Before you dismiss this hilarious Groen Brothers video as a silly joke, it’s worth noting that someone has already filed a patent for a mobile phone application (“wireless communication device with integrated defibrillator“) that could enable a mobile phone to deliver an electrical charge to someone’s heart in an emergency situation. However, the safety of… Read More: The ultimate mobile phone? »
Like a story right out of science fiction, the Japanese – known for their pursuit of all things eccentric (think pocket pets, robot dogs and an assortment of other crazy inventions) – are reportedly planning to spend one trillion yen (just shy of US$10 billion) on a 36,000 km space elevator to lift people and… Read More: Up, up and away »
Apparently CrackBerry addicts have a difficult choice to make in life. According to a post on Gulliver, Economist’s business-travel blog, 35% of BlackBerry users who responded to a survey conducted for Sheraton Hotels & Resorts “would pick their BlackBerry over their significant other if they absolutely had to choose one to live without”. More worryingly:… Read More: BlackBerry or spouse? »
If you’re a regular traveller who lugs around a generic-looking Samsonite luggage on the road, you might bemoan the fact that it can be difficult to identify your own bag, especially at crowded airports where several airlines share the same luggage carousel, sometimes almost simultaneously. To deal with this “problem”, an American company has come… Read More: Someone please call the bomb disposal squad! »
According to Parks Associates’ Digital Media Habits II report, people are increasingly using their TVs to play music at home. The report was based on a Q3 2007 survey of 2,000 broadband households in the US and Canada. The survey found that the number of households using a TV to listen to music equalled the… Read More: Poor use of a multimedia device »
Ok, a Blu-ray Disc “guaranteed to preserve data safely for over 200 years” is a claim that may not exactly be impossible to prove, but would you (or your descendants) even bother? Delkin Devices, manufacturer of the Archival Gold BD Recordable media, says that its patented “phase-change” recording materials allow the discs to withstand the… Read More: Marketing ingenuity: make claims that are impossible to prove »