Research
Intel Connected Cars will record your bad driving for posterity, take over if you’re really screwing up
Intel’s latest Research Day has sprung up a new vision for ” smart ” vehicles; a vision that frankly chills us to our very geeky core. Cameras and sensors attached to an Intel Connected Car will record data about your speed, steering and braking, and upon the event of an accident, forward those bits and bytes along to the police and your insurance company. Just makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, doesn’t it
Researchers say any USB peripheral could steal your data, even a coffee-cup warmer
So you’ve got a nice secure thumbdrive , but did you ever think to lock its port ?
Microsoft prepping Magic Mouse-like Arc Touch Mouse?
Microsoft isn’t saying anything about this one just yet, but there’s a growing amount of evidence that the company is set to take on Apple’s Magic Mouse with its own Arc Touch Mouse.
Hulu CEO: we’re ‘complimentary’ to cable
Hoping to trade in your expensive cable or satellite plan for a nice, juicy melon ball of cottage cheese-like… we mean, a portable Hulu Plus subscription at $10 a month?
3D displays and haptic interfaces come together in HIRO III
The Kawasaki and Mouri Laboratory at Gifu University in Japan are researching and developing a touch interface which, combined with 3D displays, could offer a new way to simulate the touching of objects. HIRO III is a haptic interface robot which can provide realistic kinesthetic sensations to the user’s hand and fingers, while the 3D display provides the visual experience. Possible applications include medical diagnostics training, but for now, HIRO III is still in the lab.
Supersonic Green Machine sends greetings from the future
While most of us are busy debating the relative merits of pocket-sized technology, NASA is mulling over ideas on a much grander scale. Submitted as part of the Administration’s research into advanced aeronautics, the above Lockheed Martin-designed aircraft is just one vision of how air travel might be conducted in the future
