Category: High Tech
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Aiko: Japanese Robot That Can Communicate With Deaf Using Sign Language
Nowadays, many activies of our daily lives are being performed by the automated machines. Robots are also becoming more human-like. Especially, the Japanese companies are at the forefront of innovation in robotics. Now, in another landmark achievement, Japanese scientists have developed a robot receptionist which can communicate using sign language, thanks to its articulated hands.…
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With RomoCart, Turn Your Room Into An Augumented Reality Video Game
What if your room was transformed into a real race track? RomoCart proposes to convert your iPhone into a small robot on wheels, to challenge your roommates in a game that is reminiscent of Mario Kart. Using projectors you can dynamically generate the race course, special items and weapons to fire on enemies in case of evil…
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Would This Amazing Google Glass App Help Hearing Impaired?
Captioning on Glass is an innovative app created by the scientists at the Google Glass. Its speciality is that it can display in real time the subtitles of what other person in front of you is saying. This innovation can be of a great use for the hearing impaired and could also be used for live translations.…
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Meet Lili: A Robotic Lamp That Has Sentiments
Lili is a smart lamp that can autonomously light up a room according to the changing times of the day and its environment. It can also communicate with you when you are near the lamp. Of course, this lamp will light up your life. The era when a lamp was a gloomy and dull device…
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Kano Kit: Make Your Own Computer With Legos In Just $99
The computer Kano had one of the most successful crowd sourcing campaigns on the Kickstarter, The Kano computer kit will be officially launched next month. Using this kit you can assemble your own low cost computer in just $99. Do you like Legos? Then you would definitely love Kano! Kano is a computer kit designed by two Americans…
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Incredible!!! Make A Fully Functional Speaker With Just An A4 Size Paper
Considering that most of our daily life electronics are too complicated, the designer C.Gourguecho has tried to simplify designing these devices by making them from paper. Crazy though but still it works. Many of you will admit that all the hi-fi systems have many functionalities and that you only use some of them. The French designer…
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Can This Ping Pong Playing Robot Replace Humans In Factories?
Japanese company Omron has demonstrated its prowess in the robotics by designing a robot that plays ping pong with humans. The robot has been recently presented at the International Consumer Electronics show CEATEC in Tokyo. We already know about the Kuka robotic arm that plays ping pong. Now, Omron has come up with its own version…
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Samsung’s Funny Robot To Test Strength Of Smartphones
What a better way to test the robustness of the smartphones than by using a butt shaped robot?Samsungs uses this technique to test its Galaxy Note 4… Our mobile phones are very often subject to many different types of stresses like falls, scratches, knocks… All these daily life situations are dangerous for the survival of our…
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A Drone Captures Dangerously Close Video Of Volcanic Eruptions
For the photographers, it is always difficult to take the fabulous snapshots of the volcanic eruptions as approaching the lava is never without its risks. However, thanks to a drone operating team and a remotely controlled camera, scientists were able to record a breathtaking video of the burning crater without having to approach it. Hot! This…
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Play Tetris Anytime And Anywhere With This High-tech Wristband
Nowadays, we see electronic devices everywhere in our daily lives and in many diverse applications. This ever growing array of gadgets welcomes a new member. With this bracelet, you can play the legendary video game Tetris. We describe to you this new item that will make your friends mad with jealousy! Kevin Bates is the creator…
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E-Delicious: A Taster Robot To Test The Flavors Of Thai Cuisine
Indeed a smart move, instead of sending a food taster to evaluate the dishes of master chefs, soon robots will be used for the purpose. You may laugh but Thais have developed the “e-delicious, a system for analysis of flavors”. The initiative came directly from the former Prime Minister of Thailand who was fed up and…
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This Revolutionary Crystal Sucks Oxygen From A Room Within Minutes
Oxygen is essential to sustain life and is present in large quantities on Earth. Scientists have found a crystal that has the ability to drain 100% oxygen. This oxygen can then be retransported and released easily. Find out how oxygen will be stored in the future. This crystal has been developed by a team led…
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Discover The Secret Of Mysterious Smell Of Old Books
Just walk into a section of library with old books, you would definitely feel their peculiar smell. But where does this unique smell of old books come from? We explain to you everything about this phenomenon. Matija Strlic, a researcher at the University College London has investigated this phenomenon. In a recent article in the The Telegraph he explains…
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Pi-Top: World’s First 3D Printed Raspberry Pi Laptop
The Pi-Top is a DIY laptop that has been constructed using Raspberry Pi board, a 13-inch screen and a 3D printed hull. Its designers describe it as a platform for introduction to programming and computers. Equipping oneself with a cheap PC laptop while at the same time learning to build it, that’s what the project Pi-Top is. It…
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Amazing!!! Engineers Achieve Invisibilty Just Using 4 Lenses
The concept of invisibility has always inspired fiction stories and movies. Two researchers from the University of Rochester have developed a system that uses only four lenses to hide an object. Their system uses cheap, readily available and off the shelf components. We tell you more about this technological innovation. What if Harry Potter’s cloak of…