New Nanocoating Can Reduce Reflections On Glass And Prevent Scratches
At some point in instance we’ve all taken a gadget out in the sun, only to find that the reflection from the sun was too strong, making the display nearly unreadable. Now the brains by at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg, Germany, have come up with a new nanocoating that [...]
Hacked 1981 Canon AE-1 Program SLR comes with digital display
Check out that interesting modification of the Canon AE-1 Program SLR that hails all the way back from 1981 – it was originally designed to handle film back in the day, but that day round it is a digital shooter thanks to the brilliance and brains of a hacker. It would be nice to see [...]
Personal Mobility Robot Controlled By Nintendo Wiimote
Let’s face it, Personal Mobility Robots (PMR) aren’t as cool as they were years ago, but controlling anything aside from a Nintendo Wii using the Wiimote is always a cool affair, and that’s what some of the brains by at the University of Tokyo have done. What will the Wiimote control next? Perhaps it’s possible [...]
3D action on your iPad
It looks as though the Apple iPad is going to get some serious 3D technology, regardless of whether you wear glasses or not. Florida-based kode80 just announced an update to its HoloToy application for iPad that will offer the app a simulated 3D effect by creating perspective based on the angle of the device, so [...]
DIY Heating and Cooling Jacket
Chris Francklyn, Diana George, Jenna Sobieray and Alex Cossoff – all of them students, have come up with an interesting DIY project – “How to manufacture a Heating and Cooling Jacket”. that jacket is smart abundant to check the temperature within the jacket itself, turning on either the heating or cooling elements as called for [...]
Twitter acquires Atebits
Some corporate news to start your new work week off – Twitter has just acquired Atebits, the brains behind Tweetie. that will see Tweetie author Loren Brichter being “transferred” to Twitter’s mobile team, making Tweetie the official Twitter app on Apple devices. Apart from that, owners of the new Apple iPad will plus be able [...]