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Here’s a unique USB flash drive from Adidas.

This is a GPS device that is embedded in a visor. Why haven’t someone thought of this already?

Here’s a new Bluetooth headset known from Plantronics: the Explorer 395.

Yesterday, we covered a Mark Fiore app that is getting approval after all, and Steve Jobs had something to say about Android as well.

A Candian company called Neutrano is developing a WristFone.

Want Windows on the iPad? Here is the LogMeIn.

Lenovo has a new L Series of laptops.

Check out Ford’s Sync AppLink made for BlackBerry and Android.

Here is the Panasonic TY-CC10W Skype camera for VIERA TVs.

Here’s some info about Sharp’s 46-inch Quattron LE821E HDTV.

Pioneer’s new Blu-ray players have both iPhone and iPod Touch controls.

Samsung is working on some 20nm NAND Flash Memory.

Panasonic DMC-G2 and DMC-G10 pricing.

HTC wants to bring 1080p video capture to their phones.

Here’s an E-ink newspaper that could happen.

The Bible is full of people who do stupid things. Sometimes, I can’t believe how stupid they are.

Read Judges 11-12, 1 Corinthians 8, and the entry here.

Research developers continue to devise new concepts in technology to help senior citizens and the disabled overcome the physical limitations on the human body caused by advanced age, injury and disease. Of course, known breakthroughs in such technology include hearing aids, motorized wheelchairs and voice amplifiers. Now a Japanese robot developer called Vstone and the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute from Japan have joined forces to create a robotic assistant for the elderly and disabled.

They call their creation Robovie-R Ver. 3. This robot is one hundred and twenty centimeters tall, weighs forty-three kilometers and is equipped with a number of features. It has eleven touch sensors, two USB cameras (one for each eye), two mono mics (for each of its ears), a total of seventeen joints, a speaker (for his mouth), network capability, a speed of 2.5 kilometers per hour, an aluminum frame and an optional laser ranger finder for avoiding obstacles. The robot also has a 336Wh battery as its energy source.

The Robovie-R Ver. 3 is designed to enter buildings on its own by using a building’s diagonal ramp and can lead a walking person by the hand while in motion. The robotic unit is currently available for order with a cost of $41,000. Personally, I think this robot actually resembles a children’s toy more than a sophisticated piece of machinery. It’s definitely an expensive toy, though.

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The advance of touch screen technology continues to be a rising trend in today’s culture. We see it now on laptops, cell phones, ATM terminals and devices like the iPad. Furthermore, transparent display screens are also becoming popular. We’ve seen them portrayed along with the touch screen in movies such as Minority Report and Avatar. So, touch sensitive transparent screens are starting to appear on some of the newest mobile devices in development. Now the Korean company, NeoView Kolon is poised to enter this new trend with their latest creation.

They call it this new technology, T-OLED (transparent OLED). NeoView Kolon currently plans to use this technology in motor vehicles, providing motorists with a convenient way to view relevant information like traffic updates without being hindered by distractions while on the road. The company also intends to apply T-OLED to mobile and home devices as well.

NeoView Kolon recently appeared at the FilmTech conference in Japan and presented a 2.4 inch transparent AMOLED for head-mounted displays. However, there is no information about availability of this technology to the consumer yet. Nevertheless, transparent display and touch screen technology could become a standard for electronic devices in the near future.

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