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The World Wide Web Consortium has announced the development of a new mobile web applications standard that will help developers create smarter apps that will work across various mobile platforms

Mobile Technology

W3C releases Mobile Web Application Best Practices guidelines

The World Wide Web Consortium has announced the development of a new mobile web applications standard that will help developers create smarter apps that will work across various mobile platforms.

Dressed in an outfit featuring LED lights, 17 individual lasers, and ballerina point shoes, dancer Milena would be right at home on the set of Blade Runner

Wearables

Bionic Ballerina's captivating LED light dance sequence

Dressed in an outfit featuring LED lights, 17 individual lasers, and ballerina point shoes, dancer Milena would be right at home on the set of Blade Runner.

Jeffrey Kaffee is the first customer in the U.S. to take delivery of a Chevrolet Volt (Image: Emile Wamsteker for Chevrolet)

Automotive

First Chevrolet Volt delivered to customer

A retired airline pilot has become the first customer in the U.S. to take delivery of a Chevrolet Volt, while the first available Volt for sale will be going to the winner of an online charity auction, which closed at US$225,000.

The PlasmaButton Electrode developed by Olympus promises fast, accurate and gentle treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), or enlarged prostate

Body and Mind

Plasma therapy offers less invasive treatment for enlarged prostate

A new low-temperature plasma technology developed by Olympus promises less invasive treatment for men with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), or enlarged prostate.

Word Lens uses your phone's camera to read and translate words in real time

Good Thinking

Word Lens app turns your phone into a real-time translator

Word Lens from Quest Visual is an augmented-reality translation app that uses your phone's camera to view printed words and translate them into another language in real time.

Google Labs has revealed an interesting example of HTML5 and WebGL technology in the Body Browser, an interactive 3D journey through and around the human body

Good Thinking

Take a trip around the human body with Body Browser

Google Labs has revealed an interesting example of HTML5 and WebGL technology in the Body Browser, an interactive 3D journey through and around the human body.

i-Tree software provides analysis, benefit-calculations and assessment tools to quantify the contribution made by trees in the urban environment (Photo: Noel McKeegan)

Environment

i-Tree software puts economic value on trees

The i-Tree tool provides analysis, benefit-calculations and assessment tools to quantify the contribution made by trees in the urban environment to allow communities to understand the economic benefit of protecting our urban forests.

The Beer Bike is a custom-built cargo bicycle that features two beer kegs, a wooden bar with two serving taps, space for pizza boxes, and a solar-powered boom box

Bicycles

Bicycle builders combine a bike and a beer bar - what's not to like?

The Beer Bike is a custom-built cargo bicycle that features two beer kegs, a wooden bar with two serving taps, space for pizza boxes, and a solar-powered boom box.

Telenor Connexion is the European provider for wireless connectivity of the Nissan LEAF

Automotive

Telenor Connexion to provide remote battery monitoring and AC control for Nissan LEAF

Telenor Connexion has been chosen as the European connectivity supplier for the Nissan LEAF to allow remote battery status, charging and AC control.

The solar-powered public EV charging station

Automotive

Honda's gas station V2.0 – solar-powered public EV charging station part of Japanese trial

Honda has revealed plans to trial a solar-powered public EV charging station as part of a program to test a range of EVs and technologies in real-world urban transportation environments.

Mobile Technology

dzdock One: iPhone and iPad stand designed by an 11-year-old and made in the USA

dzdock One: the iPhone and iPad stand designed by an 11-year-old and made in the USA

Chip PC's Plug PC offers a high performance thin-client or virtual desktop solution in a small, low power form factor

Computing

The palm-sized Plug PC thin client computer from Chip PC

Chip PC's Plug PC offers a high performance thin-client or virtual desktop solution in a small, low power form factor.

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