Now, police and security forces around the globe won’t have to rely on those shoddy dashboard cameras on their official cars to record incidents. Instead, police-tech developer Taser has come up with a wearable range of cameras for the police. These cameras will help law enforcement officials record and save incidents on video to view later. The Oakley sunglasses are capable of hooking up with iOS and Android devices too and these will be handed out to 150 patrol officers...

Operating wheelchairs in the near future could soon turn into an easier task. Since quite a while now, the sip-and-puff technology has been used by the disabled to get around on electric wheelchairs. Making wheelchair controls more subtle and intelligent, the Georgia Institute for Technology has come up with a prototype dental retainer that controls wheelchairs. By tracking a magnetic attachment on the user’s tongue with sensors attached, the retainer fits along the mouth of the wearer. Called the Tongue...

In the near future, your smartphone could indeed probably be the only computing device you’d need, at home, and on the go. Ubuntu now runs on multi-core Android devices and you can now use your handset for a full-fledged desktop experience, by docking your smartphone and hooking it up to a keyboard and display! The customized Ubuntu version is compatible with Android devices, and together, the two operating systems share data and run simultaneously! Also, the brains behind it all,...

Be it a music concert or a similarly large event that attracts the masses, getting a camera up in the air to capture the crowd and the performing act at the same time isn’t all that easy and usually requires cameras to be mounted on cranes and the like. Now, NHK has come up with a great way to give the world a bird’s eye view, without the needs of cranes and other such equipment. Called the Balloon Camera, this...

Apple fans around the globe have been awaiting news in regards to the manufacturer’s latest brainchild, the upcoming iPad 3. As usual, Apple has been all hush-hush in regards to the new tablet, though we’ve just heard rumors of it being scheduled to surface in Germany by the 23rd of March. Previously, rumors of the official announcement scheduled for the 7th of March were leaked, and if this holds true, the iPad 3 could indeed appear on store shelves by...

The Mobile World Congress that kicks off next week has created a sudden surge in the mobile phone industry. One of the manufacturers keen on showing the world its technological prowess is ZTE that will unveil its ICS-based smartphone at MWC. The phone will be the first to sport an Nvidia Icera 450 HSPA+ modem and a Tegra 2 processor. Called the Mimosa X, the phone comes with a qHD display, 5 megapixel rear camera, VGA front camera, 4GB memory,...

With the Mobile World Congress just around the corner, Samsung is busy gearing up with two new devices, the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Mini 2. To be launched in the second quarter of the year in Netherlands, the phones will cost 349 Euros and 199 Euros respectively. While the Galaxy Ace 2 will be powered by a 800MHz dual-core processor and come with Android 2.3 OS with TouchWiz UI 4.0, 3.8-inch WVGA display, 5MP camera with 720p HD video...

The MWC next week will see three swanky new devices from LG. the South Korean manufacturer seems pretty keen on locking horns with Samsung yet again in the mobile-phone market, and has been rolling out some pretty sleek devices of late. These L-style smartphones join the list. Called the L3, L5 and L7, these smartphones look great and will come with LG's Floating Mass display technology. While the L7 and L5 will be 4.3 and 4.0 inches respectively packing Android...

RIM and the Indian Government have been engaged in a tussle since quite a while now, with the latter asking for lawful interception of the BBM messenger service and the former shying away from the request. Now, Research in Motion has decided to bow down to the whims of the Union Home Ministry and will soon set up a BlackBerry server in the country’s commercial capital, Mumbai. These servers set up by the Canadian manufacturer were inspected with a wary...

LG has been hitting headlines lately with its upcoming super-screen phone, the Optimus Vu. Now, the South Korean firm is in the spotlight yet again, with its newest LTE smartphone, the LG Optimus LTE Tag. The Optimus LTE Tag seems to be more than just a better looking cousin of the previous Optimus LTE, which was also the world’s first HD LTE. Packed with a1.2GHz Dual-Core processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradable to Ice Cream Sandwich), and a 4.3-inch IPS display,...

Looking for the perfect lighting solution for your room that reeks of toys, nerdiness and all the possible geek-obsessions you’d find on eBay? Well, this chandelier is bound to light up your world. Made from LEGO blocks, the building blocks we spent the better hours of our childhood chasing architectural dreams with, this chandelier rests at the Harrington hotel. A hotel with just a single room, for the utmost privacy you’d receive in a place away from home, the Harrington...

Docomo’s recently unveiled AQUOS PHONE SH-06D smartphone and the MEDIAS TAB N-06D 7-inch tablet, both coming packed with Android, will support NOTTV. Essentially a TV service for smartphones, NOTTV will begin transmission by the 1st of April. Probably the best event to take place on a day when the world suddenly decides to turn prankster, Docomo’s newest releases will support NOTTV in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka areas, with plans to expand being put into place for the future. With a...

Quite a few of us have mastered the art of touch typing i.e. typing without having to look at the keys on the keyboard. For those who haven’t, this open-source application is bound to lend a helping hand with the same. Also designed keeping the visually impaired in mind, this application called the Braille Touch incorporates the Braille writing system into a touch-screen device! Developed by Georgia Tech, the application changes an iPhone screen into a soft-touch keyboard with six...

Advertisements don’t really need to be an annoying interruption to our day-to-day lives. When given a touch of technology, these modes of marketing could very well turn interesting and bring smiles too! Take this interactive advertisement campaign by Mercedes Benz for instance. Set up at Berlin's Friedrichstrasse subway station, Mercedes Benz advertised its new Viano minivan with a bit of interactive fun. The advertisement screens enabled people waiting at the station to swing open the doors of virtual Viano vans...

Setting a strong impenetrable password is an art not many can master. Most of us settle for vague passwords with names of our spouses, lovers or something equally easy to hack into. Now, Google plans to lend a hand in setting brawny passwords that could make just about any hacker stoop. Up ahead, Google plans to unveil a new feature for the Chrome browser that will help users set passwords. The feature will work on sites that require users to...