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- Bionic
- A machine that is patterned after principles found in humans or nature; for example, robots. It also refers to artificial devices implanted into humans replacing or extending normal human...
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- Patrick Brady dissects Android
- Patrick Brady of Google's partner group provided a detailed technical tour of the internals of the Android platform during his recent talk at Google I/O 2008 titled "Anatomy and Physiology of an Android". Topics included Linux kernel enhancements, the Bionic library (Google's slimmed down version of libc), Android functional and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Library, Hardware, Patrick Brady, Android, Bionic, Surfaces, Audio Flinger, Dalvik, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- (Photos: Bionic hand gets thumbs-up)
- (Photos: Bionic hand gets thumbs-up)Very real looking...Rarely do you see a prosthetic that looks like a real human body part, that does not have some kind of fakey looking skin colored cover. At first glance it looked like a real hand with the bone exposed.I find it interesting that some...
- Tags: Bionic, photograph
- Discussion threads 2007-07-19
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- (Gallery: Scientists develop eye-shaped camera)
- (Gallery: Scientists develop eye-shaped camera)Great, in theory.Problem is, the sensor will have to be made to match the lens in front of it, and if you change lenses, which professional imaging people are fond of, you'd need to change sensors in order for the focal plane to match.Scientists develop eye-shaped...
- Tags: eye-shaped camera, sensor, camera
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- Gallery: Scientists develop eye-shaped camera
- Researchers have developed a camera that's about the same size and shape of a human eye, and see it developing into sharper pictures and even a bionic eye. by Andy Smith
- Tags: eye, camera, picture, eye camera, lens, andy smith
- Image galleries 2008-08-07
- Beatles music saved from public domain!
- Well, thank God the money will keep flowing in to Paul McCartney. The Times reports that the EU will extend copyright another 45 years in what many people call the "Beatles extension." That's because the first Beatles recordings would have exited copyright in 2012. Actually the first rocker to...
- Tags: Protection, Public Domain, Music, Storyline, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- News to know: Midori; Yahoo; iPhone; VMware
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: On the road to Midori: RedHawk, MinSafe and Sapphire Next Microsoft enterprise instant messaging/VOIP server: Think 2009 Microsoft to push XP SP3 via Auto Update on July 10 Microsoft to deliver SQL Server 2008 in August...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Open Source, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., VMware Inc., Phishing, 3G, Cyberthreats, Hardware Upgrade, Spam, Strategy, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Check out the bionic neck
- Check out the bionic neckGlad to know you are doing well!Peace.My decrepid spinal X-ray post was cooler.And I did it first! :)http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8900I didn't have sex for about two weeks afterwards though.Thanks!!It is good to be doing well!
- Tags: Check-Out
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Check out the bionic neck
- I've told you about my disc replacement surgery, but I've never shown you. Here's an X-ray from my most recent follow-up appointment with the doctor who did the surgery. As a trial patient, I have agreed to go back after three weeks, six weeks, three months, six months, a year...
- Tags: Surgery, Blogging, Internet, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- 50 questions asked and answered on Android
- At the very end of the Google I/O 2008 conference last week the Android development team hosted a great fireside chat on the new mobile platform. The session was free-form, completely driven by questions from the audience. Although Google was trying to keep mum on a number of issues, several...
- Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Application, Google Android, Phone, Device, Platform, OEM, App, Question, Q., A., XMPP, A. Goal, A. Qemu, Thing Cert, Apk, UMA, A. Compatability, A. Distribution, Android Device, Linux, Wireless LANs, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Marketing, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Two robotic jellyfish, AquaJelly and AirJelly
- A Design News editor was lucky enough to watch two robotic jellyfish swim and fly at the Hannover Fair in Germany. These two robots, AquaJelly and AirJelly, made by Germany-based Festo company, are using 8 tentacles based on fish fins for propulsion. The AquaJelly has 11 infrared light-emitting diodes and...
- Tags: Signal, AquaJelly, AirJelly, Festo, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Bionic Binary Clock (exe)
- Binary Clock is a handy little clock that will show you the time in binary format and hexadecimal format. Fun, informative, and useful to learn the binary number system and the hex number system. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Clock, Binary Clock
- Software downloads 2007-11-27
- Emerging trends: 3D printing; robots galore; human augmentation
- Gartner unveiled its emerging technologies outlook for technologies we'll see in more than 10 years and it's a landscape filled with robots, human augmentation and collective intelligence. Jackie Fenn, an analyst at Gartner, walked through a bevy of technologies--some that are around today but just haven't hit prime...
- Tags: 3D, Printer, Timeline, Robot, Collective Intelligence, Printing, Robots, Printers, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Peripherals, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
- O'Reilly talks turning IT inside out and data lock-in at SAP TechEd
- SAP's TechEd '07 got off to glitzy start in Las Vegas as the pied piper of Web 2.0 Tim O'Reilly told the crowd of about 6,000 NetWeaver, Java, ABAP, ERP developers about the design patterns and business models for the next generation of software (hint, it's not on premises client/server...
- Tags: Web, Nokia Corp., Information Technology, Interaction, Data, SAP AG, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-01
- NBC Universal finds new home on Amazon's Unbox
- Apple's loss is Amazon's gain. NBC Universal and Amazon said Tuesday that NBC's TV shows will be available on Amazon's Unbox service. The news comes days after NBC Universal and Apple ended an agreement to sell TV shows through iTunes. Amazon will offer a...
- Tags: NBC, NBC Universal Inc., Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- News to know: Securing hotspots; Mac worm; eBay; IBM
- Notable headlines:George Ou: A secure Wireless LAN hotspot for anonymous users.Ryan Naraine: Mac worm rumors swirl; Dai Zovi ships unofficial Mac OS X patch.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft establishes more anti-GPLv3 precautions. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Research's PlayAnywhere: A surface computer for the rest of us?eBay's Skype, PayPal strong; listings down.SOA...
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Photos: Bionic hand gets thumbs-up
- I-Limb ushers in new era of prosthetics, allowing intricate, pressure-sensitive grips.
- Tags: prosthetics, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-07-18
- Using technology to enhance humans
- Its a well-known fact that technology can improve our lives. For example, we can reach anyone and anywhere with our cellphones. And people who cant walk after an accident now can have smart prosthesis to help them. But what about designing our children on a computer or having a chip...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Keith Bauer, microchip, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, patient
- Blog posts 2007-05-13
- The first bionic woman
- Today, the Washington Post reports that a new life is within reach for the first woman with bionic arm free registration required. Claudia Mitchell lost an arm in a motorcycle accident, but she's now using a 'bionic' arm that she can control with her thoughts. This bionic arm was designed...
- Tags: nerve
- Blog posts 2006-09-14
- Mercedes bionic car
- Mercedes bionic carBionic? No. But...Organic! Yes. Hard to tell from the picture but looks stylish and functional. More handsome than the Honda box. But did they really need to do studies of fish to discover an aerodynamic design? Seriously. That's what simulators and wind tunnels are for. Holy Fish food...
- Tags: Mercedes
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- Mercedes bionic car
- When car designers start to work on a new project, they usually begin with sketches coming from their experience or their imagination. But when Mercedes-Benz engineers begin to think about a model for a bionic car, they went to the museum... to look at fish. In Mercedes and the boxfish,...
- Tags: boxfish
- Blog posts 2006-09-12
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