Researchers at Panasonic have developed a new robot designed to rinse dishes before stacking them inside a dish washer. Check it out: Our verdict? It looks like a useless piece of junk. I mean, have you seen how this thing rinses the dishes? It certainly won’t get food off the plates by simply dumping them […]
Created by Buzzin Monkey and die agentour GmbH, both German marketing agencies, the following MINI ad was created using a new advertisement technology named “augmented reality. The technology allows you to see a seemingly boring 2D ad in an all new light when exposed to the lens of a web cam. Check it out: [Via […]
Throughout the brief history of the web, we’ve seen various attempts to make the browsing experience more interactive: Java applets, JavaScript (and AJAX techniques), ActiveX, Flash, and Silverlight to name a few. All of the above except for ActiveX achieve a certain level of security from malicious code through the use of runtime-interpreted languages. The interpreter […]
This looks downright dangerous! Lockheed Martin developed the Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) to hover and kill. It was put to the test on December 2nd at Edwards Air Force Base. During an engagement with the enemy, the MKV-L with its cargo of kill vehicles will maneuver into the threat complex to intercept all lethal targets, […]
Intel is researching how to power devices in ways that are both more convenient and greener. They’re in the process of developing technology that can capture ambient sources of energy, such as sunlight, body heat, radiation from cell phone towers, and even the human energy expended to operate a hand-held device. Move that finger around, and you’re simultaneously […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you’ve been on the Internet for any time at all, you might remember something called “The Venice Project.” Essentially, the founders of Kazaa and Skype tried to come up with a way to bring television to the Internet in a peer-to-peer network that meshed with what the content providers […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] In a bit of a surprising (yet not so surprising) move, Apple may be releasing a more economical iPhone for sale in Walmarts around the country. This rumor comes from Kaufman Brothers, a technology market analyst group that believes a cheaper, lighter iPhone is “inevitable.” The specifics are, of course, […]
We’ve posted this about two years ago while we were hosted at blogger.com, but since it just got updated with new data and visuals, we thought that it was worth sharing again. Shift Happens: Globalization and the Information Age is a video that shows how information evolves around the globe as time flies by.
In the following video presentation, General Motors’s VP of R&D, Larry Burns, previews cool next-gen car design: sleek, customizable (and computer-enhanced) vehicles that run clean on hydrogen — and pump energy back into the electrical grid when they’re idle.
Isn’t amazing how something as mundane and insignificant as a strobe light can create such a cool effect? Set this up in your company’s lobby area to wow visitors and potential business partners. Who knows? This may actually help you close that important deal that was so crucial to the survival of your company! [Via […]