polymer capsules: Metal Coating That Repairs Itself

Airplanes, cars, and ships that don't corrode are the promise of self-healing paint coatings and polymer materials. Now researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation in Stuttgart, Germany have come up with a metal coating that may be able to repair itself after sustaining damage. The self-healing metal [...]

Go Green :Environment friendly Voltaic Generator Bag

Don't think this geeky looking laptop bag but it actually delivers very environment friendly message. The Voltaic Generator is actually the world's first laptop bag which not only generate strong enough power to charge your laptop via solar energy but can also charge your mobile phone and handheld. It uses high efficiency solar cells to [...]

USB 3.0 ten times faster than 2.0

The long-awaited arrival of USB 3.0, which offers speeds as much as ten times faster than 2.0, is almost over as ASUS has revealed the first motherboard to feature the faster standard. The P6X58 Premium board features both 3.0 and 2.0 ports, allowing for greater functionality with USB devices both old and new. ASUS has also made it super [...]

Kingston technology claims world’s first 256GB USB flash drive

Kingston Technology announced the launch of the world's first 256GB USB flash drive After delivering the world's first 128GB USB flash drive, the Kingston Technology Data Traveler 300. Kingston technology Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., Extend the digital world from thousands of image files to a whole database of [...]

Thermal Throttle termite and pest : BugEye Thermal Camera

Thermal imaging cameras are particularly helpful for finding termite nests in walls, between floors and other concealed areas without drilling or removing wall linings. . This latest technology in termite and pest detection utilizes a high resolution monitor to display temperature differences down to 0.05°C allowing the operator to see both [...]

Sixth sense-where the real world meets web

Pattie Maes from the fluid group, which is part of MIT(massachusetts institute of technology’s) media lab, left audience members in shock as she talked  them through a demonstration  of wearable technology. A sixth sense is a special ability to know something without using any five senses ,this is what this technology [...]

Amur Leopard concept electric Bike

Amur Leopard concept electric Bike was designed by Ryan McGinley (Beijing), who provides more facilities to bike lovers. He designed electric bike in such a way that make anybody to feel comfortable while riding as Ryan McGinley introduces storage for laptop, briefcase under the seat ,you would certainly surprised to know that it's not enough to [...]

The first toyota dedicated hybrid car

The  world's first dedicated hybrid car Lexus HS 250h now available in standard and premium models, the 2010 HS 250h will arrive at U.S. dealerships in late August with prices set at $34,200 for the base model and $36,970 for the better equipped Premium version. In both cases buyers will have to pay an additional delivery, processing and handling [...]

How generators works?

A generator converts mechanical energy into electricity. The mechanical energy is supplied by a power plant as a mechanical energy, usually a gas or turbine engine that can be powered by gas, wind, steam or nuclear power. The power plant is used to turn a series of wire coils inside two magnetic fields. This creates an electrical charge, which is [...]

harnessing solar power in space

Harnessing solar power in space has advantage over terrestrial systems since solar energy can be harnessed around the clock and is never obscured by clouds or bad weather. A solar power satellite would consist of mirror arrays, which would focus sunlight onto photoelectric cells .The electrical power would be converted into microwave beam [...]