August 2008

Human Tracking Tag

by Matthew Newill on August 23, 2008

human-tracking-tagAn injectable chip has been created which can track humans. The human tracking tag is the size of a rice kernel and gets injected inside a human by using a syringe. [click to continue…]

wii-steering-wheelLogitech have launched a new steering wheel for the Nintendo Wii. It is named the Wii Steering Wheel (very creative, I know). The steering wheel provides force feedback for driving type games which is great. Also, with it being an actual steering wheel with a base to sit on the floor, it's a lot easier to use then those imaginary steering wheels used with the regular wii remote. [click to continue…]

wireless-electricityThe ability to use wireless electricity to charge your gadgets could get many of you excited. Having this technology would mean you would never have to plug anything in again to a wall as the power would be supplied over the air. Wireless Electricity is not new, but past attempts see a lot of power that is lost through the air. Can Intel make a change to this? It seems like they are heading in the right direction. [click to continue…]

kiwi-robot-doctorIn New Zealand, researchers are getting quite excited at creating robots that will replace Dr's and some of their lower tasks to keep their workload smaller. The robots will be programmed with the ability to take blood pressure, heart beat and helping patients in letting them know what's happening and why they are waiting around for hours on end with no answers from the Dr's. [click to continue…]

Apple Walkpod?

by Matthew Newill on August 21, 2008

walkpodHave Apple created an iPod with a cassette player inside? Very unlikely :) What you are looking at here is either a hacked up Apple iPod with the innards cut out to allow a cassette to be put inside or a rather cool photoshop experiment. There isn't much information to be found about this little player, but from what I can find it seems to have originated from about 2 years ago. [click to continue…]

tv_b_gone_proYou might remember Gizmodo's antics at this years CES a few months back where they turned off a ton of tellys with the TV-B-Gone that they carried around. Well, TV-B-Gone now has been upgraded. The device now has more emitters and more power which can beam a signal hundreds of feet. [click to continue…]

fisher_price_dvdFisher Price toys have been around for years and have focussed on making big bright and almost indestructible toys for children to use. They are now moving with the time a little more by creating a Fisher Price DVD player with a built in LCD screen. [click to continue…]

pen-holder-picture-framePicture frames have become more popular over the years. Now they are starting to show up in various places other then a regular frame you hang on your wall. The latest I came across was a digital photo frame built in to a pen holder. [click to continue…]

sanyo-lcd-projectorIf a High Def TV (HDTV) doesn't give a large enough picture for your needs but you still want that HD experience then take a look at this Sanyo projector. The Sanyo PLV-Z700 is an LCD projector that can project a 1080p quality image on to a wall/screen. Full resolution is 1920 x 1080. [click to continue…]

18k-cell-phone-watchAlthough mobile phone watches have been available for a while, I have never actually had chance to use one yet. The slightly larger then normal watches have a SIM card slot in which you put your regular SIM and then you can make and take calls from your watch. [click to continue…]

6x-telescope-for-iphone-3gThe famous 6x telescope now finds it compatible with the latest iPhone 3G. What this does is give you 6x optical zoom making zoomed images far better quality then the regular digital zoom you would normally use. [click to continue…]

train-conceptWhen a train travels, one of the biggest problems is that the train has to stop and start again at each and every stop. This causes problems in two ways. First off, the journey is slowed right down as the train stops for several minutes and then has to wind back up to full speed only having to stop again shortly after. The second problem is the energy used to get a train moving. It is more efficient to let a train run as long as possible with out stopping. An idea that has been invented (which is an amazing idea) is to allow passengers to board with the train moving at full speed. Dangerous? That would be a big YES if passengers were to use the regular doors as it could lead to a tad too many people being hurt. But this fancy new idea makes things look a lot safer while keeping energy usage as low as possible and keeping journey times faster. [click to continue…]