After frying cutlets and fries oil from McDonald's in Philippines is used by the Makati Police Department in Manila to run their cars. Currently under evaluation but if the six month study is a a success, then 60 percent diesel and 40 percent McDonald’s cooking oil could become the standard fuel used by the Makati Police force. According to the Manila Times, the PNP-Bio Diesel Program will save the police department $22 each time the fill-up as compared to...

The Meridian 810 Reference Video System comprises of two primary elements: the 810 Reference Video Projector and the 810 Reference Video Scaler. The Reference Video Projector is a D-ILA-based digital projector that offers 10 megapixels resolution. The 810 Reference Video Scaler is a special processor designed to optimize the imaging of HD and standard resolution inputs for the vast new possibilities offered by a 10-megapixel-projection environment. The system uses a brand new light engine that offers an effective resolution...

Although laser weapons aren't a reality as yet, it is quite possible that they become a part of combat ammunition in the future. With this pertaining threat in mind, US Air Force is asking researchers to come up with ways to find "retrofittable laser protection for weapons." Apparently in tests conducted with the U.S. and Israeli ray guns have managed to bore holes and all kinds of munitions on targets. There is a need for "High Energy Laser (HEL)-shielding...

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science have developed an atomic clock that corrects any time errors on its own. The institute had help from overseas for the corrections as it did not know by how much an atomic clock errs. The new clock, dubbed KRISS-1, can measure and correct the errors for itself. The cesium atomic clock defines one second as the duration of 9,192,631,770 resonance frequency cycles of the cesium atom. But discrepancies occur due to...

The above image looks like the perfect candidate for a Photoshop job but we are not sure about it. On second thoughts it would be cool to have a place like this for geeks to unite. Source...

Reggie from Consumer Electronics Review shows us the difference in picture quality between Standard DVD and Blu-Ray. No technical blabber but just plain old humor....

Plica literally means folding of a body part, and that's the concept used in this namesake phone. It features 2 screens where one side is used as a touch screen keyboard and the other as a touch monitor. The fun doesn't end here; apparently you can view a single web page or image across both the screens. A big touch screen gives more surface area to use, as the keys are not so cramped. Remember we had reported earlier...

Growing pains is something all parents dread. There are too many distractions and pressures that bog down our kids, that it's very easy to lose focus. Many childhood problems like behavioral disorders, addictions and attitudes stem from deep psychological disorder either from the parent's part or the child's. Here is a new avenue that hopes to explain why our kids are not all that "ok". We know that a cell phones emit radio frequency (RF) radiation. Putting cancer and tumor...

Those who have surfed Dell's latest leaked PowerPoint would have noticed that a slide towards the end showed a Pocket Projector. The LED projector weighs just 1.1 pounds and looks tiny when compared to the coffee mug. There is no info regarding the release date however we feel it may accompany the rest of the Latitude E-series in Q4. Source...

Early this year we gave you the lowdown on details for Garmin's Nuvifone. We hoped that it would be out sometime soon, but news is that the phone has been delayed. A head of their Q2 earnings call, Garmin has announced that the Nuvifone will be out only by early 2009. This what they had to say: "The nuvifone will not be available in fourth quarter as previously announced. While we had hoped to have carrier launches in the...

Going by the pictures posted on the se4m forums, Sony Ericsson's new slider looks like a handsome stud in black. Dubbed as the G705, the phone is expected to feature GPS, WiFi, a 2.4-inch display, a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, 128MB of internal memory, and will run atop the A2 software platform. So far limited info is available, but as soon as more crop up we'll tell you about it. (One more image after the jump)...

Former UTStarcom TXT8010 will now be seen as the Verizon Blitz when it launches on August 8th at Wal-Mart. The Blitz will feature an INpulse prepaid 'set, VCAST Music support, a microSD slot with support up to 4GB, stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel cam, and VZ Navigator. Expected to within most budgets, those who miss out on the initial craze will be able to find it in BestBuy September 28th onwards....

I know that the future foresees a greater role played by robots in our daily lives. They have come a long way from stiff mechanical arms on the operating table to human like clones. But imagining a robot with emotions is too mushy even for a romantic like me. It's like revisiting Bicentennial Man. Creators of the Heart Robot want to impress upon the fact that an emotional robot could be a possibility in the future. To give it a...

KPC has announced their brand new mini desktop, the Shuttle 4800, which looks as spicy as its specs. A step up from the original KPC 4500, the new Shuttle promises an optical drive and dual-monitor support. It runs Foresight Linux, but has an option to upgrade to 32-bit Windows Vista. However to complete the package, you will need to invest separately in a monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse, and other necessary computing paraphernalia....

After debuting the HD700 last year, Sanyo is preparing to intro the next upgrade- Xacti HD800. This pocket camera shoots 720p widescreen video in H.264 and has an eight-megapixel CMOS sensor that picks up 70 percent more visual data, thus promising sharper pictures at the same resolution. Compared to the HD700, this upgrade boasts of better color accuracy and is also the first Xacti camera of any kind to have 3D noise reduction that cleans the image in real...