Archive for September, 2006
‘Digital Graffiti’ Helps Pilots Navigate Taxiways
“DIGITAL GRAFFITI” is helping pilots navigate airport taxiways in a trial taking place at Hanover Airport. Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH and Siemens have successfully tested virtual navigation aids — they look like signs or symbols hanging in mid-air, but in fact are computer-generated, and placed by…
No commentsSympathetic Robot Feels, Expresses, Your Pain
Korean Ph.D. Student Kwak So-na won first place in the 2006 Robot Companion Design Contest for Students run by the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, held this year at the University of Hertfordshire in England. Her prize was for a robot that perceives the use…
No commentsBest USB Gadget Yet: The Rechargeable Battery
We all know we should be using rechargeable batteries. But who can manage yet another charger? Enter USB-powered rechargeable batteries from Moixa Energy. Called the USBCELL line, the batteries are shaped like ordinary AA batteries. The top FLIPS OPEN to reveal a USB connector. Just plop it into any…
No commentsVery Accurate Air Drops Possible With GPS
A new military product called the Joint Precision Air Drop System uses GPS and the ability to remotely steer parachuting cargo. It enables the U.S. Air Force to toss 2,000-pound bundles out of an airplane flying at 25,000 feet high and have it gently land within a few feet of a precise target MILES …
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