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The Virtual Autopsy Table is demonstrated by Prof Anders Persson, CMIV, at the Health ministerial meeting in Jönköping, Sweden (Images: Norrköping Visualization Center/CMIV)

Body & Mind

The interactive 3D Virtual Autopsy Table

Swedish researchers have incorporated technology used in criminal investigation into a touchscreen interface that allows users to conduct a virtual autopsy.

PSP Go - the latest and most radical hardware update for the PSP

Games

PSP Go review

The PSP Go is the latest and most radical hardware update for the PSP, shedding the UMD drive of old in preference of 16GB of internal storage, with games and other content provided via download from the PlayStation Network.

Spring Design's Alex dual-screen Android-based e-book reader

Mobile Technology

Spring Design’s Alex: the first Android-based, dual display e-book reader

Alex is the first Android-based e-book reader that provides full Internet browsing on its secondary color LCD to complement information displayed on the primary E-Ink monochrome electronic paper display (EPD) screen.

The Šolta Island resort will comprise a rotating hotel that affords all guests an ocean view (when their "turn" comes)

Architecture

Everyone gets a water view in Europe’s first rotating hotel

There are plans to build what will be Europe’s first rotating hotel in Croatia. It will give all rooms a view of the Adriatic Sea - eventually.

The Murakami Rocking Chair powers its own reading lamp through a gentle rocking motion created by its user

Good Thinking

Energy generating Murakami rocking chair powers its own light source

The Murakami Chair is a rocking chair that generates enough power through its rocking motion to power its own reading lamp.

Several small particles on a (wavy) leaf (Photo: Sadie Belica, Western Washington University Geology Department)

Environment

Magnetic leaves indicate levels of air pollution

A new study suggests that measuring the magnetism of tree leaves could be a powerful tool to monitor the air quality of streets with leaves along bus routes shown to be up to ten times more magnetic than leaves on quieter streets.

Team Germany celebrates its overall first place win (Photo: Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Architecture

Solar Decathlon 2009 results are in, and the winner is...

The winners of the Solar Decathlon 2009 competition, which sees 20 university-led teams from around the world competing to design, build, and operate the most attractive and efficient solar-powered home, have been announced.

The Acer Aspire One AOD250 with dual-boot system

Computers

Acer announces Aspire One AOD250 netbook with Android and Windows XP dual-boot option

Acer has announced the Aspire One netbook with dual-boot option featuring both the Android OS and Windows XP.

Stanford Professor Shan Wang and graduate student Richard Gaster, left, have developed an early-warning system for cancer (Images: L. A. Cicero)

Wellness & Healthy Living

Magnetic nanotags detect cancer much earlier than current methods

Extremely sensitive nanosensor chips are being developed by Stanford University researchers in an attempt to detect the early signs of cancer, called biomarkers, in humans.

Samsung’s STORY Station drives cut standby power consumption by 95 percent

Computers

Samsung STORY Station external drives cut standby power consumption to less than 1W

Samsung’s STORY Station 3.5-inch external hard drives cut the standby power consumption of external hard drives less to than 1W - a reduction of more than 95 percent over typical external hard drives.

Mobile Technology

Casio to release Exilim CA003 phone with 12MP camera

Casio has announced its upcoming Exilim CA003 camera phone featuring a 12MP camera with autofocus and 3X optical zoom.

Delta's Pilar kitchen faucet is controlled by a touch anywhere on the faucet or handle

Around The Home

Delta’s Pilar kitchen faucet offers unique touch-technology

Delta's unique Pilar kitchen faucet can be activated by a touch or tap anywhere on the spout or handle

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