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  • #review

    BlackBerry Storm 2 Review: Improving, But Still Mostly Cloudy

    Take the BlackBerry Storm. Now imagine a phone that's basically exactly the same, but does everything better. That's the Storm 2. More »
    10/30/09
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  • #storage

    Hard Rectangular Drive Is Faster, More Efficient Than SSD

    British scientists have developed a new breed of hard drive that uses not spinning discs, but rather a rectangular platter and millions of moving data heads to read/write data. In theory, this could mean transfer speeds of 500 MB/s. More »
    06/22/09
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  • #concepts

    Kyocera's Folding OLED Phone With Shape Shifting Buttons Definitely Does Not Exist

    Kyocera's EOS phone concept is chock full of outlandish features. From its tri-fold OLED design to its unique method of using kinetic energy, the EOS is just what we like to see in a concept. More »
    04/17/09
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  • #nanotech

    Piezoelectric Nanowires Could Power Future Gadgets Using Blood Flow

    Did that headline get your blood pumping? Good. In the future you'll make a great battery. More »
    03/29/09
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  • #nanotech

    Nanopiezoelectric Jacket Harnesses Power From Hamster Movement

    Nanopiezoelectric research hopes to pull tiny amounts of power from minuscule movements, like breathing. Now, Georgia Tech researchers have made a nanopiezoelectric jacket for hamsters that successfully generates .1 volts of electricity. More »
    03/10/09
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  • #benheck

    Ben Heck's Blow-Powered Kick Pedal Lets People in Wheelchairs Enjoy Guitar Hero 4

    Super-modder Ben Heck has used his powers for good. Again! This time, he's helping the wheelchair-bound enjoy Guitar Hero 4's drums by using a blow-tube to operate the kick pedal. More »
    03/04/09
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  • #science

    Proteus Motor Swims Through Bloodstream, Looks Pretty Much Like a Sperm

    The tiny Proteus motor, at only 2.5 times the width of a human hair, is small enough to enter the bloodstream and perform duties previously requiring some surgical slice-and-dice. More »
    01/31/09
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  • #japan

    Pedestrian Power Will Generate Holiday Lights at Shibuya Station, Tokyo

    Tokyo's Shibuya train has a special installation for Christmas that uses its pedestrians' footsteps to generate electricit. A mat using piezoelectric gadgetry runs a LED display board and a small holiday lights display. More »
    12/09/08
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  • #wirelesspower

    Intel Developing Power Harvesting for Personal Devices, Could See It in as Little as Two Years

    At a summit today in San Francisco, Intel CTO Justin Rattner discussed some of Intel's R&D plans on creating components that were more self-sufficient, eco-friendly and helpful in the fight against global warming. More »
    12/05/08
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  • #nanotechnology

    Sound Wave Harvesting Justifies Your Annoyingly Loud Phone Voice

    The surge of systems devised to re-capture bodily output continues, this time with a nano-piezo technology that could use sound waves to charge cellphones. But how long must you talk before you can... talk? More »
    12/03/08
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