Posted on 23 May 2008
Earlier thoughts for a $100 laptop to be used by “One Laptop per Child”(OLPC) had started to deminish until early this year. Until Group leader, Nicholas Negroponte, brought up a new concept of a keyboardless, dual touch screen, tablet called the XO-2. The combo, computer and 8.9 inch dual touch screens have been estimated a higher price then Negroponte’s acclaimed $150 ticket [...]
Tags: child, inexpensive, laptop, OLPC, tablet, touch screen
Posted on 22 May 2008
Nope you’re not seeing double. This is the longest phone ever with a touch screen that isn’t to be messed with. It’s called ‘Need’ which consists of 2 touchscreens, one is an OLED that displays basic info, while the other is where the finger play happens. No longer do you have to struggle messing around [...]
Tags: cell, largest, longest, OLED, phone, worlds
Posted on 21 May 2008
Introducing the Shadow Caddy, a fully autonomous golf club carrying cart that trails behind you automatically. The three-wheeled cart works by following a signal from a transmitter worn on the golfer’s body. Switching the caddy’s setting from “Follow-Me” to “Park” makes sure it never accidentally follows you into a bunker or onto the green.
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Tags: automatic, caddy, electronic, golf, robotic
Posted on 14 May 2008
It knows only 32 words, but someday, it may get a grip on the entire human vocabulary. A group of engineering students at Carnegie Mellon University gave this term a twist and created a hand that talks. The students Bhargav Bhat, Hemant Sikaria, Jorge L. Meza and Wesley Jin demonstrated their project ‘HandTalk‘ a sensor [...]
Tags: Bluetooth, carnegie mellon university, glove, sensor, sign language, software, sound, Speech, text to speech, text to speech software
Posted on 14 May 2008
Who says changing the channel has to be so boring! Why not make a remote that’s disguisable, fashionable, or just plain weird. Well here are the top remotes you’ll ever find…
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Tags: fashionable, remote control, top
Posted on 13 May 2008
Every year extreme sports gets more and more intense, which means it’s important to never miss a shot. The thrill of watching at a safe distance, allows the spectator to enjoy the action, but unfortunately the actual Rush from being in the moment is many times kept at arm’s reach. Now we can have [...]