Innovation

Kitchen appliances major Breville has come out with a new toaster- Breville VTT296 2-slice Radio Toaster that is equipped with radio.
 
Before looking at toaster’s features, let’s see the radio aspects in Breville Radio Toaster. The device has 10 radio channel presets and sports ...

While the whole world is behind high-end technologies and other scientific advancements in developing new devices, a whole-new invention has emerged silently. No, this time it is not about smartphones, tablet or other such top-end gadgets but radio. H2O has announced its new shower-powered radio. ...

As one tends to think what else could be innovated beyond touchscreen smartphones, Japanese researchers have come up with a mobile phone that is designed with human-shaped body and has its chassis covered with skin-like material.
 
The Osaka University, NTT DoCoMo, Advanced ...

Smell-O-Vision, a toaster-like device that emits a variety of odours while playing computer games for different scenarios, has been unveiled. The device has to be plugged into the television or computer on which the game is being played.
 
This is yet another interesting facet of games. ...

India's own home appliances company Prestige has come out with a novel pressure cooker dubbed as ‘Microchef’ that can be used in microwave oven. With this, the company hopes the usage of microwave oven would increase in India.
 
“Prestige has always been on top when it ...

Apple has come up with a range of new products and services on Wednesday and unveiled iPod and Apple TV gadgets and an exclusive service named ‘Ping’, built on iTunes 10.
 
Ping is a music-based social network from Apple. The software is available for free download. According to ...

LePhone has launched the first ‘triple SIM’ mobile phone for the Indian market. The company for the first time came up with the ‘triple SIM’ handset by launching the ‘A10’ model.
 
The phone comes equipped with features including2.2-inch display, FM Radio, ...

Google along with a tie-up with HTC is planning for launching a tablet computer to compete with Apple’s iPad, sources said. The company is planning to bring the device for the holiday season.
 
Google is said to have joined hands with Taiwan-based HTC and US-based Verizon for the ...

Apple Inc is likely to launch its mini version of iPad in this year, media reports carried the news on Wednesday.
 
According to sources, a Taiwan firm will be making components for the mini iPads. However, so far there is no official word from Apple.
 
The mini iPad is expected to ...

Taiwanese manufacturer Acer has unveiled a series of LED monitors as part of its S1 series that are claimed to be the slimmest in the world. The monitors vary from 13mm to 15mm in thickness and their diagonal sizes vary from 18.5-inch to 23-inch.
 
The four devices are laden with features ...

As per the next January 26 announcement, the Apple’s Mac Tablet could be named ‘iSlate’. This has become more believable after the company purchased a domain called iSlate.com in 2007.
 
The rumors have become rife and some of the popular bloggers have even stated it as a ...

A robot dressed in an elegant wedding gown walked the ramp at an Osaka fashion show, which paved the way to a major advancement in humanoid technology.
 
This robot was developed by the Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
 
 Despite ...

Scientists from Britain have unveiled a robotic rat ‘Scratchbot’ that can seek and identify objects using the whiskers just like a rat does. A team from University of Sheffield and Bristol Robotics Laboratory has developed the robo-rat to develop artificial intelligent ...

Fireworks have for thousands of years represented the spirit celebration. Despite the fact that they pollute the atmosphere with toxic substances, it is still hard to give them up entirely. The solution lies in making them ‘greener’ and such firecrackers have been ...

Sony’s new patent lets you control your PlayStation 3 games with just about any object you desire.

The patent in question is yet to get approval. Microsoft too has a similar idea called Natal which uses the same technology.

This new controller will let you use virtually anything as a ...

A new application in Apple’s App Store, Yowza!! has been launched. It will help consumers save money and encourage retail business.

With Yowza!! users can carry out transactions through their iPhones or iPod Touch without having to print or carry  coupons and emails with promo ...

French researchers have found a way to sniff wine to an extent that it can identify where the drink was made and in which barrel it was fermented. This is done by an electronic nose called mass spectrometer, which can make even the most experienced wine expert nervous. 
The complex mix of ...

With many unconventional methods of saving water coming about, the idea of a waterless toilet just got a boost. Funny it may seem but this actually is practicable.

We tend to flush a lot of water to down our waste into the sewer which is a shame actually. The Loowatt solves this problem with a ...

Richard Branson’s newest endeavor, Virgin Galactic will soon be the first company to launch a facility to allow rich tourists to take off commercially in spacecrafts that fly high above the stratosphere.

Although the commercial space tourism idea is several years old (and Virgin has ...

Researchers at University of Illinois have invented world’s first acoustic superlens. This could be used for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, non-destructive structural testing of bridges and buildings, and underwater stealth technology. 
The research was led by Nicholas Fang, ...

Taiwanese computer behemoth ASUS will shortly launch a new innovation that had made its debut in the latest edition of CES (Consumer Electronics Show). The Eee keyboard is indeed an oddity as it is a computer built into a keyboard.

The company has taken a fair amount of time in developing this ...

Bertrand Picard, a Swiss adventurer is set to unveil a prototype of solar-powered plane, hoping it would eventually fly around the world. The initial version spans 61 m, but weighs only 1500 kg. The plane would undergo trials to prove its ability to fly at night. Picard made history in 1999 when he ...

Well, the machine is not TOTALLY waterless, but promises to use less than 90% of the water that current machines use.

The machine, named Xeros, which is also the name for the Greek god for ‘dry’ is being developed by researchers at Leeds University who also set up a company called ...

The world's smallest car, the Peel 50, debuted Monday at Ripley's Believe it or Not museum in Times Square, New York.
Designed as a "city car" for Ripley's by the London-based Peel Engineering Company, the one-seater Peel Trident is battery-operated and travels about 64 km per hour. It ...

An Indonesian techie is trying to bring in a quiet revolution with the wok - a large, round-bottomed Chinese cooking vessel. His "wokbolic" is a low cost technology that takes wireless connectivity places and dramatically lowers the cost of internet access.
"It's to cook," ...