Filed under: Robots, Transportation

Nissan’s already hard at work on some crash-avoidance systems for regular, human-driven cars, but it looks like it’s not stopping there, with it now also showing off its BR23C robotic “car,” which apparently takes its inspiration from the humble bumblebee. That comes in the form of the BR23C’s laser range finder (or […]

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds

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All kinds of exciting things are happening in the Pandora universe, and now one enterprising individual has succeeded in getting Ubuntu 7.04 up and running on his development model. Things move pretty slowly, and no luck yet with Firefox, but the thrilling video does catch him playing […]

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
We’ve seen dynamic contrast ratios on HDTVs climb as high as 2,000,000:1, but an in-house design from the famed Carl Zeiss blows that right out of the water. The powerdomeVELVET planetarium projector was obviously not designed with home cinema in mind, though the specifications are no less impressive. We’ve got […]