The Linux’s open source OS is the bases for may wondrous things like the Android OS for mobile and Ubuntu for PCs and now, even the North Korean’s have decided that it’s right for them too. They’ve just apparently announced that their government’s top programmers have developed a new operating system based on the Linux OS. The OS is designed with both server and client versions and is called "Red Star". It’s already available for $5 in some parts...
Sometimes I think Star Wars fans go a little overboard when trying to be ‘creative’. It also seems like one of the most beloved characters in the saga ironically tuns out to be that insatiably evil Sith lord, Darth Vader. There are more oddball items centered around him in all shapes and forms more than any other Star Wars character in history. The latest is a disco ball in the shape of his helmet. It’s weird, but I’d dance...
What’s extremely painful to bear is living in a country that hasn’t even got their 3G fully off the ground and hearing about other parts of the world moving on to bigger and faster things. For example only recently Taipei has announced that their going to roll out 1000 taxies with WiMAX supplied by VMAX Telcom. How cool is that? On the other hand it also means that even when you’re taking a breather on your way home or...
We’re constantly trying to develop technology that negates the use of our hands. I’m not sure if I consider that progress or just plain laziness. You be the judge in this case where at a booth at CeBit, the Berlin Brain-Computer Interface Group showcased their mind controlled Pin Ball machine. The system requires you to wear a rather ridiculous looking shower cap (that uses EEG technology) like headset that also has a nodule that’s attached to your nose (???)....
The PlayStation got really close to the coolest multimedia phone of today; only, these devices couldn’t be used for calling or messaging. However, this will surely come into being and it isn’t a silly rumor. A phone that can play PS games is definitely a lot more welcome than those N-Gage phones of the past. Now that’s news for sure....
Refrigeration has gone a step above what it was some decade back: an ice-box! We now have something as cool as Samsung’s Wi-fi refrigerator that comes along with Wi-fi connectivity, a 10-inch touch display, Google Calendar support, a listing of 500 different kinds of food with their nutritional value, notes as well as news from the Internet. If you feel that it’s too geeky for your mum then let her know about the cool digital picture frame feature....
Trial versions are so important for a few people that they end up not seeing anything more of the game than that free demo that came with just a handful of goodies that the full version offers. So, Sony have managed to devise a plan to make sure that special features of the game stare disappearing or ‘degrading’ over a period of time, till they completely disappear....
Netbooks are cute and cool and small and all but when it comes to audio playback they end up putting up a squeak show. So get your hands on these cool Z205 Clip-on speakers from Logitech. These are specially made to clip onto the top of your netbooks. They come with an internal soundcard and stereo speakers It clips on to the LCD screen on your netbook. It’s perfectly cool to take this one out with you and play media...
Now it’s one thing to use all those complex algorithms and determine how much radiation your phone is actually emitting and it’s another to do all this and provide real time solutions. That’s what the Tawkon iPhone application is known to do and that’s what makes it so damn cool. None the less the news is that the application will not be making it to the Apple Store. This is because the company feels that “a diagnostic tool of...
A PC Gamepad doesn’t get more retro than this one. The cool Nintendo game pad we have here connects via USB and has 8 buttons on it that also include a cool Turbo button for automatic firing. The cable length of the gamepad is 1.8 meters so you can easily distance yourself to a pretty comfortable spot on the couch, unless of course you’ve got a mansion with your gaming console on one end and the rest of the...
At last we have some coo gesture recognition for the Android that tolerates those of us with pathetic handwriting and shaky hands. The application was developed at Google Labs and will run on Android’s version 2.0 and above. With the application you can search for contacts, bookmarks, applications and just about everything that’s listed by simply tracing out the first letter of the word or name. However the application is smart enough to tell at least part of the...
Telling time is getting weirder and weirder. From arty wall hanging clocks to funky wrist watches with all kinds of shapes and dials to this the the Automatic Double Axis Tourbillon teh time-telling biz has lost it's mind. It sounds a bit like rocket science if you ask me or at least quantum physics, but this seriously odd wrist watch is nevertheless extremely fascinating. It’s completely transparent so you can actually see the inner workings of the device. If...
There are sounds all around us and I don’t mean the annoying kind that tend to drive us crazy from living in a big crowded city. I’m talking about some of the subtle stuff. White Noise if you will, that’s so subtle we can’t even hear it or may not even actually exist. Well creator Yoshi Akai found a way to bring some of that ‘subtle sound’ to a hear-able tone. His device, the 'Wireless Catcher' may sound like...
There are plenty of times when technology goes beyond simple games and gadgets and takes on a role of a serious enhancement for the handicapped or in this case, a seeing-eye dog, of sorts. These are the best times. Recently a designer, Natalia Ponomareva came up with a brilliant concept for enhancing the world around us for the blind. Her system, called the Touch & Go is, simply put, GPS for the blind. It’s a neat looking wearable system...
Yes! The Space Invaders didn’t mean anything more than a pre-historic digital pass time in days gone by. However this doesn’t seem to be much of a problem any more. The lovely game’s all set to make it big, big enough to the silver screen, with Warner Bros. all set to make a movie based on it. Now that’s something totally cool. What’s more is that there is a mighty chance that we could have Mark Gordon, James Blum...
