Archive for August, 2009

50 Amazing Travel Gadgets You Gotta Have

Technology.am — There are many gadgets that may be considered by you. It is obvious; you don’t forget your laptop or cell phone while traveling, whether for business or leisure. But here we are collecting some of the less-obvious gadgets that you may want to consider when traveling.
Apple Nike+ Armband:

The water-resistant Apple Nike+ Armband for [...]

Earth sends 25,000 Hellos to Outer Space

Technology.am (Aug 31, 2009) — Over 25,000 messages have been sent into outer space in a bid to reach a distant planet that may hold life.
They aims to send messages to the nearest Earth-like planet outside our solar system, called Gliese 581d, which is 20.3 light years away. People think Gliese 581d might have life.
Each [...]

Breathalyzer detects Lung Cancer with 86 per cent accuracy

Technology.am (Aug 31, 2009) — Israeli Scientists, Hossam Haick, have devised a portable breath tester that can detect lung cancer in just two or three minutes with 86 per cent accuracy by analyzing a patient’s breath.
The breath tester device detects cancer early, before tumors become visible in X-rays or blood tests and when it’s most [...]

UWE Scientists design First Robot using Mould

Technology.am (Aug 30, 2009) — Researchers are using mould instead of silicon to make the first ever fully biological amorphous massively-parallel robot with the power of a super-computer.
Scientists at the University of the West of England have developed the amorphous non-silicon biological robot, plasmobot, using plasmodium, the vegetative stage of the slime mould Physarum [...]

Researchers could Mass-Produce Robots on a Chip

Technology.am (Aug 29, 2009) — One day tiny robots could be mass-produced and programmed for surveillance and micro manufacturing.
The researchers said that an entire robot would be integrated involving communication, locomotion, energy storage, and electronics – in different modules on a single circuit board.
A single microrobot by itself is a simple individual, [...]

Japanese break Wi-Fi Security in 60 seconds

Technology.am (Aug 29, 2009) — Japanese scientists have developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in just sixty seconds.
Last November, WPA has been broken by researchers in 15 minutes, but the Japanese researchers have taken the attack to a new level.
The attack gives hackers a way to read encrypted [...]

The PS3 “Ultimate Blu-Ray Movie Kit”

Technology.am (Aug 29, 2009) — A major Australian retailer offers a PS3 special Blu-ray bundle that features two Blu-ray movies, and a PS3 remote.

Two bundles are available as yet:

Bundle 1 – PS3 BR Remote; 300; 10,000 B.C.
Bundle 2 – PS3 BR Remote; 300; Batman Begins.

Both are sold for AUD$60 (USD$50), even though the remote retails [...]

Japanese create Teddy Bear Robot Nurse

Technology.am (Aug. 29, 2009) — Japanese researchers have created a robot nurse called RIBA that can assist nurses by lift elderly patients from wheelchairs and beds.
RIBA is short for Robot for Interactive Body Assistance” and it has been developed by researchers at Japan’s Institute of Physical and Chemical Research and Tokai Rubber Industries Ltd. [...]

Rovio – Net-controlled Robot Security Guard

Technology.am (Aug. 29, 2009) — Rovio is compatible Wi-Fi three wheeler robot, moves easily in any direction and distance.
Rovio includes telepresence over Wi-Fi, self charging capabilities, and you can even control it with any internet connection, such as your PC, Mac, iPhone, PDA, or smartphone.
The robot will stream live audio [...]

The New Way to Explore Professional Image Archives

Technology.am (Aug. 29, 2009) — Researchers at EU-funded IMAGINATION project developed ImageNotion software that makes it easier to organise, search and navigate collections of digital images for media agencies and photographers.
The ImageNotion software takes a user-friendly approach to semantic image annotation and search that links the content of photos to concepts so [...]