Honda robotics used for rehab
Using technologies developed during the design of ASIMO (honda’s humanoid robot), this device can learn how the user walks and assist with its electric motors. We have no word on how effective this is, but this is an interesting idea. Honda did not comment on their commercialization plans, if any.
Note that in ASIMO, the most difficult part is the balance in relation to the walking. (Photos from robonable)
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The long awaited Nokia N95 8GB smartphone has finally started to ship, and Nokia decided to celebrate this momentous event by hooking up with Sony Pictures Entertainment to release each handset with a pre-loaded copy of Spiderman 3. Only those who stay in Europe and selected countries in Middle East and Africa regions will be able to take advantage of this generous offer. This device comes with a sleek black cover that resembles Spiderman’s symbiote suit, and boasts a 2.8″ QVGA display, fantastic speakers, and 8GB of internal flash memory. Other exclusive features include a unique Spiderman 3 message and ring tone, wallpaper and screen saver that cannot be found anywhere else.
Looks like we have yet another watch phone in the form of the W-100 from Hyundai. While it is a whole lot smaller compared to standard cellphones, the W-100 certainly doesn’t lack in features (although you’ll probably miss a decent sized screen sorely if you’re a seasoned cellphone user). This GSM handset, if you can call it that, comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera that captures video as well, an MP3 and video player, a touchscreen interface (happy squinting!), Bluetooth connectivity, and a microSD memory card slot. Best of all is, you get support for the English language other than the customary Chinese language that comes as default.
Nokia has just released the Nokia 2135 cellphone that targets the entry-level market, bringing a 400-entry phonebook, 3.5 hours of talktime and 11 days of standby time. It will feature large easy to read keys as well as the familiar Nokia user interface that is a no-brainer to use. Meant to be an extremely simple handset, it comes with a carefully selected set of features that add to the utility of the Nokia 2135 without adding any unneeded complexity. An integrated speakerphone, user-assignable ringtones, a built in calendar, and an integrated voice recorder rounds off the list of features. No word on pricing is available at the moment, but the Nokia 2135 is tipped for a fall release in North America.
Google used to be the king of the hill where email storage is concerned, but apparently it has been relegated to third place, falling behind Yahoo! and Hotmail. The company that vows to do no evil is not about to take things lightly though, with plans to introduce incremental increases in the near future. It will bring all accounts up to 4321MB from October 23 onwards, and by January 4th next year, all GMail users will have 6GB of storage space online. Google Apps mail accounts will also see the 2GB storage cap removed and aligned with standard GMail accounts. If you’re a GMail user, just how much space do you have left?
LG.Philips has just developed a 2.4″ a-Si TFT LCD display complete with the thinnest border in the world, hoping that this invention will be put to use in cellphones sometime down the road. The borders on both left and right sides of this 2.4″ QVGA LCD panel measure a mere 1mm each, making it approximately half the thickness than most other current a-Si TFT LCD panels being produced. This new display is based on LG.Philips LCD’s Narrow Bezel Technology, integrating the driver IC onto the LCD panel using Gate in Panel technology (GIP) to ensure that narrow-border panels are equal in quality and reliability to their wider counterparts. Mass production will being next year, and this technology can be expected to be seen in the rest of its slim border products.
There’s a leaked photo from someone who claims to be an AppleStore employee, and he/she has duly supplied the customary grainy leaked photo of a 16GB iPhone. Currently, there is no way to verify the authenticity of this photo, so this rumor will just have to be taken with a grain of salt until an official announcement is released from Apple. Word has it this updated 16GB iPhone will be released next Tuesday, and if the news is true, how much do you think it will cost?
