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Green Tech- Exoskeleton hand gives you robo-powered fingersFesto chairman Eberhard Veit shows off the ExoHand. (Credit: Festo) In the future when we'll all be wearing robotic exoskeletons, we'll laugh when we think back on the days when we were mere meatsacks. German automation firm Festo is helping us upgrade with the ExoHand, a glove controller that can give people a machine handshake. Known for its eleg […]
- Tweet 'buy' to purchase flights by Twitter(Credit: tweetaflight.com) If you're a frequent flyer, there's nothing that sucks the fun out of travel like combing the Web for deals (apart from airports and economy class, that is). But what if buying a ticket were as simple as tweeting? TweetAFlight promises to get you deals in ads you see on Twitter if you just tweet "buy" in respons […]
- The 404 1,042: Where the Enterprise has landed (podcast)(Credit: Explow) Steve Sphere Guttenberg returns to close out the week and he's calling on all our listeners to submit and vote for their favorite speakers, sound bars, headphones, subwoofers, and other home theater products for the first ever Stevie Awards for Excellence in Audio. So far my personal top pick, the Koss PortaPros, are leading the headpho […]
- How 3D killed 'Cabin in the Woods' for meWhich version of the movie would you rather watch? (Credit: Lionsgate/CNET) As we patiently wait for Joss Whedon's "The Avengers" to open Stateside some of have turned to another of his projects playing at the moment, "Cabin in the Woods." The trailer hints that something isn't quite right in this "teenagers stalked by ruth […]
- Humans and their brains: A complicated historyWoody Allen famously said, "My brain. It's my second favorite organ." Even if the brain falls below second on your own favorite-organ hierarchy (personally, I really like my spleen), it's hard not to be struck by its mystery and complexity. This brain belonged to someone famous to computer history. Click on the gallery below to see who. ( […]
- Sony 'Hayabusa' may be 4.5-inch flagship handsetSony's next big Android should be the Hayabusa. (Credit: BriefMobile) The last, and only, time we spoke of the Sony LT29i, we saw it listed on a leaked 2012 road map. With an expected price of 493 euros ($650 U.S.), I can assume only that it would be something worthy of flagship status. And if today's rumored details prove to be correct, then that […]
- Smartphone robo-cushion lets you love the one you're not withMmmmm... (Credit: Screenshot by Edward Moyer/CNET) We've found the perfect accessory for your next cell phone rave/love-in. Introducing "Hugvie," the latest creation from Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro -- the Osaka University professor behind the giant-fetus-like Telenoid R1. A microcontroller and vibrators. (Credit: Hiroshi Ishiguro Lab […]
- Exoskeleton hand gives you robo-powered fingers