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Million Dollar Bionic Man Finds Home at British Museum

February 6, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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Britain’s Science Museum is now proud to host a one million dollar Bionic Man! Complete with artificial organs, synthetic blood and robot limbs, this human robot is named Rex, short for “Robotic Exoskeleton”. This humanoid has a height of 6ft, 6” and sports a life-like face assembled by leading scientists and roboticists for a TV [...]

Toyota Toyobaru Concept Expected to Debut in Geneva

February 6, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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Every car lover knows about Toyobaru. Its been widely said as the best Toyota car yet and it looks like it is getting a baby sister. This one of course has all the power it needs and the major change from our Toyobaru is that this won’t have any fixed roof. Yes, a convertible Toyobaru. [...]

Motorola X-Phone to Launch with Sony Camera Sensor

February 5, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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Rumors have been floating about for some time suggesting a new smartphone device from Google, which would have the backing of Motorola’s machinery. According to PhoneArena’s tipster, the device, named X-Phone, will be release with solid hardware and software specs. Let’s check what they are. Although, the earlier rumors suggested a 5-inch display device, PhoneArena [...]

Google’s Chromebooks are Set to Stay Fit Over the Years

February 4, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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The Linux-based Chrome OS took to the streets in early 2010, and Google followed it up with their Chromebook pilot program later that year. While the Chrome OS doesn’t pose as a grave danger to Microsoft, it has certainly perked up over the last couple of years. We haven’t heard much from Google about their [...]

BowBlade Allows Gamers to Shoot Arrows in Their Smartphones

February 4, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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Most of us play games on our smartphones and sometimes we use accessories to make the gameplay more realistic. For example, the AppBlaster, which is a gun-like device, allows you to play first-person shooters on your smartphone, by mounting your mobile on it. There’s another such device, but this one allows you to shoot arrows [...]

Samsung Galaxy S4 Won’t Get the Spotlight at MWC

February 2, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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If you were hoping to hear something exciting from Samsung about the Galaxy S4 during the Mobile World Congress, you are going to be disappointed. The electronics giant is going to shut its mouth and not blurt out any secrets on their upcoming flagship device. According to a source familiar with the company’s launch plans, [...]

Scientists Map Thoughts Flowing in a Fish’s Brain

February 2, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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The brain is a tricky customer. Even after so many years of advancement in technology and research, we still haven’t completely unfurled the mysteries of the brain, be it human or animal. So any work on discovering any aspect of a brain function is akin to groundbreaking. And we have one such kind of study [...]

Nintendo Wii U Needs Better Games and Not Price Cut: Iwata

February 1, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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If you are waiting to buy the Wii U after Nintendo slashes down the price, then you might have to wait for a long time. There won’t reportedly be a price cut, as the Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata feels that the Wii U’s woes won’t be solved by slashing its price. He admitted that the [...]

Aeroscraft Taking Cargo Transport to New Heights

January 31, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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Remember blimps? They used to arouse curiosity in the early days, and many have mistaken one for a UFO. Now there’s a more futuristic-looking airship, with a metallic outlook, that would gain more open-mouthed stares than the good ol’ blimps. This airship is settled in a large warehouse in Southern California and is touted to [...]

Sandia Researcher Uses Soap Bubbles to Study Jet Fuel Fires

January 31, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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I have seen some kids who like to set things on fire, merely to see the flames licking the material in different shapes. It does feel mysterious and magical sometimes. People who like playing with fire might consider a job like that of Richard Simpson. Simpson is a government scientist who works at Sandia National [...]

GPS Mistake Results in Killing of Innocent Man

January 30, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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This is indeed a mishap that involved the killing of a young man by a 69-year-old suburban Atlanta man. The killer is now facing a murder charge after authorities say he shot and killed a 22-year-old man who had mistakenly driven into his driveway. The warrant illustrates that Rodrigo Abad Diaz (the victim) was fatally [...]

Pentax WG-3 and WG-3 GPS Dives Into Underwater Photography

January 30, 2013, By Sanjeev Ramachandran
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Its been a great year till now with lots of gadgets getting rolled out during the CES and in other events. But something was missing. Oh, yes. New releases in underwater photography. So to put a halt to that misery, Pentax has come forward. They have unveiled two of their finest underwater cameras. The WG-3 [...]

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