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The Acoustic Alarm is a one-off alarm clock, that uses a motorized pic to pluck guitar strings in order to wake its user.

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Acoustic Alarm clock replaces buzzer with strings

The Acoustic Alarm is a one-off alarm clock, that uses a motorized pic to pluck guitar strings in order to wake its user.

A scanning electron microscope image of the nanowire-alginate composite scaffolds, showing the star-shaped clusters of nanowires (Image: Disease Biophysics Group, Harvard University)

Body and Mind

Gold nanowires used in promising new heart patches

A new type of conductive tissue scaffolding allows cultured heart cells to better receive electrical signals from the heart.

Layout of FeTRAM, which combines silicon nanowires with a "ferroelectric" polymer to create a new type of ferroelectric transistor (Image: Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University)

Computing

FeTRAM memory could be faster than SRAM and more energy efficient than flash

Researchers have created a new type of computer memory that they claim has the potential to replace conventional memory systems.

The Kelstone 9-string instrument can be played using both hands, like a piano

Music

9-string Kelstone guitar plays like a piano

Kelstone is a 9-string instrument that's tuned in fourths, spans over 5 octaves, has 26 frets and is played over the top of the strings, running from the bass to treble, and looking down on the fingerboard.

Its creators say the Oronero is the world's first limousine yacht tender with a convertible hard-top roof

Marine

Hi-Tech Marine’s Oronero – the world's first convertible yacht tender

Alex Pirard Yacht Design claims its Oronero limousine yacht tender is the first in the world to feature a convertible and completely automatized hard-top.

In addition to docking an iDevice, the iTree is also compatible with a wireless LAN streaming technology by ARCAM or CD player input - it can even be custom-fitted with a vinyl turntable

Home Entertainment

iTree could be the world's largest iPhone dock

The iTree iPhone and iPod docking station from Austrian design house KMKG STUDIO marries high-end audio technology with a simple tree trunk, which could well give it the title of world's largest iDevice dock.

Encased in a gamepad-shaped silicone housing, the Nintendo 3DS Deluxe Power Grip doubles the 3DS' battery life

Games

New Nintendo 3DS accessory offers comfortable grip and twice the battery life

Encased in a gamepad-shaped silicone housing, the Nintendo 3DS Deluxe Power Grip doubles the Nintendo 3DS' battery life.

Aircraft

What next for the International Space Station?

The International Space Station remains at risk of being evacuated, which increases the danger of the station being damaged or lost.

Scientists have successfully replaced a rat's cerebellum with a chip programmed to perform the same functions (Photo: Jean-Etienne Poirrier)

Medical Devices

Rat receives functioning artificial cerebellum

Scientists have successfully replaced a rat's cerebellum with a chip programmed to perform the same functions.

Morphix Technologies' Chameleon chemical detection device can detect up to ten different toxic gases at once

Wearables

Morphix Chameleon - wrist worn chemical detection for first responders

The Chameleon chemical detection device is designed to be worn on the forearm and holds up to ten disposable cassettes, each of which detects a different toxic gas.

Entering names and places in the Lonely Planet Offline Translator helps the speech recognition accuracy

Mobile Technology

Lonely Planet teams with Jibbigo for offline translator apps for travelers

Lonely Planet has released a family of translator apps that allow users to obtain written and - thanks to speech recognition technology - spoken translations offline.

The new XANTHOS Stereo Console Gaming Headset from Speedlink is compatible with Sony's PS3, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and PC, and incorporates some sophisticated connector technology that caters for simultaneous playback through a TV

Games

Speedlink launches PC/PS3/Xbox 360-friendly XANTHOS Gaming Headset

The new XANTHOS Stereo Console Gaming Headset from Speedlink is compatible with Sony's PS3, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and PC, and incorporates some sophisticated connector technology that caters for simultaneous playback through a TV.

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