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Best on the Techy Web (Aug 22, 06)

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

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Portable Audio Hello Kitty Headphones and Mic Digital Cameras New Fujfilm S6000fd Camera Spots Faces Hidden Screw Camera Computers Mac Pro vs. PowerMac: How much faster is it? Home Samsung Electronics Develops First 70-inch LCD TV Panel Thanko’s USBHCU01 USB-powered seat cooler Automobiles Jet Powered Go-Kart

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The DeLighTable: Cool Boozing Table

Monday, August 21, 2006

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Similar to the illuminated bar counter that was featured some time ago, the DeLighTable is a small table that interacts to touches with fancy lighting effects. But instead of projectors and sophisticated tracking systems, the DelighTable is a little simpler. Its surface is opaque liquid sandwiched between a transparent plastic film and the light sources. Hence [...]

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Best on the Techy Web (Aug 18, 06)

Thursday, August 17, 2006

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Cellphones Unveiled: O2 Ice! BenQ Siemens Hello Kitty Phone Portable Audio Confirmed: Microsoft Zune Has Video Computers Agency reviewing all Sony laptop batteries (Due to recent Dell exploding battery incident) Terabyte drive to debut later this year Gaming Nintendo Confirms Free Online Play For Wii First Nintendo DS Emulator Arrives Miscellaneous Standing Wheelchair offers heightened opportunity for paralyzed individuals

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Sharpest Man-Made Object Ever: A Tungsten Needle

Monday, August 14, 2006

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The sharpest object yet made is a tungsten needle tapering down to about the thickness of single atom. The needle, made by postdoc Moh’d Rezeq in the group of Robert Wolkow at the University of Alberta and the National Institute for Nanotechnology, starts out much blunter. Exposed to a pure nitrogen atmosphere, however, a rapid slimming [...]

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Best on the Techy Web (Aug 13, 06)

Sunday, August 13, 2006

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Spreading the link love like a well-mannered blogger. Digital Cameras Nikon D80 Hands-On Video Preview DIY $10 Panoramic Tripod Head Nikon scores FCC approval for D200 DSLR WiFi transmitter Fujifilm announces S3 Pro UVIR DSLR for nighttime fun Computers Mac Pro taken apart! Cellphones Who Owns the iPhone.org Domain? Who Do You Think? Mac OSX theme for your Nokia Cell Phone to Cell Phone Charger Nokia 8800 [...]

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Mind-Controlled Wheelchair

Sunday, August 13, 2006

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A team of researchers from University of Electro-Communications has developed a breakthrough prototype of a mind-controlled wheelchair. Yes, the simple act of conjuring up the thought of “move left” or “move right” will move the wheelchair in the appropriate direction. All the person on the wheelchair need to do, is wear a skullcap that is fitted [...]

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Eliminate Handshake Blur In Photos With MIT’s New Algorithm

Sunday, August 6, 2006

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Combating handshake is one of the greatest challenges in low-light photography. With the introduction of Image Stabilization (IS) or similar technologies, things had gotten a bit easier. But not every camera gets the joy of having IS, such as mobile phones and Canon/Nikon DSLR with no IS/VR lenses. That’s where a team of computer scientists [...]

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The Smart Egg That Shows You When It’s Boiled To Perfection

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

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Isn’t it interesting to know that there is actually a worryingly number of people who doesn’t know how to boil an egg? According to the British Egg Information Service, tons of Britons are in fact clueless as to how to boil an egg. And so, a special kind of egg was created. It is a self-timing [...]

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Selecting Ripe Fruits, For Geeks

Sunday, July 30, 2006

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I bet many of you out there can’t tell an under-ripe or an overripe fruit apart from the good ones. At least not as proficient as Mum. But help is here as Professor Mark Riley from University of Arizona has invented a sticker that changes in color to indicate the ripeness of the fruit. “Right now, [...]

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Robo-Scallops That Carries Drugs Through Our Bodies

Friday, July 28, 2006

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Dr. Claus-Dieter Ohl and his team of researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands has created a device that mimics the movement of sea scallops, which can be used to carry drugs to difficult-to-reach places of our bodies. What’s amazing is that the device needs no power and hence no wires. It also has [...]

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