Innovation

WiTrack smacks down Kinect with ‘through wall’ motion detection, insane accuracy

Kinect right, best motion-tracking tool ever made, yes? Wrong, because MIT may have cracked the motion-tracking tool thanks to WiTrack, a “through wall” 3D…

Doctors 3D print ‘jelly-like’ brain for neurosurgery training

Operating on someone’s brain is a big deal. There is no room for mistakes. The same way an interning tattoo artist would practice drawing…

NASA’s Valkyrie robot drive cars, break down walls and ‘feels natural’

NASA unveils the Valkyrie, and the world watches on in wonder. More importantly, it’s a robot that looks like it should be one of…

Dreams do come true: reversible USB Type-C plugs in the works

Here’s what we dislike most of all in life: that head-slapping moment when you’re trying to force a USB into a slot and realise…

Watch LG’s G Flex magically heal after it’s attacked by keys

The LG G Flex has a neat trick up its sleeve. This YouTube user, Marques Brownlee has posted a video of him scarring the…

Kano, the modular Raspberry Pi powered DIY computer that ‘anyone can make’

We’re loving this. Kickstarter-backed Raspberry Pi-project Kano is the latest open-source computing project to make us want to reach into our wallets and back….

Valve has virtual reality plans, but it’s not telling until January 2014

Valve, creator of Half Life and digital game distribution platform Steam, will introduce virtual reality (VR) hardware by 2014 at the Steam Developer Days,…

Stomach pump 2.0: AspireAssist sucks the food right out of your belly

Most gadgets fill superficial needs. Some empty our stomachs and enrich our lives. This is the AspireAssist, and it sucks the food out of…

Brain-reading headband Muse may shame Google Glass

A penny for your thoughts? That phrase could well become redundant if what a Canadian company is contemplating comes true. Why contemplating? Well, it’s…

Corning Gorilla Glass 3 outed [CES]

Gorilla Glass 3 now has “native damage resistance” which eliminates lateral cracking, ultimately delivering less splintering of the glass, if damaged. The video demos…

Innovations matters: Liquipel 2.0 now ‘100 times better’ at smartphone waterproofing [CES]

We haven’t gone ape with the CES stories for a simple reason: innovation is severely lacking. 4K TVs, cheap and tacky tablets, endless USB…

Kinect-enabled IllumiRoom brings us one step closer to Star Trek-style holodecks

Your Xbox is cool again. And it’s thanks to Microsoft’s latest innovation, the IllumiRoom. Watch the video and we’ll play catchup after that. Microsoft’s…

Tactus’ Mighty morphing screen is the best idea to ever hit our smartphones [CES]

Here’s the best thing to come out of CES 2013 so far. A screen called the “Morphing tactile surface” from Tactus is the physical…

Gorilla Glass 3 polished up at CES 2012

Put your trust in the Gorilla The most important part of our devices, namely the screen, is getting even tougher with the introduction of…

‘Lightest and most efficient’ solar chargers developed for military use

Alta Devices is one of two US startups that have been producing lightweight solar charging devices for a few years now. While breaking some…

Potatoes used to test ‘WiFi consistency’ on Boeing airplanes

This is a fairly exciting combination of gadgets and human innovation. Aerospace corp Boeing has employed sacks of potatoes to replicate the effect of…

Samsung Display to demo 5.5-inch flexible screens at CES 2013

According to CNET, Samsung Display, a spin-off from Samsung Electronics, is set to showcase a range of 5.5-inch flexible smartphone screens at CES 2013….

The gadget of the year: Satis Advanced toilet

There are a lot of nations described as crazy. It depends what the situation is, but for the most part the Japanese are considered…

Brave Robotics develops 3D printed Transformer-like toy car

Japanese developer group Brave Robotics recently showcased its latest endeavor, a 1/12 scale transformable robot car that walks, turns and even shoots darts. This…

Fancy 3D printer spits outs ‘replacement parts’ for humans

3D printing is getting big. In a recent article, Sorab Ghaswalla listed 3D printing as number one on his list of five things “that…

Microsoft’s patent application reveals competition for Google’s Project Glass

With Augmented Reality enabled devices and apps slowly creeping into the tech sphere (Google’s Project Glass immediately springs to mind), a recently released patent…

With Windows 8 Embedded, Microsoft’s new OS could be in your fridge

Microsoft recently unveiled plans to expand its new OS to areas outside the tech industry with its Windows 8 Embedded road map. This means…

Elliptic Labs design touchless gestures for Windows 8

Elliptic Labs has expanded its Touchless Gesture technology to function with Microsoft’s new Windows 8 OS. This development mirrors a similar project in which…

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