Neato's XV-11 robot vacuum gets the hands-on treatment (Thursday 07th of January 2010 03:46:00 PM)
We had lots of fun playing with Neato's XV-11 robot sweeper -- perhaps as much fun as you can
have watching one's calories existent quietly vacuum a few M&Ms off of a carpet. Of course, the
selling point is the company's Room Positioning System, which ...
(more)NSF backs development of laser-guided robot wheelchairs (Tuesday 10th of November 2009 08:54:00 PM)
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well over a year since we last saw the laser-guided, self-docking wheelchair adult by folks at
Lehigh University, and now the team is back with ...
(more)Funai Eco Scan projector adds multitouch capabilities to your bedroom wall (video) (Thursday 08th of October 2009 12:11:00 PM)
Here's hoping every pico stereopticon outfit on the planet is paying consideration to what's
going down at CEATEC, elseways they can pretty much forget about competing with what Funai is
boasting. Seen here in Japan, this standard overhead projector ...
(more)Navy Scientists Develop Laser For Underwater Communication (Tuesday 08th of September 2009 07:15:01 AM)
Researchers at the Naval fact-finding Laboratory claim to have come up with a better tool for
underwater acoustics. The new system uses laser light to create sound underwater from a
distance. This raise efficiency could allow planes a much easier method ...
(more)Airborne Laser Successfully Tracks, Hits Missile (Saturday 15th of August 2009 09:00:05 PM)
Fructose writes "The Airborne Laser managed to acquire, track, and illuminate a test missile a
few days ago. proper to the press release, the Boeing plane 'used its infrared sensors to find
a target missile launched from San Nicolas Island, Calif ... ...
(more)laser cutter (Friday 05th of June 2009 04:43:00 AM)
In this recorded conversation with a laser engraver friend, Alison Willson described her
reactions to the news that she was going to die of cancer. The conversation took place five
months before her death.
Firstly, I told myself, "The thing has happened. ...
(more)Laser Blast Makes Regular Light Bulbs Super-Efficient (Tuesday 02nd of June 2009 01:45:01 AM)
Guruevi writes with news that a process using an ultra-powerful laser can crank up the
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(more)Flying Micro-robot Takes Off (Tuesday 14th of April 2009 08:45:09 AM)
AndreV writes "A cultivation mash of Waterloo in Ontario social planned parenthood probing team
has adult the world's first flying micro-robot capable of manipulating objects for micro-scale
applications, which include micro-assembly of stereotyped components, ...
(more)Physics Experiments To Inspire Undergraduates? (Tuesday 17th of February 2009 05:45:01 PM)
PShardlow writes "I have lately been asked to propose two projects for a 1st year undergraduate
guidance laboratory in the summer term this year. These are projects that a pair of students
will spend 36 hours working on, and as such can be quite in-depth. ...
(more)"BlueTrack" Mouse More Advanced Than Laser, Optical (Saturday 18th of October 2008 10:15:01 PM)
ThinSkin writes "Just when you thought laser and optical mice were enjoying their reign on
mousepads worldwide, Microsoft has to come along and introduces their 'BlueTrack Technology,' a
mouse visual mission control station system that aims to work on ...
(more)HeadSLAM helps you navigate imaginary smoke in well-lit corridors (Friday 10th of October 2008 07:34:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wearables
Ever crawl your way through a smoke-filled corridor to
save the life of someone trapped in a burning building? If yes, much respect! If no, us
neither, but if ever we do hopefully it's after donning this piece of ...
(more)US Congress Funds Laser Weapons (Monday 22nd of September 2008 08:00:01 PM)
An unsigned reader writes "The the feds* Post reports that the US union is funding laser
weapons for use in the near future. Low-power lasers called 'dazzlers' are already being used
in Iraq to temporarily reduce a person's vision. High-power laser weapons ...
(more)French doctors use laser to destroy brain tumor in conscious patient (Saturday 30th of August 2008 09:12:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsNeurosurgery with robotic assistance is getting pretty old hat
nowadays, so it looks like scientists are trying to up the difficulty factor by keeping their
patients awake -- a team of French doctors just completed the first ...
(more)Sound waves making waves in plastic surgery - liposuction technology turns high tech (Saturday 14th of June 2008 12:35:00 AM)
Liposuction is the most commonly sought after cosmetic procedure for men and women in the
United States according the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. A revolutionary approach to
fat removal and body sculpting is now being utilized in Orlando, Florida ...
(more)Physicists develop plastic semiconductors for laser diode use (Monday 26th of May 2008 11:03:00 AM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Not to get all scientific on you or anything, but a team of Imperial
physicists have just figured out a way to use plastics in laser diodes. For the uninitiated,
scientists have been unable to make plastic semiconductor laser ...
(more)Breakthrough In Plastic Lasers (Sunday 25th of May 2008 07:26:16 AM)
Esocid writes "Conventional electrically-powered laser diodes used in everyday customer goods
like DVD players are currently based on inorganic semiconductor materials such as gallium
arsenide, gallium nitride, and related alloys. Plastic laser diodes ...
(more)World's Newest, Most Powerful Laser Comes Online (Sunday 18th of May 2008 01:38:49 AM)
Deglr6328 writes "The OMEGA EP laser at the health center of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser
Energetics was dedicated today at the Robert L. Sproull Center for Ultra High Intensity Laser
Research. The new laser, which has been in design since ~2002 will, ...
(more)Hands-On With SteelSeries Ikari Mouse and New 7G Gaming Keyboard (Tuesday 06th of May 2008 12:39:22 PM)
Engadget of late had the chance to review some high-end gear from SteelSeries. While they may
be a little on the pricey side, it seems that both the Ikari laser mouse and the 7g keyboard
received favorable reviews. "The Ikari laser mouse they announced ...
(more)Laser Triggers Electrical Activity In Thunderstorm (Tuesday 15th of April 2008 10:30:05 AM)
Esocid writes "A team of indo-european language scientists has deliberately triggered
electrical activity in thunderclouds for the first time by aiming high-power pulses of laser
light into a thunderstorm. At the top of South Baldy Peak in New Mexico ...
(more)Little old lady suing Sony, Samsung, Nokia and everyone else for infringing on her laser patents (Friday 21st of March 2008 10:47:00 AM)
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sure, she looks friendly enough. But don't let her matronly, argyle looks fool you. Retired
u.s. teaching hospital Professor, Gertrude Neumark ...
(more)How The Latest in High Tech Works (Monday 17th of March 2008 07:45:05 PM)
Popular Science has up a feature looking at "how it works", scrutinizing the innards of
several new technology-based innovations. We've talked about the Sayaka endoscope in a pill,
but did you know it captures images in 360 degrees? We've discussed the ...
(more)Fundraiser for my burned home (Monday 03rd of September 2007 12:50:00 AM)
These websites were all constructed by David J Ward of Angleton-TX from a free website from
Tripod.com--the products shown here all come from a variety of affiliate program sources--this
is a general listing of the tripod websites that I have built over ...
(more)Excellent Vinyl Cutter, Laser Engraver from Redsail China (Tuesday 28th of August 2007 11:51:00 AM)
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Redsail, have developed vinyl cutter for the sign industry and with our own technology,
we have the copyright of the firmware, we have 4 patents in China. By applying ...
(more)Excellent Vinyl Cutter, Laser Engraver from Redsail China (Monday 27th of August 2007 03:43:00 PM)
VINYL CUTTER for Sign Making-Excellent Vinyl cutter from Redsail
China
Redsail, have developed vinyl cutter for the sign industry and with our own technology,
we have the copyright of the firmware, we have 4 patents in China. By applying ...
(more)Excellent Vinyl Cutter, Laser Engraver from Redsail China (Saturday 21st of July 2007 04:05:00 AM)
VINYL CUTTER for Sign Making-Excellent Vinyl cutter from Redsail
China
Redsail, have developed vinyl cutter for the sign industry and with our own technology,
we have the copyright of the firmware, we have 4 patents in China. By applying ...
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