Sep 5, 2010
In the US, the Virginia-based biomedical engineering firm Exmovere have developed a sleepsuit for babies that uses biosensor textiles to monitor a baby’s essential body functions, such as their heart rate, activity level, and their emotional well-being. Named the Exmobaby, this all-in-one comes with a wireless transceiver and software for your mobile...
Aug 29, 2010
Do you like movies? At the Gadget Grill, we do too! And that is why we are pleased to tell you that Google have just added a movies section to their YouTube site. This section contains over 400 movies, including some very obscure stuff, but also including a very comprehensive catalogue of stuff like old Three Stooges comedies. Slowly I turned, step by step. ...
Aug 29, 2010
Yep, that’s right: just add water. Well no, not quite. But scientists have recently rediscovered that water droplets, surrounded by modified silica, can be used to create a form of powdered water. It is believed that powdered water can help to counteract global warming by soaking up carbon dioxide.
Aug 29, 2010
The American FTC has had a look at some product reviews that had been placed on the iTunes store by employees of Reverb Communications. It seems that these very favorable reviews that were put onto the site were reviews of their clients’ products, but no declaration of any connection between the employees, Reverb Communications, and their clients, was...
Aug 29, 2010
In some Asian cultures, one way to respect the departed is to burn paper items – replicas of parts of their mortal life – in their honor. Au Yeung Ping Chi, owner of Hong Kong’s Bo Wah Effigies Shop, has created a new niche market making paper effigies of popular electronic gadgets. These effigies are then set alight and burned in the honor of...
Aug 29, 2010
On Thursday of this week, Australian courts placed a ban on the sales and distribution of a jailbreak dongle for Sony’s PS3. The ban remains in place until this Tuesday, when a further hearing of the case is scheduled. I’ll be quit interested to see how this one is resolved. We should remember that it’s only been a few weeks since the US...