Tag: tech Digest
RM-200 Magic Ringtone MP3
Mobile ringtones are a multi-billion dollar industry, so it's not surprising there's now a gadget bringing music to the landline. The RM-200 Magic Ringtone MP3 has a USB interface which allows you to load up the MP3 of your…
Flock: saxophones, computers, and audience participation
A performance of Flock involves four saxophones and an audience of sixty to eighty people, but unlike a typical concert, the two groups can mingle freely. Computer monitors watch the people and transmit performance instructions to the musicians, and…
Iris recognizing mouse trumps Mythbusted fingertip scanners?
Considering the Mythbusters completely defeated a high-tech fingerprint lock, the security-conscious may prefer the Iris recognizing mouse. You look in the lens mounted on the side, and it authorizes based on whether it likes what it sees. At £160,…
Squirrel: a portable pollution monitor
Why wait for the government to install fixed-location pollution monitors, when through the twin miracles of mobiles and GPS it's possible to have air quality analyzed on the fly? Such is the plan associated with the Squirrel, a mobile…
Astronaut Glove Competition rewards low-cost cleverness
Peter Homer won $200,000 in the Astronaut Glove Competition, despite knowing nothing about glove-making at the start of the two-day competition. NASA wanted a glove that was lighter-weight, stronger and more durable than the one in current use, as…
New supernova from star 150 times the size of the sun
Supernovae usually occur when a star runs out of energy and collapses in on itself, but scientists have just spotted a monstrous star explosion that instead blasted all its energy outward. The result has lasted over 70 days, with…
Shiny Video: Shanghai Susi makes a connection with HP
I'm in Shanghai at the HP 'Making Connections' Summit (also the World Capital of Quite Convincing Fake Designer Goods). It's all due to kick off on Wednesday, but there have been a few rumours doing the rounds this week on just what they're going to announce. I muse over such things in the hotel room.
Shiny Video Review: Noise Cancelling Headphones
Kat and Alex take a look at three sets of noise-cancelling headphones and ask if the description "noise cancelling" is a little optimistic.
Nanoparticle clothes to keep you healthy
Clothing designed by Olivia Ong for this year's Cornell Design League fashion show wasn't just hip or chic, it also destroyed smog and VOC particles. The fabric is impregnated with nanoparticles that not only give the garment futuristic health…
Shiny Video Review: HP Pavilion TX1000 Entertainment Notebook
Susi registers her disappointment with the TX1000. HP…
