Despite the joke in the image above, it certainly seems that the web “hearts” Unicode. According to Mark Davis of Google, the use of Unicode on the web has recently surpassed both ASCII and Western European encodings, as shown by the blue line in the chart below: In case you can’t read it, the red […]
Festo Didactic, a company that is known for producing robotic masterpieces, has unveiled many cool robots in the past year. A few months ago they gave us the Air Ray, and now they’ve developed 2 new ones: The Aquajelly and the Airjelly. Both robots have been designed with the biologic structure of a jellyfish in […]
By Mark O’Neill Welcome to the latest new German product – a self-destructing DVD disk which will make return trips to the movie rental store a thing of the past. DVD-D Germany Ltd’s ‘Einmal‘ (German for ‘Once’) will shortly bring out a disk which will be useless 48 hours after it is unwrapped from the […]
By Patrick Biz Contributing Writer, [GAS] There are a number of reasons why HDTV and home theater gear are now mainstream: prices of Plasmas and LCDs screens have dropped considerably; personal video recorders (PVR) have kicked VCRs out of the living room; the offering of HD channels is growing rapidly; and Blu-Ray has officially buried […]
By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] Starting today, the GPS system has a new power: sensing high-crime areas and warning you before you make a potentially dangerous turn. Honda has just introduced its new SatNav system in Japan. International news agency AFP reports the system will use information provided by police to mark “crime hotspots,” […]
The folks at LM3Labs have developed an extremely cool interactive hologram system that can be controlled via hand gestures. Check it out in the following video. Looks a bit creepy doesn’t it?
By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] You can measure a man’s greatness by the number of cool gadgets in his home – or at least, the number of cool gadgets he’d like to have in his home if not for those pesky utility bills. So in the spirit of all things awesome, I bring you […]
By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] We’ve all been there. You’re waiting in line when suddenly you reach for your back pocket…and realize your wallet isn’t there. Well, good news, fellow geeks: The days of needing cash or even a credit card to pay for purchases are almost behind us. The cell phone is gaining […]
By Patrick Biz Contributing Writer, [GAS] It is time for Part II of our 10 Must-Read Books for Geeks series. If you have missed last week’s article, just click here and you’ll be taken back in time to Part I. Here’s the next 5 titles to complete this great collection of books all geeks should […]
The new Segway RMP is a robotic concept vehicle that uses the same parts as a regular segway – it just uses twice as much of them. It can carry up to 400 lbs and can move smoothly in any direction from a central point, thanks to a set of very strange wheels. Wait until […]