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TV Streaming Websites...

TV Streaming Websites

| October 24, 2009 | 2,711 Views |

By now most of you may have heard that Hulu, one of the most popular video streaming websites, will begin charging for its content in 2010. So what does that mean for all the rest of us cheapskates looking to watch free TV? Lucky enough, not much, you’ll just have to spend a little extra time, hunting and bookmarking your favorite video streaming sites. Free TV and Video Streaming...

Sony 360 Degree 3D Display...

Sony 360 Degree 3D Display

| October 22, 2009 | 933 Views | 1 Comment

Sony has unveiled its new 360 degree cylindrical 3D display. The cylindrical display can be viewed from all angles, furthermore, the user need not wear the glass usually required to see the 3D image. Sony is keeping technical details quite for now, however we do know that the display is about 10.6-inches tall and 5.1-inches in diameter, has a resolution of 96 pixels by 128 pixels, and...

The Navy’s Command Center Of The Futur...

The Navy’s Command Center Of The Future

| October 2, 2009 | 892 Views |

A prototype facility being built at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SPAWAR) in San Diego, may become the Navy’s new command center. And looking at the images, the place is clearly inspired by Star Trek. The The Command Center of the Future (CCoF) prototype is designed to bring together senior decision makers from remote locations to make strategic decisions,...

Testing Bullet Proof Glass In The 1930s...

Testing Bullet Proof Glass In The 1930s

| September 29, 2009 | 763 Views |

Now this is risky business! I mean, bullet proof glass does a good enough job nowadays, but given the era in which this clip was filmed, these people were certainly playing with fire. Shot in the early 1930′s, this man tests an early version of bullet proof glass by getting his wife to hold the sheet of glass in front of her face while he shoots directly at it. I’m...

US Army LEMV Hybrid Airship...

US Army LEMV Hybrid Airship

| September 27, 2009 | 6,724 Views | 1 Comment

U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command is planning to deploy an autonomous, free-flying, surveillance ‘blimp’ over the skies of Afghanistan by the year 2011. The Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) will be 250 long, and will be able to float at an altitude of 20,000 feet for up to three weeks at a time. The aircraft is not technically a blimp...

Intel Light Peak High-Speed Optical Cabl...

Intel Light Peak High-Speed Optical Cable

| September 25, 2009 | 949 Views |

At last weeks IDF, Intel unveiled its Light Peak technology, an extremely high-speed optical cable the company claims will transfer a complete Blu-ray disk in 30 seconds. Light Peak currently promises speeds of up to 10Gb/s, but hopes are that 100Gb/s will possible within a decade or so. In an overview of Light Peak on Intel’s website, the company wrote: “Optical technology...

Precision Urban Hopper Jumps 25 FT...

Precision Urban Hopper Jumps 25 FT

| September 17, 2009 | 711 Views |

A video clip (shown below) released by the Sandia National Laboratory demos DARPA’s Precision Urban Hopper for the first time. The rugged unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), primarily designed to reduce military casualties by providing reconnaissance, is capable of leaping over 25-foot tall obstacle without sustaining any damage. The hopper is roughly the size of a shoebox, guided by...

Military Base Vehicle Barrier...

Military Base Vehicle Barrier

| September 11, 2009 | 1,030 Views |

With technology progressing faster than ever before, the U.S Military’s need for physical security barriers to protect our ground forces has grown. To fill the void, several companies offer varying solutions including: Anti-ram vehicle barriers Force protection barriers Critical infrastructure protection barriers Blast mitigation / blast containment barriers Protective delay...

How To Boost Your WiFi Signal...

How To Boost Your WiFi Signal

| September 3, 2009 | 1,902 Views |

This great little video clip shows how it’s possible to boost your WiFi signal twofold with a piece of copper wire and a drinking straw. You’ll need a few other things, namely, a pair of wire cutters – to cut and bear the wires; a wood screw – to help shape your new antenna; a soldering iron to fix your new antenna; and a black marker pen – to color the...

Predator UAV Remote Workstation...

Predator UAV Remote Workstation

| August 21, 2009 | 878 Views |

Here is a great video clip showing how to remote control the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, and how to blast away a target anywhere in the world, from the comfort of your desk. The video is in fact just a simulation used in training, but this is exactly how the real job is done. Two agents, a pilot and sensor, sitting at a desk, literally playing computer war games, except this game...

Touchable Holograms...

Touchable Holograms

| August 15, 2009 | 921 Views |

Over the past couple of years, several ground breaking holographic technologies have emerged on the market, but none can compare with the new touchable holographic system developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo. The new system utilizes a technique known as Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display. In their prototype the team used two Nintendo Wiimotes to track hand movements,...

iPhone Controls Military Drone...

iPhone Controls Military Drone

| August 11, 2009 | 1,068 Views |

Former F-18 Hornet Navy Pilot and MIT Professor, Missy Cummings, and her team of 30 students and undergrads, have developed an iPhone app able to control an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or military drone. The aim of the teams work at MIT’s Humans and Automation Lab (HAL), is to improve the unwieldy interactions between machines and their human controllers. In this instance, it...

Free iPod Touch Promotion...

Free iPod Touch Promotion

| August 5, 2009 | 2,847 Views | 1 Comment

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iPhone Robot...

| July 28, 2009 | 620 Views |

When it comes to electronics, there are two words that have become something of a modern-day trend – robotics and the iPhone. With both technologies being on the verge of starting a new chapter in the digital revolution, what better way to progress than to incorporate both into one device? And that is exactly what Japanese inventor has done. Meet Robochan – a humanoid robot...

Use MSI Wind Battery To Charge Your iPho...

Use MSI Wind Battery To Charge Your iPhone

| July 26, 2009 | 709 Views |

Have you ever been caught in the situation when your iPhone battery is dead, but your netbook is still live and kicking? Well with a little tinkering, the guys over at PRUSADJS.CZ rigged an MSI Wind netbook battery so it can charge an iPhone. What’s more, the battery is able to fully charge the iPhone using around half the battery power, leaving a reasonable amount of time for...

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