A bed-shaped robot which can transform from a bed (top) to a wheel chair (bottom).
Japan’s Panasonic Corp. has developed a “Robotic Bed” that can transform into a wheelchair to make life easier for elderly and disabled people.  The invention is designed to help people with limited mobility maintain an independent lifestyle, the firm said in [...]

Sonea concept
The Sonea unit concept might look like some sort of ghetto blaster, but it gives back a portion of what it receives instead. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a machine that takes noise and convert it to energy for you to use it as you please.
 

Giant Space Mirrors. Isn’t it worth a try to help reduce emissons.
Risky and unorthodox technologies such as giant space mirrors or capturing CO2 from the ambient air may be required backups to blunt the effects of climate change if emission reductions prove to be too little, too late, says a new report from the Royal [...]

Six Millon Dollar Man here we come
A MONKEY sits on a bench, wires running from its head and wrist into a small box of electronics. At first the wrist lies limp, but within 10 minutes the monkey begins to flex its muscles and move its hand from side to side. The movements are clumsy, but [...]

Everyone needs their very own bat-mobile
Want your own Batman Tumbler but can’t afford to hire Morgan Freeman to build you a full-size one? Well fear not, intrepid crime fighter, because some guy on eBay is selling $30 plans to build one out of a go kart. Of course, if you don’t want to pay, I’ll [...]

Treehuggers rejoice its a green friendly music player. Oh joyful day.
While treehuggers bustle about looking for better ways to gather solar energy or wind power, designer Dmitriy Shcherbakov thinks they’ve overlooked an energy source right in front of them: constantly changing temperature. That’s how he plans to power Greenergy, a music player that also inexplicably [...]

Now thats one heck of a crotch rocket
Green? Fuel-efficient? Environmentally-friendly? Pish-posh, we want to have as much roaring horsepower as possible to propel us down the road at speeds unfathomable by the average man. If that’s more your kind of thing, you’ll want to check out the monumentally incredible Millyard Viper V10 motorcycle.

That has to be the ugliest laptop Ive ever seen.  It looks like a dual pane window.
The world’s first truly dual-screen laptop, which will allow computer users to multi-task while on the move, is due to go on sale by the end of the year.

Ken Perlin (left) and Ilya Rosenberg show off the plastic sheets that are the starting point for their pressure-sensitive touch pads. 
Now that more and more smart phones and MP3 players have touch-screen interfaces, people have grown accustomed to interacting with gadgets using only taps and swipes of their fingers. But on the 11th floor of [...]

Now if only they could perfect the Braille displays
The Braille Concept Phone was developed by Korean designer Seonkeun Park to address the needs of visually impaired geeks who want in on the iPhone-like touchscreen action. When powered up the smooth surface of the phone displays a series of Braille characters to assist the user, and [...]

Oh what fun it appears that scientists are attempting to play God again
In what has been described as a step towards the creation of a synthetic cell, scientists have created a new “engineered” strain of bacteria.

DNA or faux DNA?

A laboratory at Nucleix, a life-sciences company, was able to manufacture DNA that would be accurate enough to pass forensic scrutiny:
“You can just engineer a crime scene,” Nucleix founder Dan Frumkin told The New York Times. “The current forensic procedure fails to distinguish between such samples of blood, saliva, and touched surfaces [...]

 If only gambling were involved too…

The Arkeg combines two necessities of life: beer and arcade games. For a mere $4,000, you can have a chilled 5-gallon keg, a 24-inch screen, and a console loaded with 104 classic video games. It also comes with a slide-out keyboard and two USB ports. Wow! How could videogames get [...]

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This wireless speaker system by Japanese design studio Nendo is shaped like a bird cage and plays music via Bluetooth from any computer or cell phone. It can hang from a ceiling or sit on a table.

It seems that GM is heading in the right direction
BROWNSTOWN, Mich., Aug. 13 (Reuters) – General Motors Co [GM.UL] said on Thursday it would invest $43 million to create a plant in Michigan where it will build lithium-ion battery packs for its Chevrolet Volt and other electric vehicles.

Seriously buy an iPhone
The annual iPod rollout is rumored to be on its way next month, and the breadth of the changes to Apple’s multimedia players is becoming apparent. The biggest new revelation is that the iPod touch and nano are about to get themselves on-board cameras, revealed by case manufacturers who apparently didn’t get [...]

Its right in front of  you can’t you taste it
Neuroscientist Paul Bach-y-Rita hypothesized in the 1960s that “we see with our brains not our eyes.” Now, a new device trades on that thinking and aims to partially restore the experience of vision for the blind and visually impaired by relying on the nerves on the [...]

Now this is the office workers new best friend
There’s still a few weeks of summer left, so it’s not too late to go camping with these HotCans, self-heating containers that automagically heat up a hot dinner on the trail. Just place the can on its uncanny red lid, pop the top, and 12 minutes later [...]

Having “John’s head” on the mantel for all times seems a bit creepy
You just never know sometimes where technology will make an importance in someone’s life or just be an oddity. For instance, we present to you the Personal Urns from Cremation Solutions. This is not that typical wooden box or metal urn that [...]

This is not your kids Etch-A-Sketch for sure
I love me Wacoms as much as I love me bacons, but this Sketch3D–which you can use to draw in three dimensions using three dials and two-color eyeglasses–has got my heart:

3-D visualisaztion is a critical part of the development of young minds and is a vital part of keeping aging minds young.   After learning this game you will simply have a better life with more money, more respect from your friends and neighbors, and more love.  3D Classic Cube Chess from AllTerraSkates – 3$ from [...]

Forgetful people fear not here is your salvation
Always losing stuff? If you carry an assortment of expensive gear around, here’s a great idea that will assure you you’ll never again leave anything behind. DeWalt teamed up with Ford Trucks to create Tool Link, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag reader that electronically accounts for each item [...]

Its a machine condom! This is extreme even for a germaphobe
You’ve probably had one of those moments where you get on an exercise bike at the gym and wonder just how well the person before you cleaned off their machine. Sure, we’ve all been there, but one company takes this germaphobe fear to the next [...]

SIGGRAPH 2009
The annual meeting of the ACM’s Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 2009, takes place in New Orleans this week. The event brings together some of the world’s best digital artists and computer researchers and is a showcase for some interesting new interfaces.

Producing electric current from mud and wastewater
University of Massachusetts researchers have made a breakthrough with “Geobacter”, a microbe that produces electric current from mud and wastewater.