Market research company iSuppli takes it upon itself to tear down popular gadgets to find out the price of the component parts and the vendors supplying those ingredients. A rundown of several recent iSuppli teardowns follows...
For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process.
The Kopin Corporation, a self-described\\rnanosemiconductor company, has created the minuscule range of LCD\\rdisplays dubbed Cyberdisplay. The newest member of the display range\\rmeasures in at 0.27 inches along its diagonal with a resolution of 600\\rx 480. It is reported to be the smallest full-color VGA screen in the\\rworld.
In order to use the USB key you need to completely disassemble the puzzle-like cube to find the USB key in the center, and then re-assemble it when finished. In addition to honing your puzzle skills an additional hurdle will have to be overcome in the form of the device\'s pricetag--1,000,000 yen ($10,442)!
When we were kids, spy movies inspired playground fantasies of chasing bad guys and solving mysteries.Below are the 15 coolest movie gadgets that any fan of action and suspense would love to own.\\r
The electric SkySpark recently flew for 8 minutes and hit a top speed of 155 mph (250 km/h). That speed is said to be a record speed for a 100-percent electrically powered aircraft.
Just when we thought we could not be more enamored of Glide’s TwistTogether LED blocks, we spotted this window display the company created for the Museum of Modern Art’s Midtown Manhattan store. Using components from their technicolored “Candy” set, the designers pieced together a dazzling, psychedelic tree.
Alcatel-Lucent said today that it’s begun providing German carrier E-Plus with equipment that inserts advertisements onto mobile devices based on demographic information provided by a subsidiary of the carrier. Gettings, the E-Plus subsidiary collecting the information and delivering the ads, offers plans that send between 10-25 ads per week.
What\'s next? Apparently, a credit card in your cell phone\\rHåkan Djuphammar, a vice president of Ericsson, predicted all cell phones will come equipped with enabling technology within a year. In the U.S banks and other companies are test-driving an RFID sticker that can be attached to your cell phone so you can use it to buy stuff