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Robot to take starring roles in S.Korea plays

Electronics / Robotics

6 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A South Korean-developed robot that played to acclaim in "Robot Princess and the Seven Dwarfs" is set for more leading theatre roles this year, a scientist said Wednesday.

Student Builds Spider Robot From Spare Parts (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

18 hours ago | 4.6 / 5 (11) | 4

Picture a spider-like robot that teaches itself to walk, can adapt when damaged and watches its maker as he moves around the room. That might sound terrifying.

Seagate Ships 10,000 RPM 600 GB 2.5-inch Hard Drive

Electronics / Hardware

16 hours ago | 2.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Seagate today announced worldwide shipments of its Savvio 10K.4 hard disk drive (HDD), the world's highest-capacity and most reliable 2.5-inch enterprise-class drive.

Gadgets: Give a gadget for Valentine's Day

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 05, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

Instead of flowers or chocolate, how about a holiday themed digital gadget for the upcoming Valentine's Day?

Robonaut 2: NASA, GM Create Cutting Edge Robotic Technology

Electronics / Robotics

Feb 04, 2010 | 4.5 / 5 (13) | 9 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robonaut is evolving. NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in the automotive and aerospace ...

3-D printing coming in reach of consumers

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 04, 2010 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 0

It may sound like a prop from a sci-fi movie, or some garage inventor's holy grail: a device that converts a computer file into a three-dimensional physical object.

Disputed Joojoo tablet to ship at end of February

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 04, 2010 | 4 / 5 (5) | 3

(AP) -- The Joojoo, a Web-browsing tablet device that's the subject of a high-profile Silicon Valley legal dispute, appears on track to reach early buyers at the end of February.

Palm losing pace with Pre Plus

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 04, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

When Palm launched the Pre smartphone last June, I considered it a close second to the iPhone in the race for best smartphone on the market.

Nexus One gets touch and 3G capabilities

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 03, 2010 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Google is ramping up its entry in the hotly competitive smartphone race by adding "pinch-to-zoom" multi-touch and 3G wireless broadband network capabilities to the Nexus One.

New Motorola Android phone on Verizon: the Devour

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 03, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Verizon Wireless has a second handset from Motorola Inc. that uses Google Inc.'s Android software: The Devour.

Sony's new entry-level priced E series notebooks

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 03, 2010 | 4 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sony today took the wraps off its new line of affordably-priced notebooks in chic new colors -- the VAIO E Series.

NXP brings HDMI 1.4 to Mobile Phones

Electronics / Hardware

Feb 02, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

NXP Semiconductors today announced a new HDMI 1.4 transmitter solution, TDA19989, which enables consumers to transfer HD multimedia content from their mobile phones directly to a television via the TV remote control. The ...

Robots shed more light on evolution (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

Feb 01, 2010 | 4.3 / 5 (15) | 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Swiss scientists have proposed that if robots could evolve through natural selection the result would be robots that would help each other, cooperate, and be capable of hunting. Their experiments ...

Japanese Manufacturers Developing Millimeter-Wave Communication Chips

Electronics / Hardware

Feb 01, 2010 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- The three large Japanese manufactures, Hitachi, Panasonic Corp., and Toshiba Corp, have announced that they are developing radio frequency (RF) transceiver ICs in the 60GHz band. All three ...

Apple's own approach to iPad e-books could confuse

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jan 31, 2010 | 3 / 5 (2) | 10

(AP) -- Even as Apple's iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between ...

iPad neat, but I'm waiting for ver. 2.0

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jan 30, 2010 | 3 / 5 (6) | 4

After playing with Apple's iPad at its press debut Wednesday, I want to buy one -- just not yet. One of technology's truisms is that version 2.0 is almost always much better than version 1.0. So it's usually ...

Apple backs VoIP calls over 3G networks for iPhone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jan 29, 2010 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2

(AP) -- Apple Inc. is allowing iPhone owners to use Internet calling services over cellular networks.

Gadgets: Printing without ink? Yes

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jan 29, 2010 | 2.5 / 5 (4) | 0

If you absolutely and positively must print something right now and have no power around, the PlanOn Printstik PS905ME is your answer.