BBC will be launching a top secret phone developed by IA Technology and it turns out that it uses “the world’s first fully accurate voice recognition system for cellphones”. Also, the device relies on the Zumba Lumba Internet portal, that holds all of the phone owner’s contacts, so in case the handset gets stolen, the thief won’t...
The US Congress plans on introducing a new law, that requires cameraphones to use a shutter noise each time you take a picture. The bill introduced to the Congress is called the “Camera Predator Alert Act”, which pretty much describes the reason for its existance: camera predators. Ever seen a girl with a short skirt harassed by a cameraphone...
You must have heard about the light-bending material that might spawn the first “invisible suit” in the world, but did you know that it could be useful for the telecommunications industry? Turns out that aside from cloaking any object it covers, this material makes mobile communications clearer, according to scientists. The new material...
Saxon Innovations patent holdings firm filed a complaint to the US International Trade Commission, that recently voted the investigation of some electronic devices. The issue? According to the patent firm, section 337 of the Tarrif Act of 1930 was violated, as it states that certain electronic devices can’t be imported and sold in the US, because...
Mobile DTV broadcasting will go live the US later this year, bringing free mobile TV to 22 cities. You’ll only need a compatible DTV receiver to get the over the air broadcast and 63 TV stations will be available, with the following segmentation: “4 NBC affiliates, nine ABC affiliates, nine CBS affiliates, five FOX affiliates, nine ION Television...
Remember the IcePhone? That dual folding beauty, sporting an emergency button, gaming controls, a hot widescreen display and a QWERTY keypad… That’s right, it couldn’t miss CES 2009 and every blogger and journalist wanted to spend a few minutes with it, believe us. No info on its launch in the States, in case it ever crosses the Ocean. For...
Logic Wireless recently introduced a handset, which is also available at CES 2009 and was already posted on some sites, in neat hands on experiences. The main feature of the device? An incorporated mini projector, with a display size that goes from 36 to 64 inches, depending on the area you project the image on. Logic Bolt features a quad band GSM...
There are many ways to hack and customize a mobile phone, but it’s very rare that we get to see a “medical hack” like this one. Now, you can turn your handset into a blood testing lab, as did UCLA researcher Aydogan Ozcan. He turned a cellphone into a device that tests blood for HIV, malaria and whatnot. The handset only needs a blood...
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) from Taiwan has recently introduced its flexible display technologies, among which AMOLED screens, roll-to-roll cholesterol liquid crystal displays and electrowetting ones. The advantage of these new technologies is that they save energy, have a low cost and light weight. One of ITRI’s prototypes...
Since 2008 is coming to an end, we decided to have a look in the past and follow Daily Mail’s lead on a top 10 of worst technology-related predictions. The most famous of them is probably Sir Alan Sugar’s, who claimed that iPod would be dead in a year, after its launch. In fact, he was so wrong, that it sold 174 million units. Here’s...
