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NEC Credit Card-Thin Organic Radical Battery

March 13, 2012Tech5 comments2571 Views
The latest version of innovative ultra-thin flexible plastic credit cards could have a tangible place in our near future. At only 0.3mm thick, these credit cards owe their design to organic radical batteries or ORBs. Specially developed circuit board integration allows this...

Google Currents

December 9, 2011Tech128 comments4953 Views
Debuting its own Flipboard-esque mobile app, Google today pulls the curtains on an intuitive web content viewer it is branding as Google Currents. The California-based tech giant unveils the application only a day after its Flipboard predecessor introduced an iPhone-ready...

Samsung Flexible AMOLED Technology

December 6, 2011Tech28 comments12354 Views
New from Samsung is this concept for devices incorporating Flexible AMOLED Technology. The transparent gadget builds on existing touchscreen technology, and while the Korean manufacturer has yet to release many details, the video shows us text recognition abilities, a camera...

On the Brink: Networked Society

November 6, 2011Tech5 comments4025 Views
"On the Brink: Networked Society" discusses the past, present and future of connectivity with a mix of people including David Rowan, chief editor of Wired UK; Caterina Fake, founder of Flickr; and Eric Wahlforss, the co-founder of SoundCloud. These technological leaders talk...

Benjamin Grosser: Interactive Robot Painting Machine

August 19, 2011Arts2 comments51 Views
American artist Benjamin Grosser's "Robot Painting Machine" is pretty self-explanatorily a mechanical system programmed to respond to certain input (in this case, the sound of its own process) in order to paint a canvas accordingly. During a "performance," aural cues are...

Sony dev-5 Digital Binoculars

August 19, 2011Tech5 comments163 Views
New from Sony comes a product that is sure to excite birdwatchers and peeping Toms the world over. Dubbed as the first-ever digital binoculars, the dev-5 offers requisitely high levels of magnification as well as the opportunity to record full HD video (including stereo sound),...