Curious Technology Category - Page 4

Sometimes a brain freeze is just the thing you need. What better way to take care of this than by visiting your local 7-Eleven and buying a Slurpee. On the road? Fret not. You can track the nearest Slurpee source with an Android app, complete with driving directions.

Smoking is bad for your health. But gadget lovers might benefit from tobacco, after all. Recent research points toward technology from tobacco that can extend battery life of existing Lithium technologies 10 times, which can translate to longer uptimes or smaller gadgets.

Blockbuster is still trying to figure out a way to stay relevant in the home video watching market. The company’s newest attempt means that they are testing whether people would be willing to pay a bit more at the rental kiosks in order to get a movie nearly a month [...]

A research team at one of the top scientific programs in the country thinks they have come up with a way to cure paralysis in laboratory mice though the same team cautions that it will be a long while before they can be applied to other animals or people.

At the moment the backup camera mounted on the rear of the automobile are a luxury some of the higher end cars sport. Sooner than most think they will be mandated as necessary for all new cars being produced.

While there is still quite a few questions about just how legal a giant hardrive that can help rip DVDs or CD are, Kaleidescape is choosing to ignore potential lawsuits and instead focus on making their products all the more better. The newest Cinema Now DVD server is plenty big, [...]

Touch screens have greatly changed the way we use mobile phones and other devices. However, there is one inherent disadvantage over keyboards and keypads–tactile feedback. And so, visually-impaired people usually have difficulty using touch interfaces.

Already having one of, if not the fastest supercomputer in the country China is now breaking ground on a new complex to house several supercomputers. The building will have a futuristic look and feel instead of the usual windowless boxes that usually house the types of computers.

Thanks in large part to the increased interest in electronic equipment, a new estimate by a top industry analysis firm says that chip production is expected to be much higher than was previously anticipated.

The newest version of the DARwIn Robot is beginning to make the rounds of various tech blogs and trade shows and while the look and feel is pretty impressive, what is really making noise is the software that runs it.