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Snowflake-shaped photovoltaic cells bring the holiday cheer
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Sandia National Laboratories have unveiled their newest photovoltaic cells — glitter-sized particles made of crystalline silicon. The cells are made using common microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems techniques, and the results are pretty spectacular to behold. More interestingly, how… technology ...1 day ago -
Viewsonic VOT132 nettop review
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You don’t need booming sales figures to tell you that netbooks have taken by the world — the mobile computing world, at least. Their screenless and battery-free brethren, however, have yet to find quite the same success. Nettops are great tiny little machines but in general they’ve been under-powe… fashion ...1 day ago -
DoDoNa S-100 MP3 player
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The DoDoNa S-100 MP3 player is one very “noisy” device in terms of design - just take a look at its old school iPod controls alongside a bunch of pimply buttons on top and you’ll know why. Available in black, white, yellow and green colors to choose from, you will find that the S-100 comes with a 1… bae ...1 day ago -
Rambler Socket concept
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Instead of purchasing extension cords for your home, you might want to consider the Rambler Socket assuming the concept is turned into reality. When unfurled from its cavity, it will measure 1.5 meters towering, and once you’re done with it, you can always tuck away the cord neatly so that there wo… wholesale ...1 day ago -
Minimount case targets netbooks
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Aileron Designs has come up with a new line of hard shell, netbook computer cases and mounting systems, where the latter comes in the structure of the Minimount case which is an all-aluminum hard shell enclosure with a quick connect mounting feature. You will be able to pick up customized cases for… bluetooth ...1 day ago -
HDMI 1.4 standard offers broadcast 3D video support
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HDMI Licensing aims to support 3D composition using their upcoming HDMI spec v1.4, and it remains to be seen whether that push will happen or not, so we’ll have to wait until the consortium meets next month to add the “Top/Bottom” 3D format. While the group bemoans the lack of a mandatory 3D broadc… watches ...1 day ago -
Researchers receive grant to develop color-changing contacts for diabetics
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Contact lenses that act as a glucose monitoring system for diabetics aren’t precisely a new idea, but it looks like a group of researchers from the University of Western Ontario might be a bit closer to making them a reality, as they’ve now received a $200,000+ grant from the Canada Foundation for I… ipod ...1 day ago -
HDMI 1.4 spec getting freshened up in preparation for broadcast 3D
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The drumbeat for HD 3D continues to pick up the pace, and with broadcasters around the globe pushing forward 2010 plans to bring 3D home HDMI has updated the course of its latest 1.4 spec to ensure compatibility within displays and boxes. Quite simply, existing cable and satellite hardware isn’t go… free ...2 days ago -
Percentally, New iPhone App, Collects and Converts Student Performance Data
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Percentally Collects Tallies and Converts to Percentages Percentally is designed in part by an SLP who is also an Assistive Technology Specialist, Eric Sailer. Percentally looks like a promising way to collect tallies on the fly and convert to percentage data and spreadsheets quickly. If you collect intentional ...2 days ago -
The Engadget Show - 004: The decade in gadgets, with special guest Peter Rojas!
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What a crazy 10 years, right guys? It’s really flown past; the highs, the lows, the stuff in the middle that didn’t seem very impressive one way or another. For our final EnGadget Show of the decade, we asked site founder Peter Rojas to join us for a look back at our picks for the most crucial and … computer ...2 days ago -
Blackberry 9700 Review
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Because the Blackberry Bold 9700 has been called the “best Blackberry ever” by some, the excitement and expectations around that phone is high. It is true that the bold 9700 represents the apogee of successive refinements that Research In Motion (RIM) has done on its phones since the release of the… discount ...2 days ago -
Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Stuff you don’t want
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Welcome to the EnGadget Holiday Gift Guide! The team here is well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties of the seasonal shopping experience, and we want to help you sort through the trash and come up with the treasures that year. Below is today’s bevy of hand curated picks, and you can head back t… kitchen ...2 days ago -
Back2Life Motion Massager
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How do you know that you’re catching on in age? Well, for some of us, it would be the back that is the first to go, which is why we think something like the Back2Life Motion Massager is actually in existence. Apparently, using it for a dozen minutes in the dawn and an equal amount of minutes at nig… la tech ...2 days ago -
Shave Mobile Makes Calls And Lets You Shave
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Now here’s something you don’t see every day, a mobile phone that doubles as a shaving razor. Convergent devices are the rage nowadays, but that is probably taking things a little far, don’t you think? Dubbed, the Shave Mobile, the ads even seem to feature David Beckham, though th… ipod mini battery ipod ...2 days ago -
Panasonic and new best friend Sanyo plan one week storage battery for the home
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One of the big obstacles in alternative energy is that some of its primary gathering mechanisms — solar, wind, reclaimed heat — aren’t continuously available, so no matter how much of a science lab you have bolted to your roof, you still might run out of TV electricity during a calm night’s Curb … music ...2 days ago -
RIM Issues Statement by Service Outage
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Here’s something that you might not have expected. According to a statement issued by RIM, it seems that the recent BlackBerry outages might be caused by the recent versions of BlackBerry Messenger. Versions 5.0.0.55 and 5.0.0.56 of BlackBerry Messenger seem to have caused an unanticipated da… cellphone plans ...2 days ago -
Print Your Toast Every Morning
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Sometimes it’s amazing how a simple redesign of an existing product can assemble it seem so much more appealing. A toaster wouldn’t mean much to us, but that toaster from designer Othmar Mühlebach looks like a mini desktop printer which can “print” toast for you. Sliced bre… used computers medical ...2 days ago -
FN Herstal Black Box For Weapons
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Weapons manufacturer FN Herstal has come up with a rather interesting device, a “Black Box” for weapons, which can detect and track all sorts of data related to the weapon that it’s attached to. info such as number of shots, burst rates and burst lengths, firing sequences, stoppag… motorola razr v3m new ...2 days ago -
Cipher Drinking Glass
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Designer Damjan Stankovic has come up with the Cipher Drinking Glass which is but a concept at that point in day, although it would be interesting to see it happen. When empty, the glass looks as though it has been decorated with a pattern of random colorful squares, but whenever you fill it up wit… motorola ...2 days ago -
Stem cell therapy restores British man’s eyesight
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Russell Turnbull, now 38, lost nearly all the sight in his right eye after trying to break up a fight and being sprayed with ammonia 15 years ago. The aftermath for him was what’s known as Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency, which caused him great pain, the need for therapeutic treatment, and economic dep… cool spy ...2 days ago
