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Sharp's new robot vacuum talks back, takes pictures, streams video to your phone via Wi-Fi

Posted May 8, 2012 - 9:19 pm

The "Cocorobo" navigates with three ultrasonic sensors and includes Sharp's Plasmacluster air filtering technology.
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ZeroTouch turns any screen into touchscreen, ready for sale

Posted May 8, 2012 - 9:14 pm

The relatively inexpensive technology can scale to 55 inches or larger and is moving towards commercialization.
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Dual View displays two images on a single screen

Posted May 8, 2012 - 8:54 pm

When you tilt your laptop screen the colors change. It’s that bug that one researcher has turned into a feature.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner offers more space, smoother ride, high tech improvements

Posted March 6, 2012 - 3:38 pm

Boeing’s newest aircraft the 787 Dreamliner landed in Boston Sunday and kicked off the U.S. leg of its global tour. Japan Airlines plans to offer nonstop service with the 787 from Boston to Tokyo starting in April.
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William Shatner talks microchips in this 1976 film

Posted March 1, 2012 - 12:50 pm

Join the voyage of learning about microprocessors with Captain Kirk.
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Dell video produces giant WTF moment

Posted February 22, 2012 - 12:51 pm

Is this Dell video a parody, a prank or something more sinister? Or just a case where someone thought it would be cool and it's a massive backfire (watch the video to understand this awesome pun).
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CES 2012: Justin Bieber unveils a dancing robot

Posted January 12, 2012 - 12:10 pm

The MRobo is designed as a speaker that can also dance to music uploaded from a USB. But the company proved to be not quite ready for prime-time for its announcement, with at least three microphone failures, and one screen failure that Justin was supposed to turn on, to start a video of the dancing robot.
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CES 2012: HP Envy 14 Spectre up close

Posted January 11, 2012 - 5:43 pm

At CES 2012, HP was showing off its new Envy 14 Spectre, a high-end ultrabook. Keith Shaw gets a closer look at the new notebook.
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CES 2012: HzO waterproofs phones' electronics

Posted January 11, 2012 - 5:35 pm

Rather than create a waterproof case, HzO opens up the devcies and waterproofs the internal components. The device can even fill up with water and continue to work.
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CES 2012: Samsung intros gesture, voice controlled TV

Posted January 9, 2012 - 9:57 pm

Samsung laid out its television strategy at its press conference on the eve of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. It has added motion control, voice control and face recognition to its Smart TVs.
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CES: Intel touts touchscreens, voice recognition on future Ultrabooks

Posted January 9, 2012 - 4:51 pm

Intel showed off voice recognition, touchscreen controls and advanced graphics on Ultrabooks during its CES press conference on Monday.
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CES 2012: Intel demos DX11 on Ivy Bridge based Ultrabook

Posted January 9, 2012 - 4:08 pm

Coming clean in the end, Intel attempted to demonstrate DirectX 11 running on an Ivy Bridge based Ultrabook. It was recorded, rather than live game play though.
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CES 2012: Ultra Slim wall charger powers up gadgets, fits in pocket

Posted January 9, 2012 - 12:31 pm

Taiwan's Powertech debuted the Ultra Slim wall charger that plugs into a standard outlet and can charge two AC and two USB devices.
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Watch a PC get destroyed in slow motion

Posted November 28, 2011 - 4:34 pm

I love the videos produced by Youtubers "theslowmoguys", using high-definition slow-speed cameras to produce really cool slow-motion videos. As part of their "Sledgehammer Week", they decided to destroy a desktop PC, something that everyone has wanted to do at some point in their computing life.
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Silicon Valley hardware company SeaMicro packs a lot of power

Posted November 15, 2011 - 3:53 pm

SeaMicro is a small company that may still take the typical start-up foosball break, but it's at the leading edge of a trend that's bringing innovation back to the high-volume server market. It makes extremely dense, low-power servers.
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Bugs help power a smartphone

Posted October 12, 2011 - 11:54 am

How many bugs does it take to power a Snapdragon smartphone processor? Not many, according to this Qualcomm video.
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CEATEC: Robo arm gives users more power

Posted October 4, 2011 - 9:56 am

The Cyberdyne system is still in the prototype phase and is aimed at helping the weak, disabled and elderly.
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Floppy disk drives create Star Wars Imperial March

Posted September 30, 2011 - 3:51 pm

If you have a bunch of floppy disk drives lying around, do what this guy did - create the Star Wars Imperial March theme from it. Sure, it looks easy. Or you could just enjoy this video.
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IDF 2011: Intel, Google team to optimize Android for smartphones

Posted September 14, 2011 - 4:58 pm

Intel and Google announced on Tuesday that they would partner to optimize future versions of the Android OS for smartphones and other mobile devices using Intel chips.
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IDF 2011: Intel promises long battery life with Haswell chip

Posted September 14, 2011 - 2:04 pm

The Haswell chips are targeted at ultrabooks, which Intel is promoting as a new category of thin and light PCs with tablet-like features. Intel hopes to deliver 10 days of standby time on always-connected ultrabooks using Haswell chips.
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Toshiba goes thin and light with new tablet and ultrabook

Posted September 1, 2011 - 3:26 pm

At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin Toshiba announced the AT200 tablet and the Portege Z830 ultrabook.
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Sony intros two Android tablets

Posted August 31, 2011 - 4:22 pm

The tablets will integrate with other Sony products so, for example, consumers can use them as a remote control for their TV.
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Display inventors focus on low power consumption

Posted August 31, 2011 - 4:02 pm

The E-paper display technology in Amazon's Kindle is facing some competition in the low-power screen business. At the recent DisplaySearch conference in San Jose, rivals said their technologies are more versatile and still drain batteries a lot less than LCDs do.
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Wearable Tech: The Video Coat

Posted July 12, 2011 - 10:34 am

I'm sure we'll see this at the next CES...
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HP's super-thin L2201x display

Posted June 28, 2011 - 1:43 pm

Keith Shaw chats with HP about its L2201x display, a super-thin, 21.5-inch monitor with HD resolution (1920x1080), only two ports (DisplayPort and power) and a $199 price tag.
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