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Doro PhoneEasy 345 and 410, ideal for seniors, are now offered by Consumer Cellular (Photo: Business Wire)

Mobile Technology

Cell phone and services provider, Consumer Cellular, has released two senior-friendly cell phones with bigger, raised buttons and easy-to-read display text.

Point of impact ... the PS3 crashes into the Sony Bravia LCD TV at 50mph

Electronics

VIDEO: Sony crash tests PS3 into Bravia LCD TV at 50mph

As part of a new advertising campaign, Sony launched a PS3 slim-line console into a fully-functional Bravia 46-inch LCD TV at 80kmh (50mph). Gizmag was one of only two media outlets invited by Sony Australia to witness the stunt.

Electronics

SanDisk ships world’s first 64Gb X4 NAND flash memory cards

SanDisk Corporation has begun shipping 64Gb flash memory cards based on the company’s advanced X4 flash memory technology in its 8GB and 16GB SDHC cards as well as 8GB and 16GB Memory Stick PRO Duo cards.

Nikon's new D3S12.1Mp professional D-SLR

Photography

Nikon D3S DSLR - fast autofocus, HD video and six figure ISO sensitivity

Nikon has finally quashed the rumors to officially announce the forthcoming arrival of its new digital SLR professional camera, the D3S.

Robotics

ChemBot: the shape-shifting robot that is the stuff of nightmares

The ChemBot, which looks more like the Blob than most people’s preconceived ideas of what a robot should be, moves around by changing its shape in a process its creators call, “jamming skin enabled locomotion.”

Bicycles

Bicycle bling at London Cycle Show

Amongst the sea of carbon fiber and lycra pants at last week's Cycle Show in London, two products really shone - not for any particular innovation or cutting edge technology... they just shone.

The Ultra Motor A2B Excel - electric scooter with 28mph top speed

Bicycles

Ultra Motor dumps pedals for new A2B Excel electric scooter

Ultra Motor, known for its pedal-assisted bicycles has added two new models to its range, including a pedal-less scooter and a new hybrid model.

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 smallest monocopter built by Ulrich to-date, with a maximum dimension of 95mm and a wing equal in size to a natural samara (Photo: Evan Ulrich/A. James Clark School of Engineering, U-Md.)

Aircraft

Spiraling maple tree seeds inspire world's smallest single-winged rotocraft

University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering students have created a flying device based on the unique spiralling maple tree seed that may lead to possible applications for military and emergency services.

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