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Each 'keycap' represents a note, similar to fret positions on a traditional guitar but the sound of each one can be varied according to user preference

Music

The age of the Misa Digital Guitar has dawned

A software engineer from Sydney, Australia has created a digital MIDI interface for budding electronic guitarists everywhere

Marine

Genius or lunacy? BMW Oracle Racing team set to wing it for the 2010 America's Cup

Team USA (BMW Racle Racing) has put together one of the craziest boats ever to contest this year's America's Cup - it features a 57 metre solid, motorized carbon fiber wing in place of a main sail, for starters.

Games

Harmonix launch Rock Band Network beta, allowing indie bands to publish paid downloadable content

Harmonix has opened beta registrations for the Rock Band Network, a service that allows independent labels and bands to publish songs as paid downloadable content for Rock Band 2.

The WiNRADiO PFSL-G3 Portable Field Strength Logging and Surveillance System

Outdoors

WiNRADiO PFSL-G3 field strength logger now with TETRA protocol

WiNRADiO is selling a new field strength logger that is compact, and offers TETRA protocol.

A commercially-produced EcoSphere(R) closed ecosystem(Photo courtesy EcoSphere Associates Inc)

Science

Your very own self-sustained micro-ecosystem

You can make, or buy, a miniature aquatic self-sustained closed ecosystem.

Roy Wilkinson must have the coolest house on the block.

Architecture

Oregon man thrashes local children in treehouse-building contest

Faced with a steeply sloping block, architect Robert Harvey Oshatz designed and built what must be pretty much the ultimate treehouse to reflect owner Roy Wilkinson's love of nature and music.

Earthquake tactile transducers deliver a lot of bang for your buck to enhance your movie-watching or gaming pleasure. Just make sure your fillings are tight

Home Entertainment

Earthquake tactlile transducers give gamers and movie buffs good vibrations

Earthquake tactile tranducers add another dimesion to movie-watching or gaming but delivering vibration to your bass.

Robotics

HULC robotic exoskeleton to get fuel-cell Power Supply

Lockheed Martin is working with Protonex to develop fuel-cell-based power supplies that can power the HULC robotic exoskeleton at the same time as powering the soldier’s mission equipment.

Not sure about the bona fides of the date you just met? Thoroughly check out him or her in minutes with Date Check on your handset

Mobile Technology

Intelius Date Check - only minutes to find out if your date is hiding something

Information-gathering company, Intelius, has released a mobile app called Date Check that in minutes scans billions of publicly available documents to ascertain if the guy (or girl) you just met is worthy of a second date.

Interpolated geolocation tracks of 11 Arctic terns tracked from breeding colonies in Greenland (n = 10 birds) and Iceland (n = 1 bird). Green = autumn (postbreeding) migration (August/November), red = winter range (December/March), and yellow = spring (return) migration (April/May). Two southbound migration routes were adopted in the South Atlantic, either (A) West African coast (n = 7 birds) or (B) Brazilian coast. Dotted lines link locations during the equinoxes

Holiday Destinations

The remarkable migratory patterns of the Arctic Tern

A recent study has shown that Arctic terns have the longest migration route of any animal.

Photography

Photosimile: the world’s first “office photography machine”

The Photosimile 5000 is a desktop photography studio that allows even non-photographers to shoot professional-quality images and 3D animations.

Working in conjunction with an ergonomic chair, the Envelop desk offers users comfort, reduces the risk of injury and is said to help increase productivity

Computing

Envelop desk: ergonomics meets comfort to get the job done

The Envelop desk is a study in ergonomics and comfort and is a design inspired by a pioneer in ergonomics, Herman Miller. It has been developed to enhance the human relationship between seated postures and computer-based technology.

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