Microsoft employee will not need a new phone to look for because they have something quite nice coming their way, from their employers. The company decided to give away Windows Phone 7 Devices to all their 89,000 employees. Now that’s a good perk to receive from you boss, no? “I wouldn't go so far as to say that every Microsoft employee uses a Windows Mobile handset”, said Guy Gilbert from Microsoft. “But a lot of people use Windows phones, prior...
We haven't seen fan craze reach such heights fir LEGO toys but here seems to be am exception. It's 157 square foot wide and was built using a whopping 287,800 bricks. If you're wondering how hard it was for the maker(s) of this map to build something this awesome then you've got to pay more attention to the tiny landmarks representing each of the significant nations. I believe they call it the 'Euromap'....
Phosphor has taken time telling to new heights with the introduction of the World Time E-Ink watches. Well, these are among the first (or are they the only) watches on this blue planet that brags about being E-Inked and makes it available for an affordable price. Of course these show you which one's a better pick between them and Sieko's offerings....
PayPal users will find it quite useful to have their favorite online payment gateway making it vending machines. The PayPal X Innovate 2010 developers conference displayed a vending machine that also accepted PayPal payments. You will need a smart phone so as to scan a QR code which will hook you up to your PayPal balance. It will merge as a candy dispenser, a WiShield, a LED display and various candy retailing mechanisms. So this solves cash, change and card...
Mobiado has been in the luxury handset business for awhile now. Their latest masterpiece is the Professional 105 Damascus. Yup, like, Vertu’s model, this one too is constructed from Damascus steel. The frme is reported to be of ‘precision CNC machined from Damascus steel’. Just in case you’re a little behind on forging, Damascus Steel is made from an age old technique used from 1100 to 1700 AD to make swords that were supposed to be quite hardcore, as...
Green technology is in and companies are launching all kinds of green gadgetry. Philips has just announced a new 24-inch green TV for Europe called the Econova LED TV. It’s got all kinds of green i.e. eco-friendly features like an eco-mode option that will reduce power consumption to only 40W. The TV itself is made from recycled aluminium and has a 0W mode when turned off. The remote control is also doing its share to be eco-friendly, it’s got...
Earlier this week there was a bit about America's National Nuclear Security Administration who had built a little buggy-like robot to monitor radioactive waste dump and we also heard how Israel had perfected and weaponised a similar robot called the Guardium, to patrol their border. Well seeing as government or military owned robots are in, here’s one more – it’s called the CaMEL (Carry-all Mechanized Equipment Landrover) and is developed by Northrop Grumman. It can transport heavy gear (1,200...
When I first clapped eyes on the pin hole skull camera by sculpture artist Wayne Martin Bleger, I was slightly disturbed. Plugged with pins and hinges, the thing looks a lot like Actroid-F without her facial plastery. However, having seen the pics this skull camera can snap, I am quite intrigued. The pin hole skull camera works by briefly exposing film inside the skull to give sepia-toned, blurry photos that look slightly dated, yet are really beautiful. Bleger, the...
If you are one of those painful patients who gags at the thought of popping a pill, this latest innovation may have you breathing a sigh of relief. The world’s first inhalable vitamin, LeWhif Vitamin, is the brainchild of Harvard biomedical engineer David Edwards. Edwards seems to have a fascination with the nose, as he is also the inventor of inhalable insulin, inhalable coffee and inhalable chocolate – kinda defeats the purpose, doesn’t it? I thought chocolate was all...
If you fancy a truly terrifying eating experience this Halloween, you’d do worse than stick your neck into Tokyo’s Vampire Café in Ginza. Victims, sorry customers, are welcomed up the escalator and into a private booth in Dracula's chamber, where they are sealed in for the duration of their meal. The extensive menu features dishes of a blood-thirsty vampire theme, and being largely seafood-based (this is the land of sushi, after all) are not for the faint-hearted. Waiters dressed...
This rather scratchy image is being heralded as the first possible photograph of a human. Supposedly taken in 1838 by Louis Daguerre, the inventor of daguerreotype photography, you can quite clearly see a tiny little man in the left-hand corner of the Boulevard du Temple in Paris. Nowadays our pictures are populated by people – friends, family and randoms snapped in varying degrees of sobriety, but the reason this is picture is so spectacular is that the technology at...
From the original Darth Vader costume that will cost you most of your soul to buy to the best iPhone costume in the world, this year Halloween is going to be massive. If ever there was some sort of global recognition for the most innovate Halloween costume, John Savio, the designer of the most intricately designed costume should get it. His iPhone costume is so ‘life-like’ that it has a 40-inch LED LCD touchscreen display that actually works and...
Here's the second MeeGo update we've seen. It's called version 1.1 and targets Nokia N900 handsets. It looks like we will be seeing U-Boot support for dual booting, for MeeGo and Maemo. We are looking forward to what this development can add to the already impressive suite that original users are treated to....
Here's a debate that's lasted between parents for a while now. Should kids own cellphones? Firstly it's helpful if they want to contact their folks in emergencies and secondly, it can pose as an opportunity for the to cash in on some more original sins, before the hormones take over. However, this has been neatly put to rest by kajeet who have introduced a mobile service for kids. The service adds useful features like parental controls and a special navigator...
A good golf watch isn't all that much a luxury even for the best since they are so scarce. But this can soon change with the GPS powered watch from none other than Garmin. Besides the sporty yet elegant look, the watch has a total of 14,000 golf courses from the US and Canada preloaded into it. It's waterproof and rugged so you can safely wear it in the most turbulent weathers. The lithium ion battery on this one is...
