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Researcher Thomas Fritz with two of the Mafa women who participated in his music study to demonstrate music conveys emotion across cultures

Science

A new study has shown that regardless of culture or previous exposure, people were accurately able to recognize three emotions in Western music - happiness, sadness and fear.

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Robotics

Robot supermodel takes to the catwalk

Japanese researchers on Monday unveiled the synthetic supermodel HRP-4C in a mock fashion show.

Bullseye!Pic credit: Intellectual Ventures

Science

Killing mosquitos with lasers

So far man’s efforts to combat mosquitoes have so far proved fruitless but researchers in the US are looking to take the battle into the space age by using lasers to kill the nasty little buggers.

Presumably the UV lamp would be slightly more hidden in real world applications

Around The Home

Watchdog windows: motion sensitive glass could boost home security

Researchers have developed a security system that sensitizes windows and doors to detect movements thanks to a special coating that triggers an alarm if it registers a change in fluorescent radiation hitting the coating.

The presumably 'knife friendly' Inlet OutletPic credit: core77

Electronics

The electrical inlet

The Inlet “Outlet is a green design concept that would see household electrical outlets accompanied by an electrical ‘inlet’ that would make it easy for household to feed power back into the power grid.

Automotive

Garmin introduces long-haul navigation and delivery truck GPS system

Garmin have just announced the impending release of nüvi® 465T, the first portable navigation device designed exclusively for over the road long-haul navigation and delivery trucks.

Laptops

Dell Adamo claims world's thinnest laptop crown

Dell have laid claim to title of the world’s thinnest laptop with their new premium Adamo laptops that are chassis milled from a single piece of aluminum and feature a high definition edge-to-edge glass display.

Mobile Technology

Kogan launches 10-inch Agora netbook series in Australia

Kogan Technologies today launched the Agora netbook series in Australia, featuring the Agora and the Agora Pro.

The Cajun Crawler was built by a team of mechanical engineering students at the University of Louisiana

Robotics

Cajun Crawler: the Segway gets a leg-up

Take one DIY Self balancing electric vehicle project, replace the wheels with 6 pars of short legs based on Theo Jansen kinetic sculptures and the result looks

Good Thinking

Milli-Grip - a new take on the shifting spanner

The Mill-Grip adjustable spanner provides a very viable alternative to the old fashioned shifting spanner, featuring non slip grip, left or right hand use and precise fit adjustment with one hand.

Photography

Sanyo HD Dual Cameras now available fully waterproofed

We reported last week on Sanyo's new “dual camera” range which seeks to blur the line between still and video cameras by offering simultaneous video recording and still photographs. Now you can have all that plu

Urban Transport

Movito: modular, hubless electric scooter design

The Movito is a new scooter design featuring an in-wheel electric motor, a hubless front wheel and sports a modular design that allows for morphing into a range of vehicles.

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