
that will allow the minisats to seek each other out and dock to form a
new, larger satellite. If this technology proves successful, it has the
potential to change the way satellites are built, maintained and even
disposed of by changing satellites from individual machines into
intelligent building blocks. Read More
Long-standing purveyor of rugged
mobile device protection technology Otterbox has announced a new series
of iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S cases to join its existing Defender, Reflex,
Impact and Commuter protective shells. The Otterbox Armor Series iPhone
case promises to be its toughest to date and the company confidently
state that your iPhone will be protected from drops, dust, crushing and
even water. Given the reputation for robustness that Otterbox has
achieved thus far, we're inclined to take these claims seriously. Read More
The PowerA MOGA is a Bluetooth game pad that
brings traditional console controls to your Android smartphone. Set to
launch in late 2012, the MOGA controller features dual analog sticks, as
well as two triggers and a full set of face buttons, in an overall
design that is reminiscent of the Xbox 360 controller, minus the
directional pad. Most importantly, the MOGA has a grip to hold any
Android smartphone up to 7.8 cm (3.07 inches) wide, allowing you to keep
your thumbs on the control pad at all times. Read More
Space travel can be boring. Voyages to Mars or
the Asteroid Belt may sound exotic and exciting, but the fact is that
most of the time there’s not much to see and not much to do. Wouldn’t it
be great if morale on these long missions could get a boost by a
reminder of home like fresh baked bread? Thanks to NASA’s “Space Apps”
program, that might one day be a reality. Sixteen-year old “citizen
scientist” Sam Wilkinson has come up with a way to make bread simply and
efficiently using carbon dioxide and a slow cooker that is designed to
work within the limitations of a spaceship’s galley. Read More
Not only are quadrotors fun, they're useful for applications like surveillance and are even showing promise in building construction. Here's a practical use we hadn't thought of though - remote wireless charging. The folks from NIMBUS lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
are developing a quadrotor equipped with a system that uses
strongly-coupled magnetic resonances to transmit power from its
batteries to the receiving device without ever needing to make physical
contact. The roboticists see this as a solution for powering devices
that are otherwise inaccessible to conventional electrical sources. Read More
The first people to colonize Mars might be reality TV show contestants. No, this is not a joke - it's a tremendously ambitious, eyebrow-raising plan devised by Dutch company
Mars One. Next year, the company aims to select several teams of four
astronauts each, and the public will be the final judge as to which team
will get the ticket for a (one-way!) seven-month trip to the Red Planet
in 2023. Read More
Sign language is definitely a boon to deaf people
when it comes to communicating with each other, or with non-deaf people
who are trained in the system. If a hearing person doesn’t regularly
deal with the deaf, however, then there's an obvious communication
barrier. In order to address that situation, a group of engineering technology and industrial design students from the University of Houston have created MyVoice – a prototype American Sign Language (ASL) translator. Read More
You can take that GoPro HERO
actioncam of yours, and stick it someplace inaccessible ... after which,
you’ll be able to remotely start and stop recording, if you’ve got
GoPro’s new Wi-Fi BacPac + Wi-Fi Remote Combo Kit. The company
officially released the system today. Read More
A Jeep Wrangler
pickup just makes sense given that the Wrangler is a true off-road
model. If you're out tackling trails and rock crawls in the middle of
the desert, you're going to need supplies - big supplies, like gas cans,
water jugs, tools, etc ... and a pickup bed is the perfect place to
store those supplies. The Brute Double Cab bolts a pickup bed onto a
modified four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, becoming the Jeep pickup for
the 21st century. Read More
iCache Inc has announced the release of the
Geode, a secure digital wallet for the iPhone 4 and 4S, which the
company states to be the first of its kind, worldwide. Available in
several colors and simultaneously acting as a protective case for your
iPhone, the Geode is a device which promises to store all your credit,
debit and loyalty cards in one secure platform - turning an average trip
to the grocery store into something which resembles a scene from a
James Bond movie. Read More
There are definitely a lot of daydreamers and big
thinkers out there, showing off their 3D renderings of inventions that
“ought to work” – if they were to actually exist. It’s understandable,
therefore, that many readers reacted with skepticism when we first
reported on Lit Motors’ C-1.
The designers of the fully-enclosed electric motorcycle claimed that it
would be able to stand up on its own, thanks to
electronically-controlled onboard gyroscopes. Well, while there may not
be a C-1 in a showroom near you just yet, the folks at Lit have indeed
succeeded in building a functioning prototype of their vehicle. We made
the trip to their San Francisco workspace, to have a look for ourselves.
Read More
The Southern California Gas Company, the largest
natural gas distribution company in the U.S., has become the first
utility in that country to test Cogenra’s solar cogeneration solution
for cooling purposes. The system will provide air conditioning for
SoCalGas’s Energy Resource Center (ERC). Until now, the technology has
been mainly applied to solar hot water, space heating and electricity.
Read More
Creative Technologies is a company immediately
recognized for its Sound Blaster computer sound cards, but its product
catalog also includes headphones, webcams, mobile digital media players
and wireless speakers. The new Sound BlasterAxx speaker systems bring at
least two of those worlds together into a stacked stereo hexagonal
speaker tower with wireless connectivity and touch control. Despite
claims of booming, room-filling sonic output capabilities, all of the
units are powered by the USB port of any device with a free port. Read More
Lenovo has announced a new addition to its tablet
computer portfolio, that's said to have been configured for multimedia
entertainment. The IdeaTab S2109 features a 9.7-inch IPS display for
wide viewing angle, runs on Android 4 (ICS) and comes equipped with four
speakers. Read More
For most of us, it’s simply one of life’s little
annoyances ... those last few drops of fuel that dribble out of the
nozzle at the gas station.
For the guys at Canada’s Dram Innovations, however, that run-on is a
serious problem – and one that they’re addressing, with their Fuel
Nozzle Drip Retainer. Read More
Looking for something to jot down a few lines of poetry as you sip camomile tea from your Battle Mug? While a Bic might do the trick, it would perhaps be more appropriate to use the UZI Tactical Defender Pen. Read More
Corning announced details of a major new glass design at the eighth annual Display Week in Boston, a trade event
hosted by the Society for Information Display. Named Willow Glass,
Corning’s new glass is manufactured in such a way that allows it to
reach temperatures of up to 500°C (932ºF) while maintaining a thickness
of just 100 microns – or about that of a sheet of paper. Read More
Anyone from high-flying freeriders to
bike-touring workhorses can benefit from cutting weight out of their
packs and bike bags, but they can't afford to cut out essential
provisions like the tools needed for in-the-field bike repair. The inCOG bike tool cuts weight from cyclists' packs by integrating tools into the bike itself. Read More
After four years of development, Boeing’s liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned autonomous aircraft made its first flight
last Friday. It took place at Edwards Air Force Base in California,
with the dual-propeller-driven aircraft lifting off of its launch cart
at 6:22am PST. Read More
The concept of a floating island has been with us
throughout history, but sprang back into the limelight just four years
ago when Wally Yachts came up with an island-themed megayacht named the Wally Island.
At an estimated US$200 million, the Wally Island was not designed for
the common man, but the concept appears to have ignited a flurry of
activity in the marine industry, with new designs focused on a comfortable movable living space
that breaks the naval architectural mold. Now an Austrian-based company
intends to manufacture much smaller, tailor made miniature floating
islands, at a fraction of the cost. Read More
Located in Mendoza, Argentina amid 6,000 meter
(20,000 foot) Andes, Entre Cielos is home to a tree-hotel prototype that
offers guests an exclusive escape hovering over lush green vines.
Despite Mendoza's naturally barren landscape, the small town utilizes a
sophisticated irrigation system that nurtures a hub of over 1200
vineyards. The Entre Cielos vineyard, hotel and spa was conceived in
2009 by a group of Swiss architecture enthusiasts, which is currently
developing a series of hovering guest cabins designed by German
architectural studio Baumraum. Read More
The growing availability of high capability
electric motors is currently in the process of revolutionizing every
aspect of personal transport. In a short time, electric skateboards have
gone from being docile and anemic to having enough power to do
burn-outs and wheelies. In April we looked at all the available 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-wheel transportation appliances on the market,
but envisaged nothing quite like the newly announced US$6100 Gnarboard
4WD Trail Rider with its 3.4 kW of power and peak-power output of 16.5
kW. The Gnarboard accelerates so hard that it can hit its top speed of
28 mph in 1.9 seconds, which is faster than almost anything on the road.
Ridden by an expert, it is quite possibly the fastest urban
point-to-point conveyance available, yet can be ridden through soft sand
and up the steepest of trails. For pure road riding, there's also a
slick-tired 4WD road board available. Read More
Sony has unveiled its new Wonderbook Augmented
Reality PlayStation 3 peripheral at E3. The folding, book-like device is
an Augmented Reality pad that works in conjunction with the PlayStation
3, PlayStation Eye and PlayStation Move motion controller to render
superimposed computer graphics over the image of the Wonderbook and user
on the TV. Targeted as an educational tool for children, the device
will launch with J.K. Rowling's Book of Spells. Read More
Kenmark Sports has a new way for runners, walkers
and other fitness enthusiasts to stay hydrated. It takes the bottle out
of your hand, off your waist and out of your backpack and puts it on
your arm. It calls its (not so creatively named) Armband Water Bottle
the "first multifunctional armband on the market." Read More
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