Robot builds itself for special tasks
Feb 22, 2007 |
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In one of the latest studies on autonomous robots, scientists sat back and watched as their robot created itself out of smaller robotic modules. The result, called “swarm-bot,” comes in many varieties, depending ...
3D Display Offers Glimpse of Future Media
Nov 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The 3D objects in the display box may at first look like a product of smoke-and-mirrors trickery. That impression would be about half right, as a rapidly spinning mirror is one important component ...
ATR, Honda Develop New Brain-Machine Interface
May 24, 2006 |
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Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Honda Research Institute Japan Co. (HRI) have collaboratively developed a new “Brain Machine Interface” (BMI) for manipulating robots using ...
Nearly Waterless Washing Machine to Debut in 2009
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 29, 2008 |
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A new washing machine that uses just a cup of water, a pinch of detergent, and about 1,000 small plastic chips to clean clothes may be available for consumers in the UK next year.
Solar Plane to Fly Continuously Around Mars
Mar 14, 2007 |
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Sky-Sailor, the working dream of a solar-powered, autonomously-controlled microairplane, has exciting implications in two areas: one on the technological advances of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs); and anothe ...
HydroPak Fuel Cell Could Replace Generators, Batteries
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 04, 2008 |
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The HydroPak fuel cell is a portable power generator that can provide up to 14 hours of power with a single disposable cartridge. The $20 cartridges are water-activated, and have a shelf life of several years.
Robotic ants building homes on Mars?
Oct 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent discoveries of water and Earth-like soil on Mars have set imaginations running wild that human beings may one day colonise the Red Planet. However, the first inhabitants might not be ...
A Perfect Female Companion: Project Aiko
Dec 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Aiko is a humanoid robot with a built in Biometric Artificial Intelligence Neural System (Brain) designed by Le Trung in Canada. Aiko is slightly less than 5-feet high with 32.24-inch bust, ...
With Mini in vivo Robots, Anyone Can do Surgery
Feb 05, 2008 |
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By attaching a millimeter-sized camera robot to a tether, scientists have designed a way to allow individuals with non-medical backgrounds to perform minimally invasive surgery in almost any location. Unlike ...
AMD Phenom II Quad Core Overclocked to 6.3Ghz
Nov 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD has been showing off their soon to be released 45nm "Deneb" desktop chips which have been overclocked to 6.3Ghz. Unless you can get your hands on some liquid nitrogen, don´t expect to ...
Nokia N80 gets best in mobile image device
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 08, 2006 |
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Nokia announced Monday that its Nokia N80 was voted Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe 2006 by the Technical Image Press Association.
Google to introduce its own PC?
Jan 06, 2006 |
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In a move that will be seen as a direct challenge to Microsoft’s domination of the media business, Google Inc. is preparing to launch a low-price personal computer, reports the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
Nokia's latest 'L'Amour' fashion mobile phone collection
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Continuing to push the boundaries of mobile phone design, Nokia has introduced a collection of three trend-inspired mobile phones, the Nokia 7360, Nokia 7370 and Nokia 7380. Each model in the L'Amour Collection ...
The Asus Eee Laptop Series Selling Off the Shelves World Wide
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 26, 2007 |
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The sturdy and light weight Asus Eee has captured the hearts and minds of US consumers, students and educators. The Eee series has all the features of its competitors, but its affordable price is turning heads. ...
IBM 3D TV
Nov 11, 2005 |
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International Business Machines, a worldwide leader in technology innovation, has announced a new and affordable 3D video system that works with normal DLP (Digital Light Processing) televisions. Before now, ...
