Tag: gabrielle taylor
Google's education initiative gives it away to schools
Why buy the office when you can get the desktop for free? Sounds like a good lesson for all ages, and that's how Google's approaching the situation. By trying to convert teachers to use the Google Pack (A free…
Security Guard Robot
A new robot jointly developed by the Civil Aviation University of China and Tianjin YAAN Technology Electronics Co. Ltd. is aimed at preventing crime in public places, such as airports, warehouses and department stores. Looking like a car-cum-space-pod, it…
Reborg-Q: Another Robot Security Guard
At least the Reborg-Q has a name, albeit a rather goofy one. Like many electronic fellas developed lately, it's a security bot, somewhat resembling a life-sized plastic astronaut that's been melted like a marshmallow. It can be pre-set on…
BeGreen today for a cleaner tomorrow
Unlike single-purpose sites (not that I don't love them) like Treeflight, BeGreen does an omni-analysis of your overall carbon consumption (from the car you drive to the brand of light bulbs you use) and offers you opportunities to offset…
HUMMER 02 makes its own oxygen
I never thought I'd be praising the eco-savviness of anything named "Hummer", but the Hummer 02 converts carbon dioxide into oxygen using algae-filled side panels. Since the algae are getting a megadose of sunlight (where they're usually submerged underwater)…
The Sawfish: Underwater Lumberjack
When a forest is submerged by a man-made lake (especially a man-made Three Gorges sized lake) the timber doesn't just dissolve like so many pixy sticks. It stands, relatively unchanged, aside from becoming hellishly waterlogged (which makes it so…
Philipe Starck O-Ring Digi Watch
SciFi Tech says it looks like female anatomy. I say it looks like a safe. Either way, the Starck O-Ring Digi Watch has something aesthetically stale vibe – a peculiar clunkiness and use of digi-ness in a way that…
Solar-powered Stainless Steel Vent
Considering that the Stainless Steel Solar Vent can run for 48 hours in the dark, even in the winter hours, you're looking at a silent, cost-effective solution to areas that tend to have condensation or mold problems. Also, with…
Tesla Roadster: sexiest electric car ever?
Picture it: a fireapple red convertible two-seater Tesla Roadster with — well, you don't have to picture it, it's pictured above. What you don't see is: it's electric, but it can still crank up to oh-my-god-we're-going-to-die speed in four…
Sony puts the music in you with body-wired headphones
Current wireless headphones typically use infrared, radio spectrum, or Bluetooth, all of which are prone to casual disruption. Sony aims to change that with their body-wired headphone patent application. Their headphones would basically use your own body to carry…
