will ABB’s FRIDA replace human assembly workers?
even though ABB’s FRIDA may be just a concept robot, it is still a hint that robot with human’s dexterity may one day replace us in the assembly line. most people would think these advanced…
head tracking with iPad 2 camera enables glasses-free 3D
if you think the front facing camera of the iPad 2 is only for FaceTime. think again. a couple of folks from the Laboratory of Informatics of Grenoble put the front facing camera to another…
GMAIL Motion April Fools joke is not a joke after all?
we had a good laugh at Google’s GMAIL Motion. it turns out that the folks over at the University of Southern California did actually make…
Better Place’s battery swap gets your EV juiced up in 3 mins
long charging duration for electric vehicles is the stumbling block to its adoption. unless you can swap out your battery like…
flex interface will change the way we interact with touchscreen
flex interface does not refers to the physical hardware but it’s more like the interface technology (i.e. software). hence, i reiterate, it has…
DIY gadget enables iPad 2 to do full HD 1080p over Airplay
when Eric Govoruhk and Kelly McAteer was tasked to make their client’s iPad 2 Keynote presentation smoother without being…
the next time you spot a seagull, it could be a robot
now, it is not only hummingbird that we must be aware of. the next seagull you spot could be a flying robot. the upside is, it won’t poop on you indiscriminately or a take a bite off the food from your picnic basket, but the downer is
Japanese repaired Great Kanto Highway in just six days
gaping chasms on the Great Kanto Highway were there result of the 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan on March 11. reconstruction of this part of the damaged highway began on the March 17 and six…
TEROOS lets you go shopping with your friend, virtually
sometime shopping alone can be quite uninspiring. if we have something like the TEROOS, things would be entirely different. a group of…
French firm developed touchscreen layered with solar cells
the notion of solar power mobile phone isn’t new but this French firm, Wysips, has a better idea of where these photovoltaic cells should be…
augmented reality movie is the new way to watch movies
movies have changed vastly since its invention in 1880. since then, the film industry have progressed from black & white moving images to..