The thing about technology is that everyone is into it. So no matter what kind of formula you equate on something for safe guarding the laws, someone will eventually break it. That’s the cycle. In the states now there is a new fear amongst law makers. The smart cards that access electronic parking meters in larger cities can be tampered with to obtain unlimited free parking. This came about when researcher Joe Grand who only took only three days...

This is an LED magnetic mine with 12 stalks. It can stick to any metallic surface and beams light onto your choice of place and it works off three tiny watch batteries. Each LED Magnetic Light Mine is one super-bright, wide angle LED light surrounded by 12 stalks. Each stalk has a neodymium magnet on the end which means you not only can attach these lights to any magnetic surface, but you can aim the light, too. This is...

When vengeance gets into the head, you won’t think much about humanity or character. For such people gifts such as these will be amusing and will increase sales. The Get Naked Bikini is what I am talking about. It is a dissolving bikini invented by some German company. It looks like your typical swimsuit… only that after a dip in the water, you will come out as eve. Yeah, spark naked. This is supposed to be a gift idea...

You dont need a multi million dollar sound studio to create sounds for laser blasters and inter galactic explosions. All you need is a $4 Slinky, a microphone and a recorder. Unfortunately you can create light saber sounds with the set up. [Nerdcore]...

There have been wise quotes made all over the world of research and development, on human reflexes and how we are superior to the rest of the animal kingdom (that’s if you still count us in it). However, this research by Tamani Nakano at the University of Tokyo brings forth some startling facts into view. If you look back and wonder about the blinking pattern that our eyes follow then you will notice that it’s a few times every...

The creators of Action Babes are up in arms against Apple. Well anyone would be after spending thousands of dollars developing an iPhone application, only to get it rejected. The application though adult in nature was developed keeping in mind OS 3.0's parental controls. The developers further argue that Apple does sell maximum restraint (R), movies such as American Pie on the iTunes store. So why do the judges at Cupertino have different standards for applications and movies? Sadly...

Apple, as one would expect, is quite uncomfortable with all the iPhones getting jailbreaked (tampered with, to accommodate additional functions and applications). They claim that this can compromise the security of the phone and may cause leakage of information to dangerous people like terrorists, thieves and stalkers. Apple states that the baseband processor can be easily accessed in case of cracked phones. It states that the Exclusive Chip Identification (ECI) can be changed, thus disabling legitimate users from accessing...

Sitting on the couch, watching your heroes whacking the ball around the field with those baseball bats will give you the adrenaline rush we all know, but have never been able to cure. Who wants to cure it after all? Isn’t it the whole motive of watching a match after all? So, to boost it up a bit you can get hold of this Baseball Bat Pepper Mill that will help you pepper your salad. The upper portion of...

Though it does draw your eyes to this clump of text and though it manages to raise you eyebrow, on second thought it’s not such a big deal. We may look at it with an accusing thought in our heads, stating that our doctors are incapable, inept and inefficient, just because they wish to cross check if that thing in your belly is an ulcer or a tumor. And that they check it online. In the days gone by,...

Audi’s Multi Media Interface just got a wee bit more sophisticated with the next generation R8 MMI. This upgraded interface will include handwriting recognition to enter text quickly and without risking your neck while entering text with clumsy buttons. However, the real value of this dashboard navigation system for Audi will be given its full credit when it actually rolls on, from the tests to the roads....

China introduced 3G first in 2009 and is the only country in the world that has adopted three different standards used around the world. By combining strategic insights and R&D investments with a well-planned localization approach Samsung is bound to reflect its leading position in the 3G arenas both in China and all over the world. Samsung invested significant amounts and resources to establish the Beijing Samsung Telecom R&D Center in China with a talent pool of hundreds of...

The 8500 models will come with new technology that features newer, pure white LED backlights alongside local dimming capability that will work in tandem, boosting the dynamic contrast ratio up to an unprecedented 7,000,000:1. This is twice more than the 8000 model. the newer LCD display will further improve brightness and visibility in ambient light, while the inclusion of a Natural mode attempts to replicate color behavior of normally more vibrant plasma displays without sacrificing its brightness. Some of...

There are reports that a couple of Sony’s e-book readers are slated to be released, the PR-300 and PR-600. The former will come with a 5" LCD display sans audio output, and it will also lack any memory card slot of sorts. It will have a 440 MB memory and the weight of the entire reader will be around 220 grams. The PR-600 will be a 6-inch touchscreen display with audio output and an SD/MS memory card slot as...

The Monsterpod is a fat disc of viscoelastic polymer with a tripod mount up top. All you have to do is screw you camera and you can stick this to almost anything like bricks, glass, stones. It will stick there not permanently or till you want but only for ten minutes, holding your camera steady for that quick low-light shot or self-portrait. Viscoelastic Polymer is a material that acts like rubber honey, which when deformed creeps slowly back into...

What you see above is Japan railway's Tokai's Hamamatsu factory a state of the art plant and maintenance facility which churns out Shinkansen or Bullet Trains. (More images after the jump)...