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Virtual Cable Turns Windshield into Navigation Display“A small laser works through a series of mirrors and lenses to project the path onto the windshield, as on a head-up display, although to the driver it appears to hover over the road. What Zamojdo...
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Bill Me Later Is Getting Big Now“When Amazon.com today announced that it would start to accept the Bill Me Later payment services, there was no small sense of satisfaction for Gary Marino. He founded Bill Me Later after a discussion with Mark Britto...
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Memory: M++CARD Combines a Business Card With USB Storage“Basically a flap on the rear of the card can be used to attach different memory sizes, and a pair of slits can be used for the USB adapter. To be honest, it doesn’t amount to much more...
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Higher-Density Data Storage“A laser that focuses light into a 30-nanometer-wide spot could be an important advance toward ultra-high-density hard disks. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), and at the University of Houston...
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Heading To A Club Near You: New Material Provides Constant Light For 12 Years Without a Power Source“MPK, a company that has made a name producing glow-in-the-dark paint, has developed self-luminous micro particles called Litrospheres. The new material...
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Fisher-Price Easy Link Internet Launch Pad only $11.99“The Easy Link Internet Launch pad makes it easy for kids to visit preschool appropriate websites to play online games. The Fisher-Price Easy Link Internet Launch Pad connects to your computer...
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Robots: Smarter Honda ASIMO Can Self-Charge, Avoid People, Work In Groups“Working together - This involves constant sharing of relevant data between networked ASIMOs, and a survey of which robot is closest to the most pressing task, and what his...
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Toshiba launching SCiB batteries in March: 5 min charge, 10 year lifespan“How does this sound: a battery capable of recharging to 90% in under 5 minutes while remaining useful (i.e., 5,000+ recharges) for 10 years or more?” Engadget...
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H A P P Y - F E E D B A C K - M A C H I N E“To create an interaction/ device that explores peoples’ natural instinct to push buttons. Regardless of age, gender or cultural background, I have noticed that humans are naturally attracted to pushing...
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Video scenarios of tech-enabled behaviors “In looking at Intel’s next-generation products, IDEO had a clear sense of the emphasis on mobility. From a design perspective, the offerings were each exciting, offering new ways for people to...
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The Whale Hunt“In an attempt to mimic the same automated data collection and visualization usually executed by computer scripts for his projects such as We Feel Fine, Harris documents the adventure by taking photos every five minutes (even using...
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Spokeo 2.0: A Feed Reader For Your Friends“What makes Spokeo compelling, at least initially, is that it is dead-simple to set up. In one fell swoop Spokeo can ingest all of your contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail, and then go out to the 30+...
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Solid State Drives: Toshiba Introduces 3 New SSD Flavors, 128GB is the Tastiest“Toshiba is throwing its hat into the SSD business with a new line of multi-level cell (MLC) NAND SSDs in three distinct flavors: 32GB, 64GB and 128GB. They will also...
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Wiimote repurposed for multi-point interactive whiteboard“There’s a bit more involved with this one than just a Wiimote, however — namely, an IR-emitting pen (or two), which the Wiimote tracks while relaying all the necessary information...
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DisplayLink and Alereon Announce Wireless USB Graphics Adapter“The reference design uses Alereon’s AL5000 chipset and DisplayLink’s network display technology using USB to deliver ultra-wideband speeds using standard wireless USB input ad...