Friday, April 26, 2024

By Andrew Liszewski Now I'm not the most water-friendly person and in fact I've never tried SCUBA diving but I still find this new mask from Oceanic pretty cool. Developed along with the U.S. Navy's Coastal Systems Station the HUD...
By David Ponce Been out for a bit, but I just stumbled on this and I think it's great. Think of it as an "Audiobook for Dummies": the Playaway is an all-in-one audiobook solution. You don't have to download...
By Evan Ackerman Virgin Galactic, the company that successfully launched SpaceShipOne (with Scaled Composites) and is working on SpaceShipTwo (for which you can now book a 2009 flight at $200,000 a person, round trip of course), has entered into a...
By Andrew Liszewski The air forces of the world have already solved the problem of fuel-thirsty fighter planes with the ability to refuel the craft in mid-flight. The US Air Force's research lab is now looking into a similar method...
Got a flair for those old-school outdoor movies? You can set up one anytime you like with this Nebula Mars Portable Cinema. This little guy can project 3000 lumens of brilliantly defined picture with a 1280x800 true resolution. You...
By Evan Ackerman The next time you find yourself spoonless and craving a single serving pudding cup (and in New Zealand), you may be able to snag some of these CrushPaks. Rather than relying on a utensil, just shove your...
By David Ponce The AimuletLA is an award winning batteryless, light-activated handheld audio communication device with an outer shell made from molded bamboo. It was designed by the Information Technology Research Institute at Japan?s National Institute of Advanced Industrial...
By David Ponce Not-being-lost is a nice feeling. It sure beats the pretending-to-know-where-you-are-until-the-wife-punches-sense-into-you feeling. And, to help you keep your bearings with the use of your cellphone, Yamaha has announced the development of the YAS529 three-axis Geomagnetic Sensor...

By Andrew Liszewski Researchers at Cornell University have found a way to build OLEDs that can work like solar panels but still keep all the usual functionality we've come to expect from them like being thin and flexible. Normally OLEDs take...