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Makers of the 3G Watch Phone call it the world's first video watch with its touch-screen dial, camera, and speaker that let you to make video calls
over a high speed internet connection.
The LED in this air tester turns red in the presence of bad air and green when the air is clean. Its normal white state indicates normal air conditions.
The HyDRAS robot climbs on its own like a snake. Its built-in camera and other sensors, enable it to investigate out-of-the-way areas that pose danger to human inspectors.
Info Jewelry identifies products on store shelves buy scanning the bar code and relaying the product information to the user's ear. In addition, the ear phones look like jewelry.
The Bright Bike looks black but turns bright white when car headlight beams shine on wherever its special vinyl covering has been applied. Bikes may soon be available with the covering or it can also be applied to any bike.
A disposable, remotely operated robot, called the Robopsy, simplifies biopsies for lung-cancer patients. It rests on the body of a patient during a CAT scan, from where a radiologist inserts and operates it.
This invention, the inventor claims, detects cataracts and other eye
problems, and could help prevent some people from going blind. It's also
affordable enough to be made and used in developing countries.
The Conver Concept is a Cadillac powered by GM's Voltec propulsion system—a
16-kWh lithium-ion battery driving an electric motor with a range of 40 on a charge. A flexfuel
engine-generator and a tank of fuel extends the range considerably.
Ordinary electronic materials can now emit laser beams, thanks to a new mechanism. This development could mean more efficient laser devices that operate at higher temperatures. Applications include medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring.
This camera takes photos that present themselves as embossed images for the vision-impaired. It works just like a conventional camera, except that the instant, touch-readable pictures emerge from the camera's built-in printer.
The iDea Ovation guitar comes with its own, on-board MP3 recorder-player, input and output jacks, and pre-installed accompaniment features. Musicians can record songs and musical ideas without additional recording equipment.
Scientists have developed what they call a lethal lint brush that captures and kills as 30% of cancer cells passing through the bloodstream before they spread throughout the body
The Wifi Cybershot connects directly to the Internet without a computer or cell phone, which means you can upload snapshots or video to sharing sites as you shoot them.
Shaped like a dolphin, this single-passenger submersible watercraft sails above and below the water.
Whether you want to remove a label to reuse the envelope or to protect your identity, this handy, tear-off label does the job in a jiffy. The pre-scored label removes a series of perforated parts of itself, leaving the remainder illegible.
A new way to keep wind turbines generating power when the wind slows involves storing kinetic energy when incoming wind power exceeds an average rate and releasing it when wind power falls below the average.
Powered by lithium-ion batteries, the The Eliica puts an 80-horesepower, electric motor behind each wheel. It's expected to start at zero to 60 in four seconds and reach 230 mph.
The V2G concept allows electric cars to not only take from the grid but
also to replenish it. Car owners would charge up when demand for
electricity is low and the power company could draw from the car battery
when demand is high.
A new technique can determine a person's preferences with the help of infrared-light brain imaging. The subject needs no training. The idea is to help people who can't speak or move to communicate instantly.
In an effort to save energy and about 50,000 Euros a year, a town in Germany allows its street lights to be operated by text messages from citizens' cell phones.
The longtime dream of wireless electrical power is beginning to become a reality in experiments, demonstrations, and now in wireless products like this power mat. Soon extension cords, cigarette lighter plugs, and the rest may
become obsolete.
In this eco-friendly design concept, users not only move the printer's ink cartridge back and forth, they make their own ink with water and the dregs of their coffee or tea cups.
A new record for solar cell efficiency has been set by concentrating sunlight on a specially constructed multi-junction solar cell.
A simple and ingeniously effective ice cube tray releases one cube at a tome and eliminates twisting or using a lever to release all the cubes at once.
A new breed of chips powered by electron spin and like quantum forces could usher in the next generation of computing speed and efficiency.
This new Cargo scooter gives its rider lots of room for everything from a briefcase to the much bigger and bulkier loads a commuter might want to carry.
A blade-climbing robot promises to improve the overall efficiency of the wind-turbine system by providing a safer and more reliable way.
This hands-free, underwater video camera is built into a scuba mask. It shoots video with audio as well as stills.
Placed in the femoral artery, this one-millimeter pressure sensor
monitors blood pressure 30 times per second. The sensor connects to a
transponder, also placed under the skin.
A new vehicle flies above the road and drives on it. The wings fold in and extend out as needed. It costs $194,000 and can fly 500 miles on a tank of gas.
The Perch computer operates with a touchscreen and easy-to-handle square chips that initiate applications when perched in a tray above the computer screen.
A new, 4-D, colorimetric technique maps four dimensions of brain data enabling technicians to see oscillatory activity of the entire brain as it evolves in time.
A secondary glazing system seals windows 50% better and improves insulation by 68% with the help of an inflated rubber tube in the window frame.
This low-altitude, recreational vehicle called a JetPack is propelled water jets fed by a tube connected to a pump positioned on the water, behind the flier.
Christened "The Loon," this solar-powered pontoon boat can sail approximately 35 miles per day at a top speed of seven knots. It contains natural fibers, such as bamboo, and recycled plastic.
Organizers of a technology event trotted out a rubberized, robotic interpretation of Albert Einstein in an attempt to encourage creativity among the attendees.
A new technology called Ethanol Boosted Direct Injection (EBDI) makes ethanol-fuelled engines perform better than gasoline engines and near the efficiency of diesel engines.
This three-socket outlet eliminates the need for adapters and possibly fewer outlet strips.
Japan is getting ready to launch its fastest rail service with this ten-car, 200-mph E5 Bullet Train. Initial service is planned for the spring of 2011 with the train reaching top speed in March of 2013.
Smart clothing and video dispalys that fold almost like paper may soon be available with the use of ultrathin films fabricated from single-layer sheets of carbon atoms.
This tiny fuel cell generates power while consuming no power. It holds the promise of eventually driving cell phones, mp3 players, and the like with
green energy.
Everyone who passes through the revolving door at the Driebergen-Zeist railway station generates electricity to help operate and light it. This
eco-friendly system should save around 4600 kWh a year.
These stylish sunglasses don't just block the sun, they also absorb solar energy and power your electronic devices from an outlet at the end of one
arm.
The five-megapixel Polaroid PoGo Instant Digital Camera has a built-in printer, and works just like the original film Polaroid. Just shoot and print out a snapshot.
The Samsung Show is a handheld pico projector built into a cell phone. It's available in Korea.
Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, poised to be the worlds first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city a new, personal rapid transit system that provides the podcar rather than public rapid transit.
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