Author: Kendra Cowden

Don’t feel like carrying all of your heavy bags anymore? Let Big Dog do it for you. Big Dog is a prototype ‘mule’ that was created by Boston Dynamics to be used by the United States Army. The main goal for these types of robots is to go with soldiers into the field, and tag a long with them just like a pack animal would. The robot weighs in at 240+lbs and walks on four legs. It can also carry more than its own weight in cargo. Boston Dynamics has released a video of the Big Dog in action. The robot is jogging on asphalt at 5mp. That doesn’t seem very fast to us but for a robot that just walks it is huge. Creating…

Forget going for a jog while listening to your iPod. Create your own music right at home with the Vinyl Workout. Designer Theo Watson created the Vinyl Workout for the inaugural Rotterdam Electronic Music Festival. The Vinyl Workout is an interactive workout that turns your floor into a digital record player. By projecting a large record player on the floor that is big enough to walk on, the user can control it by running around on the surface. The system responds to the pace and direction that the runner is going and slow down when you walk around slowly. The record plays backwards or rewinds when…

Watches have come a long way since they were first invented. Before all they could do was tell you the time but now they can pretty much do anything that you can think of. They are also not just a device that gives the time but also a fashion accessory. Here are a few watch designs of the future that do much more than just give the time. Tread 1 : Bulletproof Watch Devon Works designed the Tread 1:Bulletproof watch. The numbers move accurately across the belt while giving the watch a new take on an ordinary task of checking the time. The watch has a built-in battery that can be recharged wirelessly, and the…

The time has come for all of us to start saying our goodbyes to the floppy disk. Sony made a statement saying that in March 2011 it will no longer be selling the 30-year-old floppy disk in Japan. Earlier in the year, Sony had stopped selling floppy disks in many international markets because of decreasing orders and competition from other storage systems. The demand for floppy disks started to decline in 1998 when Apple didn’t include a floppy drive in the G3 iMac computer. Because of that many different companies have stopped their support for floppy disks. Dell Computers stopped in 2003 and PC…

Rhapsody has come out with an updated version of their App for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The application is free to download onto your device but you must have a subscription to use it. With this new version you can listen to the Rhapsody playlist that you have created while being connected to the Internet and also download songs to local storage. This means that you can listen to your music while being in such places as an elevator or subway that has no Internet access. This is a first for Apple to allow a third-party music subscription to allow songs to be downloaded in the U.S. They have a music…

Is this a new way to use your laptop? Nope, this is a lamptop. Designed by Ukrainian designerAlex Nesterenko, the Lamptop is a unique twist on the standard table lamp that lights up just like a laptop would. The Lamptop features built-in RAM and a monitor. The lamp can also be used as an electronic photo frame where you can upload your photos from your camera to share with friends and family. The Lamptop is easily controlled the same way a laptop is. It turns on by pressing the “power” button and turns off by pressing “ctrl+alt+del”. Source: Industrial Design…

Looks like Google might be bigger than we thought it was. The photo above is from Intac and is a visual portrayal of the exact number of devoted servers that major tech companies own. This diagram allows you to get a clear image of how much larger some of these servers are than others. If you just heard the numbers, like 100,000 for Intel and between 20,000 and 30,000 for Facebook and AT&T, you would just think of them as an interesting fact and nothing more. Such companies like Amazon, eBay and Microsoft have over 50,000 servers but they have no chance as being as big as Google is. Google has an estimated…

Want to watch a movie but too lazy to go to the movie store to rent one? YouTube has come up with a way for users to watch movies on its site. YouTube has made a selection of movies and TV shows available for users to rent in its online store. In January, the site tested $5 rentals of movies from the Sundance Film Festival. The trial was a success and now YouTube is renting movies and TV shows for 48 hours for 99 cents to $3.99. Users can pay through Google Checkout. It was reported by NewTeeVee that YouTube extended its rentals beyond Sundance films in February but it didn’t make a lot of money with earlier…

Let’s be honest here, the iPod and iPhone does pretty much everything that we want it to do, except massage you. Human Touch has now launched a massage chair that can be controlled by the touch of the iPod or iPhone, taking care of that little problem. Human Touch Connect is the very first massage chair that lets its users personalize the chair to their own needs through internet connectivity. Human Touch Connect is connected through a Bluetooth link on the iPhone or iPod touch to directly start many massage programs, expertise and user friendly functions. The Human Touch Connect is available…

The TungstenW biometric wallet is a new way to know that your cash, credit cards, and I.D. are safe and secure rather than being in an ordinary wallet. Before actually using the TungstenW biometric wallet you need to use a computer to hook it up to. From there you can program it with a fingerprint. This will allow only you to have access to your wallet. The wallet comes with Bluetooth connection that allows you to join it with a Bluetooth-enabled handset. This will sound an alarm whenever you roam more than 10 feet away from your wallet. The wallet is available in gold, green, black, pink and white fiberglass…