Vstone’s Black Ox
This one and a half foot tall robot cost ¥798,000 (about $7,400). Only 30 are planned to be manufactured.
Source:[engadget.com]
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The Nikkei, Japan’s biggest business newspaper, reports today [JP] Toyota will use solar panels in its next-generation Prius hybrid cars to be sold starting 2009. The company’s Japanese website doesn’t offer any official information so the news is yet to be confirmed. The redesigned Prius will come equipped with solar panels on the roof, partly powering the air-conditioning system, which needs up to 5kw. According to the Nikkei, Toyota will procure the PV panels from Kyocera. Toyota is the world’s first major automaker to install solar batteries on vehicles. It is not yet clear whether the solar Prius will be sold outside Japan as well.
The Nikkei, Japan’s biggest business newspaper, reports today [JP] Toyota will use solar panels in its next-generation Prius hybrid cars to be sold starting 2009. The company’s Japanese website doesn’t offer any official information so the news is yet to be confirmed.
The redesigned Prius will come equipped with solar panels on the roof, partly powering [...]
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Robot Asimo can understand three voices at once
Advanced humanoid robot Asimo can understand three humans shouting at once. For now the modified Asimo’s new ability are being used to judge rock-paper-scissors contests, where three people call out their choices at once. The software named HARK, is written by Hiroshi Okuno at Kyoto University, and Kazuhiro Nakadai at the Honda Research Institute [...]
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Hydrogen Fuel In Shell Station
With all the current fuel problems, a Shell station on Santa Monica Boulevard will begin dispensing hydrogen fuel later this month as part of a research program run by the US Department of Energy in conjunction with GM. Shell’s hydrogen is created on-site with an electrolyzer.
Source:[gizmodo.com]
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VereFlu(Bird Flu) Chip
Europe’s top semiconductor maker, STMicroelectronics, said it has developed a portable chip to detect influenza viruses including bird flu in humans.The device, which functions as a mini laboratory on a chip, can screen and identify multiple classes of pathogens and genes in a single diagnostic test within two hours, unlike other tests available on the [...]
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