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Sociable Robots
Lecture about Sociable Robots at MIT Museum
Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Media Lab’s Personal Robots group, makes social robots, machines with the capacity to interact with people on psychological terms. She says they “open up a new world of questions.” But these increasingly sophisticated devices make Sherry Turkle uneasy, [...]
The Twitter Story
Video of Twitter development process
Twitter Code Swarm from Ben Sandofsky on Vimeo.
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Watch The Apple Tablet (iPad) Event
Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off the new iPad, a tablet device to be released that features multi-touch interaction with multimedia formats and existing iPhone OS apps. The device incorporates an LED-backlit 9.7-inch (25 cm) multi-touch in-plane switching display running at XGA resolution.
First Reactions: iPad examined by technology experts.
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Xshot telescopic camera extender
The Xshot! is a lightweight, telescopic camera extender that holds your camera at a distance to capture great pictures and films when no one is around to take your picture.
The XShot extends over 3 feet (37″) to capture the subjects and the background or a group shot. It closes to just 9 inches and weighs [...]
iCub – The Robot Child
The iCub is a wide-eyed robot that wants to learn like a baby. European researchers are working with child psychologists and neuroscientists to build a robot that can absorb new information in the same way as a human infant.
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GE Security system
GE Security is one of the market leading companies specializing in wireless home security systems in the United States. GE home security has a solid reputation in next generation easy-installation system.
GE Security offers a professional, complete wireless home security system including high tech burglar alarm video surveillance, interactive monitoring, and security cameras. You can [...]
World Builder
A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves.
This award winning short was created by filmmaker Bruce Branit, widely known as the co-creator of ‘405′. World Builder was shot in a single day followed by about 2 years of post production. Branit is the owner of Branit VFX.
World Builder from [...]
Kindle 2
Amazon Kindle 2 is the next generation wireless reading device. With a sleek and thin design that makes Kindle 2 as thin as a typical magazine and lighter than a paperpack, the new Kindle has seven times more storage and now holds over 1,500 books. It has a longer battery life and faster page turns. [...]
The Beginning of the End for the PS3?
According to CNN, the sales of the Sony console has dropped a 19% since last November, far away from Xbox 360 and Wii, its main competitors.
The main cause of the low market penetration of the PS3 is that remaings the most expensive of the three new generation gaming systems. The Xbox 360 experienced a large [...]
Sony Vaio Mini Notebook
Sony has introduced in Las Vegas Expo a computer small enough to fit in a the pocket of a jacket.
The Vaio P Series is about the size of a postal and weighs just 630 gramsThe mini-notebook, wich has a high-resolution LCD screen, 8 inches, Bluetooth, wireless and Internet technology with GPS satellite tracking, will [...]
Cryo-Cell C’elle Stem Cell Preservation
U-Cord®, Cryo-Cell’s stem system is an exclusive and innovative cell cord blood preservation service enables women to collect and cryopreserve stem cells for potential cellular therapies and remedies that may emerge in the future.
C’elle kit include everything you need to collect and send your C’elle menstrual stem cells for processing and preservation, including [...]
SnapShell IDR Scanner
SnapShell IDR is a driver license scanner system that extracts the full card image, face image, signature image and full text data of the ID Card. The Snapshell ID uses a 3 mega-pixel camera built into its base to “snap” high quality digital images of ID cards (up to 600 dpi), populating the card’s [...]
Plastic Logic Reader
The “Plastic Logic reader” is a non expensive stand alone readable display, which is thinner than classic displays. It’s very light and offers b/w images with very good contrast ratio.
Device itself supports a full range of electronic document formats, including MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, Adobe *.pdf and so on.
Build-in user Input interface [...]
Personalized Flash Drives
Pexagon Technology, a market-leading company specializing in personalization of flash drives, portable hard drives and other storage devices offers you the unique chance of create Personalized Flash Drives . This Hi-speed USB 2.0 includes Free Laser engraving on Both sides.
Select your color -14 colors avaliable- , capacity -up to 16 GB- and theme online. In [...]
Roxio Digital Makeover
Roxio Extreme Digital Makeover is a fun spirited, original and innovative makeover show. The show helps you to spice up your digital media life. Get the most of your digital home movies, vacations videos, multimedia presentations and share it with the world. Learn more about digital media tools and make fun of your technology problems!
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ARC Mouse, Stylish Mouse from Microsoft
Arc Mouse is the new stylish mouse from Microsoft. Designed for comfort, the Arc Mouse folds to 60% of its fully expanded size, with the folding motion controlling turning the mouse on and off. Expanded, it’s a sturdy and comfortable full-sized mouse. Folded, it fits perfectly into your bag. Arc Mouse includes 2.4 GHZ wireless [...]
Lasik Information
Modern LASIK technology also known as as the iLASIK™ Procedure is the most advanced and safe laser technology wich uses two lasers instead of one, combining efficiently all-laser technology in one platform. But how Lasik technology works ?
After mapping the unique characteristics of the individual’s eyes, an advanced and ultrafast, computer-guided laser creates [...]
Who Killed the Electric Car? – Full Documentary
In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline… Ten years later, these cars were destroyed.
Who Killed the Electric Car? It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted [...]
Robot Bartender
Mr. Asashi, the Robot Barman makes his debut at a London department store.
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TransferJet, New Wireless Technology from Sony
Sony has presented a revolutionary new technology that will change completely the wireless world as we know: TransferJet.
TransferJet is like a USB without any wires. Files can be transferred directly from a digital camera, MP3 or compatible gadget to the PC simply putting them together! No wires are needed, no access points, no [...]
Shuttelift Material Handling Equipment
Shuttelift is a leading company that provides superior engineering innovations and customer-inspired improvements in Material Handling Equipment . The company developed the Shuttlelift Gantry product line over 20 years ago. In addition, Shuttlelift have invested in the most current engineering tools available.
Shuttelif designs high quality, reliable and durable cranes. Shuttlelif provides the best warranty in [...]
Raytheon Sarcos XOS
A military prototype armor as seen in the movie Aliens.
The XOS can lift and carry weights more easily without losing agility but the futuristic suit still needs external power. The exosqueleton is a combination of sensors, motors and controllers that enable a man can lift 180 Pounds with ease. Another features in development are Self [...]
Big Dog Robot
An impressive video of Big Dog, a robot that can walk on ice and snow, climbs on rough terrain and carry heavy loads.
Big Dog, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) is being developed by Boston Dynamics with the goal of creating robots that have rough-terrain mobility. Scary noise.
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