Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have developed modular, shape-shifting robots that can reassemble themselves after being kicked apart. Video after the break. That’s done with the aid of a camera that seeks out the unique blinkin’ lights of another robot, which it is able to dock with using some magnets and then start the search [...]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The “Ticketime” system consists of a boarding pass printed on electronic paper, with a small wearable strip that detaches and “counts down to when your flight is supposed to leave.” No word yet on availability. Click here for first picture in gallery. The fringe of the ticket is made of electronic paper that could be torn [...]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The De Lorean DMC-12, released in 1981, “featured gull-wing doors with a fiberglass ‘underbody’, to which non-structural brushed stainless steel panels were affixed.” Modern Marvels takes a look back at this vehicle after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery. The first prototype appeared in March 1976, and production officially began in 1981 (with [...]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
This nifty automated white board basically takes “text input from the internet and plot[s] it onto a white board for the world to see.” Video after the break. Click here for one more picture. If the pen needs to be ‘down’, the electromagnet will actuate and gravity will push the tip of the pen down to [...]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Alienware’s m17x is claimed to be the world’s fastest 17-inch gaming notebook as of yet. Featuring a 1920 x 1200 display, an Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme processor, up to 4GB DDR2 memory, 2 x 250GB HDDs in RAID 0, and dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX graphics cards in SLI. Prices start from $2,949. Click [...]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Inside Line puts the 2009 Nissan GT-R to the ultimate test by going on a 2,000-mile road trip, with stops at the drag strip and more. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery. And now here’s the best part. We’re buying one. That’s right. Edmunds’ Inside Line is buying a new GT-R. [...]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The “Orchid House”, pictured above, recently sold for a hefty $15-million. Fortunately, the buyer received a “house that produces more energy than it uses.” Click here for first picture in gallery. Apparently that is just what an anonymous buyer did recently, making the “Orchid House” the UKs most expensive country homeĀand it won’t be completed for [...]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Filed under: Transportation We already know that Toyota has an eye to the future with the Prius, likely switching up the batteries and adding a plug-in option, but now we’ve got a little more news on what shape the next generation fuel-saver will take. According to Auto Observer, the new model (said to be showing up [...]
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Yeah, I know, Microsoft said that the third and final service pack for Windows XP would be available today. But it seems the best-laid plans of monolithic software companies often go awry. You’ll have to wait a little while longer for XP SP3. From Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet: Microsoft has decided not to release Windows XP [...]
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Apple’s updated iMac line features a top-of-the-line model with a “3.06GHz processor, 512MB of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics, 2GB of memory, and a 320GB 7200rpm disk for $2,199.” Product page. Click here for first picture in gallery. Rounding out the specs across the lineup are Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, 802.11n WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet, built-in iSight cam, and [...]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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