So, you think mobile photography will never surpass or even on par with DSLR imaging prowess? Well, think again. Samsung has just announced a break through in mobile imaging with the industry’s first 108 megapixel image sensor for smartphone. One-hundred-and-eight! Holy cow. That’s a resolution that is equivalent to that […]
Cushioning in shoes used to be just foam. Sometime along the way, air came into play and now, Nike thinks that beads could be it. You heard that right. Beads for cushioning. Nike Joyride is a Nike-only, proprietary cushioning system involving thousands of TPE beads. It kind of feels like […]
You have seen candle-powered lamp and candle-powered Bluetooth speaker. Now meet Lumir K, a desk lamp that is powered by cooking oil. Unlike traditional kerosene lamp, the cooking oil is not directly involved in generating the light. In other words, the burning wick is not the source of light. Instead, […]
Swedish EV manufacturer NEVS-owned British in-wheel motor technology company Protean Electric has introduced a revolutionary drive/steering module called Protean 360+ that will make parallel parking haters clamoring for it. Protean 360+ is 360-degree steering technology that pretty much is what it says it is and then some. It is an […]
Whoever invented bolas must be proud. Why? Because, the invention not survived to this day, but has gotten a high-tech twist by the way of BolaWrap. BolaWrap is a non-lethal restraining device. It is not Taser, if that’s what you are thinking. In any case, Taser is not always non-lethal, […]
I am not going lie. I just can’t wrap my head around the science behind how IHMC made Boston Dynamics’ Atlas and NASA Valkyrie robots navigate over a rough terrain. The development was, btw, a response to DARPA Robotics Challenge that calls for improvements in robotics technology for disaster relief […]
Amazon engineer Ben Hamm is a cat owner with a very typical cat owner problem. His cat, named Metric, likes to bring home dead or half dead game home. Metric is like every other cats; he loves to hunt even though he is well fed. You can’t blame Metric. He’s […]
It looks like the future of robots is headed towards the ‘organic’ route. In a new research published in Nature by scientists from Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania, it details the development of a soft robotic fish, a lion fish of sort, that is powered by what could […]
Remember Wi-Charge Long Distance Wireless Charging promised by Tel Aviv-based company, Wi-Charge? Well, it has recently announced the world’s first production-ready long-range wireless power product which companies interested in developing the technology can acquire. Currently, there are at least two other types of technology that promised long range wireless charging. […]
Yes. Yes. We have all heard about unmanned delivery promised by Amazon, but until today, it has yet to materialize. The world’s largest online retailer hasn’t stop working on it though, both on the system and the hardware. Regarding the latter, the company has revealed its latest iteration that is […]
An ingenious farmer in South India has developed a ‘tree bike’ that will allow him to scale 100-foot-tall Areca palm trees with ease. It is dubbed a ‘tree bike’ because, this ‘vehicle’ is essentially made using standard motorcycle components which include accelerator, clutch, brakes, shock absorbers and a 2.1 horsepower […]