Cheerleading robots have debuted in Tokyo by creator Murata Manufacturing

Cheering for driver safety ... Murata Cheerleaders, equipped with various sensors such as gyro sensors, ultrasonic and infra-red sensors, can make formations with wireless network sensing technology. Picture: AFP PHOTO/YOSHIKAZU TSUNO Source: AFP

Cheerleading robots have debuted in Tokyo by creator Murata Manufacturing. A TEAM of cheerleading robots have made their dancing debut in Tokyo as creator Murata Manufacturing demonstrated its cutting-edge sensor technology.

With curtains pulled back and Japanese pop music pulsing in the background, 10 doll-like robot girls with illuminated pompoms rolled out onto a stage to perform their choreographed routine on Thursday.

The cheerleaders stand just 36 centimetres tall, with matching bob hairstyles that hide the machinery inside their heads.

Murata said the team’s advanced gyro sensors, which are usually found in cars and digital cameras, kept them from falling off the balls that they wobble on during their routine.

NASA investing in 3-D food printer for astronauts

In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3-D food printer for astronauts to create custom meals on the fly.

With support from NASA, the firm, Systems and Materials Research Corp of Austin, intends to design, build and test a food printer that can work in space.

Teen invention charges phone in just 20 SECONDS

A California teen has attracted the attention of tech giants Google for her potentially revolutionary invention which charges a phone in 20 seconds flat.

The super-fast charging device has been dubbed a supercapacitor by 18-year-old Esha Khare, of Saratoga - as she took home $50,000 from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which took place in Phoenix this week.

Blu-ray discs dead yet

Think video streaming, from services such as Amazon and Netflix, is killing physical discs? Not quite yet, according to the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), which reports that Blu-ray sales were 28.5 percent higher in the first quarter of this year than a year ago.

Technological Breakthrough Allows Scientists Read Mind

Technological Breakthrough Allows Scientists Read Mind, Most of us have heard the old adage, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." In other words, keep your negative thoughts to yourself. But what if someone could read your thoughts?

A new technological breakthrough allows scientists to see what people are imagining; they can even decipher what number a person has just seen, what video the person has just watched, or what particular memory the person is recalling.

First photos of the Samsung Galaxy S4

First photos of the Samsung Galaxy S4, Apparently leaked images show what seems to be the Galaxy S IV smartphone, Samsung's next-generation flagship mobile which is set for launch this week.

The pictures, if legitimate, confirm several of the widespread rumours about the forthcoming phones specifications, particularly the upgrade to a massive 5in screen.

The handset, dubbed 'GT-I9502', is apparently customised for Chinese carrier Unicom. It is said to have a 'Universal5410' 1.8GHz processor, 2GB of RAM and a PowerVR SGX 544MP graphics processor.

iPhone 5 Release Date

iPhone 5 Release Date – New Apple iPhone 5 to support 4G network in the United Kingdom. The world’s most awaiting new iPhone 5 is expected to launch in mid-September 2012.

According to CultofMac.com, the United Kingdom's first-ever 4G network is expected to roll out starting on September 11th. That's just a day before Apple is rumored to be announcing their new iPhone 5 at a press event, where they'll also unveil their new iPhone and iPad operating system.

Human-Powered Helicopter [Video]

Human-Powered Helicopter [Video] - Gamera II is the second human powered helicopter from the University of Maryland's Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center. Video evidence suggests the helicopter, piloted by Kyle Gluesenkamp, flew for 50 seconds!

Leaked iPhone 5 Photos

Leaked iPhone 5 Photos - Images published on a Chinese tech blog purportedly show “leaked” photos of the unannounced, unreleased, unavailable Apple iPhone 5 -- the hotly anticipated next version of the device that rewrote the rules for smartphone makers.

The images show a sleek, two-tone design, as a shocking change. The first appearance of the stylized, 16/9 design with its unibody looks beautiful.

Ipad Mini Launch Date

Ipad Mini Launch Date, The announcement of Samsung's 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 has accelerated "iPad Mini" rumors; the latest comes from a Chinese portal, which claims that six million mini iPad units will launch in the third quarter.

The report from NetEase, translated by Kotaku, states that the "mini iPad" will sell for $249-$299. The rumors correlate with a report from Mashable that claims Samsung is supplying Apple with new LCD technology for smaller iPads.

US Police Can Copy Your iPhones Contents In Under Two Minutes

US Police Can Copy Your iPhones Contents In Under Two Minutes, It has emerged that Michigan State Police have been using a high-tech mobile forensics device that can extract information from over 3,000 models of mobile phone, potentially grabbing all media content from your iPhone in under two minutes.

The CelleBrite UFED is a handheld device that Michigan officers have been using since August 2008 to copy information from mobile phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. The device can circumvent password restrictions and extract existing, hidden, and deleted phone data, including call history, text messages, contacts, images, and geotags.

iPad 3 Release Date

iPad 3 Release Date, Rumor roundup: ‘iPad 3’ release date, specs. As February ticks away, the rumors surrounding the next iPad are flowing fast and furious. Apple has the habit of pushing out its tablets in the spring, releasing the iPad 2 in March 2011 and the original model in April 2010. Here’s a general look at the rumors that are out there about the tablet — remember to take all with a healthy pinch of salt.

Release date: Conventional wisdom would say that the next iPad is coming this spring, as it has in the past. There had been rumors that Apple was planning a February event to show off a tablet — courtesy of the Japanese Apple blog Macotakara — but those were quickly squashed by The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple and, later, by the blog itself.

Facebook Timeline Mandatory

Facebook Timeline mandatory rollout: You have 7 days to scour your past

Facebook is the virtual home to more than 800 million active users, so any change to how the network operates is a big deal. And nothing could be bigger for the social hotspot than completely revamping everyone's front-facing profile page, and that is exactly what is happening today. Starting this morning, the new Timeline feature — that up until now has been an optional switch — is now mandatory.

First Demonstration of Time Cloaking

Pentagon-backed 'time cloak' stops the clock

Pentagon-supported physicists on Wednesday said pentagon time cloak, First Demonstration of Time Cloaking ,  they had devised a "time cloak" that briefly makes an event undetectable.


First Demonstration of Time Cloaking , The laboratory device manipulates the flow of light in such a way that for the merest fraction of a second an event cannot be seen, according to a paper published in the science journal Nature. pentagon time cloak,  First Demonstration of Time Cloaking ,

First Demonstration of Time Cloaking

Off the clock: Scientists create cloaking device that 'hides' whole events - making time itself disappear

Most of the human race don't have any problem making time disappear - but scientists have cracked a very hi-tech way of doing exactly that.

Scientists have developed a 'temporal cloaking' device that can hide events from view.

The demonstration 'hid' events for 40 trillionths of a second - or 40 picoseconds - by speeding up and slowing down different parts of a light beam.

What is the difference between LCD and LED?

Difference Between LED & LCD

Liquid crystal display (LCD) technology was developed in the 1970s---think digital wristwatches---and its use in televisions and computer monitors means thinner profiles and larger screens. Light-emitting diode (LED) is a newer LCD technology.

Another iPhone explodes

Another iPhone 4 has exploded, this time in Brazil. An iPhone plugged in to charge overnight began emitting smoke and sparks, according to the Brazilian iPhone blog, Blog Do iPhone. iphone explodes brazil.

Ayla Paulo Mota, the iPhone's owner was asleep next to the phone at the time, and the sparking occurred just centimetres from her face. second iphone explodes brazil,

Lightest Material

Lightest Material, Scientists invent lightest material on Earth. What now? Scientists have invented a new material that is so lightweight it can sit atop a fluffy dandelion without crushing the little fuzzy seeds.

It's so lightweight, styrofoam is 100 times heavier.

It is so lightweight, in fact, that the research team consisting of scientists at UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and Caltech say in the peer-reviewed Nov. 18 issue of Science that it is the lightest material on Earth, and no one has asked them to run a correction yet.

That's light!

Angie Varona sex symbol

Angie Varona sex symbol, Angie Varona: How a 14-Year-Old Unwillingly Became an Internet Sex Symbol. Angie Varona is one of the most recognized young sex symbols on the Internet, not because she is an aspiring model, or even asking for the attention, but because her private photo account was hacked four years ago.

The 18-year-old said her likeness has shown up on porn sites, humor sites, jailbait.com -- a message board affilith reddit.com where people trade and comment on photos of underage girls -- even on advertisements. There are also numerous unauthorized Facebook profiles, Twitter accounts and YouTube channels, all claiming to be Varona -- one Facebook fan page has more than 41,000 likes.

+iPad 3 rumours

+iPad 3 rumours, iPad 3 rumours: what you need to know. Updated: Release date, specs and more for the next iPad. The iPad 2 has been out since the Spring. So now it's time tomove the rumour factory onto iPad 3.

We've gathered together details on its possiblespecifications including chips, cameras and retina displays - with a little bit of help from mysterious, unnamed people who can't possibly be identified.