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New Retinal Implants Could Bring Back Sight to the Blind
0By: Talha Bhatti | October 5th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Health, Living
German firm, Retina Implant AG, has developed a microchip that can be implanted in a person’s eye, allowing thousands of people see again. The chip has been developed so that it can be placed under the retina and is currently going through clinical trials. According to initial results the device has shown ...
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Oracle Makes Major Cloud Computing Announcement at OpenWorld
By: Talha Bhatti | October 5th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
The Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of enterprise software developer Oracle, Larry Ellison has made public his company's intentions of launching a cloud computing service. Many see this as Oracle stepping into direct competition with Amazon, which has seen a great deal of success with its own cloud computing service. The anno...
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Wearable Technology Allows Emergency Responders To Create Map As They Explore Dangerous Areas
By: Talha Bhatti | October 3rd, 2012 | Gadgets, News
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a wearable device that automatically generates a map as the person wearing the technology moves around indoors. The creators of the wearable device expect the technology to be used by emergency teams when they enter unknown locations. The digital floor plan that will be ge...
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VIDEO: Google And Cirque du Soleil Work Together To Create Movi.Kanti.Revo
By: Kevin Green | October 2nd, 2012 | Gadgets, Google, News, O Canada
Movi.Kanti.Revo is an incredible new experiment from the Google Chrome team. The name Movi.Kanti.Revo is taken from the Esperanto words for moving, singing and dreaming. The sensory experiment was actually first showcased at Google's 2012
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RIM’s CEO Heins Says BlackBerry 10 “Processing Power Close To A Laptop”
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones
Research In Motion (RIM) is using the BlackBerry Jam Americas developer conference as a showcase of the Canadian firms BlackBerry 10 Operating System. The struggling company has fallen from its top spot in the smartphone market as competitors like Apple and Samsung have dominated the industry as of late. Many analysts believe that the BB10 software...
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SimpliVity, Makers Of Data Center In A Box Technology, Secure $25 Million In Series B Funding
By: Kevin Green | September 29th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News
SimpliVity, the makers of the “data center in a box,” has successfully completed a Series B round of funding that raised a total of $25 million for their disruptive technology. The cash injection was provided by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) along with Accel Part...
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Nintendo Wii U Coming To North America On November 18
By: Talha Bhatti | September 28th, 2012 | Gadgets, Games, News, O Canada
November 18 will be a big day for Nintendo fans as the Wii U officially lands in North America. 23 titles for the handheld console will also be available at the same time to coincide with the hardware release. Some of the video games that will be on the shelves will include names like Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, New Super Mario Bros. U, and FIFA Soccer 13. A minigame collection called Nintendo Lan...
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Samsung To Host Galaxy Note 2 Launch Party In NYC
By: Talha Bhatti | September 28th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Samsung will be looking to make the most of the upcoming shopping season announcing yesterday that they will be holding a launch party for the Galaxy Note II in New York on October 24. The Korean electronics manufacturer had already announced at IFA Berlin that the device was making its way to Canada and the U.S. sometime soon, but the laun...
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Quantum-Nano Centre To Open Soon At University of Waterloo
By: Talha Bhatti | September 26th, 2012 | Gadgets, News, O Canada
Mike Lazaridis, the founder and former CEO of Canadian technology giant Research In Motion (RIM), has funded a new initiative called the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre which...
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Meet Alfa, the Incredible Cardboard Bicycle That Can Support Over 400lbs and Costs $9-$12
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 26th, 2012 | Gadgets, Health, Living
An incredibly gifted machine designer and devout bicycle enthusiast named Izhar Gafni has created a bike that is 100% recycled and fortified to be stronger than carbon fiber. The designer, who has created machines in the past that have sewn shoes and peeled pomegranates, became fascinated with the idea of using recycled cardboard to build a bike after hearing that someone had used the material to ...
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