42 inch Apple TV with iOS Soon? Rumors that Apple will be heading into the TV business have been floating around for years but it seems that a recent survey conducted by Best Buy might have revealed what influence such ...
Commands Through Movement
The components of a PrimeSense controller. Source: PrimeSense Researchers at PrimeSense in Tel Aviv, Israel are creating new systems that allow television sets and other consumer electronics to interpret body movements as commands. Using cameras, infrared depth sensors, and specialized ...
The Future of 3D Printing
A printed trefoil knot, printed on a CandyFab printer at nearly 20 dpi Source: Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories A vase printed with the Z Corp Spectrum Z510 printer. A maze printed with a Desktop Factory printer A series of interlocking ...
Apple and Twitter Most Innovative Cos on Planet
Twitter headquarters in San Francisco California (Credit: WikiCommons) Steve Jobs holds his iPhone (Credit: WikiCommons) Microsoft campus in Seattle Washington (Credit. WikiCommons) FastCompany.com recently released their yearly list of the 50 most innovative companies. Topping the list this year are ...
A New Way To Evaluate Dyslexia
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Stanford University in Palo Alto, California have developed a new way to predict whether children with dyslexia will likely improve their reading skills over time or retain early difficulties ...
Sharp 33 Mega Pixel 85 Inch LCD on Dispaly
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (also known as NHK) together with Sharp Corporation have jointly developed an Super Hi-Vision 85-inch LCD – a next-generation television broadcast format. This is a world first for a direct-view display. Sharp Super HD LCD NHK initiated ...
Toshiba and Samsung Demonstrate High Res Displays
Toshiba recently exhibited its next-generation display technology aimed at mobile phones and portable electronics. The new display technology has the highest pixels per inch to date and it can reach HD resolution on a 4-inch display – allowing the next ...
Charge Your Cell Phone with Your Voice
South Korean researchers developed a new technique for turning sound into electricity, allowing a mobile phones to be charged while the user is talking over the phone. Charge while you talk? (Image credit: Iddo Genuth) At the Sungkyunkwan University in ...
TI Wireless Charge Technology Ready for Action
Texas Instruments (TI) recently introduced its next generation wireless power technology – 80% smaller than the previous generation with high efficiency – the technology will be able to charge cell phones, cameras and other mobile electronics using simple touch with ...
Harvard Scientists Quench Flames using Electricity
For many years the only way to fight fire was water. Then cComes the 20’th century and special foams and powders which are somewhat more effective but are used in a fundamentally similar fashion – hose, bucket or pressurized container, ...