In 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…]
From the monthly archives:
August 2008
Have 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…]
You 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 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…]
Picture 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…]
If 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…]
Although 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…]
The 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…]
When 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…]
The PowerPlus Piranha is a wind up shaver which means there is no risk of the batteries going dead. Actually, there is still a risk, but not a problem as it can be charged by hand crank. [click to continue…]
Rumours are floating around that mention Apple are preparing a new MacBook Air. This super slim and light MacBook will soon to sport a Penryn-class Core 2 Duo Processor which ranges from 2.26 GHz up to 3.06 GHz. [click to continue…]
When I first read about a camera designed for the blind I was immediately interested as it just seemed like an odd few things to put together. However, after you read what this camera does you will be amazed at this little concept idea that could do very well. [click to continue…]
A bunch of weird gadgets are available these days with most of them being USB. This one however is not USB but is still weird. It’s a clock shaped like an anchor. [click to continue…]
Now that you have your sleek Macbook Air, your 50″ HDTV running at 1080p and your 30″ Apple Cinema screen for your Mac you then turn to your old fire and think it’s time to make that look cool too. The Superior Scandium is a flueless gas fire which you hang on your wall and it looks absolutely stunning. [click to continue…]
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A number of ways of telling time are available such as a sun dial, pendulum clock, digital clocks and watches. The latest clock to appear is the Exposed Flip Clock which looks extremely unique as it’s innards are exposed for all to see. [click to continue…]
