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.Pods at Masdar City are made to get around
For those who are not familiar with Masdar City, it is a planned city currently being built by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company that relies on solar energy and other renewable energy sources with sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste technology. The plan is that the city host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). [...]
GammaTech introduces Durabook S15C rugged notebook
GammaTech has been known to be one of the more famous names in the rugged device market, and this time around they do not disappoint with the Durabook S15C notebook that delivers portability as well as features which are seldom found in notebooks in its class, that is, designed for rugged environments. According to Jen [...]
BrainDriver allows you to drive with your mind
Imagine getting behind the wheel of your car, and no hands were required on the wheel. This is the technology of BrainDriver which is under development at Freie Universität Berlin by professor Raul Rojas. BrainDriver uses a head cap with 16 sensors that allow the driver to have control over the wheel. This is electroencephalography [...]
Lazer Tag gets a huge upgrade with Light Strike
Some of you might remember the Worlds of Wonder game known as Lazer Tag, the game with toy laser guns zap sensors on your opponent’s chest. The Lazer Tag toy went out of style back in the eighties, but I believe that there are still places where you can go to play more advanced versions [...]
Watson supercomputer wins big on Jeopardy
I’m sure that you probably already know this, but the talking A.I. supercomputer Watson has amassed much money on Jeopardy. Watson’s final score over its three-day run is $77,147, which is tens of thousands of bills above former Jeopardy competitors Ken Jennings ($24,000) and Brad Rutter ($21,600). So now that a computer has beat us [...]
SeaLife Mini II Dive & Sport digital camera for casual users
If you’re one who tends to love spending your vacation time near beaches as well as diving and snorkeling spots instead of the great outdoors in the mountains far away from civilization, then you would do well to tote around some sort of underwater-capable digital camera. We’re looking at either an underwater case for your [...]
Air Swimmers fishes swim through the air
I know that we live in an age where we can buy a cheap-o remote control helicopter for under $50 when it would have cost hundreds a decade ago, but that is really the result of cheaper workmanship. I hope there isn’t cheap workmanship in this remote control blimp, because I like the idea of [...]
Sonim unveils Sonim XP3300 FORCE GSM handset at MWC 2011
The name Sonim evokes a sense of security and ruggedness, simply because they have proven in the past that their handsets have long been the tough nuts of the industry. Well, it makes perfect sense then for the company to introduce their latest Sonim XP3300 FORCE GSM handset at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, [...]