Curious Technology Category - Page 6

While most super computers are designed with the goal of getting as many floating point operations per second (FLOPS) as possible, the model being built by Johns Hopkins will instead aim for more I/O operations per second (IOPS). The designers of this new super computer say that is far better [...]

Mitsubishi is allowing people to operate a new Outlander from the comfort of their own home for the next 10 days. Using several web cams, the Live Drive gives you the feeling out looking out the windshield right from your computer monitor. Just press a few keys and you can [...]

Sierra Wireless is working on a type of embedded modules that will allow most car manufacturers to equip their autos with High Speed Packet Access (HSPA). The company is looking to offer modules that have speeds approaching 14.4 MBPS for downloads and 5.76 MBPS for uploads. These packets would be [...]

A new type of Wi-Fi connection will allow users to connect from one Wi-Fi device to another without the need for being in the vicinity of a Hotspot. Wi-Fi Direct, which the Wi-Fi alliance began certifying yesterday, will allow any devices that have the Wi-Fi Direct technology installed to communicate [...]

IBM says it has created and patented a natural disaster warning program that can predict future disasters using analytical data from past occurrences. The program also uses this data in order to predict the damage zone of an earthquake, making it easier for first responders to know exactly where to [...]

A Rotterdam McDonald’s has employed a high tech security system that had previously been used in the city’s higher end jewelry stores. Store managers installed a device that at the push of the button can spray synthetic DNA on any potential thief.

Monday marked the 139th anniversary of famed British inventor Charles Babbage’s death. With that it seems only fitting that news that his biggest endeavor might finally have the backing to get completed is swirling once again. Babbage is known in the computer world as having conceived the first non-digital computer [...]

Yamaha’s HRP-4C or “Girlbot” headlined at a recent performance titled “Dance Robot LIVE! – HRP-4C Cybernetic Human” at Tokyo’s Digital Content Expo. Dancing with human women who were all dressed alike and instructed to behave alike it was hard to tell which dancer was the robot.

While the original Chumbies were designed to be a sort of aggregator of internet functions and buildable apps much like a slightly less accessible iPad, a technician working for EMG Robotics has managed to design a whole different use for the Chumby device.

HP is a large company and has been for quite some time now. In fact, chances are you probably have or have had a printer made by HP. However, printers, scanners and fax machines aren’t the only thing HP makes as they have been producing laptop and destkop computers for [...]