The Organic Thin-Film Solar Cell has been created by Mitsubishi and Tokki Corps. The solar cells are currently prototype at the moment, but are not that far away from being launched looking at the pictures. [Read more…]

A GPS Generated self portrait has “fictionally” been made. It claims to be the largest GPS drawing in the world, and I can fully believe it as it covers the whole world. [Read more…]

Solar power is a great source to get power to your devices. It might not be the quickest way to charge something, but solar energy is free once you pay for the initial parts. Apple have filed a patent which involves placing solar cells on to portable devices. [Read more…]

Sometimes a thermometer is not enough to give you a visual representation of how warm something is. What you need is a handheld thermal imaging device to give you that “predator” type vision from the movies. [Read more…]

Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform. The Nano version of Arduino is the latest version to arrive which packs in all the same features in to a smaller space. It is built by Gravitech and can perform all the same functions as the Arduino Diecimila. [Read more…]

Sat Nav is an amazing system for regular car drivers or bike riders. There is a snag though in that it is causing a problem for truck drivers and bridges. In the UK there are around 2000 collisions with bridges which have been related to Sat Nav devices. These collisions have caused an estimated 10 Million pounds worth of damage. The problem is that Sat Navs are not optimised for vehicle size. [Read more…]

Nokia recently demonstrated their new Maps application which (although they don’t admit it) it is to compete against Google Maps. The service will run on Ovi, which is their social media site. The map software is designed to run on the PC, but approaches the problem of decent mapping from a different angle. [Read more…]

I remember playing Wolfenstein on the college computers back in the early 1990’s. The 3D graphics and smooth scrolling were just amazing! I got a quick reminder of how long ago that was just now when I stumbled across OhGizmo who were wishing the game a Happy Birthday for being 16 years old yesterday. How time flies!! [Read more…]

The Robometer is a device you wear on your wrist along with a couple of sensors attached to your fingers. [Read more…]

Solid and Ink doesn’t seem like the most likely combination you think of. However, this technology is not new and has been around since 1991. The more conventional ink printer uses liquid ink which is pushed through little jets on to the page. This type of printing is quite wasteful although it might not seem like it at first. [Read more…]

You might have seen a few WiFi signal boosters around which were hacked together from baked bean cans or other similar items. If hackery is not your expertise then this WiFi signal booster comes ready made for you to increase your wifi signal by 600%. [Read more…]

For those James Bond/secret agent diehards, here is a little something that will bring an element of the movies to your home….well kind of… no visible destruction /cinematic explosions, but these self destruct dvd-d disk’s are bringing an element of mission:impossible to our living rooms. [Read more…]