NEC phone is liquid-cooled and gender-specific

(Phys.org) ?Pink is the color of princess fairy-tale gowns, magic slippers, upscale cupcake icing, and everything else favorable to girls who just want to be girls. "Ladyphones" appear to be concepts

Expectations high for next Xbox

It's almost time for a new Xbox. Eight years have passed since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360, double the amount of time between the original Xbox debut in 2001 and its high-definition successor's la

Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

May 17, Electronics/Robotics (AP)-The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but the U.S. Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it. A future with domestic drones may be inevitable.

Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

May 17, Electronics/Robotics (AP)-The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but the U.S. Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it. A future with domestic drones may be inevitable.

Wearable robots getting lighter, more portable

03:58, Electronics/Robotics In this May 6, 2013 photo, Michael Gore, center, who is paralyzed from a spinal injury, walks with the use of the Indego wearable robot under the supervision of physical therapist Clare Hartigan during a meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association at a downtown hotel in Chicago.

Wearable robots getting lighter, more portable

03:58, Electronics/Robotics In this May 6, 2013 photo, Michael Gore, center, who is paralyzed from a spinal injury, walks with the use of the Indego wearable robot under the supervision of physical therapist Clare Hartigan during a meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association at a downtown hotel in Chicago.

HPC means business in Cray XC30-A supercomputer debut

(Phys.org) ?What better place to use the "new vintage" computing theme than in Napa Valley where the Cray User Group meeting took place on Tuesday, The tie-in this year is Cray's new vintage of superc

UF launches HiPerGator, the state's most powerful supercomputer

The HiPerGator supercomputer and recent tenfold increase in the size of the university's data pipeline make UF one of the nation's leading public universities in research computing. "If we expect our researchers to be at the forefront of their fields, we need to make sure they have the most powerful tools available to science, and HiPerGator is one of those tools," UF President Bernie Machen said.

Intel revamps chipsets in new mobile push

The Silicon Valley giant said its new, low-power, high-performance Silvermont chip design could be used in segments ranging from smartphones to the data center. "Silvermont will be the foundation for a range of innovative products beginning to come to market later this year," Intel said in a statement.

More than a good eye: Robot uses arms, location and more to discover objects

A robot can struggle to discover objects in its surroundings when it relies on computer vision alone. But by taking advantage of all of the information available to it?an object's location, size, shap

More than a good eye: Robot uses arms, location and more to discover objects

A robot can struggle to discover objects in its surroundings when it relies on computer vision alone. But by taking advantage of all of the information available to it?an object's location, size, shap

Controlling robots with your thoughts

08:32, Electronics/Robotics Student Angel Garcia use his eyes, eyebrows and other parts of his face to make the robot move. Credit: Thor NielsenThis is Angel Perez Garcia. He can make a robot move exactly as he wants via the electrodes attached to his head.

Controlling robots with your thoughts

08:32, Electronics/Robotics Student Angel Garcia use his eyes, eyebrows and other parts of his face to make the robot move. Credit: Thor NielsenThis is Angel Perez Garcia. He can make a robot move exactly as he wants via the electrodes attached to his head.

Google Glass can take photo with a wink

18:10, Electronics/Consumer & Gadgets If you see someone wearing Google Glass wink at you, you might want to get out of the way because they're probably not flirting with you. A new app that's just been developed and released for the futuristic piece of technology lets users take a photo by simply winking an eye.

Bielefeld robots take part in a space simulation

The two robots Flobi and Nao worked full time for three weeks in an isolation study in Cologne. Scientists from Bielefeld University's Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics (CoR-Lab) were stud

Bielefeld robots take part in a space simulation

The two robots Flobi and Nao worked full time for three weeks in an isolation study in Cologne. Scientists from Bielefeld University's Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics (CoR-Lab) were stud

Physical by smartphone becoming real possibility

05:35, Electronics/Consumer & Gadgets This image provided by TEDMED, shows a medical student preparing to photograph the inside of someone's eye using a special tool that taps a smartphone's camera during a recent TEDMED conference in Washington. Companies are developing a variety of miniature medical tools that hook onto smartphones to provide almost a complete physical.

DARPA robotic hand prototype shows advanced moves (w/ video)

(Phys.org) ?Robotic hands designed and engineered for versatility and dexterity in handling harmful, harmless, small, large, light, and heavy objects tease robotics teams today. The US government's DA

DARPA robotic hand prototype shows advanced moves (w/ video)

(Phys.org) ?Robotic hands designed and engineered for versatility and dexterity in handling harmful, harmless, small, large, light, and heavy objects tease robotics teams today. The US government's DA

UN report wants moratorium on killer robots (Update)

15:07, Electronics/Robotics In this undated artist's rendering provided by BAE Systems, Taranis aircraft is shown. A new United Nations draft report posted online this week objects to the use of weapons systems like the Taranis that can attack targets without any human input. The report for the U.N.