Archive for August, 2009

The EyeWriter: Art with no Hands

Technology.am (Aug. 27, 2009) — A group of graffiti artists from The Graffiti Research Lab, Open Frameworks and The Ebeling Group have come together and designed device to enable people who are paralyzed, to write and draw or create artwork moving only by their eyes.
The EyeWriter is “a low-cost eye-tracking device and custom [...]

British Steam Car Challenge finally sets world speed record at 140 mph

Technology.am (Aug. 27, 2009) — The British Steam Car Challenge team has finally set the world record of 140 miles per hour.
Driver Charles Burnett III successfully broke the land speed record for a steam powered car – which has stood for more than 100 years – achieving an average speed of 139.843mph on [...]

Google Releases 1 Million Free eBooks in EPub Format

Technology.am (Aug. 27, 2009) — Google has started offering one million public domain books in EPUB format, an open e-book format- the exact format that Sony’s Daily Edition reader likes.
The EPUB format stands for “electronic publication”, which is a lightweight text-based digital book format that allows the text to automatically adjust on a variety of [...]

New Hybrid Database System, from Terabytes to Petabytes

Technology.am (Aug. 27, 2009) — Computer scientists at Yale University have developed a new database system to create an open source hybrid system called HadoopDB.
Traditional approaches to manage data such as the parallel database management systems (DBMS), which are working with structured data, for instance, tables with trillions of rows of data and [...]

Nokia plans to launch Mobile ‘Banking’ Service

Technology.am (Aug. 27, 2009) — Nokia plans to launch a service “Nokia Money,” enabling people to make financial transactions with their cell phones. This service will be operated in cooperation with mobile payment company Obopay and available 24 hours a day.
The “Nokia Money” a financial payment service that allows you to send money to [...]

Nokia Introduces Booklet 3G Mini Laptop

Technology.am (Aug. 27, 2009) — Nokia, has recently announced, the Booklet 3G, a mini-laptop that is based on Intel Atom processor and rumored for $799.
The Nokia Booklet 3G weighs in at 1.2 kg and is 2cm thick. It will run on Microsoft Windows 7 and its key features include 10.1” screen, 3G/HSPA, HDMI port [...]

Sony Launches Amazon Challenger

Technology.am (Aug. 26, 2009) — Sony’s 5 inch ‘Reader Pocket Edition’ for $199, and the 6 inch ‘Reader Touch Edition’priced at $299.
Now Sony has launched a 7-inch wireless edition of its electronic-book reader, called ‘Reader Daily Edition’ for $399 that is a direct challenge to Amazon’s two Kindle offerings, which include a model [...]

Pathak, Indian Sanitation Expert accepts Stockholm Water Prize

Technology.am (Aug. 26, 2009) — Indian sanitation expert Bindeshwar Pathak has found a way that can save water, and lives, in developing countries.
Pathak was awarded this year’s Stockholm Water Prize for his revolutionary toilet at the World Water Week conference held in Stockholm.
To lower the risk to human health, he developed a [...]

Zyrus launched Sun Drive USB Solar Charger

Technology.am (Aug. 25, 2009) — Korea Company Zyrus has launched a USB solar charger called Sun Drive for mobile phones, MP3players and digital cameras in the Korea market.
This solar charger is very useful for people who are perpetually on the go and it is also useful in hot countries like Africa where there [...]

Jessica Biel ‘web’s most dangerous celeb’

Technology.am (Aug. 25, 2009) — Security technology company McAfee’s annual report showed that Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the web.
Last year it was found that Brad Pitt was the “most dangerous” celeb online. Following Biel in order, were Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady and Jessica Simpson.
Fans that use [...]