All the stories tagged with: technology
Dolby vs. RIM lawsuit dismissed
09/13/2011, A few months ago we reported about Research In Motion (RIM) receiving a lawsuit from the folks over at Dolby Laboratories due to unlicensed used of its technology in the PlayBook. Well, it’s been reported that the lawsuit has been [...]
Sniffer dog robot being developed to locate survivors
09/12/2011, Technology never ceases to amaze, and when it is used to aid people, it’s even better. Well, some scientists recently published in the Journal of Breath Research that they’ve managed find a way to detect human survivors who are caught [...]
Ghost town to be built for testing new technologies
09/07/2011, While technology is constantly progressing forward, not everything that is created ends up being usable in the real world. A lot of things are tried, created, but eventually don’t work out to be practical or very useful at all due [...]
KinectFusion demonstrated on video
08/12/2011, Microsoft has recently shown off the details of a project that’s been dubbed “Kinect Fusion”. While it isn’t exactly new, reporters that saw it earlier this year weren’t allowed to record videos or take photographs at the event. However after [...]
Google buys facial-recognition company, Pittpatt
07/25/2011, Previously there have been rumors about Google starting a facial recognition service (which were disputed by Google) but now, it looks like those rumors are about to come true. Pittpatt, a company that specializes in “reliable facial recognition software for images [...]
Glasses that let you know what the other person may be feeling
07/06/2011, Have you ever sat across a date and think to yourself, “Yeap, I’ve got this; he/she is totally digging me!” but only to find out how dead wrong you were? How about if there were glasses, that when you put [...]
Dolby sues RIM over unlicensed use of its technology
06/17/2011, It looks like things aren’t going too well for RIM. The company’s latest product, the BlackBerry PlayBook hasn’t exactly been flying off the shelves, and now the company has just come under fire with a lawsuit from Dolby. Dolby Laboratories [...]
Samsung Smart TVs used to show off famous artworks in Seoul
06/07/2011, Technology usually means out with the old and in with the new. In this case, we have Smart TVs from Samsung replacing the artwork of famous artists in South Korea. In the first exhibition of its kind in the world, [...]
Undergraduates design a cheaper and safer brain-controlled prosthetic arm
04/06/2011, Two undergrads from the Ryerson University in Toronto have recently come up with a new type of prosthetic arm that could impact the robotic arm industry. While it’s not the world’s first or most advanced prosthetic arm available on the [...]
Carbon nanotube device can rapidly diagnose cancer
03/28/2011, In the world of cancer detection, technology is rapidly evolving, and researchers are constantly developing newer and better ways to scope out those deadly cells. Well some researchers from MIT and Harvard have developed a new design for their carbon [...]
YouTube plans to improve video quality with the acquisition of Green Parrot Pictures
03/16/2011, YouTube has just been reported to complete the purchase of Green Parrot Pictures, a digital video company that specializes in improving picture quality in videos. The company that has used its technology to help improve video quality in blockbusters such [...]
Doctors refuse to switch to electronic records
03/15/2011, According to a lengthy and detailed report from the Washington Post, it seems that despite the benefits and incentives an electronic health record system could bring to a hospital or clinic, doctors are refusing to let go of their pen [...]
Drive your car with your brain
02/18/2011, If you thought driving your car with your cellphone was amazing, wait ’til you get a hold of this – some scientists from Freie Universität Berlin have figured out a way to allow people to drive cars with brain power. [...]
