Cool gadgets and new gizmos – news and reviews

Definitely phone manufacturers have to do something about their security measures, as Sony Ericsson leaked this week photos of its upcoming phones: P700i, W999i and today the W970 Walkman, codenamed Adriana.As I said before, either we have a very poor door guard or a new marketing idea (somewhat different that what Motorola does with Digg these days).What we know now about Adriana is that it will try to focus more on video playback. That...

The Global Positioning System, shorted as GPS, has a major impact in the developed country, being used by many persons, starting from military personnel and ending with the common citizen. Unfortunately, being the only such system operational at the time speaking, the world depends on it. The event of something happening to the system could really cause chaos. That's why the United States are trying to develop some alternative technologies whi...

We've all heard about fuel cells, the hydrogen powered batteries, that will increase the autonomy of our laptops. Well, fuel cell aren't limited to just laptops, as this month Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies made a first flight with Hyfishinair, world's first fuel cell powered plane. We're not talking about a full size airplane, but a RC plane, one that does 200 km/h.After the first RC toy fuel cell car, the H-Racer, people at Horizon Fuel Cel...

OLED's are not a novelty for some time, but we haven't seen what they promised us in the first place: flexible displays, that can be rolled like paper, allowing for easy transportation and which can be installed virtually anywhere.But that's about to change, as a consortium consisting of nine universities and two companies joined in a three years project to research wearable displays.Policemans cand display road signs on their clothes T...

Remember what I said yesterday, about the leaked pictures of next to come mobile phones? Well, today is another day, and another phone hits the blogs, the Sony Ericsson W999i Walkman slider phone.A Swedish site has some pictures of what it looks to me like a combination of M series keyboard and Walkman W850 slider mechanism.I don't know is this picture is real, as I have a doubt about Sony Ericsson being able to fit the M series keys toge...

Many gadgets launched today don't actually have great utility besides entertain us more and keeping us connected to the rest of the world more that we we last century, but some branches have important impact on technologies that affect our lives, or in the next case, save our lives.NeuroArm is the first robotic arm, that will be used by neurosurgeons in the future.NeuroArm is the first MRI-guided neurosurgical robot, and is now been t...

We live in a world of change and anyone who thinks and acts quickly has a chance to succeed. Art is also moving forward and new currents appear every day.One which fascinates me deals with mechanical sculptures, and today I've found a new artist, Christopher Conte, from Norway, who has some interesting concepts in his portfolio.He likes to "build" human shapes, insects and other concepts meant to enhance human strength, senses and bring n...

If you follow gadget news daily you must have read about Apple's plans to launch a new radical mouse design this year, with touchless action.Well, thinks don't always happen as planned, and Saitek, a well known peripheral manufacturer (they even manufacture some parts for the Space Shuttle) launched their touchless version of a mouse: the black Obsidian.For just 50 $ you get a touchless scroll wheel (because it's touchless there's no whee...

The famous Flash program from Adobe might get a real contender pretty soon, cause Microsoft officially showed a preview of the Silverlight, at NAB 2007 that is in progress this days in Las Vegas. Meant to facilitate building rich interactive multimedia applications for the Internet, this cross-platform software brings some features that Flash lacks, like HD 720p video streaming.Like Flash, the SilverLight is a plug-in that can be installed ...

This week and last week were heavy on leaked photos of next to come phone models. After Nokia 8600 Luna and 8900 it's time for Sony Ericsson P700i, the successor of the M600 hits the web, in form of photos, with a predominant Photoshop feel to it. What makes us wonder even more is the complete lack of specs, but let's not shoot the messenger right away.From what I see, the P700i adds a camera, which for me is always a good thing, and changes ...