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The Sarcos XOS exoskeleton is a thing of beauty, terror and every little boys dreams. Sarcos have been developing exoskeleton’s for the military for seven years now and since Raytheon bought them up in November things seem to have gone full speed ahead […]
Western Digital, the creators of the slightly dated 3.5″ 10,000rpm Raptor drives have now moved on to produce the VelociRaptor. Based on a 2.5″ hard disk design, with a speed of 10,000rpm and weighing in at 300Gb the VelociRaptor outperforms its predecessor by up to 30% and when it hits the stores will cost […]
The SunView portable media player is the first commercially available ‘pico-projector’ available in the world. Pico-projectors are the next big thing for mobile devices, capable of beaming a display onto areas much larger than a standard mobile lcd display. Currently the SunView, developed by Sunlink International and iView, comes with a 3.5″ lcd display and […]
Engadget have just reportde that Sony have demonstrated a 3.5inch 0.2mm thick OLED display alongside a larger 11inch 0.3mm thick display. Currently the resolutions are lacking slightly with the 11inch coming in at 960 x 540 pixels although both Sony and Samsung demonstrated a 27inch and 31inch display at CES 2008 (video below). […]
BBC News have an article on how IBM are looking to create the next generation of storage devices, by manipulating the magnetic fields generated by the spin of electrons. With the potential to store hundreds of times more data per area compared to existing devices this could mean future handheld devices and computers alike could […]
Toshiba have now released their SpursEngine SE1000 processor for sampling. The processor, based on the PS3’s Cell technology, contains 4 cores as opposed to the Cell’s 8, runs at 1.5Ghz and is capable of 48 Trillion floating point operations per second (48Gflops). Current plans are to integrate the chip with future Graphics Cards and set-top […]
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Researchers at Taiwan University have come up with a novel way to get children to brush their teeth by trying to inject some ‘fun’ into the equation. By using a camera and toothbrush with an array of LEDs attached to the handle they are […]
The Freeloader has a new friend in the form of Super Charger. A large, weather-resistant solar panel designed to boost the charging power of the Freeloader solar charger by 100%. The panel is able to charge the Freeloader in half the time (4 hours) and can be left outside overnight without any issues […]
Microsoft’s multi-touch tabletop Surface has finally gone to retail. AT&T have been chosen to incorporate the first commercially available Surface units into a few select stores in America, allowing customers to view information on the phones available just by placing them onto the table. Far from the initial videos (see below) demonstrating the […]
Korean company Orange Dream have developed a device that is capable of altering thought patterns, through the use of visual stimulation & soundwaves. Although details on the techniques used are currently unknown, the Cyber MC glasses are purportedly able to remove the craving for nicotene, enable healthier eating and treat stress.
The device will […]