Video: Gecko EduBook AA battery powered netbook
Browse > Home / Manufacturers, News, Other, Video / Video: Gecko EduBook AA battery powered netbook June 9, 2009 at 6:06 pm Norhtec’s Gecko Edubook 8.9-inch netbook is the first one we’ve come across that actually runs on AA batteries. It has been designed to be a low-priced netbook at $200 that is targeted to The…
Dunmore native looks to grow robotics business
A shortage of regional automated production services propelled a Forest City entrepreneur to establish a customized robotics business. "It has not been much of a tapped area in our neck of the woods," said John Mele, a Dunmore native and principal at Jam Works LLC. "We are fortunate it worked…
For Developing World, a Streamlined Facebook
MENLO PARK, Calif. Facebook has been quietly working for more than two years on a project that is vital to expanding its base of 1.1 billion users: getting the social network onto the billions of cheap, simple "feature phones" that have largely disappeared in America and Europe but are still A…
Paper-thin e-skin responds to touch, holds promise for sensory robotics and …
A new milestone by engineers at UC Berkeley can help robots become more touchy-feely, literally. A research team led by Ali Javey, UC Berkeley associate professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, has created the first user-interactive sensor network on flexible plastic. The new electronic skin, or e-skin, responds to…
BlackBerry A10 Rumor Roundup: What you need to know about the big-screen …
Yes, BlackBerry is going to be launching another smartphone running BlackBerry 7 in 2013, but don’t let that make you think it has given up on BlackBerry 10. On several occasions, it has made it quite clear we’re to expect something special running BB10 before the end of the year. Rumors have started…
Digital wallet apps unfold in KC as smartphone users, businesses discover the …
Mark Logan ordered lunch at Mildreds Coffeehouse & Bistro in the Crossroads Arts District and stepped to the register to pay. No cash. No check. No plastic. Logan paid with his smartphone. He had previously loaded it with his debit card information, using an app called Square Wallet, and snapped…
Synaptics ClearPad 3000 touchscreen brings 10-finger multi-touch [Video]
Synaptics has unveiled a new line-up of touchscreen platforms for phones, PMPs and UMPC devices. The company is known for providing the touchpad technology in many of today’s netbooks. The new touchscreen platform has been nicknamed ‘Clearpad’ and comes in three different series (1000, 2000 and 3000). The most expensive touchscreen is the…
BlackBerry keeps losing customers as it tries to turn itself around
For years, the BlackBerry was the smartphone of choice among professionals seeking ironclad security features and super-fast email. But its perch at the top of the corporate and government ladder, the cornerstone of its business and perhaps its last bastion, has begun to erode. And that’s raising worries among investors…
Sony Xperia SP Review: The Mid-Range Android Smartphone That Can
Sony continue to bring out interesting and well put together Android handsets. The latest handset I’ve had the chance to review is the Xperia SP, a mid-range handset available worldwide, that mixes a budget price with some impressive specifications. The clue is in the name. Sony has carried on with…
Internet traffic jams, meet your robot nemesis
IDG News Service – On an 80-core computer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scientists have built a tool that might make networks significantly faster just by coming up with better algorithms. The system, called Remy, generates its own algorithms for implementing TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), the framework used to…
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