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Tue, Mar 2nd, 2010 | 1:47pm | Submitted by niraj
Yesterday, Microsoft demoed a telephone conversation where one person spoke in English and the other in German, and the computer translated to the opposite language so they could have a conversation. This is very cool, and accurate enough to have simple conversations. From the YouTube...
Wed, Apr 8th, 2009 | 11:50am | Submitted by niraj
This thing is really cool, essentially a powered skateboard that can handle rough terrain, including sand and snow:
It can handle rough material, but I wonder how well it handles bumps or other obstacles? And what kind of impact it can withstand, like if you rode it off a sidewalk curb...
Wed, Feb 20th, 2008 | 1:30pm | Submitted by niraj
It's been an idea that's been researched for a long while now, but there's finally a brain-controlled headset coming out that you can use with your computer. Details are still a bit sketchy on how much you can do (i.e. can you replace your mouse with it), but it's got a gyroscope in it so you can...
Fri, Sep 14th, 2007 | 11:10am | Submitted by Kirat
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kirat submitted an article about Google teaming up with the X Prize Foundation to give a prize to whoever can land a robotic rover on the moon.
Google will sponsor the newest contest by the X Prize Foundation, which three years ago handed $10 million to a team that sent SpaceShipOne into...
Sun, Jul 22nd, 2007 | 7:14pm | Submitted by niraj
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This is too awesome. Say you're on vacation and you take 600 photos. Currently, you can put your photos online, add captions to them, and more recently, map them. But if you watch this video, you'll see how what we can do now is just the tip of the iceberg. What if some software could compare your...
Wed, Mar 28th, 2007 | 1:31pm | Submitted by niraj
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Chemical engineers at the University of Washington in Seattle has created sunglasses that can change colors on demand. And since they only require power to change color, there's no worry about batteries running out.
The lenses that the researchers have developed are made of a kind of...
Fri, Mar 31st, 2006 | 1:32pm | Submitted by niraj
There's a cool article over at CNNMoney about how an airline company in Ireland is predicting in a few years flights will be free. While it seems far-fetched, Ryanair already provides free flights to about 1/4 of their current customers.
How do they pull this off? With a combination of...
Tue, Feb 14th, 2006 | 4:23pm | Submitted by niraj
According to the BBC News, for a final degree project, a student created a device which can wash, dry, and iron clothes by itself. The machine is cleverly named the WashDryIron (I'm only being half-sarcastic...at least the name makes it clear what it does).
Oliver Blackwell, who designed the...
Fri, Feb 10th, 2006 | 10:46am | Submitted by niraj
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I thought this was pretty nifty, but I when I saw the video of the display in action, it demanded immediate posting. The future of touchscreen technology will allow you to manipulate objects on-screen like never before. This is awesome. Especially the pictures and maps features.
Wed, Nov 16th, 2005 | 11:17am | Submitted by niraj
"I pity the fool who doesn't turn right in 0.6 miles!"
You could be hearing that from your GPS navigator soon, according to this MSN story . Manufacturers of GPS units are going to start having downloadable celebrity voices since people are getting annoyed with the standard voices that come on...
Wed, Oct 26th, 2005 | 11:14am | Submitted by dave
dave reports on a story about a proposed 2,000 foot TV tower to be built in Chicago, between the Sears Tower and the John Hancock.
Imagine this addition to Chicago's fabled skyline: a futuristic, tweezer-shaped broadcast tower looming 2,000 feet over the lakefront as one of the world's tallest...
Sun, Oct 9th, 2005 | 10:45pm | Submitted by niraj
The Edmonton Journal has a story about a camera prototype by Canon that can detect when everyone in the photo is smiling and has their eyes open before taking a picture. The article mentions several other features in development by camera companies, all with the eventual goal of having a camera...
Fri, Sep 30th, 2005 | 12:45am | Submitted by niraj
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There's a story at Yahoo about a concept car that's still a few years away from reality. However the idea behind it is pretty cool. You will never need to go in reverse....ever. The body of the car is round, and sits on top of the chassis. You can rotate the body all the way around without moving...
Tue, Sep 6th, 2005 | 10:03am | Submitted by niraj
Yahoo's got an article about some of the "innovations" that will be coming soon to a car near you:
Dr Charles Spence, an experimental psychologist at
England's University of Oxford, said on Monday scientists were
studying utilizing the senses such as smell and touch to
develop features in...
Wed, Aug 24th, 2005 | 3:46pm | Submitted by niraj
A company called Quoin has created a device (warning: their pictures (and website) really suck) for the US military that can be used to ascend buildings. The Army versions of the device fire a grappling hook using a propellant cartridge, while the commercial version will be battery (and helicopter,...
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