Crave: The gadget blog- Category: Future tech

Driverless Audi TTS considered for Pikes Peak run

Wayne Cunningham — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:14:00 PST

Volkswagen and Stanford University build an autonomous Audi TTS.

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

Wi-Fi Body Scale tweets your weight daily

Matt Hickey — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

If I was on a weight loss kick right now I'd get one of these. Maybe after Thanksgiving?

HP to connect objects and people, sensitively

Dong Ngo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:56:00 PST

HP announced a new MEMS accelerometer that is 1,000 times more sensitive than existing products on the market.

Meet Ibn Sina, the Arabic-speaking robot

Tim Hornyak — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:26:00 PST

An Arabic-speaking android built in the UAE could enter mass production to work in shopping malls. The robot is billed as the first of its kind in the world.

One small strip of plaster, one giant strip of data

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:30:00 PST

A wireless digital "plaster" that monitors vital signs is being tested on patients and volunteers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in a new clinical trial run by Imperial College London.

Originally posted at News - Health Tech

Another fish swims into the robot pool

Tim Hornyak — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:44:00 PST

Michigan State University researchers are developing robot fish to monitor the effect of harmful algae on freshwater ecosystems.

Tele Scouter sends translations right to your retina

Leslie Katz — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:15:00 PST

We could really use a translator to help make sense of the English on NEC's product page, but we get that a head-mounted display with a mic attached picks up a conversation and routes it through a remote server to produce a translation.

Weird face mask the next level of multitouch?

Juniper Foo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:17:00 PST

Japanese researchers used a face mask comprising see-through gel as a haptic interface, allowing users to press, pinch, or touch the transparent mold to control the computer.

Tiremaker Bridgestone develops flexible e-book reader

Rosa Golijan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:59:00 PDT

Bridgestone, best known for making tires, is working on e-book readers so flexible they'd probably survive being driven over.

Ropid the robot can walk, run, and hop

Tim Hornyak — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT

Japanese start-up Robo-Garage has come out with a new humanoid robot that can jump 3 inches off the ground.