Mertz active vision head robot
The Mertz active vision head robot is pretty creepy when you think about it, as it does remind us of I, Robot in many ways. The brainchild of Lijin Aryananda and Jeff Weber at the MIT Media Lab, Mertz was built to recognize and react to faces and expressions, aiming to research socially situated learning [...]
AT&T could get Palm Pre
Hmmm, sifting through the myriads of filings at the FCC by ToniCipriani of PreCentral forum fame yielded something interesting – a model with the FCC ID of O8F-CASG, alongside a photo of its availability moment that is slated for May 10th, 2010. that would most probably point towards a US-bound GSM Palm Pre, considering the [...]
Samsung Moment offers free mobile TV
[CES 2010] Despite launching more than one hundred phones per year, Samsung was short of “fame” in 2009. Apple, HTC, Nokia (N900) and even Motorola (Droid) stole the show in 2009. The Samsung Moment addresses a market (mobile TV) that has had limited success worldwide, and nearly no success in western countries. The new approach [...]
YoGen handheld charger
CES 2010 will be the platform where Easy Energy and Fame LLC rolls out their YoGen hand-held charger officially, allowing you to juice up any compatible connected device through repeated pulls on an attached ripcord. Apparently, its creators claim that YoGen features an unmatched capacity to recharge any small-to-mid-sized personal electronics device, boasting one of [...]
Apple boots app maker for fake reviews, Israel to get iPhone, and holiday iPhone games
Apple has scrapped 1,000 apps in the App Store from a company called Molinker. The removal of the apps was following complaints that the developer was posting fame reviews of the apps. The apps were mostly travel guides for various cities. Stocks in Israel are down and in the midst of that announcement comes word [...]