Nokia Research Center unveils new concept
The folks at the Nokia Research Center (NRC), Helsinki, recently unveiled a make new research concept at Demo House 2010. that mobile radar demonstration lets all and sundry see how a mobile device is transformed into an active radar sensor, making it capable to measure speed and the direction of movement of approaching objects, similar [...]
DiGORO learns via interaction
One small step towards self-realization for robots which could eventually wipe us out whether all those sci-fi movies were to be taken as gospel, thanks to the efforts of students at the Intelligent Systems Laboratory (Nagai Lab) at the University of Electro-Communications (UEC). Known as DiGORO, he is able to learn through human instruction, although [...]
Police get tech upgrades in San Jose
Cops in San Jose will soon get tech upgrades in the mold of head-mounted video cameras which will help record their interaction with civilians. These devices are located right above their ears, where they can be activated whenever one speaks with a citizen or suspect. All videos are next uploaded onto a central server, and [...]
Pen de Touch offers new way of interaction
The Pen de Touch is a prototype pen-shaped device which enables users to interact with virtual environments as though they were real. that is made possible considering the pen is a haptic display which relies on kinesthetic sensations on the user’s fingers in order to signal various virtual environments. For example, whether the pen was [...]
LessLoss Blackbody To Boost Your Audio
Do you believe that that science can increase the quality of the music you listen to? Well, the folks behind the LessLoss Blackbody certainly think so. Apparently the supposed ‘quantum nature of particle interaction’ that the Blackbody takes advantage of is supposed to ‘permeate metal, plastic, wood, and other barriers to affect the circuitry inside [...]