Creators of Raspberry Pi computer announce $25 camera module
Low-cost computer maker Raspberry Pi announced yesterday it will be releasing a bare-bones camera module that will sell for $25.
Feb 7th, 2013
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The world's first laboratory-grown hamburger (w/video)
Will we be eating burgers made in test-tubes in the near future? That is probably unlikely considering this lab burger costs around $320,000 to produce.
Jan 17th, 2013
Read moreEclipse Calculator: a new application to simulate eclipses on your smartphone
Which future eclipses will be visible from my location? How will they be like? How long will they last? These are some of the questions answered by the new application Eclipse Calculator, designed for Android.
Jan 17th, 2013
Read moreStealth ware - New designs for counter surveillance
The anti-drone hoodie and anti-drone scarf: garments designed to thwart thermal imaging, a technology used widely by UAVs.
Jan 15th, 2013
Read moreCynaps: Bluetooth, bone conduction headset in a baseball cap (w/video)
Cynaps is the world's first bluetooth enabled, bone conduction headset, discreetly installed into an easy to wear hat. Just put it on to take a call or hear music on your mobile phone or PC. No earphones required.
Jan 14th, 2013
Read moreCST-01: The world's thinnest watch (w/video)
A 0.80mm thin flexible wristwatch with an E Ink display housed in a single piece of stainless steel.
Jan 11th, 2013
Read moreThe world's first 'smart' fork helps you lose weight and eat right
Designed by French engineer Jacques Lepine, HAPIfork, the world's first smart connected fork, knows how fast you're eating and helps you slow down using a patent-pending technology.
Jan 10th, 2013
Read moreAirline lost your luggage? Track it on a map with Trakdot
The Trakdot Luggage tracker fits into a checked bag and reports city location in real time to any mobile, Apple, Android, or SMS capable devices. For the first time, Trakdot Luggage gives airline passengers unprecedented control at a wallet-friendly price, allowing them to keep track of checked-in luggage anywhere mobile phones work.
Jan 7th, 2013
Read moreTurning smartphones into secure and versatile keys
At this year's CeBIT trade fair in Hannover, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT in Darmstadt will be demonstrating their ShareKey software, a solution which will make the key app concept even more versatile and secure.
Jan 3rd, 2013
Read moreA robot dragonfly that flies like a bird and hovers like an insect (w/video)
Techject's Robot Dragonfly may not be ready just yet, but you can back this project at Indiegogo for just US$99 to get your very own micro UAV.
Dec 20th, 2012
Read moreGravityLight - an alternative to kerosine lamps for developing countries (w/video)
GravityLight is a revolutionary new approach to storing energy and creating illumination. It takes only 3 seconds to lift the weight which powers GravityLight, creating 30 minutes of light on its descent. For free.
Dec 13th, 2012
Read moreBicycle helmet made from recycled cardboard stronger than plastic helmets (w/video)
Kranium helmets use a unique paper board developed specifically for impact absorption, called Dual Density Honey Comb Board or D2.
Dec 11th, 2012
Read moreDevice helps children with disabilities access tablets (w/video)
Researchers at Georgia Tech are trying to open the world of tablets to children whose limited mobility makes it difficult for them to perform the common pinch and swipe gestures required to control the devices.
Dec 11th, 2012
Read moreA smartphone imaging tool for secret agents - and the rest of us
Caltech engineers make tiny, low-cost, terahertz imager chip.
Dec 10th, 2012
Read moreHead-mounted device manipulates reality
A virtual reality-like device mixes real life with make believe.
Dec 7th, 2012
Read moreThe O-Pal Oxygenator pimps your coffee or wine by injecting nanobubbles (w/video)
The world's smallest oxygen machine, the O-Pal Personal Beverage Oxygenator, is a handheld appliance that extracts oxygen from the air and injects it into beverages to improve flavor.
Dec 6th, 2012
Read moreSmartphones become mini medical labs
Imagine your smartphone becoming a mobile medical laboratory that records and sends data for a range of research. That will soon be a reality thanks to the expertise and impatience of a University of Sydney PhD candidate.
Dec 5th, 2012
Read moreBreakthrough in augmented reality contact lens (w/video)
Researchers announced efforts to embed a spherical LCD display into contact lenses for use in medical and cosmetic applications. Unlike LED-based contact lens displays, which are limited to a few small pixels, this innovative LCD-based technology uses the entire display surface.
Dec 5th, 2012
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