13 functional robots that really transform

Some toys that we play with as kids leave a lasting impression on us, and when that’s replicated on the silver screen, the desire in us adults, let alone the kids, just sky rockets. Transformers is one such genre, that after Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, has increased the want to own robots that can transform into cars, even more. There are some who live the passion off the shelves, while some go ahead and build one...

Compact Mobility, a skateboard-styled ride into the future

Another entrant in free mobility devices is Professor Furukawa Osmau’s Mobility concept. This, Skateboard-styled device is a robotic high-tech transportation module which is being conceived especially for urban areas, and more importantly to easy the travel from your location to the nearest bus station, train station or taxi stop. Dubbed Compact Mobility, this is an 80kg device, which isn’t an alternative for long...

Amazing futuristic Conceptual airships for sustainable air travel

Without a doubt, there is something exceptionally beautiful and exciting about airships. Over the last few years, we have seen some amazing airship concepts that are designed to provide an ecologically sound approach to air travel. The high-tech fabrics, advanced aircraft composite materials and the modern design tools have revolutionized the way airships are designed. Here we have a list of beautiful airship concepts...

Indian students invented first ever Cellphone controlled tractor

Working with tractor in the scotching sun may irritate you to grate extant. But what if you could operate tractor with you cell phone from anywhere? A great deal, of course.Two students from Polytechnic College in Moga city of Punjab, India with the intent to help the farmers have invented what comes out to be the first tractor controlled by a cellphone.In order to make this tractor function efficiently, it is equipped...

MIT’s wireless glove mouse ~ compute by gestures in 3D

This isn’t the very first glove mouse we’ve confronted. Given that it isn’t the prettiest of them all, you may overlook. Hold, this isn’t just another glove mouse, this unlike the other, uses the users arm gestures to move the cursor on screen in 3D. Developed by researchers Tony Hyun Kim and Nevada Sanchez of MIT, this is a pair of gloves which lets the users hand gestures with both left and right hand, that – all...

Students work out an eye-controlled gaming solution for Atari Pong

A group of undergrad students from the Imperial College of London under the guidance of Dr Aldo Faisal have worked out an eye-controlled gaming solution to play the Atari Pong video game. Courtesy off-the-shelf tools, the students have fixed an infra-red sensor and a webcam to a pair of glasses which track eye-movement in sync with the laptop which further translates the movement into command, good enough to control...

Cell Phone Spying: Your Life Being Monitored

It connects you to the world, but your cell phone could also be giving anyone from your boss to your wife a window into your every move.  The same technology that lets you stay in touch on-the-go can now let others tap into your private world — without you ever even suspecting something is awry.The new generationLong gone are the days of simple wiretapping, when the worst your phone could do was let someone listen...