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Korean machine-gun robots start DMZ duty

Nazcar Pine — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:02:40 +0000

South Korea’s military has installed machine-gun-toting robots along the deeply equipped border with North Korea, and a related promo video delivers more shock and awe than Kim Jong-Il singing the blues.

Whoever created the video was obviously channeling Team America. What would Kim Jong-Il think?

Samsung Techwin and other firms developed the SGR-1 robots, and they have been installed on a trial basis at a post in the central part of the Demilitarized Zone, Yonhap News quoted military officials as saying. Read More on CNET

The Lego Printer: Lego felt tip 110

Nazcar Pine — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:12:57 +0000

“Lego felt tip 110″ is using Lego blocks and built as a printer, which is connected to an Apple Mac. The designer designed, built and coded it all from scratch including the analog motor electronics, sensors and the printer driver, the USB interface uses a “wiring” board. Read More

Microsoft boasts new IE9 test, seeks Web standards

Nazcar Pine — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:56:42 +0000

Microsoft released a second “platform preview” version of Internet Explorer 9 on Wednesday with faster JavaScript and better Web standards compliance–plus an argument for how future Web technology should develop. Read More

Look Ma, No Flash: Pure Animation Using CSS3 & HTML 5

Nazcar Pine — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:09:56 +0000

Animation can be a little jumpy the 1st time around.

Check out this Pure CSS3 Spiderman Cartoon using jQuery and HTML5. Click Here

iPad is Here

Nazcar Pine — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:22:46 +0000

In just a few minutes (9am ET), Apple stores will open the doors and customers who either pre-ordered or got in line early enough will get their hands on an iPad. Read More

Neofonie WePad Is An 11.6″, Android-Based iPad Killer

Nazcar Pine — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:16:19 +0000

It’s a tablet-eat-tablet world now, and with Apple’s iPad starting a trend that isn’t likely to die throughout 2010, you can imagine that all sorts of companies will be popping up with tablets and slates of their own in order to strike while the iron is hot. Today, Neofonie is introducing the WePad, a vast machine with an 11.6″ display (1366×768), a rather quick 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, a webcam (for video chats, we imagine), two USB sockets, a flash card reader, integrated WWAN modem, GMA3150 graphics (far better than on most e-readers) and a battery that is said to last six hours, Read More

Cloaking device makes objects invisible

Shawn Michael — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:32:55 +0000

Scientists are a step closer to creating a Star Trek-style cloaking device after demonstrating a material that makes objects beneath it appear to vanish. Read More on Guardian

GigaPan panorama robot now for SLRs, too

Shawn Michael — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:24:21 +0000

An excerpt from CNET:

GigaPan Systems will release a robotic camera accessory that’s best aligned with its market of panorama enthusiasts: those who use digital SLRs.

The earlier GigaPan products, the $350 Epic and $450 Epic 100, were for compact cameras. The new GigaPan Epic Pro will accommodate larger SLR cameras, the company said Monday. It’s due to ship in April for $895.

Google TV: Google working with Intel and Sony on Android-based TV

Nazcar Pine — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:10:09 +0000

According to a report in the New York Times, Google will be the latest company trying to convince users that they want to surf the web from their living room — it’s working with Intel and Sony on a new platform called Google TV.
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How to activate your Google Buzz

Nazcar Pine — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:21:11 +0000

Start conversations about the things you find interesting. Share updates, photos, videos, and more. And automatically follow the people you email and chat with the most in Gmail.

Here’s the video to learn more about Google Buzz:

How to activate your Google Buzz?

1. Update your Google Profile: Make sure you provide some basic information about you, places you lived, work place, etc
2. Ensure you have feeds in your Google Reader: Google needs this to understand your content preferences
3. In Google reader – under YOUR STUFF post some comment
4. Go back to your Google Profile & you will see a tab for Buzz

Congrats, you are on Google Buzz