If you thought the invisibility suits worn by the alien Predators in
the series of movies, and the cape worn in the Harry Potter stories were
fantasical fiction.
It might be time to have a re-think, as Hyperstealth Biotech Corp
claims to have a camouflage material that provides exactly the same
invisibility capability to soldiers, and its available today.
CEO Guy Cramer told the Daily Mail that
groups within both the U.S. military and Canadian military have seen the
stuff in person, saying,
"These groups now know that it works
and does so without cameras, batteries, lights or mirrors…It is
lightweight and quite inexpensive. Both the U.S. and C
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Nick Thatcker has created a new style of self-balancing bike using
a Arduino and a five degree of freedom IMU from Sparkfun to provide the
stability and keep the bike upright.
The DIY Self-balancing unicycle has been called Raptor and builds on
Nicks previous self-balancing projects, providing around 90-120 mninutes
of use on a single charge. Watch the video after the jump to learn more
about the DIY Self-balancing Unicycle project and see it in action.
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The unicycle is capable
of motoring along at around at a top speed of 10mph, and the motor could
move you along faster if desired but has been restricted by the
firmware to ensure it has enough power to ‘catch up’ if you lean too far
forward. For more information jump
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BMW’s long-awaited third-generation electric car won’t just be
electric. The company announced last week that the upcoming i3 will be
the first electric car from a mainstream automaker with an optional range-extending engine.
The i3, formerly known as the MegaCity concept vehicle, is an
all-carbon-fiber electric city car planned as the successor to the Active-E, a 1 Series-based electric car that becomes available for select leasing this fall.
BMW did not announce what engine would be used as a range extender,
but the automaker did say the engine will not be connected with the
wheels. Instead, it will only serve as a generator to produce
electricity f
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Owners of Samsung
Smart TVs might be interested to learn that a Threat Post, security
researcher Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability within some
Samsung Smart TVs that could allow remotely access the Samsung TV.
As well as remotely access the Samsung TV hackers might also be able
to access files located on the TVs USB flash drive connected to the TV,
reconfigure the TV’s remote control, and even gain root access and load
up malicious software directly into the Smart TV system. Watch the video after the jump to find out more.
"In this video we demonstrate one
of our 0-day vulnerabilities affecting Smart TV, in this case a Samsung
TV LED 3D. Smart TV can be used to browse the internet, use social
networks, purchase m
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Sony announced their Xperia V smartphone a while back, and although
the device was supposed to launch in Europe thismonth, the launch of the
handset was delayed slightly.
Sony have now launched the Sony Xperia V in Russia and the device is available SIM free
for 24,999 rubles which works out at around $815 US dollars, there are
no details as yet on when it will be available in other European
countries.
The Sony Xperia V features a 4.3 inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, it is powered by a dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.5Ghz processor and also features an Adreno 225 GPU and 1GB of RAM.
If you are in the market for a new PC and are looking for something a little different, you might be interested in the new LEET Gaming HTPC Range launched by Steiger Dynamics this week.
Steiger Dynamics has created a range of awesome looking PC
systems targeted exclusively towards gamers or power hungry users, check
out the full specification after the jump.
Prices for the LEET
Pure series starts at $1798, but adding extra and options can easily
push the price north of $10,000 on the highest-end LEET Reference with
maxed out specs. Steiger Dynamics will be showcasing their new systems
at the CES exhibition in Januray.
mLogic has launched a new drive designed for Mac systems which has
been created to provide a Thunderbolt expansion chassis in the form of
the new mLogic mLink.
The mLogic mLink offer Mac users the ability to connect PCIe cards
such as RAID controllers, 10GigE, Fibre Channel and audio/video capture
cards directly to Thunderbolt connection equipped Mac desktops and
laptops.
Features of the new mLogic mLink Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis
include : 2 x high-performance 10Gbit/second Thunderbolt ports, support
for daisy-chaining of up to six Thunderbolt peripherals, and a form
factor of just 8.1 x 2.75 x 5.9”.
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If you are looking for a very unique Bluetooth keyboard to use with your smartphones the new Qii equipped with a fully flexible QWERTY keyboard might be worth more investigation.
The Qii keyboard was listed on the Indiegogo crowd funding website
but for some reason its project page has now been removed or locked. But
if you would like to learn more about this unique style of keyboard,
watch the video after the jump.
The Qii prototype seen the in video
below is equipped with a textured surface for easier touch typing and a
waterproof coating, and has been in development for a number of year to
get it to this stage. With its creators explaining that : "Qii is the world’s first, truly mobile, rollable pocket-sized keyboard for your smartphone or tablet.”<
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Some of readers will remember the YotaPhone that we featured on the site the other day, the device comes with dual displays, one on each side, and the two displays are an LCD one and an E-Paper one.
Now we have a video of the device in action, which was put together by the guys from Mobile Review, have a look at the video below, it certainly looks very interesting.
There are no details as yet on when the YotaPhone will be available,
as soon as we get some more information on the device , including
pricing and a launch date we will let you guys know.
A new project has landed on the Kickstarter crowd funding website
which has been created to allow you to use your iPhone as an EMF
detector, using an adapter that plugs into your 3.5 mm headphone port,
and uses a companion app to display results.
Enabling you to detect invisible EM radiation from household
appliances such as your HDTV, your car, or whatever might be lurking in
your closet or under your bed. Watch the video after the jump to learn
more about the Mr Ghost project and see it in action.
The iOS application is fully compatible with the iPhone4, 4s, and 5 as well as iPad 2, iPad 3, and iPad 4 and iPod touch 4th and 5th gens devices. Its creator Aaron Rasmussen explains:
"Fancy yourself a ghost hunter? Mr
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