The Da Vinci droid is one of the most celebrated figures in the robotics industry. Here is a video that shows this dexterous machine meticulously peeling a grape and but there was certainly a bigger idea behind this exercise. These droids have popularly used to perform prostate surgery and this grape-peeling demo was the part of the prostate cancer awareness program at Southmead Hospital in the U.K. the thought of a massive machine like this being near to one’s private...

Stress levels at workplaces do tend to rise out of the roof at times, and this serves as a potential health risk to employees. To keep stress levels in check, a research group from the Tokyo Metropolitan University has come up with a little device that uses a pulse-wave sensor to show stress levels in real-time when hooked on to a computer via USB. The device measures blood flow in the fingertip with an infrared reflective probe and analyzes the...

We earlier spoke of a research conducted by ACU that suggested that iPad works out to be an effective learning aid for the students. Now the wonders of 3D technology were tested in classroom environment and no points for guessing what the outcome was. Texas instruments asked International Research Agency to conduct a study so as to see the impact of 3D learning tools in classrooms. The results showed that as much as 92% of the class was engrossed during...

Till date I thought the Japanese had a weird taste when it came to television, but after seeing this French Star Wars disco ballet, I beg to differ. Just look at it, all that comes to your mind is a big WTF. [Everything is Terrible]...

Imagining watches with touch-sensitivity isn't exactly hard. There have been watches that tell the time and more, after responding to touch, for a while now. However, most being one off products by experimental manufacturers and concepts, we're taking joy in the fact that Swatch has made its mark in this market. The manufacturer has done away with the buttons and introduced a touchscreen that can be navigated to tell the time, time zones, set alarms, timers and beep minus....

The winter isn't all that bad when you think about the things a few people do to beat the cold. Take this pajama warming pouch for instance. It would make you believe that the cold is only too bearable with the aid of heating mechanisms over your skin. The pouch is interestingly efficient and sports heating elements that can warm your PJs to 118 degrees. And to make sure that the heat stays, you have a silk exterior warming it...

Worried about missing out on the joys of having offspring of your own, thanks to that cellular phone slowly killing your fertility with every call and message that comes through? A team of Austrian students recently pulled the veil of their solution to the problem: radiation-proof underwear! Called the Safety Shorts, these awesome underwear shorts sport of the radiation emitted by mobile phones and laptops. A pretty amusing thought put into creating a practical health-problem solution, these shorts could probably...

Taking timepieces to a whole new level never perceived before, Tokyoflash recently pulled the veil off its Kisai Rogue Touch watch. Packing a clear as crystal touch screen, the watch is the first of its kind from the Tokyoflash stables and tells the time, the date, packs an alarm and dual time functionability and includes an animated LCD to tell the time, without the traditional watch face. Also, this one uses LED backlighting and is available in blue, green, red...

Mitsubishi Electric has received an order from Shanghai Tower Construction & Development Co.,for the installation of the world's fastest elevators, travelling at 18 meters (or 59 feet) per second, in the Shanghai Tower currently under construction in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. Three sets of elevators will travel directly between the second basement level and the observation deck on the 119th floor. Including these three units, Mitsubishi Electric Group will supply all 106 elevators for the Shanghai Tower, beginning...

It's hard to get the image or Mr. Stark's head rolling off his neck. It's even harder to wait for the show's next big season to come, sadly, after the winter's gone. That's just about what you need to bring in some GoT awesomeness to your home. This amazing Game of Thrones Sigil Mug will create the aura of the Noble Starks, as they sacrifice all that is dear to them, in defense of the Northern Realm....

We’ve seen salt being added to food, making it more palatable. We’ve also seen salt being rubbed on wounds, making life a misery. Now, we stumbled across salt being used to create art! Bashir Sultani prefers his art with a pinch of salt, and uses the same to create some pretty astounding artifacts! Using common table salt, Sultani’s creations include Master Chief, Spongebob, an iPhone, Darth Vader, Optimus Prime, Nyan Cat, Homer, Harry Potter, The Joker, Einstein, Marcus Fenix (Gears...

In an attempt to find out just how fearful the world is of the nemesis from six feet under, zombies, Oxford Internet Institute researchers Mark Graham, Taylor Shelton, Matthew Zook, and Monica Stephens came up with a map for the same. The map uses Google Maps database and displays the highest concentration of the keyword “zombies” around the globe. Turns out, most of the Anglophone-world residing in large cities fear zombies, while the rest of the world is ignorant of...

Recently, the comic book community suffered a mild heart-attack with DC Comics deciding to reboot its stories, starting off from scratch with new first issues for all of its titles. And it so turns out, that DC Comics fans have taken the move pretty well, with the New 52 series breaking records around the globe! The #1 issue were all sold out and barely managed to stay on store shelves, flying off faster than ever with enthusiastic fans picking up...

The world of robotics has progressed far from what the world’s first robot-makers probably imagined it to. However, even today, our little metal and plastic buddies haven’t learned to walk on two feet like the humans do, smooth and stable. Most robots today seem to stumble and walk unstably. Now a research group in the Combustion and Design Lab at Nagoya Institute of Technology unveiled a stable, bipedal, human-powered robot that could lend a hand to the robotics of the...

Wow, what you see is a Hadouken "hadoukening" towards Chun Li. [Geeksaresexy]...