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Avegant Glyph: Hi Res Display For $499
Avegant had designed a retinal head-mounted display a while ago, which was not for general public release.  Even when it looked like this, people were interested, because of the technology the device used and the far-reaching applications of device.  The company’s latest disclosure has me excited and I can’t wait to... Read more
Sony Giving PlayStation Plus 3 Games From 2013 For Free!
To get 2014 off to a good start, Sony has announced it will be giving some of 2013’s best games to PlayStation Plus subscibers. Some of the top titles that have been selected for PS3, which will be added to the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection are: Bioshock Infinite,... Read more
LG Pocket Photo2 Announced
Lots of people may not have known that LG had a Pocket Photo Printer; in fact you may be one of those people.  I like to think I m not too far behind things when it comes to the latest tech, but I hate to admit it, I had... Read more
McLaren Working on Wiperless Windscreens
Sometimes driving a vehicle is no fun at all. Don’t get me wrong – I actually love to get out on the open road and cruise, but sometimes it seems more of a hassle than it’s worth. Especially when it’s raining, snowing, or freezing rain. Couple those poor weather... Read more
Jolla Phone Released in Europe
Jolla is a firm that was formed by previous Nokia employees in Finland, shortly after Nokia announced it was going to kill its Meego operating system and fly with Windows Phone 7 instead.  The upshot of these events is Jolla’s Sailfish OS. Sailfish OS is based on Meego, but it... Read more
Become Aquaman With This Underwater Jet Pack
Moving through the sky like Superman might still be a far ways off, but you can take comfort in knowing that even if you can’t take to the skies you will soon be able to take to the seas in ways only dreamed of before. I’ve never “officially” scuba... Read more
A Self-Driving Car From Ford?
As someone who has never lived very close to family and has always had to drive long distances to visit them, I can say that I really appreciate cruise control in a vehicle. It lets my foot get rid of the cramp that comes with continually pushing down on... Read more
No More Woof Translates Dog Barks To Human Speech
Have you ever heard your dog barking and wondered what in the world he/she was saying? Maybe it’s because I’ve seen too many Disney movies in my life, but I’ve always imagined that dogs have their own language and talk to each other the same way humans talk (or... Read more
Cubli The Robotic Cube Can Walk & Jump
Swiss researchers at Zurich’s ETH Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, have built a cube-shaped robot that can walk around and balance itself on its edges or corners.  The Cubli  is able to accomplish these feats because it has three internal spinning wheels, which provide a gyroscopic balancing force. The... Read more
Take Your Family To Jurassic Park
There’s all kinds of neat places for families to visit these days. There’s Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, the Redwood Forest, Sea World, and the list goes on and on. While all of those places are great and all, they all seem kind of boring when... Read more
Cargo Zeppelins To Arrive By 2016
A Luxembourg-based airfreight company, Cargolux, has announced their plans to revive the ill-fated airships for more mundane purposes.  The Cargolux company’s next generation of Zeppelins will be designed to be the new cargo carriers and the first fleet of 22 airships are expected to begin their operations over Europe,... Read more
Buy Your Own Iron Man Suit!

Buy Your Own Iron Man Suit!

News December 25, 2013

If you received some money for Christmas, there’s obviously a lot of ways you can choose to spend it, depending on how much Santa left you. You can buy a PlayStation 4 or an Xbox One, you can buy a new phone, or you can buy some music. But... Read more
Google Robot Wins The DARPA Competition
Out of the fifteen teams that entered the DARPA robot challenge, the winner was a robot from a Google-owned start-up company. The machine from team Schaft successfully completed all eight of the rescue-themed tasks and came top of the leaderboard, with a fairly wide margin when compared to the... Read more
Researchers in Canada Send Text Using Vodka & A Fan
Researchers at York University in Canada have used vodka and a desk fan to send a new type of text message. The team were able to encode the alphabet in evaporated alcohol and assigned different concentration levels to represent bits 1 and 0. During the experiment, the chemical signal... Read more
Universal Laptop Charger Standard To Come Next Year
The average household today has more than one laptop, and it is always such a pain to have to find the appropriate charger, isn’t it? It’s a different story if family members have the same laptop, but that is not always the case. Then there’s the other story of going... Read more
Wink To Take A Photo With Google Glass Update
Google has announced a new feature for Google Glass allowing users to take photos by winking. The company has said that this feature is faster than a camera button or a voice command and can work even when the display is turned off. Google think that this wink feature... Read more
Increase Your Arm Strength With A Titan Arm
A group of college students in Pennsylvania really want to lend you a hand an arm in the near future. Or, to put it more accurately, they want to provide you with a way to increase the strength of your current arm. For their senior capstone project, 4 engineering students... Read more
Carmat Implants its First Artificial Heart in A Human
A “bioprosthetic” artificial heart, created by Carmat, was successfully implanted in a patient at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in France last week, marking the first effective human implant for the company. According to Carmat the patient is in the intensive care unit but is doing well and able... Read more