Will fiber optics replace the lightbulb?
“The Solon, Ohio-based company has come up with a way to combine industrial-grade lamps with fiber-optic technology to create interior lighting systems that consume far less energy than traditional fluorescent or incandescent bulbs. A single 70-watt metal halide high-intensity discharge lamp from Fiberstars linked to the company’s fiber system can provide as much lighting as eight 50-watt incandescent bulbs.”
via cnet
Robotics conference coming soon in Santa Clara…
Play Starcraft via a touch screen!
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Here’s a Linux powered touch screen Startcraft via wine.
Wine let’s you run windows program in Linux.
FYI: VMWare can do it too.
via techeblog
Supersize Your TV for $300: Build Your Own XGA Projector!
Yes, now you can build your own…
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SAMSUNG is Set to Demonstrate 4th Generation Mobile Technology
“Jeju, Korea – August 30, 2006 : Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced its plan to demonstrate 4th Generation (4G) mobile technology at the annual Samsung 4G Forum in Jeju Island, Korea for the first time in the world. Demonstration will take place at the specially designed bus in mobile circumstances reaching 100 Mbps data transmission as well as at the display area inside forum venue to show speeds of 1Gbps of data transmission.
via samsung
Greenpeace slams Apple, Motorola and Lenovo for toxic chemicals
