Robots at CES 2012: Hard Working, Funny and Dancing
TP-Link showed off a massive robot, which greeted people and demonstrated its dancing skills briefly before being packed off by its handlers. (IBTimes) Continue reading »
The World’s Most Expensive Parking Lot is in the Middle of the Ocean
The deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is covered with the vehicles of sailors, making it a strong contender for the title of the world’s most expensive parking lot. The ship, currently on its way to Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., has cars worth a total of $4.5 billion! Continue reading »
Sleeping in Capsule Bed
Eric Wong, managing director of a capsule bed manufacturer, poses in a modified capsule bed inside a showroom in Hong Kong, Jan. 7. The beds, which are modified for the Hong Kong market, have adjustable ceilings, a larger air conditioner and a TV. They are aimed at university students and budget mainland Chinese travellers visiting the territory and will cost $450 a month or $30 a night, according to the manufacturer.
The New Cruise Ship ‘Disney Fantasy’ Leaves the Dockyard
The new cruise ship Disney Fantasy leaves the dockyard at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, Jan. 7. It is the largest ship to be built in Germany and can carry 4,000 passengers. Continue reading »
The Most Appealing and Performing Electric Cars of 2011
Electric Vehicles (EV) were the most popular theme in most of the auto shows held across the world in 2011. As the need for green technology is all the more important in the twenty-first century, major automakers are engaged in a healthy competition to bring about the most sustainable brands.
Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle Continue reading »
Google’s X-Mas Gift to Employees: Special Edition Galaxy Nexus
Google has handed out early Christmas gift to employees in London and Zurich – a special edition version of the ‘Galaxy Nexus,’ which Samsung and Google had released recently. A special edition version of Galaxy Nexus was gifted by Google to its employees as a Christmas surprise, according to report from ‘The Next Web’.
Galaxy Nexus is Samsung’s newest smartphone which is powered by Google Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ OS. It boasts of a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED display and 1.2GHz dual-core processor.
Lego Production Factory in Billund, Denmark
Minifigure heads on the Lego production line in Billund, Denmark, where two million Lego pieces are made every hour. This machine, one of several similar ones in the factory, can paint different expressions on each side of the heads. (Alex Howe) Continue reading »
iPad App Gives Users Superman-Style X-Ray Vision
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have X-ray vision? Well a new iPad app has made that possible.
From complex engines and sports bikes to the humble desk lamp and kitchen toaster, the ‘X is for X-Ray‘ app has 26 objects that only Superman’s X-ray vision could expect to reveal. Using new X-ray technologies Hugh Turvey, Artist in Residence at the Royal Institute for Radiology, mapped objects in three dimensions in both X-ray and solid form.
The X-ray app shows the insides of a toaster. (SPL) Continue reading »
WAZUMA V8: World’s Most Expensive Quad Bike Goes on Sale for $265,000
It may look impressive and worth an eye-watering £170,000, but the world’s most expensive quad bike can’t even be driven on the road. Manufacturers Lazareth say that the Wazuma V8 is so powerful it is purely a track-only vehicle.
he quad bike is on the market for a staggering $265,000, making it the most expensive in the world. Continue reading »
Futuristic Vehicles by Mikhail Smolyanov
Designer Mikhail Smolyanov creates fantastic eye-catching futuristic vehicle concepts. Take a look! Continue reading »
Photo Camera Woodgrip
This is a solid oak wood hand grip for all kind of cameras. It is perfect for daily video shots. It protects your hand agains shaking while taking videos. You can also use it while taking photos.
Made especially for cameras like Canon 5d mark2, canon 7d etc.
Click Keypad Watches for True Geeks
Retrogadget watch pioneer ‘Click Watches’ and Watchismo are proud to introduce the KEYPAD, the second in a series of electronic glory day concept watches. A chunky number pad and no distinguishable display adds up to a cool new way to showcase the time! Calculator, number pad or Digital locker? It’s a Keypad watch you’ve never seen before.
Even though you think you know how it should work, think again, geek. Perfect for killing time especially for those professionally trained. Continue reading »
HP Brand Re-Design by Moving Brands
Moving Brands partnered with HP as their lead agency to set a creative vision for the HP brand. The vision was to transform the world’s biggest technology company into the world’s most powerful brand. HP would become the blueprint of a moving brand, built for a moving world. Continue reading »
Private Companies have Liftoff
A look at the work of private space companies that will attempt to fill the hole left by the end of NASA’s shuttle program.
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft after its return from orbit. (Mike Altenhofen / SpaceX) Continue reading »
The Tattoo Erasers
Some who are inked have regrets. That’s where lasers come in. New technology is making the removal process easier, and more commonplace.
Ken Saler, a 61-year-old, semi-retired real estate maverick, has reinvented himself. His Advanced Laser Tattoo Removal office in the District has a steady stream of customers, all trying to dial back their everlasting tributes. Dozens of similar tattoo-removal businesses are opening across the country. (Matt McClain / FOR THE WASHINGTON POST) Continue reading »
GroundBot
Mobile surveillance robots are supposed to cut costs. But if they keep getting into trouble and need help, they can prove to be expensive. GroundBot is unlike any other mobile robot on the market – it was originally designed to explore other planets. In other words, the nearest helping hand would have been millions of miles away. GroundBot moves through mud, sand and snow without getting stuck. The spherical design is simplicity itself. With its large circumference, GroundBot takes all kinds of terrain in its stride. And yet its appearance is friendly and unthreatening. Continue reading »
Inside Amazon’s Very Hot Warehouse
Amazon.com did not create the notion of buying things online, but it has done more than any other retailer to move the experience into the mainstream. It has exceeded its customers’ expectations so often it must constantly struggle to top itself. “At first people were incredulous that the mouse on their computer was connected to their doorbell,” the Amazon executive Russell Grandinetti said recently. “Now they say: ‘It’s been 12 hours. Where’s my stuff?’ ”
All that stuff doesn’t magically fly to your house, even if the goal is to have it seem that way. Continue reading »
Fantastic Chromatic Typewriter
This is modified 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter, created by artist Tyree Callahan. This is fantastic – type as you draw! Please, let Tyree to win, vote for him, – just read his Facebook for details. Continue reading »
Nano Hummingbird
Named one of the “50 Best Inventions of 2011” by TIME Magazine.
AeroVironment is developing the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) under a DARPA sponsored research contract to develop a new class of air vehicle systems capable of indoor and outdoor operation. Employing biological mimicry at an extremely small scale, this unconventional aircraft could someday provide new reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities in urban environments. Continue reading »
Art of Science 2011 Gallery
The Art of Science exhibition explores the interplay between science and art. These practices both involve the pursuit of those moments of discovery when what you perceive suddenly becomes more than the sum of its parts. Each piece in this exhibition is, in its own way, a record of such a moment.
This is the fifth Art of Science competition hosted by Princeton University. The 2011 competition drew 168 submissions from 20 departments. The exhibit includes work by undergraduates, faculty, research staff, graduate students, and alumni.
The 56 works chosen for the 2011 Art of Science exhibition represent this year’s theme of “intelligent design” which we interpret in the broadest sense. These extraordinary images are not art for art’s sake. Rather, they were produced during the course of scientific research. Entries were chosen for their aesthetic excellence as well as scientific or technical interest.
The magnetic field of the Earth has reversed its polarity several hundred times during the past 160 million years. Polarity reversals are known to be strongly irregular and chaotic, and the reversal durations are relatively short (typically a few thousand years) compared with the constant polarity intervals between reversals.
This image shows a simple deterministic model illustrating the geomagnetic reversals. The model is based on the non-linear interaction between two magnetic modes (dipole and quadrupole) and one velocity component of the Earth’s core flow, and the image shows typical trajectories in the 3D phase space. The corresponding strange attractor reproduces irregular reversals between two symmetrical states. (Christophe Gissinger / Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences/ Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory) Continue reading »
T-Brain by Toyota
Toyota Boshoku Corp.’s concept vehicle T-Brain is displayed during the press preview of the Tokyo Motor Show. The show opens to the public this weekend. (AP)
Skeleton Key
This Skeleton Key is a highly versatile precision mini-tool made in the USA by Triple Aught Design from a solid 6AL-4V Titanium billet. There are two variations available – Spanner and E-Key. The Spanner version is specialized for Strider pivots and our E-Key version is for electronic locks that usually require coins to unlock. Both variations are capable of removing a pestering nail or opening a cold drink. This tool will surely become an instrument for every day carry. Continue reading »
iPhone Alarm Dock
That’s no ordinary cell phone you’re using. It’s a space age, multi-tasking, micro-computing, futuristic wonder. But once they’re out of your purse or pocket, too many iPhones become nothing more than fancy paperweights. Continue reading »
The Space Hotel
Like a scene from Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, it looks like there’s a UFO landing in this forest. But far from being an opportunity to meet E.T. or the martians, it’s actually a place to sleep. That’s because the bizarre retro-looking 50s-style flying saucer situated near the town of Harads, Sweden, is actually a HOTEL. (Daily Mail Reporter) Continue reading »
Robot Guards will soon begin Patrolling South Korean Prisons
Robot guards with sensors to detect abnormal behaviour will soon begin patrolling South Korean prisons to ease the burden on their human counterparts. A group of scientists has developed the robot warders which can connect prisoners with officers through a remote conversation function. The robots – 1.5 metres (five feet) high and running on four wheels – will mostly be used at night. The robots’ sensors will enable them to detect abnormalities such as suicidal behaviour and violence and report it to officers in charge. (EPA/YONHAP)
