Archive for November, 2009

Intel researching your brain for newer technologies

Using a remote control to change channels is just such a pain. I mean, what with you needing to push buttons with your fingers and all. If only there was a better way!
Intel is working on it. More specifically, they’re working on brain implants that would let you change channels and surf the web using [...]

PogoPlug shares media files worldwide

Gather round, those of you with networked computers, and gaze upon one of the best ways to attach storage to that network and share files at home or anywhere on the Internet. Behold PogoPlug, a $129 network attached storage (NAS) pacecode that was already well worth its relatively low price, but now it has four [...]

Directly transfer Blu-ray movies to PSP without PC – Sony’s Digital Copy

Even as Disney plans to put its movies on any pacecode anywhere, Sony is bringing us its own new-and-improved method of multiformat content delivery. The first-ever Digital Copy of a feature film — specifically for use on the PSP — is accessible directly off of the Blu-ray disc, via a connected PlayStation 3, with no [...]

Large Hadron Collider Back Online successfully – CERN

After being stalled by a catastrophic leak, a speck of bread and alleged time travelers, CERN has brought the Large Hadron Collider successfully back online with the full orbit of a proton beam. The 17-mile ring of the facility should continue to see particle beams pulsing through it in both directions over the weekend as [...]

iMATION introduced first wireless USB hard drive

A boon to every cluttered desktop, Imation has started selling a 1.5 TB hard drive, the Wireless HD ProWX that connects to your PC/Mac via wireless USB, as long as you locate the drive within 30 feet of your PC with the included wireless USB dongle jacked in.
Imation claims a transfer rate of 15 Mbps, [...]

Humble webcam to impressive 3D scanner

If you’re like me, when you think of 3D scanning you probably think of a setup much like they had on the set of the Matrix, with a billion cameras surrounding one object. Well, luckily it’s not that complex and, perhaps even luckier, Qi Pan, a PhD student at Cambridge University Engineering Department, is making [...]

MOTO aims competitors with affordable touchscreen handset

It seems like Motorola is seriously getting their act together with launches of mobiles left right and center. Another new handset after the announcement of the DROID and its GSM counterpart the MILESTONE is the Crush. Rather an odd name for a phone but then again there are handsets that have names like Magic and [...]

Google Chrome – The official look

Take a look at some of the recent images revealed of the new upcoming Google Chrome OS. I’d love to see this on a tablet styled touchscreen netbook.
Kindle go bye bye…
7 seconds to start up… nice

Open websites you like, Change channels as you like bye bye remote

First we hear about IBM working on a system that will reduce the size of micro chip and provide cognitive thinking to ‘computer’ brains which could be just the start of the A.I. revolution. Today it’s Intel’s turn to showcase some more ideas for the future with microchips that put our human brains in charge [...]

New HP Envy 13 notebook with Windows 7

For all those techies out there feeling like it’s about time a little luck came your way, head on over to Luxurylaunches.com and check out the new HP Envy 13 laptop contest. With features like a 1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor SL9400, A 3GB DDR3 system memory and a 250GB SATA drive amongst many [...]

Deaf too can enjoy musics – SOUNZZZ

While the deaf cannot hear music through their ears, the fact that music is just vibrations in the air allows them to \”feel\” it rather than hear it. The SOUNZZZ is a pacecode designed to allow the hearing impaired to enjoy music just as well as the rest of us.
The sound is translated into stronger [...]

This might be the world’s first E-Bike from Grace

Build an aluminum electric bike with euro-fighter and Formula One parts, power its 1300-watt motor with lithium-ion batteries, and you have Grace in motion. The company is calling Grace “the world’s first and finest E-Motorbike,” and while we beg to differ with that slogan — we’ve ridden a few profoundly exciting electric bikes [...]

Solar system – Thinking about solar for your home

Four-leaf clovers might bring you luck, but Armageddon Energy’s three-leafed SolarClover solar panels promise something more concrete — cheap, green energy.
Using standard silicon solar cells embedded in a Teflon medium, each three-panel unit generates about 400 watts. By comparison, a typical American household needs about 4000 watts to keep running, but even a few SolarClovers [...]

Accelerates HD streaming now from Adobe Flash player

Even if you have a really fast Internet connection, lots of PCs choke when it comes to streaming HD content. Adobe takes a big step toward fixing that, with the release of the first beta of Flash Player 10.1. If you have a graphics card in your PC, chances are lots of Flash video clips [...]

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