Benjamin Stephens, a Ph.D. student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, has created a robot that is eerily human. The Sarcos bipedal robot can maintain its own balance while moving, lifting objects, or generally frolicking about. It even resembles a human body with the webcam … [Read more...] about Sarcos Robot Is Self-Balancing, Almost Human
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Amazon EC2 Crashes, Drags Down Several Sites With It
A few of the most popular websites experienced some sudden downtime when . The servers host the retailer's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Service which is used as the backend of many popular sites such as Reddit, Foursquare and Quora. UPDATE: It seems to also affect the Cydia Store as well. It's … [Read more...] about Amazon EC2 Crashes, Drags Down Several Sites With It
Amazon Updates Its Kindle App For Honeycomb
Amazon has just announced that their new Android update to their Kindle App has been tailored for tablets, including tablets running Android Honeycomb, such as the Motorola Xoom. The latest version of Kindle for Android includes a newly designed shopping user interface which is tailored for … [Read more...] about Amazon Updates Its Kindle App For Honeycomb
Samsung Hits Back At Apple, By Counter-suing With 10 Patent Infringement Cases
Samsung has hit back at Apple in the latest round of Apple vs Samsung, with Samsung counter-suing Apple with 10 patent infringement cases over the resemblance of their smartphones. According to the company’s Samsung Tomorrow blog, five were submitted in Korea, two in Japan, and a final three in … [Read more...] about Samsung Hits Back At Apple, By Counter-suing With 10 Patent Infringement Cases
PSP Go Production Continuing In US
News of the PSP Go's demise... is not exaggerated at all, but Sony has decided to let it shamble across the Earth for a while longer. In the US at least, as that's the only territory where they will still be making the thing. It's hard not to feel at least a bit happy for the little feller, because … [Read more...] about PSP Go Production Continuing In US
Mario 3DS To Combine Mario 64 & Super Mario Galaxy
In a recent interview with Edge, Shigeru Miyamoto discussed further details of the upcoming Super Mario 3DS. And if this were any other developer, we could swear he was just telling us what we wanted to hear. But this is Shigeru Miyamoto, he is so far beyond having anything to prove at this point … [Read more...] about Mario 3DS To Combine Mario 64 & Super Mario Galaxy
PSN May Be Down For Up To 48 Hours
Well, Sony, at least you can console yourself that it wasn't an attack by Anonymous that put your PSN out of business. Or at least, not that anyone knows of yet. Because the truth is Sony doesn't really have any clue what is causing the outage at the moment. Which also means they sort of pulled that … [Read more...] about PSN May Be Down For Up To 48 Hours
Nintendo Wii 2 Specs, Pricing Leaked
In line with what we've been hearing so far, some more specific information about the Wii 2's innards have come to light. It will apparently run on a PS3-shaming AMD's R700 GPU which IGN's tipster says should sail right past Sony's NVIDIA 7800GTX-based setup. It should also do 1080p and maybe even … [Read more...] about Nintendo Wii 2 Specs, Pricing Leaked
Canadian Lito Sora eMotorcycle Is Sexy Muscular Perfection
When most electric vehicles usually lend the impression of being small and compact, the Lito Sora e-motorcycle goes the opposite direction. It's dark, heavy, and has more than a few awesome specs, like a built-in GPS screen above the fuel tank. But what really sets the Lito Sora apart from the rest … [Read more...] about Canadian Lito Sora eMotorcycle Is Sexy Muscular Perfection
Ugly Night Vision Headset Is Actually An Innovation
Dubbed the HRNVS (or high resolution night vision system), this latest from defence contractor SA Photonics is supposed to give US airmen the edge in night time operations. Even if the night vision capabilites of the US military is the best in the world, SA Photonics thniks the current system … [Read more...] about Ugly Night Vision Headset Is Actually An Innovation
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Arriving 26th April
If you have been patiently waiting for the launch of Asus's new Eee Pad Transformer you wait is now over as it will be available to buy in 5 days time. Asus have today announced their new Eee Pad Transformer tablet will be arriving in the US on April 26th priced at $399 for the 16GB version and $499 … [Read more...] about Asus Eee Pad Transformer Arriving 26th April
Terminator Style Eye-Tracking OLED Microdisplay Provides Augmented Reality Data
If you have always wanted a visual data stream similar to the one used by The Terminator in the movies, you will be pleased to know that a team of researchers has created the world's first bidirectional eye-tracking OLED microdisplay. This innovative device tracks your eye movements and can be used … [Read more...] about Terminator Style Eye-Tracking OLED Microdisplay Provides Augmented Reality Data
