Fatmocell is a technology that is being used to amplify cell-phone reception and WiFi signals. Behind the technical babble, it simply means that you will be able to do a lot more with your cellphone than make call, text and play games. The future foresees mobile phones playing an integral part in controlling your household appliances and gadgets. David Nowicki, vice president of femtocell developer Airvana feels that there will come a time, when you will be able to...

I know this is old news, but what the old news didn't have was hot juicy pictures. Before you can conjure an image of getting hot and steamy with your partner mid-air. Let me tell you that the shower room allegedly accommodates only one person at a time. In any case, even if the two of you squeezed in, you would be allowed to bathe only for five minutes so that the rest of the 14 First Class passengers...

Women in Japan love Hello Kitty so much that companies add the Kitty on chic products to keep the sales register ringing. Not so different is Toshiba with the SCF-20 body composition meter which looks more like an advanced weighing machine. Stand on it and the machine tells you weight, body fat percentage, BMI, body moisture, metabolic rate, estimated amount of bone and visceral fat percentage. The data is stored in the machine and when connected to a computer...

Its not the sound that you want to hear when you get a brand new car delivered to your doorstep. Well not quite literally, but merely hours after Tesla Car #6 was delivered that it met with an accident. Alex Volkov has taken these images seen here at the scene of a Friday evening accident in San Francisco. This is the fourth Tesla to go crashing; the first two crashes were the obligatory safety-related, the third happened when ousted...

Martin Jetpack gets the distinction of being an "experimental ultralight airplane, equipped with a gas-powered, V-4 piston engine and two ducted fans that provide the lift." (So defined by FAA) This jetpack was unveiled amongst a crowd in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The pack allows one to hover for around 30 minutes and rise to 8,000 feet. Needless to say, those who sign up for this one (it costs $100,000) have to complete 15 hours of flight training plus undergo a...

Although we are a tech site, we do tend to stray from the mainstream once in a while, when we come across priceless info like this. Floods have never known to cause cheer anywhere. So it comes as a pleasant surprise that a Chinese restaurant owner, who was planning to shut down his joint because of the water, got a surge of customers, who wanted to enjoy this novelty. The restaurant is now packed with diners eating their meals...

The OLPC or one Laptop Per Child scheme costing $188/laptop may be too expensive for India but that has not deterred them to think big. According to the Indian Minister of State for Human Resource Development, work is underway to come up with a $10 Laptop for the poor kids. Backing this claim is the team of researchers from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. In a country where basic...

I am a total Nintendo fan. I have been using their consoles for years…Started with those Game Advance Donkey Kong, Oil Spill, Popeye and Parchute Jump. I then graduated to the NES, played Mario and now I use the Wii, GameBoy Advance and DS Lite. Seeing my track record, I can only tell that I'm thrilled to bits to hear that Nintendo is working on a new console. Hopefully it will not be just an upgrade on the Wii. Although...

Always watching you like glowing embers…possessing you with their naked gaze! At the cost of sounding a Mills&Boons writer, let me introduce you to the Cloned Eyeball Lamps from 5.5 Designers. These custom made eyeballs can be matched to look just like yours but the romantics can get one in the shade of their lover's eyes. Fill out a form, send in a picture of the eyes and leave the rest to glassblower Livio Serena. Accurate clones of the...

Plastinkus is a scratch pad sized like a credit card and produces sounds like a real disc. Music maniacs are going to adore this spunky scratch pad that is available in cool colors and designs. The cards are priced at around $4.27 each....

Tomy the leading Japanese toy manufacturer has released a transparent version of the ever-popular radio-controlled R2-D2 mini action figure. The mini light saber which is also transparent doubles as a remote control using which you can move the R2D2 forward or turn on command, rotate his dome as he rolls, beep and whistle, and illuminate his photoreceptor “eye”. The transparent plastic lets you see the inner working of the R2D2. (Check out the video demonstration of the previous model...

High-end gaming PCs need not cost you the moon; this is what EA is trying to underline with its plans to market pre-built PCs in conjunction with the release of Crytek's Crysis Warhead. It looks like the rigs will come in different configurations to match with Crysis warhead's graphic levels. Apparently EA will be naming their PCs in accordance to the games they play–Crysis Warhead, BattleForge, and Warhammer Online, and other games on display like Mirror's Edge and Dead...

It's always difficult to answer tough questions…like why do people die…. or where did the spare engine go. But if you ask me how to mod a coffin to a car I will be able to give you a pictorial description of the task. If you look at the ensuing gallery you will realize that it's not all that difficult. Take a coffin, add an old seat, put in the engine, wheel and tires…vroom…you're ready to scorch the streets....

TokyoFlash is known for hosting some of the most amazing watches. Watch enthusiasts can regale themselves with either Citizen or Seiko Watches that are a bit different from the flock. The Independent Retrograde Dualtime from Citizen features analogue movement with hours, minutes and seconds presented in the center of the watch beneath the uniquely shaped lens. A 24-hour clock is featured in an originally designed window at the bottom of the face and the date is displayed in the small...

Thanks to some freshly leaked photos of the still to be launched Nokia 5800 Tube’s screen we are able to dissect some of its features. the only distinguishable one at that being the large touchscreen which comes with the vibration feedback function. Otherwise the display is quite average and definitely not an iPhone contender if one is to go by the looks of it. Rumored to be launched under the Nokia XpressMusic line, the phone seems to have interesting...