Hitachi Gearing Up To Launch A Wearable Brain Analyzer
Looks like researchers just want to delve deeper and deeper into our minds, as the folks by at Hitachi and Hitachi Kokusai Denki Engineering have unveiled their new wearable brain analyzer. While it looks rather chunky, it can be used to assist scientists at research institutes and help companies develop their marketing strategies. It’s lightweight [...]
Geminoid-F Robot Is One Realistic Looking Robot
You may have heard of Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro, the man who came up with the Geminoid, a robot that looks precisely like him. Now he’s back again with the Geminoid-F, which is a female robot. The robot is designed to imitate human facial expressions, and has been tested in hospitals, where patients apparently told the [...]
Samsung To start Producing 3m Of The 13m iPad Screens Ordered
Reports indicate that Samsung will start producing iPad screens, a good 3 million of them in fact. The Korean company has managed to get a contract with Apple apparently worth $240 million to supply said number of displays for the iPad. The display of the iPad is one of its most expensive parts, costing $80 [...]
European Commission suggests maximum MP3 volume levels
The European Commission has suggested that maximum volume levels on MP3 players as well as portable media players be set so that users’ hearing can be protected. that would mean even the iPod will have to fall under the same volume limits ruling whether approved, which is a good thing anyways – after all, reports [...]
Ovi Store Passes Million Daily Downloads
It seems that despite initial problems, Nokia’ Ovi Store seems to be gaining some popularity. In the latest reports, the Ovi Store is clocking in about a million downloads a day, which is a lot better than the 10 million downloads by its first 3 months. Aside from that, Nokia will be launching a new [...]