By Brett Williams Contributing writer, [GAS] For at least a year now, I’ve been thinking that Google is getting awfully bloated. With its rampant acquisition spree of companies, creating market consolidation, its behemoth status has been confirmed as absolute. Last week, the Economist published an article titled: “Who’s Afraid Of Google?” and I for one [...]
By Fred Roth Contributing Writer, [GAS] So as geeks, we all eventually want a giant holographic projector like the ones used in StarWars. But are we willing to put up with a spinning mirror of death to get it? Researchers at USC have created a holographic 3D display using a spinning mirror. While the resulting [...]
By Rob Dunn Contributing Writer, [GAS] You’re sitting in a movie theater, restaurant, in line at the movie store or other public locale, minding your own business, and then somebody has to get on their cell phone and talk loudly to someone who is obviously more important than the surrounding 20 individuals waiting around… We’ve [...]
Michael Mack, a new German restaurant owner, recently came up with the idea of replacing waiters with an automated system that delivers all ordered food to his customers via a rail system. Customers order and pay their meals using a touch-screen, located at each table. Mack, a stranger to the business of dining, has opened [...]
Just a year ago, Sony had trouble getting a laptop battery out of their factory that could actually work without exploding, but last Thursday, they announced a new breakthrough in battery technology that should please its investors. According to the official press release, Sony has developed a new bio-battery that is powered via a glucose-based [...]
Engadget confirmed at noon Eastern time today that the iPhoneSIMfree.com team has successfully cracked the SIM lock system on the iPhone, enabling it to be used with network carriers other than AT&T. It should even work outside the U.S. The iPhoneSIMfree.com team apparently beat their earlier promise to accomplish this feat within 48 hours by about 9 [...]
by Brian Boyko Contributor, [GAS] Over at the other site I edit, Network Performance Daily, I’ve got an editorial up about VoIP and gaming, prompted by integration of VoIP into World of Warcraft. Normally NPD writes for a more technical audience but I thought it might be a good idea to give a basic rundown [...]
By Sterling Camden Do you ever get tired of adding all of your “friends” each time you join a new social network? Brad Fitzpatrick, who recently joined Google, has been working on this very problem. He proposes a non-profit, open source database of identities and relationships that could be accessed via public APIs or full data downloads [...]
Here’s a short video that will show you how to make a simple laser listening device that will allow you to listen inside of buildings hundreds of feet away from you. Enjoy!
Researchers over at MIT Media Lab have recently developed a robotic weight loss coach that can keep track of your eating habits. The way it works is simple, you just enter the exercise program and diet information into the robot’s touch-screen interface and the machine will tell how to adjust your weight loss program so [...]
HypoSurface is the World’s first display system where the screen surface physically moves! This technology uses “interlocking flexible panels activated by compressed air from behind the wall to create three dimensional waves, patterns, images, and even words by moving the flexible panels in sync.” Check it out in the following video: (via OhGizmo!)
The U.S. military has been working on an ambitious prosthetics project to build a truly bionic arm for years now. The second prototype, controlled by thought and capable of providing sensory feedback, will be unveiled this week at the DarpaTech 2007 conference. Jonathan Kuniholm’s right arm terminates in a carbon-fiber sleeve trailing cables connected to a [...]