Scientists taking part in the European project BIOTEX have developed prototype biosensors, which can be integrated into special fabrics. The sensors are capable of measuring sodium, chloride, and potassium in miniscule volumes of sweat samples on the skin. An added ...

The uBot-5 is a robot which was recently designed and built at the Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The uBot-5 can perform many useful tasks that entail the mobile manipulation of objects- including acquiring, transporting, ...

In an attempt to bring one of the most famous inventions of the 20th century into the digital age, scientists of the “Ambient Intelligence Group” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed the “intelligent stickies”. These are essentially Post-its ...

The gaming industry was very dominant at this year’s CeBIT exhibition. As this market continues to expand, companies are delivering new products at an unprecedented pace. Hardcore gamers demand extreme overclocking capabilities and the manufacturers are focusing on delivering “rock ...

A new kind of electronic-book reader has been making its way into the market. Based on the most recent electronic-paper technology from E Ink, it boasts an extremely fast page-flip speed and several unique features. But how does it compare ...

Several interesting ultra mobile PCs (UMPC) were launched at the recent Cebit 2008 show. As more and more companies enter this field, there is a steady improvement in the ultra mobile PC’s processing power, features, and battery life. Here are ...

If scientific research programs were movies, computers would always be cast as the sidekick: essential to the plot’s progress, but always serving the main character’s goals and motivations. Created by scientists and engineers, computers labor tirelessly to perform all the ...

For many years now, the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been the main place to hear about the next generation of consumer electronic technology. In recent years, the endless stream of product announcements at the ...

The U.S. based company “Fulton Innovation” has developed a technology that enables wirelessly charging electrical devices. The company demonstrated a series of products powered by “eCoupled Intelligent Wireless Power” at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las-Vegas. The engineers ...

2007 is approaching its finish line, bringing us one step closer to the future. This was a year packed with new technologies, new applications, important (and not-so-important, but certainly nonetheless interesting) discoveries and inventions. Here we present some of the ...