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TECHi Innovations tracks the breakthroughs reshaping industries — from AI model releases and semiconductor advances to quantum computing milestones. This is where we cover the technology that Wall Street watches: new chip architectures, AI infrastructure buildouts, and the R&D bets that create tomorrow market leaders.

Old Hair Dryer Becomes Phone Booth

Old Hair Dryer Becomes Phone Booth

http://vimeo.com/8023595 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s just an old hair dryer that has been turned...

Twitter Announces Official Blackberry App, Gets a Little More Evil

Twitter Announces Official Blackberry App, Gets a Little More Evil

Lately, there have been rumblings that much-beloved Twitter might start to turn a little evil and begin to compete with...

RIM’s Acquisition of QNX is Much More Interesting Than It Sounds

RIM’s Acquisition of QNX is Much More Interesting Than It Sounds

"RIM Acquires QNX... zzzz... what?" Whoa. Sorry. Almost nodded off there for a sec. But before you fall asleep, here's...

Good News! No One Will Freeze to Death This Summer

Good News! No One Will Freeze to Death This Summer

Just in time for those frigid, icy summer days, designer Allan George has come up with a simply brilliant way...

The Chip Gripper, or: You’ll Buy Anything A Hot Girl Is Selling

The Chip Gripper, or: You’ll Buy Anything A Hot Girl Is Selling

Anyone here familiar with chindōgu? Translated as 'unusual tool', chindōgu is the Japanese art of inventing devices which, while technically...

Sony Speaker Fits in Cupholder, Cuts Your Caffeine Consumption

Sony Speaker Fits in Cupholder, Cuts Your Caffeine Consumption

From the "really cool but maybe pointless" file comes this Sony mobile speaker that is shaped like a travel coffee...

Brailect Opens up All Books for Visually Impaired

Brailect Opens up All Books for Visually Impaired

This futuristic-looking device is the Brailect. It is designed to be worn on the hand/arm and fits almost like a...

iPhone Versus Windows Phone 7 and Android: Could Apple Lose the OS War (Again)?

iPhone Versus Windows Phone 7 and Android: Could Apple Lose the OS War (Again)?

Déjà Vu All Over Again For anyone who’s been around long enough to remember the epic battles for desktop supremacy...

Got $100,000? Invest Smart, Buy A Brain Analyzer

Got $100,000? Invest Smart, Buy A Brain Analyzer

Looking for a cool way to spend your life's savings? For around $100,000 you can do just that by purchasing...

4 Amazing Gadgets That Will Obliterate the iPad

4 Amazing Gadgets That Will Obliterate the iPad

If there is one thing that is clear, it is that the iPad has the hype. But it is also...

The New Way to Diagnose Your Sleeping Problems

The New Way to Diagnose Your Sleeping Problems

Many of us toss and turn in the middle of the night, but how often do we do that? No...

The Mobile Web Will Find a Way In Emerging Markets

The Mobile Web Will Find a Way In Emerging Markets

Technology is, in general, a great thing. It empowers us with information, entertains us with social activity, and allows us...

Drive Carefully with New BlackBerry Application

Drive Carefully with New BlackBerry Application

Ever sent a text while driving? Thought it would be alright to just pick up the phone and have a...

Nokia Is Developing An iPad-Killer – Report

Nokia Is Developing An iPad-Killer – Report

The iPad may be grabbing headlines everywhere today - it’s hard to find anyone talking about something else - but...

Save Money; Save The Planet With Fujitsu’s Power Strip

Save Money; Save The Planet With Fujitsu’s Power Strip

Even if you’re uncertain where you stand in the green debate, rising electricity bills alone should be enough to get...

Microsoft Launches Own-Brand Smartphones April 12

Microsoft Launches Own-Brand Smartphones April 12

Microsoft is about to introduce its very own attempt at smartphone, its own-branded phones, hitherto developed by the top secret...

Inside Apple’s Home-Made iPad Processor

Inside Apple’s Home-Made iPad Processor

Hard-working disassembly sleuths at iFixIT spent their Easter weekend tearing an iPad apart to explore the Apple-designed A4 processor which...

MacBook Upgrades Coming, Apple-Watchers Claim

MacBook Upgrades Coming, Apple-Watchers Claim

If you’ve got any spare change left after the long Easter iPad launch weekend, Apple has another surprise on the...

Applegirl’s PokerFace Matched Only by Mad iPhone Skills

Applegirl’s PokerFace Matched Only by Mad iPhone Skills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzh2UygPwDU I can't decide what's more impressive about this video:  'Applegirl002's' skill in using iPhone apps to create music; or...

Are We Dumb if We Don’t Buy Smart Phones?

Are We Dumb if We Don’t Buy Smart Phones?

Let me get this out in the open: I have never owned a smart phone. Never! I have thought about...