Although this isn't new, it is still very cool! Saitama University's Human-Robot Interaction Center is doing R&D on care support robots. This wheelchair, developed by the Center, is a standard wheelchair with a camera and laser sensor attached. It has been designed to automatically track and follow the person next to it. "The wheelchair uses this distance sensor to check the position of the person. With position checking alone, the wheelchair can follow behind someone. But when the Read more [...]

     Photo: Laster Technologies These glasses let users dispense with a computer monitor altogether. A decade ago, tech sages predicted that many portable consumer devices would soon be integrated into the mobile phone. For once, the pundits were right: Today, of course, elements of the old PDA, MP3 player, digital camera, portable e-mail, Web browser, and camcorder now live on our smartphones. Next in line, says a French company, are eyeglasses. When they get smart, we’ll Read more [...]

"Where were these back in the day when I wanted to stay up late reading under the covers?" Bookofjoe.com From websites: .......................... Light up a child's room with these nightlight globes or remove one to use as a light source. These portable nightlight globes stay lit for 30 minutes before fading to darkness to ease anyone into falling asleep. Multi-color nightlight lets you select your favorite color with a sliding lever or cycle through them all Portable Read more [...]

Simroid is a dental training robot being developed by the Nippon Dental University Hospital and dental equipment maker Morita Manufacturing. Based on a prototype first presented in 2007, this robot is much more advanced, and there are plans to release the robot commercially. This robot patient is manufactured by Kokoro, who also make the Actroid line of lifelike humanoid robots. It has been developed as a training tool to improve students patient communication skills by emphasizing attitude Read more [...]

image credit: http://blog.mytrendyphone.co.uk "Beautifully simple"; that's the marketing tag-line of Nokia's promotion of the N9 Smartphone. The N9 is the first, yet last, phone to run on Meego, the joint collaboration between Nokia's Maemo project and Intel's Moblin Software. Thanks to Nokia for sending us a device for 2-weeks trial, "Love on the first sight" they call it! You'll notice that the smartphone doesn't have any buttons on the front, with only the volume controls and a lock Read more [...]

"Robots have been singing for a minute. But the HRP-4C doesn’t just sing, she performs. Watch her chirp the lyrics to her song, work the crowd, and shake her stuff in sync with her back up dancers. It’s pretty amazing." http://my.opera.com/igun/blog Here's a must see video: "The divabot, as she’s being called, is being developed at Japan’s Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. She uses special software to precisely mimic a human singer’s head Read more [...]

Every day we hear of people suffering from food allergies who have accidently consumed something they should not have, yet you would think that with today’s technology that this is something that could easily be handled! Well if this device makes it into the stores then that sort of thing would be history! This is Erik Borg’s Food Allergen Detector and it can detect even the slightest amount of milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat, the eight most common foods that cause Read more [...]

I really didn't know they were so advanced in communication and technology 😀 ! If you were the owner what could have you done? Share us your experience 😛 lol. How about a free giveway of this stylish phone from CoolesTech.com, would it be cool 😉 ? By Jennifer Daniel. [via Fancy], thanks Joe! Read more [...]

      Nissan's wireless charging station for its Leaf electric car. Nissan in Japan has given a glimpse of the very near future in the form of a wireless charging station for its Leaf electric car.Present electric vehicle charging technology requires the connection of a cable to the vehicle to recharge its battery via mains electricity.Now Nissan has developed a wireless charging pad that recharges the battery simply by parking the vehicle on top of a ground Read more [...]

"Washington University researchers are looking to develop contact lenses that would allow you to check your email, surf the web, and more , all with the blink of an eye." According to Digitaltrends: "With computers and smart devices decreasing in size and increasing in function, it seems that researchers at the University Washington are taking that concept even further. A team from the University has recently completed trials on a new generation of Terminator-like contact lenses that Read more [...]