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Gesture Control For Cell Phones...

Gesture Control For Cell Phones

| January 20, 2010 | 505 Views |

Researchers at the Tokyo University have developed a touch-less interface that can track the 3D motion of a human finger. The new gesture interface was developed by Professor Masatoshi Ishikawa and Dr. Takashi Komuro and has been dubbed the “Vision-Based Input Interface”. Touchless Interface For Smart Phones Right now the technology can only be applied to a handful of cell phones...

MSI Dual Screen Tablet PC...

MSI Dual Screen Tablet PC

| January 18, 2010 | 961 Views |

Originally unveiled at CES as a conceptual device, MSI’s dual screen tablet PC may be available in the not too distant future, according to a company spokesperson. The device runs the Windows 7 Home Premium OS and offers plenty of visual reality via the two 10-inch touch-screens. Unfortunately, the touch-screens a reported to perform less-then-perfect, but the MSI reps said the...

Xbox Project Natal Coming This Year...

Xbox Project Natal Coming This Year

| January 16, 2010 | 512 Views |

Microsoft’s advanced version of the Wii, project Natal, looks set for release this 2010 holidays. For those of you that don’t already know, project Natal is Microsoft’s codename for an add-on peripheral that brings gesture controls to the Xbox. Xbox Project Natal Set For Holiday 2010 Release Natal incorporates an RGB camera, depth sensor and multi-array microphone...

Fujitsu DJ Laptop...

Fujitsu DJ Laptop

| January 13, 2010 | 742 Views |

The guys over at T3 mag we lucky enough to get a hands-on with the new DJ Laptop from Fujitsu Siemens. Touted as a super-smooth DJ media center, the DJ laptop features a lid-mounted touch wheel that controls your MP3′s like vinyl, letting you scratch and mix your music selection at the close of a lid. The DJ media center also features a 19 inch wide-screen and LED back-lit touch...

Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid...

Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid

| January 11, 2010 | 1,028 Views |

The New Year brought with it a slew of great articles, so many in fact that we haven’t had chance to featured our favorite gadgets from this year’s CES expo, Jan 7-10th. So first up, my personal pick of the bunch – The Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid. The new IdeaPad U1 hybrid roles a detachable touch-tablet and laptop into one device. At first glance the U1 may look like any...

NASA Kevlar Deployable Energy Absorber...

NASA Kevlar Deployable Energy Absorber

| January 1, 2010 | 725 Views |

NASA has begun testing an expandable Kevlar honeycomb cushion able to withstand the impact force of a helicopter crash. Researchers hope the technology may one-day be applied to all types of aircraft. Created by engineer Sotiris Kellas at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Viginia, the ‘Deployable Energy Absorber’ comprises of a highly absorbent honeycomb...

Increase USB 3G Wi-Fi Reception With Coo...

Increase USB 3G Wi-Fi Reception With Cooking Pot

| December 24, 2009 | 1,261 Views |

Over time, we’ve features a few articles with tips and tricks to help improve your Wi-Fi signal/reception, and now here’s the latest hack that utilizes nothing more than a kitchen cooking pot to enhance the reception on a 3G Wi-Fi USB dongle. Looking at the nifty software you can see that the actual download speed increases considerably when the 3G Wi-Fi stick is placed...

Boeing 787 Dreamliner First Flight...

Boeing 787 Dreamliner First Flight

| December 16, 2009 | 781 Views |

Two years behind schedule, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner has finally made its maiden flight. The Dreamliner officially left Paine Field in Everett, WA at around 1:25pm EST. Boeing 787 Dreamliner Maiden Flight The first flight is a crucial step in what has become one of the most complex aircraft projects ever. Boeing first featured its 787 Dreamliner in a roll-out ceremony held at its...

DARPA Iron Curtain...

DARPA Iron Curtain

| December 12, 2009 | 799 Views |

DARPA has awarded an $8 million contract to equip Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored trucks with a new Active Protection System known as the Iron Curtain. Developed by Artis LLC, The Iron Curtain system employs DARPA’s sniper-detection system, CROSSHAIRS, to help detect incoming projectiles using radar and acoustic sensors. DARPA Iron Curtain Repels RPGs The Iron...

MIT Media Lab Develop 3D Gestural Comput...

MIT Media Lab Develop 3D Gestural Computing

| December 10, 2009 | 638 Views |

Researchers at MIT’s Media Lab have developed a 3D bi-directional (BIDI) display that reads hand gestures via embedded optical sensors. The new display also supports multitouch as well as hand movement recognition in the space in front of the screen. The gestural tracking works by using optical sensors embedded behind the display. These sensors are able to see what the user is...

Fring Free Video Calls...

Fring Free Video Calls

| December 4, 2009 | 429 Views |

I love to feature quirky useful applications that can be used by everyone, on an everyday basis. That’s why I posted about the increasingly popular Fring application that allows free Voice over Internet Protocol calls cross-platform , on pretty much any smartphone handset. Well it seems there was good reason for me to jump on the Fring bandwagon, as the company have just announced...

Pistol To Rifle Converter...

Pistol To Rifle Converter

| November 20, 2009 | 3,509 Views | 7 Comments

The CAA Tactical RONI: Pistol-Rifle converter transforms almost any standard pistol into a deadly accurate assault rifle. The pistol-rifle converter adds a stock, front grip, picatinny rails, sight/scope and extra mag holder, to various Glock, SIG, Springfield and H&K pistols, while still being compatible with a silencer. The #RONI (pat-pending) provides you a better grip,...

Fring Free VoIP Application...

| November 18, 2009 | 925 Views |

Fring is an easy-to-use, cross platform application that enables users to make Free VoIP on iPhone/Windows Mobile/Android and Symbian cell phones. Fring features support for the most popular VoIP applications including AIM, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo, ICQ, Twitter, and Skype and SIP setups and of course, it works over EDGE, 3G, or Wi-Fi wireless networks. Making free calls over a...

What is Google Chrome OS...

What is Google Chrome OS

| November 16, 2009 | 761 Views |

Many of you will have heard of the forth-coming Google Chrome OS. After having its open source coding released by Google, the Chrome OS is now out there for users to try, test, and possibly work out the kinks. But what is Google Chrome all about? We know it’s not your average Operating System, but what exactly does that mean? Here’s what Google said about its Chrome OS back...

Japan Building Its Own Stealth Fighter...

Japan Building Its Own Stealth Fighter

| November 14, 2009 | 1,039 Views |

Japan have been lobbying to buy Lockheed Martins F-22 fighters, but while the deal is far from done, the country is taking the time to develop its own stealth fighter. The Mitsubishi ATD X ShinShin Esub could be Japans new aviation warrior, if the deal with Lockheed Martin doesn’t go through that is. The stealth fighter is in it’s early prototype stages, a full scale mock...

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