Sony and Panasonic have announced they’ll work together on a successor to the Blu-Ray format. At the moment it appears they’ll be concentrating on data storage rather than video playback. The two firms have set a target of 2015 to produce an optical disc which can store up to 300GB, around six times the capacity […]
The i-H2GO is a remote-controlled car developed by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies and Corgi International that runs on water…and a smartphone app. It works because SCIENCE: “You pour water into the refueling station and it is electrolyzed (split into hydrogen and oxygen) by power from a solar panel. The high energy hydrogen is directed into […]
We’ve already written about RHex in the past, but if you watch the video, you’ll notice that the robot has a few new tricks up its sleeves now! RHex is an all-terrain walking robot that could one day climb over rubble in a rescue mission or cross the desert with environmental sensors strapped to its […]
You might describe your smartphone as a lifesaver, but now you can let it help in the fight against AIDS. Alternatively, you can turn it into a tool to help study global warming or discover pulsars. It’s thanks to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC), which already offered a similar tool for computers. […]
As part of their education series, the folks over at FilmmakerIQ.com deliver this history lesson in Hollywood’s evolution of using the greenscreen. Running at 17:30, this is a little long, but I promise you that gaining knowledge has never been more fun! [FilmmakerIQ.com / Source: Vimeo]
The same Wired/Stan Winston/Legacy Effects robot we told you about at SDCC may we really be The Iron Giant… Editor’s note: OMG THIS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER. [Stan Winston School / Source: YouTube]
Researchers at two British universities have successfully powered a cellphone using urine. The project involves microbial fuel cells, which are ceramic cylinders filled with bacteria. As the bacteria eats fuel supplies, it creates a small electrical charge as a by-product. The technique works with micro-organisms that would normally, where oxygen is present, produce water as […]
Unfortunately there’s not too many details about this robot in the video’s description, but it seems that this handmade robot can performs all sorts of cool stuff. Be sure to check out the extra videos below. [Via LS]
As regular readers may have noticed, I’ve been on vacation for the past week. What with being both a gadget addict and a technology writer, I tried to make it something of a cord-cutting, low-fi break. As we were camping there was little point lugging about laptop or tablet and I used my smartphone solely […]
The founder of audio firm Bose, Dr Amar Bose, has died aged 83. He wasn’t simply the boss of a high-priced equipment manufacturer, but a major player in acoustical engineering. Born in Philadelphia in 1929, the son of a refugee from India, Bose taught himself to repair broken toy electric trains because his family couldn’t […]