The world is getting smaller with the advent of technology that allows us to connect to each other over long distances almost instantaneously. With Viber’s VoIP app, this is all the more true as it lets you call or text any one of your friends who also has the app installed.
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Gaia Spacecraft’s Digital Camera Can Spot 10 New Planets a Day
Digital cameras have long been used photograph faraway stars and planets. While this technology is nothing new, the billion-pixel camera on the Gaia Spacecraft, to be launched by the European Space Agency in 2013 is nothing short of amazing. Gaia’s camera is said to be among the largest of its kind to ever exist, and […]
3D Chocolate Printer Prints Your Chocolate Designs
Moulding chocolate by using plastic or silicone moulds is nothing new, in fact, the art has been around for many years. Moulds can only make one set chocolate shape and you need many different moulds to create differently shaped chocolates. Combine chocolate moulding and today’s 3D printer technology and you have a match made in […]
PossessedHand Teaches You To Play Musical Instruments
Learning a new instrument is always a challenge to learn finger movements and such, but now, with the PossessedHand, an electric finger stimulator that makes your fingers move without any input from your brain.
Samsung NC215S Solar Netbook To Be Released Next Month
Remember the post I did on that conceptual Solar Powered laptop a couple of weeks ago? Well, that has actually been realised by Samsung as the NC215S.
SWITL Robot Picks Up Spilled Condiments Leaving No Mess
Anyone who has ever tried to wipe spilled ketchup or mayonaise off a table-top will know that it takes more than one or two wipes to clean the table entirely. Cleaning up these types of spills are always tedious, so a company in Japan has invented the SWITL (it isn’t clear if this is an […]
Get your Comic Book Degree at Dundee University
Comic books are such a part of popular culture today that almost anyone will have read them at some point of their lives. It hasn’t been unheard of for you to be able to study the craft in places like Japan, but it must be a first for any university to offer the subject as […]
The First Fully Solar-Powered Laptop
Solar-powered products are gaining more and more attention, as our society urges us to use cleaner and renewable energy. In vein with solar-powered products that help make our world a greener place, here’s an interesting concept from Industrial Designer Andrea Ponti and his concept for the Luce Solar Panel Powered PC.
Diffus Solar Panneled Handbag for the Ladies
When we hear of high-tech products of some sort, they are usually not geared towards the female market. Either the design of the product is aimed more to the male market, or it is usually not done with women in mind. The same could be said for the designs of solar-panel bags, and one such […]
Sharp Aquos Phone Hybrid 007SH, The Clamshell/Smartphone Hybrid
In this day and age, it seems almost everyone has done away with the humble clamshell phone and has opted to buy themselves a swanky touchscreen smartphone. Although it looks like the clamshell phone has mostly lessened in popularity over the years, it still holds strong with the Japanese population. This is probably why the […]