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Americas most wanted: the self-cleaning garbage can

August 5, 2007 Inventors and entrepreneurs take note; a new study in the United States has revealed that Americans are craving new technology that would enable

Around The Home

Vornado room air circulator

August 3, 2007 From palm leaf waving ancient Egyptians to the punkah fans of the Middle East and the first appearance of the electric desk fan in the late ninet

Mobile Technology

Panasonic's new In-Dash LCD Monitor/DVD Receivers and CD Player

August 1, 2007 Panasonic has introduced its next generation of mobile video entertainment systems for the vehicle including two new in-dash DVD monitor receiver

Automotive

SANYO car reversing camera improves rear-view perspective

August 3, 2007 Backing up your vehicle is often a 'hit or miss' situation and relying on guesswork can lead to expensive vehicle damage or even danger to life a

DVExperts' MOTA system records learner performance on a number of exercises in a scientific manner. This graphs shows a strong, smooth and well-executed stop under hard, controlled braking.

Motorcycles

High-tech motorcycle training system puts learner skills under the microscope

August 1, 2007 Those who choose to ride motorcycles , including many of us in the Gizmag team, choose to accept a higher level of risk in our daily transport t

Automotive

All-new five-door MINI Clubman a technophile’s dream

August 2, 2007 Mini seems very keen to pack all the technology it can into the newest addition to its range – the Mini Cooper Clubman. Almost but not quite a

Science

The human battery: turning body heat into electric power

August 6, 2007 Previously ignored energy sources are being revisited as both the global will to conserve energy and the technological means to generate it radic

Outdoors

Sandgrabber solves age old problem of the runaway beach umbrella

August 5, 2007 Several factors can detract from a relaxing day at the beach – sunburn, bugs, and sudden gusts of wind taking your umbrella away. But while sunsc

Science

Smallest capacitance type pressure sensor used to detect absolute pressure

August 2, 2007 Alps Electric has completed development of the industry’s smallest (4.8mm long x 4.8mm wide x 1.8 mm high) capacitance type pressure sensor to

Domain wall pattern for a ferromagnet. The technical use of the magnet is determined by the ease with which the walls can be moved, or equivalently, by the force with which they are pinned. Strong pinning gives a hard magnet, soft pinning a soft magnet. T

Electronics

Using a magnet to tune a magnet

August 2, 2007 An international research team, led by scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN), has found a way to switch a material’s magnetic

Around The Home

LLC’s Cool-or-Heat Pad – an electric blanket that’s useful all year round

August 3, 2007 Electric blankets are a boon for those who want to avoid the winter cold but they quickly become redundant during the warmer months of the year.

Computers

Keyspan release USB 2.0 Server

August 3, 2007 This clever USB server from Keyspan provides network users with the ability to connect remotely to USB devices via Ethernet and WiFi and remov

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