A Masunaga Optical employee displays the blinking "Wink Glasses"

New Japanese glasses bring tears to the eyes

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The Japanese eyewear company behind Sarah Palin's designer glasses has come up with a high-tech solution for obsessive video-gamers and bookworms whose eyes dry out from lack of blinking.


Science at the petascale: Roadrunner supercomputer results unveiled

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The world's fastest supercomputer, Roadrunner, at Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed its initial "shakedown" phase doing accelerated petascale computer modeling and simulations of a variety of unclassified, fundamental ...


Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3 (AP)

Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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

(AP) -- PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year.


What Comes After Hard Drives?

What Comes After Hard Drives?

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (34) | comments 36

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to store and retrieve data is an important component of today's computers, as well as other modern electronic devices such as cell phones, video game consoles, and camcorders. ...


New robot skier takes to the slopes

New robot skier takes to the slopes (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new robot skier has been invented that can be fitted with off-the-shelf skis. This is not the first skiing robot, since Japanese scientists have produced their own (see PhysOrg.com article here), but is bigger and heavie ...


Sony 3D display

Sony Unveils 360-Degree 3D Display (w/ Video)

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today at the DC Expo in Tokyo, Sony has introduced a new 3D display that can be viewed from any direction. Unlike many 3D displays, the new display does not require glasses to view the 3D ...


WD TV HD media player

Gadgets: WD media player makes watching your own HD video easier

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Producing your own high-definition video has become increasingly easier with today's line of HD video cameras. But transferring the content from your computer to a TV can be a challenge.


A Japanese professor presents his virtual reality machine "Media Vehicle" at the expo in Tokyo

Bad breath fights monsters at Japan whacky tech fair

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A monster-slaying bad breath blow gun, a rain-simulating "funbrella" and a navigation-aid helmet that steers users by pulling their ears: welcome to Japan's latest whacky inventions.


Papershow is portable whiteboard, presentation, more

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

It all began with the blackboard that lets you write on a large surface for all to see and that can be easily erased. To this day, blackboards continue to be found mostly in schools. It's how teachers communicate their ideas ...


Acer goes deep with 3-D laptop for gaming, movies (AP)

Acer goes deep with 3-D laptop for gaming, movies

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further - introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen.


Apple unveils new features for desktop, laptop models

Apple unveils new features for desktop, laptop models

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Apple on Tuesday updated its consumer desktop and laptop lines, one day after announcing record quarterly computer sales.


RIM Introduces the New BlackBerry Bold 9700 Smartphone

RIM Introduces the New BlackBerry Bold 9700 Smartphone

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research In Motion today announced the sleek and powerful BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 offers an extensive array of high-end communications and multimedia features in a compact ...


Review: Motorola's Cliq is a snappy smart phone (AP)

Review: Motorola's Cliq is a snappy smart phone

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Imagine how you'd feel if you peaked in middle school. That's pretty much what happened to cell phone maker Motorola Inc., which had a megahit in 2005 with its Razr handset but has since failed to ...


Smart Hand Project

Robotic Hand That Senses Touch (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (26) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Italy, the Smart Hand project has given patient, Robin af Ekenstam (see video) the sense of touch in ...


AMD Athlon II

AMD Announces Eight New Athlon II Processors

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (16) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD announced today eight new, low cost, Athlon II processors to their Athlon II processor family.