Verbatim SureFire

Gadgets: Verbatim SureFire, RockBuds earphones, Targus Lap Chill Mat

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bigger, better and faster is what you get from the new Verbatim SureFire portable hard drive.


UCI robot to aid brain research

UCI robot to aid brain research

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot powered by a computerized model of a rodent brain will help researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Diego understand how people recognize and adapt to change.


Review: Motorola's Droid is a serious smart phone (AP)

Review: Motorola's Droid is a serious smart phone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(AP) -- Since its debut in 2007, millions of people have gravitated toward Apple's iPhone, wooed by its sleek hardware, simple user interface and abundance of applications.


Mobile phone and Motorola researcher Martin Cooper said mobile devices have become too complex

Mobile phone inventor wants devices to go back to basics

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The inventor of the mobile phone said Wednesday the devices have become too complex, with a range of features from cameras to music, since he made the first-ever wireless call over three decades ago.


Apple's partner sells 5,000 iPhones in China debut

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s local partner has sold 5,000 iPhones since the smart phone's formal weekend debut in China, a lackluster start after analysts warned the company might be setting prices too high.


new iphone

Touchscreen smartphones being snatched up in US

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

US smartphone buyers can't wait to get their hands on touchscreen devices, according to figures released Tuesday by industry tracker comScore.


Ibn Sina sports a white cloak, golden-trimmed robe, a turban and grey beard

Robots primed for 'are you being served' role in Arabic

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A laboratory in the UAE has built what it says is the world's first Arabic-speaking robot which could soon go into mass production to serve as staff in shopping malls.


Robot fish could monitor water quality

Robot fish could monitor water quality

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Nature inspires technology for an engineer and an ecologist teamed up at Michigan State University. They're developing robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater environments.


PCs shed pounds and CD drives, gain touch screens (AP)

PCs shed pounds and CD drives, gain touch screens

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(AP) -- Personal computers are changing - and not just because of the recent launch of Windows 7. Visit an electronics store and you might also find laptops are missing a familiar component. You could experiment ...


Ericsson developing a 'spider' computer

Ericsson developing a 'spider' computer (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ericsson has produced a prototype of a portable computer that projects the screen and keyboard, and a mock-up of a "spider" computer that will be small enough to carry in a pocket.


NEC's "Tele Scouter"

Two Retinal Imaging Display Devices at Prototype Stage

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- NEC and Brother are both developing wearable prototype devices that use Retinal Imaging Display (RID) technology to project images directly on the wearer's retina. NEC's gadget is designed ...


iPhone comes to China without key feature (AP)

iPhone comes to China without key feature

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple's iPhone is making its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models.


Garmin Nuvifone G60

Garmin Nuvifone G60, sold by AT&T

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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

Product: Garmin Nuvifone G60, sold by AT&T


Gadgets: Picks from the PhotoPlus Expo

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

This past weekend at the 2009 PDN PhotoPlus Expo, companies from all over showed off the latest and greatest in digital photography gear. Here is a sampling of items that caught my attention while walking the floor at the ...


ASUS Unveils First Motherboards to Feature True USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s Performance

ASUS Unveils First Motherboards to Feature USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s Performance

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

ASUS today announced a range of enhanced motherboard solutions that deliver true USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s data throughput performance.