Healthcare and elder care is a big concern in Japan, whose population is aging more rapidly than their current human-centric infrastructure is prepared to cope with. Companies like Toyota are hoping that robots will be able to pick up a little bit of the slack, and this week they've introduced four new robotic systems designed to help keep people healthy and independent as long as possible. The first couple systems are designed to provide single-leg walking assistance to people who Read more [...]

Photo: Tim Robberts/Getty Images 18 January 2012—Arman Ahnood, a researcher at the London Centre for Nanotechnology at University College London is working toward a simple goal: "We can have a mobile phone [that] requires charging less often," Ahnood told a November session at the Materials Research Society’s fall meeting in Boston. It might soon be possible to go a week or more without charging a smartphone. And eventually, we might see a phone that never needs to be plugged in. Illustration: Read more [...]

  I hate headphones. If they’re intended to deliver hiqh quality audio, like the noise-canceling ones I wear when flying, they squeeze my ears unpleasantly; if they're light and comfortable, they slip around. I hate earbuds even more. I’ve tried just about every type you can imagine, including custom,  and none of them feel at all comfortable. And I hate that my youngest son seems to have an earbud in just about every waking minute—I watch his volume controls, but still Read more [...]

SOPA: Stop Online Piracy Act PIPA: Protect IP Act We have seen how a lot of huge companies lost customers (Godaddy.com lost over 37,000 Domains) and how others were hacked (Sony Pictures). We also witnessed Wikipedia's act yesterday along with many other websites! لقراءة الموضوع بالعربية إضغط هنا، شكراً تيدوز! It's really a very dangerous operation... Hackers even agreed on launching own satellites to beat censorship! Voting will start on Jan 24th.. Read more [...]

We have previously posted about Google's Self-Driving Car and how it made it to the street, and now here's another sample of a french self-driving car that takes it to the road! Autonomous vehicle projects are picking up speed -- literally. Leading the pack is Google's famed robot car, which has logged thousands of kilometers driving on public roads. But there are projects also in Italy, Germany, the U.K., and reportedly China. Now we've learned about an interesting self-driving vehicle Read more [...]

Nokia China - N8 Viral (Remote Contral Cars)   This video is related to the film Inception.   source ..  www.youtube.com Read more [...]

"The Restart Page which simulates unlimited rebooting experience from vintage operating systems. Basically the web page is created as a tribute to the most significant operating systems that has been part of our geek lives. The page contains 17 restart options where it will emulate the restart process of the operating system. It really does bring back some good old memories by just looking at the restart simulation…" "The Restart Page simulates reboot for the following operating systems: Read more [...]

Whenever you’re cruising through CES announcements and demos, you’re always looking for that one thing that ignites that spark of excitement in your chest, lights up your eyes, and makes you realize that we’re living in the future. Well, the Samsung Smart Windowwill deliver. The Samsung Smart Window is a window, but it’s a display. It’s a giant transparent touchscreen you can use as a window. It’s a see-through, window iPad. It’s amazing. It only takes a few features to drive Read more [...]

"I said be careful his iPhone is really a movie theater." Or something like that. Can your phone case show movies? Didn't think so. From the website: ........................... Sanwa 400-PRJ011 iPhone 4/4S Micro Projector This might look at first glance like a regular cover for your iPhone 4 or 4S. But Sanwa here have done something very clever, creating a slim DLP micro projector that slips onto your phone almost without being noticeable. Not just a fancy decorative gimmick, Read more [...]

Isn't it obvious? Yes you've guessed it! The Facebook social network Bath solution; it's the facebook curtain! £14.99. Read more [...]

"Laugh in the face of mother nature with your own personal hands free umbrella dome that will shelter you from the rain while giving plenty of room to talk on the phone, keep your hair all fancy, and ensure you’ll get plenty of looks from jealous haters." Priced at 59.99$ from Thisiswhyimbroke.com Read more [...]

"I'm not a Facebook addict!" Wrote Eric Spitznagel in Sunday's New York Times Magazine, "Next to heroin and cigarettes, Facebook may be one of the most addictive things on earth. And now it finally has its own rehab support group! Ironically, the support group is also on the Internet. 'We could not resist the temptation to add a 'like' button,' says Dan Penguine, a founder of FaceAnonymous. Since going live in late July, he notes the site has received 3,000 'likes.'" Via [book of Read more [...]