A prototype lip-reading technology is on display at CeBiT in Hanover this week that can recognise the smallest of electrical signals created by facial muscles when a person is talking, without any syllables being spoken.
Professor Tanja Shultz of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology told the BBC ’I was taking the train and the person sitting next to me was constantly chatting and I thought ‘I need to change this’.
If your looking for the latest in mobile solar power check out the SolarFold and SolarFan which are next generation solar panels and the worlds first to use sperical-based solar cells.
Each one has approx 1,900 globes each which makes them more flexible and durable than traditional photovoltaic solar panels. Watch the video for more information.
Too lazy to push the paddle buttons on your pinball game? Well Berlin Brain-Computer Interface research consortium has developed a device which now allows you to play pinball using just your brain waves to control the paddles.
Joking aside this new technology was demonstrated at the recent ceBIT Technology fair and shows what can be achieved with current cerebral electric activity technology . Check out the video after the jump to see the device in action.
Ever fancied owning your own Jetpack? Well you can shortly buy your own for $75,000 thanks to a partnership between the Jetpack designers Martin Aircraft Company and an unnamed international aircraft company. The initial production run will be for 500 Jetpacks which require no pilots license to fly( at the moment ). Check out the video after the jump.
With the shipping date slipping for Apples new iPad most thought the delays were down to hardware supplies and manufacturing but apparently this area is all good to go.
Manufactures in the Pacific have confirmed that hardware is not the problem and John Gruber at Daring Fireball claims the software has taken longer to finish than they’d hoped.
EA’s new shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has become the fastest selling game of the year so far and according to Chart Track’s statistics.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and has had the best selling launch of any game this early in the year and currently tops all formats in the UK (Chart Track).
If your looking for a pocket camcorder Coby has just released three new models starting from $29. The Coby Snapp CAM5001 has a 2″ screen and a 5 mega pixel camera with a 4 x digital zoom. With a 720p resolution and 128MB of built in storage capable of being expanded to 16gb via SD cards.
Powered by a removable integrated rechargeable lithium-ion battery providing over 2 hours of power. At a price of $78.99 its a great value HD pocket camcorder.
Microsoft has just released new images of its dual screen Courier tablet. The Courier will be going up against the new Apple iPad and looks as thought it might be a worth contender from the specifications and images at this early stage.
The Microsoft Dual Screen Courier is less than an inch thick, weights just over a pound, incorporates two 5 x 7 inch screens, has a built in camera and NVIDIA Tegra 2 graphics. Not at all bad for such a small device that runs a version of the Zune HD and Windows Phone 7 interfaces.
According to the Digi Times website Acer is gearing up to launch a new frameless ultra thin laptop in the second half of 2010. Rumoured to be constructed using Corning’s reinforced glass substrate creating a super thin laptop and reduce material costs to a minimum.
The back of the glass will be printed to give the appearance of a notebook cover and the screen will be combined with a touch screen keyboard.
Kingston have just released a monster of a USB drive. If you thought 32GB was a large amount of storage the Kingston DT-310 DataTraveler can store up to 54 full-length movies, or enough music for you to play a different CD full of tunes each day for a year.
Mobile phone operator Orange and Intel have joined forces to push the new open source operating system Meego which was launched at this years MWC.
Meego is a new Linux-based OS created from the merger of Intels Moblin and Nokias Maemo and specifically designed for portable devices including netbooks and smartphones as well as other non-desktop platforms like connected TVs and vehicles. Orange are hoping to use Meego to attract more customers to use its mobile internet based devices.
Google’s new social networking tool Buzz is now available on your iPhone. The Google Buzz iPhone app named Buzzie is the first iPhone client for Google Buzz and is currently on offer with a 33% discount for the first week at only £1.19 or $1.79 from iTunes. Check out the video after the jump for more details and a demo.
