Japan robot washes hair

 

 

Panasonic has created a hair-washing robot for the elderly and the infirm. Created with 24 high-tech fingers, so designed to mimic human hands, the robot is eyed to replace human caregivers for Japan’s ageing nation. The robot can do all the basic hair care such as shampooing, massaging the scalp, rinsing, conditioning and blow-drying. 

Nike releases Back to the Future shoes

Marty McFly was the first one to use it in Back to the Future part 2. Remember him using the self-tying shoes before jumping in a hover board? That’s the exact thing that Nike patented and has released limitedly for auction at Nikemag.ebay.com. Proceeds of the sale will go to Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The shoes however will not be power-laced until 2015.

 

 

The Nike Air Mag 2011 as design by Tinker Hatfield

 

 

RageGage - anger management gizmo

Finally a gadget that you can break, smash and bash again and again when you're so angry. The RageGage gizmo is specifically designed for such purpose instead of venting your anger on your laptops or desktops that costs you hefty dollars. You can hook the gadget on your computer, personalize it, update software or customize. Invented by Ian Campbell, the device can measure the force of its physical abuse and talk back with lines such as "You wuss" or "You're losing it, dude."

 

The Future Technology. LOL!

 

Presenting the MacTini!

 

Hovding -an invisible bike helmet

 

 

For those who are irritated wearing the traditional head gear, this is a good news. Hovding – a protective gear for the head  but is worn around the neck will be available soon. Unlike the traditional helmet, this works like an airbag that inflates when sensors detect the cyclist’s abnormal movement during an accident. The sensors will trigger the gas inflator that uses helium which deploys the helmet in 0.1 seconds. After impact, the airbag will start to deflate slowly. The helmet is made up of ultra-strong nylon fabric that won’t rip even when scraped in asphalt. Check out their site for pre-orders.

 

 

Play Angry Birds with mind control

Using an advance human interface technology called emotiv EPOC, Rafael Mizrahi and Anat Sambol embarked on a project to use the mind instead of mouse or keyboard to play the very popular game. They used GlovePie, a free Programmable Input Emulator, to map the mouse clicks.

 

Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts

ROME – A group of European scientists say they have successfully connected a robotic hand to a man who had lost an arm, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial hand and control it with his thoughts.

The experiment lasted a month. Scientists say it was the first time an amputee has been able to make complex movements using his mind to control a biomechanic hand connected to his nervous system.

The Italian-led team said at a news conference Wednesday in Rome that last year they implanted electrodes into the arm of the patient, who had lost his left hand and forearm in a car accident.

The electrodes were removed after a month, during which the man learned to wiggle the robotic fingers and make other movements. - AP

Calvin Klein USB Memory Frame

A high-tech fashion trend from Calvin Klein. A product that makes daily life slowly adapting James Bond's style. The Calvin Klein USB Memory Frame as it is called, has a 4GB USB port hidden in the right temple of the shades. A high-tech fashion way of carrying your digital data, images or videos along anywhere you go. This is available in two shapes and a variety of colors. It costs about $199.

New mobile phone can unlock car, start engine

Nissan's Intelligent key
TOKYO - A new Japanese mobile phone will automatically unlock the doors of its owners' cars and let drivers start their engines without using an ignition key.

The phone, built by Sharp Corp., uses a technology previously developed by Nissan Motor Co. called "Intelligent Key" that allows drivers enter and start their cars without removing their keys from their pockets or bags.

Cars equipped with the system sense when the correct key is nearby, automatically unlocking their car doors, and allow the engine to be started once the key is brought inside the car. Nissan said it has shipped about a million cars with the technology in Japan since 2002.

The new twist on this technology is that it is loaded in a phone. The service will work on the mobile network operated by NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's largest mobile operator.

HP unveils Notebook that runs 24-hour one charge

Hewlett-Packard says it has achieved a mobile-computing milestone by getting the HP EliteBook 6930p to operate continuously for 24 hours on a single battery charge. The laptop used in the test is, however, rather different from those consumers would pick up at the store, at least for now.

The machine's equipped with high-end components including Intel solid-state hard drives (SSDs), a mercury-free LED display, and an optional ultra-capacity battery.

The cream-of-the-crop components played a crucial role in making the 24-hour battery life possible. HP says the Illumi-Lite LED display, by itself, boosts battery run time by up to four hours compared with traditional LCD displays, and the Intel SSD provides up to a 7 percent increase in battery life compared with traditional hard drives.

The Most Expensive Cell Phone

The Le Million by GoldVish is the Most Expensive Cellular Phone in the world and is also the Most Exclusive according to the Guinness World of Record. It was bought by a Russian businessman for his wife for 1 million Euros. The cell phone is made of 18-carat white gold, mounted with 120-carats of VVS-1 graded diamond. It was designed by Emmanuel Gueit.


It's features are not out the ordinary. Not so James Bond gadget if you may - a worldwide FM radio, camera/video recording with 8x zoom including MMS, EDGE/GPRS, bluetooth, Quad band and 2-Gig memory.

It is guaranteed of limited production of only three pieces.

A Personal DJ for everyone...

Anybody heard of Pandora? Well it's a great site for music lovers like myself that could whisk in the type of music you want. It's a kinda personal DJ. Just type in the artist's name or a song title and it will explore the songs that is of the same type, same genre and suggests and plays other songs for you. In short, all the music that you will hear are those that you love most. Try it yourself and have fun listening.