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  • Ads & widgets

    Jangl Turns On Audio Ads“People generally use Jangl to place calls or SMSs to other web surfers without exchanging your real number. The new advertising initiative is called Mobile Media Platform and provides a set of APIs for publishers and ad...
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  • New kinds of camera

    Flying Stick Camera“Rub it between your palms to get some kinetic energy stored up. Then release and the Flying Stick automatically takes pictures at set intervals. You know what they say, everybody looks 5 lb lighter when photographed from above...
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  • Smart jacket

    O’Neill’s GPS NavJacket with integrated display and audio“The GPS equipped jacket from O’Neill is the result of a partnership with MyGuide. The Gore-Tex jacket features integrated audio in the hood and a display in the sleeve which...
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  • Google satellite tracking

    Russian Town Puts Giant Smiley On Google Maps“Citizens of the Russian town Chelyabinsk calculated when the satellite, QuickBird, which takes images for Google Earth and Google Maps, would cross above their city and used people to make a giant smiley...
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  • Digital eye

    Android Tech: Researchers Create Bionic Eye Prototype, Render Guide Dogs Obsolete” The device works by being implanted into the back of the eyeball and working as a light transmitter to the brain, where the two are connected by a nerve/wire thinner...
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  • Gravity power

    The gravity powered floor lamp“The column contains five ten-pound brass weights that rest on a sled; when set in place by the user, they drift to the bottom of the lamp over the course of four hours. A high efficiency ball-screw converts the downward...
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  • Universal frame

    Window To The World“Just frame anything you desire behind the glass window, from a building, to a car or piece of art and the image will be analyzed and searched on any number of sites like wikipedia, google or google earth. Want to know about a...
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  • 3D cameras

    New 3D camera chip design might put Adobe on guard“By using a 3-megapixel sensor which is broken into multiple, overlapping 16 x 16-pixel squares (referred to as subarrays), a camera is capable of capturing a variety of angles in one frame. When...
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  • Digital tattoo (concept)

    Digital tattoo enables arm-based conversations, constant health monitoring“Dreamed up by Jim Mielke, this minuscule, implantable display would reportedly connect to an artery and a vein for its power and could display caller ID information as well...
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  • Digital skin

    Sensitive Synthetic Skin in the Works for Prosthetic Arms“Double amputee Jesse Sullivan demonstrated a current prototype of the bionic arm at the DARPATech conference in August. Sullivan can stack plastic cups in a pyramid and pull a credit card...
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  • Virtual changing room

    Virtual Reality: Virtual Fitting Room Turns You Into An Online Paper Doll“Aveilan’s Awesaba is a program that lets you create an online mannequin of yourself. To use it, you upload a photograph of yourself in a specific pose - face forward...
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  • Energy management

    Green Tech: Green Plug Is Promiscuous and Energy Efficient Like a Lady of the Night“Green plug hubs—which can have multiple gadgets jacked into it—have a microcontroller chip that chats up devices with the green talk protocol to intelligently deliver...
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  • Paper folding

    “Pop-up Card Designer is a Windows application, which generates unfolded pattern of Pop Up Cards. With simple interface, you can get unfolded pattern of your original Pop Up Cards.” Pop-Up Card Designer Read More...
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  • Lowering inhibitions

    Scanning the brains of jazz musicians“The scientists found that a region of the brain known as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, a broad portion of the front of the brain that extends to the sides, showed a slowdown in activity during improvisation...
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  • Virtual bike

    Xdream Fitness Bike: Ride Outdoors Without All of That Pesky Fresh Air“As you ride, the full experience on the screen is translated to the equipment—right down to the track surfaces and conditions. Plus, it utilizes a full range of muscles in the...
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