Sure, you know of the numerous iPod accessories available to keep you engaged in music to even waking you up each morning, but how about one that uses Bluetooth to stream audio and video around your house wirelessly. The Marantz IS301 features three parts; the receiver, with various outputs to connect to your stereo and/or TV, the transmitter that the iPod slips into, and the recharging base, which the iPod and transmitter sleeve, can be docked into. This enable...

Creative decided one day to live up to its name and make a MP3 player that is inspired by the face of a cow. The Creative Zen Moo is the result of going overly creative while designing a music player that looks more like a hate gift rather than a romance inducing lollypop. The ZEN Moo looks just like the ZEN Stone with built in speaker now in the form of a cow. The ZEN MOO Plus comes with...

Smart card maker Sagem Orga has embarked on a strategic partnership with BlueSky Positioning to integrate assisted-GPS (A-GPS) positioning technology on SIM cards for mobile phones. The company suggested that by providing GPS capability on a SIM card, it would provide a relatively inexpensive means of opening up the market for location-based services to a wider market. Sagem Orga and BlueSky Positioning’s new approach incorporates a GPS receiver and a proprietary antenna into the SIM card, enabling mobile operators...

The iPhone and iPhone 3G have been famously flamed for its lack of features like cut-and-paste capability, Flash support, and MMS (also known as video- or picture-messaging). There are jailbreak workarounds that allow you to “hack” together a semi-working MMS solution on the iPhone and iPhone 3G, but fully-functional MMS still eludes iPhone users. Swedish iPhone owners will soon have something they can hold over the heads of most other users of the touchscreen handset: an Apple-sanctioned way of...

A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away. It was one of the largest items ever to be lost by a spacewalker, and occurred during an unprecedented attempt to clean and lube a joint on a solar panel. She said her grease gun exploded, getting the dark gray stuff all over a camera and her gloves. While wiping...

It's astounding to see how much engineering and construction have evolved from the early days of bridge building. However, not all problems have been resolved the same way; the biggest problem in cable bridge building is how do you get a pilot cable from one tower to the next? Previous solutions have included attaching the cable to a kite and flying it over (e.g. Niagara falls suspension bridge), carrying one end by helicopter (e.g. Akashi kaikyo bridge) and floating...

Members of the Special Operations Forces, which include the U.S. Navy SEALs and the U.S. Army Rangers and Green Berets, often face several hurdles when dealing in foreign environments. There is a huge risk of getting their hands and limbs burnt or frozen. It is very crucial to enable SOF operators to perform in all battlefield conditions, including extreme cold weather environments. The Outdoor Research Modular Glove System defends the hand against heat and flame threats. Consisting of five...

Detroit’s Big Three automakers may need to send a special “no thank you” card to the Chinese people if they end up receiving their requested $25 billion bailout bridge loan from American taxpayers. Chinese carmakers SAIC and Dongfeng have plans to acquire GM and Chrysler, the auto manufacturing giants in China, such as Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) and Dongfeng Motor Corporation, have the capability and intention to buy some assets of the two crisis-plagued American automakers....

Scientists at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, and Beijing Normal University, have developed a cheap, flat loudspeaker that could give conventional speakers a run for their money. Unlike standard loudspeakers that generate sound by vibrations in the surrounding air molecules, the nanotube speaker doesn´t emit vibrations. The nanotube speaker works as a thermo acoustic device; when an alternating current passes through the sheet, the sheet experiences rapid temperature fluctuations, which after some scientific occurrences produce sound. There are several...

Konica Minolta is developing a projector so small; it will make the recently covered Pico, Dell Pocket Projector, and Aiptek's offerings look like suitcases. The company's tiny projector will be no larger than a thumb drive. The projector apparently uses laser beams and vibrating mirrors instead of light bulbs and lenses. It would be capable of projecting a 20-inch XGA color image from a distance of about 21 inches. Dimensions are said to come in at a miniature 1.6-inches...

Until now 3D images on the printed form required special glasses to view them or when viewed with the naked eye, the material printed does not change smoothly along with the changes in viewpoint. A Japanese development team announced a new 3D printing technology, "DynaCube 3D," to enable 3D representations with depth that can be recognized by the naked eye. In this 3D printing technique, images viewed from different angles are separately printed. Therefore, the resultant image does not...

The Los Angeles auto show had a low-key opening on Wednesday as executives from the biggest US automakers appeared in Washington to seek a multi-billion dollar loan to keep the industry afloat. Lexus announced the 2010 RX models which feature a unique Lexus' "Remote Touch" controller for the Hard Disk Drive navigation system, a computer mouse-shaped device on the center console that sits right where your right hand normally rests. The device is similar to a joystick and controls...

We all could be headed towards a cash only society, so it makes good sense in keeping your money where it is protected and visible. The uses of a carbon fibre wallet could easily be used to stop a bullet headed your way, just like the old movies showed. A carbon fibre wallet could be all that you need in this spiraling market to protect your money....

Samsung has just announced that it has begun mass-producing solid-state drives featuring a high storage capacity of 256GB, designed specifically for use in notebooks and desktop computer systems. With the addition of the 256GB SSD, the company is now able to provide users with a more extensive lineup of flash-based storage solutions, which includes 8, 16 and 32GB SSDs for lower storage solutions, and 64, 128 and 256GB models for users with higher storage requirements. A 256GB solid-state drive...

Several browsers have surpassed Pocket Internet Explorer to become the mobile browser of choice, including Opera Mini, Skyfire that even handles video streaming Flash sites such as Youtube. The new Pocket Internet Explorer 6 will first be available in China - on the Samsung Omnia. China Mobile was chosen as the first operator to get mobile IE6 because the software giant hopes to tap the vast growth in the number of new mobile users in the country. Microsoft last...