Gadgets: A solution for working with underwater cameras

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Anyone who takes underwater photos knows how challenging it is to navigate in the water while holding a camera. Another obstacle can be trying to see through the camera's viewfinder or LCD screen while wearing an underwater ...


Digital Entertainer brings PC content to big screen

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created 21 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

So there you are with all those videos, photos and MP3 music files, and the only place you can play all that digital entertainment is on your computer. It's probably sequestered away somewhere in the room you've designated ...


Jitterbug J cell phone

Tech review: Jitterbug J cell phone

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Features: This super-simple phone for seniors doesn't require a yearly contract -- just pay for minutes monthly. Easy-to-press big buttons. Has text messaging and Bluetooth capabilities. Phone contacts and ...


Zenith Flash-Matic

TV remotes to undergo big change

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

In 1955, Zenith introduced the first wireless TV remote control, the Flash-Matic, followed a year later by the Space Command.


HP Introduces First Professional Workstation with Six-core AMD Opteron Processor

Electronics / Hardware

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

HP today announced the integration of the highly anticipated Six-Core AMD Opteron 2400 Series processor into its family workstations.


A group of students of robotics setup a football robot on the eve of the "RoboCup" the world largest robotic event

Robots face off on football pitch, in kitchen at RoboCup 2009

Electronics / Robotics

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

RoboCup 2009, the world's largest robotics event, kicked off Wednesday in the southern Austrian city of Graz, with some 400 teams and 2,000 robots ready to compete in sports and rescue operations.


Dell

Dell Planning Pocket Web Gadget

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell engineers are in the process of developing a pocket handheld device for browsing the internet. Dell plans on using the Google Inc.'s Android software and may also use chips based on designed ...


Sony sold 30,000 Walkmans in the first two months after its launch

Happy 30th birthday, Walkman

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thirty years ago Sony launched the Walkman, a gadget which revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age -- the iPod.


SCRATCHbot

Researchers unveil whiskered robot rat

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of scientists have developed an innovative robot rat which can seek out and identify objects using its whiskers. The SCRATCHbot robot will be demonstrated this week at an international workshop looking ...


Biology knows best -- human-like vision lets robots navigate naturally

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A robotic vision system that mimics key visual functions of the human brain promises to let robots manoeuvre quickly and safely through cluttered environments, and to help guide the visually impaired.


Samsung Introduces New 45nm Application Processor

Samsung Introduces New 45nm Application Processor

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung Electronics announced today the latest in its popular, ARM11 series of application processors, the S5P6440. Designed using Samsung’s advanced 45nm low power CMOS process technology, the S5P6440 offers ...


EU, phone makers agree on charging standard (AP)

EU, phone makers agree on charging standard

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- No more asking around the office for the right sort of charger. At least that's what European Union and cell phone makers are hoping.


The new PSP Go

Sony silent on reports of 'PlayStation phone'

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sony Corp. remained tight-lipped over reports that it may combine its PlayStation Portable game console with a mobile telephone into a new gadget to challenge rival Apple's iPhone.


The iPhone: My new hang-up

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created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The cell phone -- a gift and a curse. It's the gadget I love to hate.


Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart

Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Jellyfish are one of the most awesome marine animals, doing a spectacular and psychedelic dance in water," explain engineers Sung-Weon Yeom and Il-Kwon Oh from Chonnam National University ...