It’s time to get ‘Lucky’. Just in case I got your brain wheels churning as to how you can get lucky, it’s really uncomplicated. You just gotta make a trip to Japan and get lucky. Sega Toys Japan is selling a robot dog specifically designed for children between 4-8 years old. He's incredibly charming and dutiful. Lucky does tricks like handstands; he barks when spoken to; and can respond to a total of 13 spoken phrases. Lucky will react...
Samsung has said that it sees the Blu-ray format only lasting a further 5 years before it is replaced by another format or technology. "I think it [Blu-ray] has 5 years left, I certainly wouldn't give it 10", Andy Griffiths, director of consumer electronics at Samsung UK in an interview. Griffith says the format will be a winner, although not for long. So what are the alternatives Cloud Computing, SSDs, or what? Instead, Samsung is putting its faith in...
We don’t usually think about what happens to the waste we produce and flush down the drain, but one thought to keep in mind is that every time one flushes a considerable amount of water is wasted. This is because no one has yet come up with a better solution for the John in the last 100 years. Until now all we have seen are either high pressure low quantity water flushing toilets, or the chemical toilets used in...
Kyocera is fitting out another major solar power plant with photovoltaic modules for the Spanish renewable energy company Avanzalia. When finished, the project will be one of the largest solar power generating facilities world-wide. In August 2008, the plant in the Castile-La Mancha region of the Spanish province of Cuenca will be capable of generating 18 MW – enough electricity to supply 9,200 households. By this time, 89,320 Kyocera PV modules will have been installed. Some 3,300 tonnes of...
THX has partnered with Serious Materials to develop a new breed of sound proof doors. The QuietHome soundproof doors are the 2 1/4-inch thick THX-certified edition doors that are claimed to be 85% acoustical improvement over any other sound proof doors. QuietHome Doors incorporate Serious' proprietary viscoelastic polymer-based constrained layer damped system, a multi-layer design and advanced seals throughout the door edge. These doors are made up of stainable wood, and come in a pre-hung door package. These doors...
Rotterdam has now finished hosting the world's first international championship for fuel cell powered racers from August 22 - 23. This new zero-emission race was open for all fuel cell single seaters. The competition had just one rule zero emissions, presently Formula One cars gain speed to over 200 miles per hour, whereas Formula Zero cars at the moment, reach just over 30 miles per hour. Each team's entry was powered by a commercial fuel cell that produces electricity...
One of the most amazing objects in my science lab were the two opposing poled magnets that always defied gravity. Magnets we all know are at play when we used to post notes on your fridge, but just incase you didn't know they also help us see inside our bodies like nothing before it with the help of an MRI. The most powerful magnet in the world is being built at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, based near...
The name of the product may be highly deceiving to the oblivious mind but hey, it’s not every day that we see something that’s made for the Zune. Let’s not get to the controversial part for now. The Zune Bug is basically a night light that plugs into any ordinary socket and glows the moment it experiences darkness or low intensity light in its surroundings. You may wonder why call it a Zune Bug. Here’s why. It uses networking...
Japan realizing its massive future energy needs has decided to build ECO rigs that are generators which measure 1.2 miles by 0.5 miles that ground various alternate energy collectors like solar arrays, wind turbines and other green sources. Each of these Eco Rigs could produce around 300 megawatt hours of power, scientists even estimate that strapping three such Rigs could produce enough energy as a standard Nuclear power station. The power generated from these ECO-Rigs could be used to...
Beds with built in treadmills could soon revolutionize the way obese patients exercise. Sure we all know the presence of adjustable beds which assist weak patients to get out of their beds or other serious cases to merely sit to eat. It's very hard for obese patients to even roll on the other side without the need for some assistance. A surgeon at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. wants to combine the ease of the adjustable bed with the...
Everybody seems to have been bitten by the Olympics and Lego bug and Lego fans will surely enjoy the Olympics scenes created by Flickr user Jarod_Uses_Film. Jorad says "The challenge I've set myself for the Beijing Olympics... post one LEGO photo of Olympic related goodness every day for the duration of the Beijing Games."...
To be honest I am quite sick of writing about apple iPod, its a-new-one-at-every-second pouches and the docks. This time though they have given me something really fascinating to inscribe. Gorenje has come out with the “Made for iPod” refrigerator which by far would be the best iPod anything. The fridge freezer with built-in speakers and a docking station for charging an iPod touch enables listening to music or playing back video contents ranging from music videos to video...
Off late LG electronics have emerged as bona fide innovators that are here to stay and amaze everyone with each passing day. They earlier made news for LG Door mounted ice-maker, LG steam machines and the list is incessant. Another news-making contraption at the coveted IFA 2008 in Berlin was LG’s refrigerator 'GR-P247JCMA'. It comes with all the advantages of the door-mounted ice maker providing us one of the largest capacities of any standard size model and freezer space....
With the financial flexibility that Google has its all set to use the imaging capabilities of the soon to be launched GeoEye1 satellite on Sept4 will provide with licensing to This new satellite will have the capability of providing us with high detail imagery of a big city in a day. The level of detail will give you the power of dragging that zoom slider all the way to 50cm per pixel. Yes! that will not be able to...
Upping the ante in the recent geopolitical brinksmanship over Georgia, Poland, and Ukraine, Russia responded by test-firing its new RS-12M nuclear missile. Fired somewhere near Moscow it successfully hit its target near Kamchatka around 4000 miles away. An advanced version of the land-based Topol-M.the RS-12M is a three stage ICBM with a 12000 kms range that carries a 550KT nuclear warhead. So why should you be scared? Well the RS-12M is loaded with an unknown number of advanced "stealth"...
