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Kyocera Smart Cane for Visually Impaired can Prevents Accidents at Train Stations
Kyocera Japan has developed a Smart Cane prototype for the visually impaired that could help prevent accidents at train stations. The incidence of accidents involving visually impaired persons on railway platforms is attracting attention in Japan. Plans to retrofit stations with platform doors or restraints entail considerable cost and construction time. In order to overcome…
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Taipei’s Dingpu MRT station is right-out of a sci-fi movie
Travelling to work on a daily basis shouldn’t be all monotony. There can be a splash of color or a surprising twist in the thematic every now and then to make it a little less arduous grind. Thankfully for folks who use the Taipei metro, the Dingpu MRT station has been made to look as…
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4 Color LCD Weather Station sports amazing weather sensing capabilities
Talk about an ultra-modern weather cock and it would be a laugh if you get away with one that doesn’t have a display. So the 4 Color LCD Weather Station doesn’t come as a real shocker. Besides internal and external weather telling capabilities it also features humidity, weather condition, heat index, dew point, time, calendar…
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TomTom and Renault join hands for first electric navigation in Europe
The Fluenze ZE will be custom fitted with the first in-dash vehicle navigation system for electric cars. TomTom and manufacturers, Renault, have joined hands to bring out the Carminat TomTom ZE Live that receives information from the battery that measures the capability of the car to move ahead before chugging off, as well as the…
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Acer DX241H Web Surf Station may be a 24-inch tablet in disguise
Bring home the ultimate Web interface, called the Acer DX241H. It’s an always-on device that quickly starts up and doesn’t need the cumbersome booting nonsense. It’s a good TV receptor as well, in conjunction with an Internet device. It’s like one of those all-in-one PCs that adds the goodness of Acer’s Clear.fi media-sharing application to…
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Mobile Solar Power System is for nature
The green revolution is inspiring new technology, designs that are driven to make the world a better place to live in. The best and easiest way to go the green way is to use the only nature-friendly source of power that is available in abundance, sunlight. Keeping this in mind, we have the genius design…
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Hammerhead custom gaming rig looks like a paralyzed Alienware, delivers
Most of those who fall for customized computers aren’t those who like looks more. So that’s one parameter we will keep aside as we explore the prowess of the HMR98902 rig. The body is made of hand-built anodized aluminum and ecoresin, and is made to order. You have to make sure you’re in a lint-…
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Samsung’s wireless central station, CA750, explored
There was a gentle breeze of anticipation that blew around geekdom when the word of Samsung’s wireless central station, the CA750, went public. You have to give it up to the Engadget boys who have stripped the device to extremis. It seems that the monitor and wireless docking station uses a USB dongle to communicate…
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World’s first zero-emission polar research station opened in Antarctica
On Sunday, a research station was opened in the continent of Antarctica that uses only alternative energy making it the world’s first zero-emission polar research station. The scientists welcomed this initiative stating that this proves that alternative energy is viable even in the coldest regions of the planet. Global warming, spurred by greenhouse gas emissions,…
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Commuters generate green electricity for Tokyo’s Shibuya station
Human powered energy isn’t new as we have seen discos and gyms being powered by the energy exuded by people dancing or working out at such places. The latest to be hit by this green trend is Tokyo’s Shibuya station. Commuters traveling via this station walk over the thin mat that is placed at the…
