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Inhabitat's Week in Green: bionic eyeglasses, renewable energy island, and a hybrid Popemobile

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 03:40 PM PDT

Inhabitat's Week in Green: bionic eyeglasses, renewable energy island, and a hybrid Popemobile


Inhabitat's Week in Green: bionic eyeglasses, renewable energy island, and a hybrid Popemobile
Technology wired the human body in incredible new ways this week as Inhabitat reported that a paralyzed Japanese man embarked upon an adventure through France with the aid of a robotic exoskeleton. We also watched NASA launch a pee recycling bag that turns urine into a sports drink, and we spotted a pair of bionic eyeglasses that could help the blind see....

Switzerland to equip buses, trams with air quality sensors

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 03:07 PM PDT

Switzerland to equip buses, trams with air quality sensors


Switzerland to equip buses, trams with air quality sensors
Filed under: Etc., Transportation Alternatives, Europe/EUHere's a novel idea: rather than installing air quality sensors in fixed locations, why not use mobile sensors to collect data in an evenly spread-out area? OpenSense, a project run by EPFL, a federally funded institute of technology located in Switzerland, and ETH Zurich, a science and technology university in Zurich, Switzerland, aims to study the feasibility of installing sensors on the roofs of buses and trams,...

Switched On: Wanting webOS

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 02:35 PM PDT

Switched On: Wanting webOS


Switched On: Wanting webOS
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. The last Switched On discussed why HP could have more success licensing webOS than Palm or PalmSource ever did with with Palm OS. To put it in the context of a more modern conflict, HP's handsets could be the equivalent of a Google Nexus devices (but selling better in HP's ideal), competing with phones from other Android stakeholders....

European Space Agency creates one billion pixel camera, calls her GAIA

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 01:01 PM PDT

European Space Agency creates one billion pixel camera, calls her GAIA


European Space Agency creates one billion pixel camera, calls her GAIA
When we hear the name GAIA, our memory automatically zooms back to the Whoopi Goldberg-voiced Mother Earth from Captain Planet. This isn't that GAIA, but it does have to do with planets. Back at the turn of the millennium, the European Space Agency devised an ambitious mission to map one billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy -- in 3D (insert Joey Lawrence 'whoa!')....

Google pulls co.cc subdomains from search, brings our global malware nightmare to an end

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 11:24 AM PDT

Google pulls co.cc subdomains from search, brings our global malware nightmare to an end


Google pulls co.cc subdomains from search, brings our global malware nightmare to an end
Google's been on a creative tear lately, rolling out new products and revamping older ones. But there's a reason the phrase "search giant" is synonymous with Big G, and it's always working to return better results. Sometimes that means tweaking its algorithm to prevent SEO-gaming; other times it means dropping over 11 million sites from search results, as the company just did in blocking the .co.cc subdomain....

HDMI group reportedly putting a stop to Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapters

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 10:52 AM PDT

HDMI group reportedly putting a stop to Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapters


HDMI group reportedly putting a stop to Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapters
If you've been thinking about buying a one piece Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI cable to bring vids from your Macbook to an HDTV, you may want to get it now. According to a report from TechRadar, the group behind HDMI has decided they don't meet the requirements and cannot be tested or licensed for compatibility....

Video: Charge takes us on a ride through green racing history on two wheels

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Video: Charge takes us on a ride through green racing history on two wheels


Video: Charge takes us on a ride through green racing history on two wheels
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, Europe/EU, UK, Racing Charge - Click above to watch the video after the break If you have an interest in electric motorcycles, or even just an appreciation of a well-told story about a game-changing event set in a mystical, modern-day anachronism, then Charge by Mark Neale is one movie you really should must see....

Insert Coin: Prosthetic eye digital camera (video)

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 09:17 AM PDT

Insert Coin: Prosthetic eye digital camera (video)


Insert Coin: Prosthetic eye digital camera (video)
In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. Nobody with binocular vision would consider replacing a functional natural eye with a digital camera....

Software company predicts 25% battery boost will trickle down to vehicles

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 06:36 AM PDT

Software company predicts 25% battery boost will trickle down to vehicles


Software company predicts 25% battery boost will trickle down to vehicles
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., EV/Plug-in, Hybrid Nissan Leaf battery pack - Click above for high-res image gallery Massachusetts-based Clean Energy Innovations (CEI) was recently awarded the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest Emerging Business grand prize for its innovative software system that supposedly enhances the performance of mobile phone batteries. What's that got to do with automobiles?...

Pokemon headed to iOS, Android, Nintendo still doesn't give a Jigglypuff about casual gaming

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 06:04 AM PDT

Pokemon headed to iOS, Android, Nintendo still doesn't give a Jigglypuff about casual gaming


Pokemon headed to iOS, Android, Nintendo still doesn't give a Jigglypuff about casual gaming
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made no bones about his disdain for casual mobile gaming during his keynote at GDC earlier this year. According to the executive, Nintendo will sustain itself with the sort of value absent from the current app explosion. Rovio naturally took issue with the statement and fired back, like so many disgruntled feathered animals....

Element5's Mini L Solarbag brings eco-friendly energy, protection to your iPad

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 03:54 AM PDT

Element5's Mini L Solarbag brings eco-friendly energy, protection to your iPad


Element5's Mini L Solarbag brings eco-friendly energy, protection to your iPad
Modern day solar bags are more about looks than utility -- the energy conversion rates on those things aren't exactly jaw-dropping -- but if it comes between a generic satchel and one that's Ma Earth-approved, well... you know what to do. Element5's Swiss Made Mini L Solarbag is tailored to fit your iDevice of choice, but it's fairly obvious that the iPad line will be most at home here....

Objet260 Connex makes 3D printing cheaper, feasible for cramped offices

Posted: 10 Jul 2011 12:09 AM PDT

Objet260 Connex makes 3D printing cheaper, feasible for cramped offices


Objet260 Connex makes 3D printing cheaper, feasible for cramped offices
Waiting for a 3D printer you can actually -- you know -- afford? Well, unfortunately the wait isn't over, but we're certainly getting closer with Objet's 260 Connex. The latest offering can still print two materials simultaneously like its more expensive brethren, but is more compact and apparently more "attractively priced." Exactly how frugal, the firm didn't say, but can one really put a price on something that can churn out...

Fukushima plant operator uses modded robot vacuum to suck up radioactive dirt (video)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 09:29 PM PDT

Fukushima plant operator uses modded robot vacuum to suck up radioactive dirt (video)


Fukushima plant operator uses modded robot vacuum to suck up radioactive dirt (video)
A few months ago, back when Japan was freshly reeling from that devastating earthquake and tsunami, it became obvious that robots could help survey radiation levels in Fukushima, even if they were powerless to lower them. Now, Tokyo Power Electric Co., the company that operates the damaged nuclear plant, is experimenting with an ad hoc system designed to clean at least some of the radioactive dirt from the reactors....

Ask Engadget: does any gaming laptop have decent battery life?

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:52 PM PDT

Ask Engadget: does any gaming laptop have decent battery life?


Ask Engadget: does any gaming laptop have decent battery life?
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from Patrick, who needs to help his brother, and also, prove his brother wrong. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com. "My brother is shopping for a...

New Kurt Vile video shot with Windows Phone handset (video)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 06:16 PM PDT

New Kurt Vile video shot with Windows Phone handset (video)


New Kurt Vile video shot with Windows Phone handset (video)
This certainly isn't the first music video we've seen shot with a smartphone. And whether or not it's the first one shot entirely on a Windows Phone device is almost beside the point. What really makes the whole thing remarkable is that, unlike a lot of these fairly gimmicky videos, this one's for a truly terrific artist, Kurt Vile, whose awesome Smoke Ring for My Halo dropped on Matador back in...