Curious Technology Category - Page 7

Scottevest Carry-On Coat: iPhone, BlackBerry, iPad, Camera & Other Gadgets Fit In Special Pockets [Special Scottecest Coat Can House Your Beloved Gadgets & More; Doesn’t Come with License to Kill]

By on Sunday, 4. July 2010

It’s not every day that we look at clothing items here at TFTS but every once in a while some designer decides to come up with an interesting and very gadget-friendly wardrobe item. Today we have a special coat from Scottevest, the Carry-On Coat that comes with plenty of pockets [...]

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The Top Ten Real Gadgets Every Evil Genius Should Have [Top Ten List of Gadgets That Every Supervillain Should Have, From Lasers to Lair. iPhone Included.]

By on Friday, 2. July 2010

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the movie listings coming up, you know that Despicable Me will be hitting theaters in a matter of days, and a big part of that is a topic near and dear to our hearts–gadgetry. Every evil genius needs a load of quality hardware, [...]

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Google Nexus One Becomes a Gas Pedal [Geek Creates a Virtual Gas Pedal with the Nexus One with the Help of the Adobe AIR Application]

By on Monday, 21. June 2010

Geeks will always come up the wacky ideas and here is one that should be interesting to check out. While everyone is busy criticizing the Google Nexus One for what it is failing to do, here is another take using the same Google handset for gamers, particularly the ones who love slot car racing.

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Monster Chess Represents Ultimate Geek Ambition [Calling it Giant Robots Playing Chess Isn't Out of Line--It's Monster Chess]

By on Wednesday, 16. June 2010

Geeks out there, pay attention. This is going to go for Ultimate Geek status without a problem in the world–try robotic pieces, controlled via Bluetooth, made entirely from Lego Mindstorm parts (yes, as in off the shelf parts).

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M3 Kindy and Noby: Creepy Japanese Robots [The Uncanny Valley Opens For Business With New Japanese Robots]

By on Tuesday, 15. June 2010

It’s hard to look at the crop of robots coming out of Japan and not be unnerved. How will these products change our lives? How will this massive new development affect us? For an idea, we can look at two new models coming out, the Noby and the M3 Kindy.

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Have You Ever Heard of the Millennium Technology Prize? [Millennium Technology Prize; Professor Michael Gratzel, Lausanne Federal Technology Institute]

By on Wednesday, 9. June 2010

Don’t worry! Neither had I until I came across this piece of news! But with a £660,000 top prize I guess we really ought to know about it. Oh, and £660,000 is about $958,906 at current exchange rates – not far short of being a $ millionaire! Who knows, you [...]

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Intel Builds Special Touchscreen Device For Shopping Malls [Intel Uses Core i7 And Windows To Build Interactive Floor Plan To Help Shoppers Shop Away to Glory]

By on Tuesday, 8. June 2010

Intel has built an interactive floor plan for shopping malls and similar places. It uses the power of the Core i7 processor and to display all the necessary controls and information. The speciality of this display is the fact that it is transparent and looks just like a normal window [...]

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Thermoelectric Boots Phone Charging Prototype [Telco Orange presents a Phone Charging Prototype that Converts Heat to Electric Power for Mobile Phones]

By on Tuesday, 8. June 2010

Telco Orange of Europe unveils a cool new phone charger, making use of heat to recharge phones that may need to be recharged. The new prototype phone charger will come in the form of Wellington Boots and were created together with GotWind.

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WWDC 2010: iAds Platform Introduced [Apple Unveils the New Advertising Platform That Will Change the Face of Advertising]

By on Monday, 7. June 2010

Apple has formally introduced the iAds Platform, a new mobile advertising platform that is set to to change the face of advertising and help app developers earn extra money. This new ad concept will combine emotions and interactivity which should be something pretty neat even for the free and low-case app makers.

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Skip Hop Day to Night Baby Log [Skip Hop Arms Parents with the Proper Device to Keep Track of the Records of their Babies with the Hop Day to Night Baby Log for $39]

By on Friday, 4. June 2010

There is practically a device for anything and Skip Hop offers something for the new parents to monitor their new born child. This is the Skip Hop Day to Night Baby Log which stands to do away with all the paper and provide parents a modern record tracking device for [...]

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