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Startup glasses overlay Internet on real world
AFP, Published on 31/05/2013
» While Google prepares to release eyewear that provides a window to the Web, a startup on the edge of its campus is readying glasses that overlay the Internet on the world in 3D.
Solar plane aims for new world distance record
AFP, Published on 22/05/2013
» Solar Impulse, the first aircraft that can fly day and night fueled entirely by energy from the sun, embarked Wednesday on the second leg of its historic journey across the American continent.
Software makers get face time with Google glasses
AFP, Published on 16/05/2013
» Google Glass was a common sight as software savants shared visions of games, weather reports, news and more delivered to the Internet-linked eyewear.
Mobile phone turns 40, with little fanfare
AFP, Published on 04/04/2013
» The mobile phone turned 40 on Wednesday, with no fanfare to mark the occasion in a market which seemed focused on new smartphones like the iPhone and a possible Facebook-themed device.
Mitsubishi Motors suffers fresh lithium battery setback
AFP, Published on 30/03/2013
» Mitsubishi Motors said Friday it had detected a new problem with lithium batteries used in its plug-in hybrid vehicle, the latest battery issue to affect the Japanese automaker in the past few days, media reports said.
Videoconference robot Beam walks the walk at SXSW
AFP, Published on 13/03/2013
» After a long day at the South by Southwest (SXSW) interactive trade show, Susie Kim and her colleagues took a leisurely two-block stroll back to their hotel in downtown Austin.
Smartphones to rescue for lost cats, grandmas
AFP, Published on 28/02/2013
» Lost your cat? Your grandmother? Or are you injured in a car crash, unable to call for help because your phone battery is dead? Never fear, a mobile solution is near.
One-euro device that recharges mobile on the go
AFP, Published on 26/02/2013
» A transparent film that costs just one euro to make could bring an end to the anguish of mobile phone users facing the dreaded dead-battery message.
Estonia plugs electric cars as power prices soar
AFP, Published on 22/02/2013
» It brought the world Skype, Europe its first capital with free public transport, and now Estonia is touting the globe's first fast-charging network for electric vehicles.
High fashion, high tech intersect at CES confab
AFP, Published on 12/01/2013
» The folks who brought you laptop trackpads, voice-activated smartphones and touch-screen tablets are dreaming up new ways for users to interact with technology through wearable, fashionable gadgets.