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Harvard professor invents phone that can send 300,000 unique aromas via messages
In the past, we have seen quite a few attempts by scientists to send smell, touch and other physical sensations over the internet or through smartphones, but this might be the most comprehensive effort till now. Developed by David Edwards, who is a professor at Harvard, along with his former student Rachel Field, the device…
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Takara Tomy Arts’ Gokurei beer server can chill beer can and serve as draft beer in 4 minutes
Do you remember the Takara Tomy Beer Hour jug that came out a few years back and made pouring beer from a can into a glass awfully easy? The device had a mechanism that stirred the beer to dispense nice and frothy beverage, but the only problem with it was that it didn’t have its…
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Estes Proto X is the world’s smallest nano quadcopter that will fit into the palm of your hand
Micro sized quadcopters with their unbelievable agility are going to be the next big thing in the flying RC toy market. Earlier this year at the CES, French company Parrot showed a minidrone which can fit in the palm of your hand and even has its own VGA camera. But when it comes to the…
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Parrot introduces new BeBop drone that packs HD camera and is Oculus Rift-compatible
French company Parrot that makes popular flying drones has unveiled a new model named the “BeBop” which can give its users a virtual bird’s eye view. It’s not the MiniDrone the company showed off at this year’s CES but an all new indoor/outdoor small sized quadcopter designed to be an ideal for aerial photos and…
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Grow your own vegetables indoor with smartphone-controlled Niwa hydroponic garden
In the contemporary urban household setup, it’s almost impossible to grow plants let alone coming up with your own produce and fresh food, but scientists have been trying to find a way to grow vegetables and food items in an indoor environment. A UK startup named ‘Niwa’ has developed a product which goes by the…
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Nintendo to launch its first smartphone service with Mario Kart TV app
Nintendo has just published their financial results for the last fiscal year, and three years in running the Japanese company has posted huge losses totaling to a whopping $1.18 billion. So things are definitely not good with Nintendo and the poor sales of Wii U video game console has to be blamed for the dismal…
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Watch Coke send free cans to immigrant construction workers in Singapore using drones
In the last year and a half, we have witnesses so many instances of drones being used as delivery modules that we’ve lost count. From big conglomerates like Amazon testing the feasibility of drone delivery system to small American beer company named Lakemaid Beers delivering 12-pack to isolated fishermen in Wisconsin, we have seen them…
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Behold the most beautiful Nintendo Entertainment System you can buy for $500
You can’t be a true geek and a gamer till you don’t own an old-school NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). The new generation of gaming consoles including the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are truly amazing but the charm of analogue gaming technology can never fade away, especially for those born in early 90s and before.…
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Nissan demonstrates a car with almost magical self-cleaning paint
Do you hate taking your car to the car wash or find washing it yourself incredibly boring? Fret not my friend! Soon there will be cars that will be able to clean themselves. No, a droid won’t pop out of the trunk to clean the car but the paint it-self will be self-cleaning. Nissan is…
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WhatsApp active user-base crosses the 500 million mark
Many times we have witnessed that an acquisition of a company ending up being detrimental for its growth, but that’s sure not the case with WhatsApp which was acquired by Facebook a couple of months back for $19 billion in cash and stock options. In a blog post today, WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum…
