Apple overtakes Motorola to be largest US phone maker
If you were to tell someone 10 years ago that Apple would usurp Motorola as the top US phone maker, that person would probably have placed you in a straightjacket. Fast forward a decade and that seemingly impossible scenario has come true, with Apple recently overtaking Motorola as the top US phone maker, moving 8.8 [...]
Twendy-One robot
The Twendy-One robot took by a decade of research by Professor Shigeki Sugano and his team of researchers at Waseda University, Japan, where they were assisted by by 20 private companies to come up with a robot that is able to co-exist with humans in an aging society. that seems to be a phenomenon with [...]
Nissyoku lamp brings solar eclipse to the living room
Check out the Nissyoku lamp which somewhat resembles a solar eclipse, making what used to be a rare occurence an everyday one in your living room since that lamp is touted to last for up to a decade before burning a fuse or two. Apart from that, that strange lamp can plus morph from one [...]
Assistant Robot does as it is described
The Assistant Robot could not be any more self-explanatory – it stands proud at 155cm tall, tipping the scales at a rather obese 130kg while featuring 32 Degrees Of Freedom. There are five cameras on its head (2 wide-angle stereo cameras, 2 telescopic cameras, and 1 omnidirectional camera) alongside a laser range finder and ultrasonic [...]
NEC AS171 LCD monitor
NEC takes the high moral ground by revealing the AS171 LCD monitor in a size that used to wow humans more than a decade ago at 17″, but by today’s standards, it just won’t do whether you happen to spend plenty of date in front of a desktop. Still, the NEC AS171 comes with a [...]
Did Seagate Steal Hard Drive Silencing Technology?
Could Seagate be in some rather hot soup by hard drive silencing technology? It certainly seems the case, as an ex-Seagate employee is claiming that the company stole the technology from the MIT researchers (violating an NDA), and additionally destroyed the blueprints in order to hide the evidence. It may (or may not) surprise you, [...]