Swiss researchers demonstrated three robotic quadrocopters, flying in formation and tethered to a net, playing catch with a ball. The helicopters maneuver to catch balls that are tossed to them and catch them in the net. Once they catch the ball, they launch it back by flying outward and stretching the net tight.
The first known aid to calculations was the Abacus, used by Sumerians and Egyptians earlier than 2,000 BC (with the possible exception of the Antikythera mechanism). By 1642, the mechanical calculator was invented by Blaise Pascal. By 1902, we had a pushbutton calculator in the form of the Dalton Adding Machine. Here is a pictorial…
More rumors leaked today about LG’s Optimus Nexus, the Nexus phone that LG is rumored to be making for Google. The Nexus smartphone is pretty close to LG’s Optimus G device but some of the spec changes are pretty shocking.
Urbee 3D printed carA working prototype of a hybrid-electric two-seater car called Urbee, is the world’s first 3D printed car. Urbee, (Urban Electric with Ethanol as backup) was created to be practical, efficient, inexpensive, easy to repair, safe to drive, and built from technology that exists today. Instead of being prototyped by hand, the company…
Kaspersky Lab reported this week, that 4.5 million DSL modems in Brazil were hacked last year via a vulnerability in their ADSL modems that allowed hackers to steal passwords using scripting and then remote control the devices in order to change the modem’s configuration parameters. At some Brazilian ISPs, more than half of their customers…
The latest comScore figures show Samsung still at the top of the smartphone market share ratings with a 25.7% share of the market although the change from the prior 3-month period was flat. LG remains second with a 19.1% market share and Apple comes in 3rd with 19.1%, an increase of 2.1% from May 2012.…
How important is a strong password on Twitter? Depends on how much you value your Twitter handle. If a hacker can spoof their IP address, they can hack away at your Twitter password all day without repercussions. They do this because good Twitter handles can be sold for a pretty penny, up to $1,000 in…
For 1,000 lucky recipients in New York and Los Angeles, the October 5, 2012 issue of Entertainment Weekly will feature a little surprise – a page with a small LCD screen print insert used to display live tweets, as well as videos, from CW Network’s Twitter account. CW Network is using the ploy as a…
The choice of which cellular carrier to go with is the perfect example of “you get what you pay for”. Verizon has been the big boy on the block for quite a while now. In the past, Sprint held that position and they took advantage of it. Verizon seems to be following that same philosophy…
Motorola has announced more phones that will not be upgraded from Gingerbread (Android 2.3) to Ice Cream Sandwich, making clear the reason for their previously announced policy of only introducing a few new handset each year. Some, including the Droid Bionic, Droid 4, and Atrix 2 are still up in the air.
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