The days of the Jetsons is finally here.
Man flies high with a jetback strapped to his back.
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A new high-tech theatre is about to open to give tourists a deeper look at life in the Italian capital in the ancient past.
The 30-minute 3D show uses 60, 000 virtual characters, or avatars, to help tourists get a taste of what Roman life was probably like in 310 AD.
Customers line up in New York City to be the first to buy Google's new G1 phone.
It's been dubbed by some as the "iPhone killer." Some analysts expect as many as 400,000 G-1 phones will be sold in the United States by year end.
Apple cut the price of its entry level laptop, and unveiled a new line of aluminum clad machines
Apple's new aluminum machines will use new Nvidia graphics and Intel processors. The company also introduced a $999 updated model of its white body notebooks.
Japan puts its human-like robots on display.
They dance, they crawl. They can even help you lift heavy objects.
Smaller cars reign at the Paris Car Show, as drivers watch their budgets and car makers worry about shrinking profits.
Consumers are looking for fuel-efficient models as they continue to face high prices at the petrol pumps, while the auto industry is facing higher raw material costs and falling numbers of customers.
At the IFA 2008 TomTom introduced the TomTom GO x40 LIVE series. The TomTom GO x40 LIVE series has plug & play connectivity built in, and comes with a number of valuable information services for motorists. The GO x40 systems are equipped with a new and extended version of TomTom’s unique IQ Routes technology. This technology is now based on historical travel time information for every road, specified for every day at five minute intervals.
Traveling is hard work, especially if it involves heavy-duty luggage. Today’s suitcases are already made of lightweight material, but this only stimulates most of us to take along even more. Even if your suitcase has wheels, dragging it can be a tiring experience. But what if your suitcase itself had the energy to carry part of your luggage? Being world’s first, that is exactly what the PA Series of Live Luggage does.
You might remember. It was the 31st of December; you had just finished your second glass of champagne, when somebody suddenly asked you that annoying question: “Any goals set for next year?” I sure do. My answer was to exercise more, probably running.
The successor of the very successful Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will be titled Call of Duty: World at War. The game is set in the Pacific theatre during World War II. Call of Duty: World at War has been developed by Treyarch, the same studio that developed Call of Duty 2/3. Treyarch uses the engine of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare so the graphics will be top-notch.
The Polaroid PoGo is mobile, fits in your pocket and is easy to use. These aren’t actually the best features of the Polaroid PoGo. This tiny gadget from Polaroid prints without a drop of ink and enables you to share digital photos directly.
Draganfly Innovations has created an alternative for model and full size aircrafts that inspect certain areas. The Draganflyer X6 is a mini remotely operated, multiple rotor helicopter that is designed for commercial/industrial aerial video and photography.
Creative’s creation: ZEN X-Fi
Creative did well with its ZEN Stone series and the ZEN Vision. But there is always room for improvement. According to several fan sites, the ZEN X-Fi will help Creative to the next level. Although none of the specs have officially been released, the rumors look promising.
T9 developer Cliff Kushler has developed a new keyboard entry method for touch-screen devices. We tried it. It's awesome.
African locusts could provide clues to improve car traffic safety.
Car manufacturers Volvo are now using scientific findings about the African Locust to improve road safety.
Gibbs Technologies Ltd, recently unveiled a prototype of the first commercially viable high-speed amphibian Quadbike/All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) - Quadski. It's a cross between a jetski and a quad-bike and is capable of traveling up to 50mph (72 kph) on both land and water. Thanks to the four retractable wheels the Quadski switches between water and land effortlessly.
RC toys are totally hot. There are so much that you hardly know which you should get. Now Air Hogs has come with a RC car that differentiates itself from the rest. The Air Hogs Zero Gravity Micro RC is able to race on any smooth surface. This means that the Air Hogs Zero Gravity can drive on desks, walls, windows and on ceilings.
A show car designed in Switzerland runs only on power generated from photovoltaic cells trailing behind it. Maggie Rodriguez and Harry Smith talk to Louis Palmer, the inventor.
International scientists celebrated the successful start of a huge particle-smashing machine aiming to recreate the conditions of the "Big Bang".
Scientists at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research near Geneva, fired two beams of proton particles in opposite directions around Large Hadron Collider's (LHC) 27km-long (17 miles) ring, buried below the Swiss-French border.
This is cool - and this is scary.
Man is about to start playing with something so big, that some are saying this could begin the end of the world as we know it.
The critics say this could create Black Holes in our Universe.
So Google does own everything, and now they may own every key stroke you ever make again on your computer.
Thats some of the stuff being said about the new Google Chrome Browser.
A collection of whats being said and reviews.
Online search engine Google is set to celebrate its tenth birthday. The mother of all .com success stories went from unknown to unavoidable in just a decade.
Car maker Daimler and utility company RWE plan to open recharging stations for electric autos in Berlin from the end of 2009.
Daimler's planning a limited production run of their Smart minicar, the Smart Electrodrive, which runs on lithium-ion batteries, which can be "refuelled" at around 500 recharging stations.
The Japanese electronics company is getting some help from Britain's biggest book chain for the UK launch of its electronic book.
After many false starts, ebooks finally appear to be gaining traction with consumers in the U.S.
Now Sony is hoping to replicate that success with launch of its Reader product in the UK.
Texting and walking may not be the hardest thing to do, but critics say that on a busy street it could be deadly. Bianca Solorzano reports.
The Bravia ZX1 measuring 9.9 millimetres deep is one example of the evolution of flat panel TVs being revealed at the Berlin IFA trade fair.
TV technology is proving to be one of the main themes at the fair, with Philips and LG also highlighting advances in the viewer experience.
Students and their robots do battle as Japan prepares for the World Robot Olympiad.
The Japan round of the international competition kicked off on Sunday in Yokohama, Japan.
With about 80 teams participating at the preliminaries, Japanese students of all ages were testing their skills on science.
Benet Allen reports.
With this trendy Ricatech digital photo frame it’s really easy to decorate your boring desk with personal photos. Unlike many other digital photo frames this Ricatech RPF-15 isn’t rectangular shaped but it’s egg-shaped. The ‘egg’ has a bright and colourful 1.5 inch display.
Israeli company develops remote-controlled suit that enables paraplegics to walk.
ReWalk, Argo Medical Technologies' robotic suit, allows people who are paralysed below the waist to stand, walk, climb and descend stairs.
The system consists of motorised leg supports, body sensors, a computerised control box and rechargeable batteries.
A new phase of converged devices appears to be upon us, judging from the technologies on display at the 2008 Playbite show in London.
A photo frame equipped with Near Field Communications, a compact camera with GPS-enabled geo-tagging functionality and podcasting device that partners with Apple's latest iPods were a few of the notable devices on show at the annual technology showcase.
American Airlines' new inflight, broadband service has launched.
For 12-dollars and 95-cents per flight, passengers can surf the net, check email and instant message.
The service is available on non-stop flights from New York to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami.
Hundreds gather in Florida to try to win the World Championship of Pokemon.
The players ranged in age from 6 to 62 and competed in the Pokemon trading card game World Championships in several divisions.
Contestants came from nearly 30 countries for a chance to be crowned world champion of Pokemon and to take home $7,500 in prize money.
Gamers check out the latest digital innovations at Europe's largest annual computer games fair.
Computer games fans are flocking to the Games Convention in the eastern German city of Leipzig to see what games companies have developed in the past 12 months.
German autobmobile association ADAC drives cars with a good safety rating into walls at 80 km/h (50mph) - with shocking results.
Usual crash tests are conducted at 64 kilometres, or around 40 miles, an hour, and the ADAC says driving just 16 kilometres an hour faster makes a crash much more dangerous for the passengers.
Apple releases a software update for its new IPhone 3G
The iPhone 3G, which launched worldwide July 11th, offers faster web connections and costs less compared to the first iPhone.
Sasha Salama reports.
New search engines try to provide better answers to online queries by using humans or different technology to vet information.
FindingDulcinea.com, for example, employs an editorial staff and calls itself the librarian of the web.
Manoush Zomorodi reports.
Italian scientists concoct a substance that allows them to "walk" on water.
The scientists mixed corn starch with water, and that allowed the liquid to react as a solid when enough force was applied to it. Fred Katayama reports.
Scientists in the UK have come up with a robot controlled by a bundle of brain cells taken from a lab rat.
They've linked the rat's brain neurons to a circuit board and have apparently got those neurons to actually control their creation.
Madden football fans can get their hands on the 2009 edition of the football game.
The game's release got an extra boost of publicity when quarterback Brett Favre was traded to the New York Jets. Electronic Arts had already designed the game cover with Favre in a Green Bay Packers jersey.
California-based JaJah is launching a new Mandarin translation service which aims to remove the language barrier for visitors to China.
The IP telephony company is partnering with IBM to rollout 'JaJah.Babel' ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
The free service, available by calling a toll-free number, will translate English to Mandarin Chinese and Mandarin back to English.
Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan reports.
How to sustain high profit growth in the slowing global PC business? Easy for Lenovo, sell computers in China.
The Beijing Olympic partner may see a temporary slowdown in China business because of the Games, but Lenovo expects the brand to see a global boost.
Dan Sloan reports.
Sega releases the official video game of the Beijing Olympics.
Lindsay Claiborn reports.
The 'Embrace The Chaos' handbook is an attempt by London PR agency Shine Communications to help define the forces of our age.
But what is 'Uglyism', who suffers from 'Chronic Popularity Anxiety' and how does 'madvertising' differ from run of the mill advertising?
Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan cracks the spine and pins the authors down on some of the finer points.
Video game musical scores can be as complex as any symphony and Video Games Live aims to showcase the music behind the games.
Lindsay Claiborn reports.
Infosys Technologies launches a new retail technology called ShoppingTrip360 to bring more instant interactivity to bricks and mortar stores.
India's second largest software services company says it aims to deliver a "paradigm shift in the in-store shopping experience" with solutions built to aid both shop staff and consumers.
Reuters Technology Matt Cowan reports.
Chemical company Ineos develops technology to make bioethanol from waste.
With soaring oil prices and government policy drives to run car fleets on cleaner energy sources that emit fewer greenhouse gases, biofuels are growing in popularity. But with land being used to grow biofuel rather than food crops the shine has come off their green credentials.
A new product from the U.S.-based Organic Motion aims to bring special effects to the consumer market, potentially reshaping the internet.
Motion capture technology, which is commonly used in animated films and video games to create life-like movements, usually requires a subject to wear a special body suit with tracking balls that are calibrated so the movements can be understood and manipulated by a computer system.
The new Activision Blizzard sets its sights on bigger and better games.
Blizzard Entertainment President says the future looks bright for the new Activision Blizzard merger.
Lindsay Claiborn reports.
China's friendly robots, the iPhone Apps craze, and special special effects. Katharine Jackson reports
A new report by the research firm Jupiter finds that the number of Europeans watching online video has doubled since 2006.
Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan speaks to the report's lead author to find out what the findings mean for broadcasters.
