The engineers are looking for ways to provide a vehicle that combines the features of a car and an airplane or a car and a boat or any other strange combination that can attract the attention of consumers and fill their pockets. One of the latest spawn of this kind we have seen is the signature flying hovercraft Hammacher Schlemmer,...
In simple terms, electromyography records the activity of so-called skeletal muscles. Obviously, the most important application is in medicine, diagnosing diseases and asisitiendo the development of different types of prostheses. However, someone had the idea that an electromyographic device installed on the arm of a person...
In the list of strange gadgets on which we are already working (and ranging from Mickey Mouse ears for the iPad to the monkey - and unhelpful - Little Printer through the first 3D chocolate printer) now includes the surprising camera that writes what he photographs.
The prototype has been dubbed Descriptive Camera and is a...
Telepresence systems in general and videoconferencing in particular have opened the door to new avenues of communication, for example, can reduce travel for employees of a company (avoiding travel to attend a meeting), offshore teams work and, from a more personal note, allow somewhat closer communication between people who...
A giant screen over twenty feet long sent a soothing message based on white and blue drops slowly from side to side. Vain attempt. On the other hand, among the chairs, had started the war of journalists to get a wireless connection rather than elusive.
Finally, at eight o'clock began officially one of the most important technology...
What we see on the video is the latest installment of Wilfried Stoll, the staging of a string quintet robot capable of composing and performing songs for themselves. A proposal that comes to say that not only humans can compose music.
The installation was made possible with the help of the engineering company Festo. A system...
A German judge has to agree with Motorola and prohibit the sale of Windows 7 and Xbox 360 due to violation of these products by patents essential to the H.264 video playback. These technologies are supposed to be protected by contractual terms "fair, reasonable and non discriminatory" (FRAND or Fair, reasonable and non-Discriminatory)....
If you are wondering what is the best place in the world for internet connections, look no further. A new report released by Akamai, a provider of Internet content distribution, gives us all these details.The American company has done a search and, for the past four years to see which countries, regions and cities offer the...
After the uproar last week with the release of SkyDrive desktop application and the launch of Google Drive, Amazon seems to also want to join the party and has launched a desktop application for Windows and OS X. Unlike the rest of these services, no doubt inspired by the success of Dropbox and let you synchronize a local folder...
Tomorrow, Thursday May 3, in the afternoon, we finally know what South Korea's Samsung has prepared this year to compete in the segment of smart phones, a market that will face the Sony Xperia S, HTC One X, LG or Motorola Razr Optimus 4X, not to speak of yet unknown but expected to iPhone 5. We talked about the Samsung Galaxy...
May 1 holiday, took some time off and gave free rein to their imagination: Jon Ive two one-day published their concept of Liquidmetal iPhone. The first, the iPhone +, was designed by Antonio de Rosa and has an iPhone 4.3 "edge to edge whose body unibody is Liquidmetal, regardless of the impact on the final invoice.
This envelope,...
Since its official launch in November 2004, the browser created by Blake Ross has been downloaded over 200 million times accounting for all versions from 1.0.
The popularity of the Mozilla browser has been increasing so esponencial almost since its inception. The market was the browser newborn in 2004 was a near monopoly of...
The full moon will occur during the closest approach between the satellite and the Earth, creating this curious phenomenon.
This weekend the moon will be 14% larger and 30% brighter, and that this phenomenon will occur during the closest approach between the satellite and Earth. The moon will be 356.955 kilometers of...
Steve Jobs, Apple founder and CEO, died on day 5 October 2011, just a day after the Cupertino company presented the world a brand new iPhone 4S. After waging a long battle with pancreatic cancer, Jobs disappeared leaving Tim Cook in charge of the company, which hinted that something would happen soon. In recent months, has...
As touch phones registered in the rest of the market ecosystem present their proposals to each one of their screens high ranges that exceed the four-inch format, Apple keeps its iPhone in the bastion of 3.5 inches. Not infrequently the Cupertino have justified their decision.
That standard, they say, is the most effective...
The New York Times has accused Apple of using their offices in Nevada and Ireland solely for the purpose of not paying taxes. Apple offices in these places used specifically for better tax treatment, which would free the company to face substantial tax payments. The Cupertino have responded to accusations by ensuring that they...
Nokia could soon get rid of one of the branches of your business: luxury terminals. Finland is in advanced negotiations with the investment fund Permira, which owns 100% of Cortefiel or Hugo Boss among other companies, to sell its high-end devices, Vertu.
The transaction would leave the Nokia 200 million euros, according to...
The silkworm is one of the most studied insects and GM of the planet. His ability to create silk has been a stimulus for thousands of years, but something that also surprised these creatures is the way they create their cocoons. Mediated Matter Group in the MIT Media Lab has developed a robotic arm that seeks to imitate the...
In a wise move, Barnes & Noble has launched a subsidiary called Newco preliminarily as they choose a name that will focus entirely on the Nook, in which Microsoft has invested 300 million dollars. The Nook is the reader of eBooks Barnes & Noble and while there has always been overshadowed by the ubiquitous Kindle has...
The fax is dead, long live the fax!
Of course, this is an eternity that you did not receive or send faxes. Wait, the day you must give your permission to a financial institution. You'll rediscover the fax and then ... especially its rarity. The launch of a week ago Google Drive, cloud computing storage service from Google,...
