Recently it was announced the the first entirely artificial heart will be ready for human trials in two and a half years. With about 20,000 people per year in line for heart transplants, this is sure to be the medical breakthrough of the decade. The main problem with prototypes in the past has [...]
Tanya Vlach is a blogger like myself, however she sees things in a very different perspective. In 2005, she lost an eye in a car accident, and since then has run a blog called the “monocular life.” She currently has a realistic acrylic prosthesis but she is planning for a huge change. On her blog [...]
After three years of extensive research and development, Rip Curl has released an innovative product known as the H-Bomb. As a surfer, I know what it’s like to be freezing during a surf sesh. You are sitting on your board in NorCal waiting for the next set to roll in, but its absolutely freezing [...]
Home media centers are the latest rage these days, giving users an opportunity to link up all of their media on one server giving an all in one multimedia experience for the whoel family. High end audio company Bang & Olufsen has responded to this trend with what is perhaps the coolest media center yet. They officially announced the release of the BeoSound 5, a digital music system that combines high-end audio technology, your digitally stored music, and stunning art-inspired looks. The main interface is the BeoSound 5 controller, a wall mounted or table top 10.4″ touchscreen with an aluminum navigational wheel. The package is gorgeously attractive. The BeoControl 5 is the source of storage and power, which includes a 500GB music server which connects to your internet. But enough of the tech spec business. What does the BeoSound 5 do that others don’t? First off and defenently not foremost, it plays all sorts of audio formats, including lossless formats which delivers much better audio. But at the forefront of their new technology is B&O’s new [...]
Today, Honda unveiled its second walking assistance device, which looks to be a stunning breakthrough. The device makes walking a whole lot easier by supporting the users body weight which takes off a significant weight load. I can see this device helping the elderly people get around. Part of the struggle with the older folk is supporting their own weight when walking. This device will make walking around town, going up and down stairs, and getting around a whole lot easier. As Honda states, “The new walking assist device with the body weight support system reduces the load on leg muscles and joints (in the hip, knees, and ankles) by supporting a portion of the person’s body weight. The device has a simple structure consisting of seat, frame, and shoes, and the user can put it on by simply wearing the shoes and lifting the seat into position.” [...]
I remember the days of trying to steal my neighborhoods Wi-Fi. There was even a time when I knocked on their door and sneakily installed a Wi-Fi extender on their router to give myself a better signal, thereby increasing my internet speed. Hopefully you don’t cheat the system as I had, but you may still want longer range without the hassle of getting a range extender. Now, Ubiquit Networks has released a tiny, attractive router called the Bullet, which actually uses regular N-type antennas- the type that receives radio signals. So when you turn it on, the Bullet turns radio signals into a/b/g Wi-Fi connection with 1000mW of power. That kind of power is much stronger than your traditional router and will give the user a strong connection. Inside the lil’ Bullet is 16MB of RAM, 4MB of flash, an Atheros processor [...]
Computer programmers at UCSD have developed software that can recognize and reproduce keys from images, even blurry cell phone pictures. The software takes the images, and recognizes the shape of an individual key, and produces a model which can be used to recreate a tangible working key. This is some scary stuff. The software, known [...]
I’ve been wondering why power hasn’t been harnessed from the ocean since I was a little kid. It’s constantly moving… seems like a no brainer. Well Portugal thought so too by building the first wave farm harnessing 2.25MW of power and in turn powering 1,500 homes. There are three 450 foot buoys [...]
