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Article | 4/10/2012 Panasonic puts your laundry in the cloud

Panasonic is showing its latest home appliances at the Ceatec electronics exhibition, and everything - washing machines, refrigerators, rice cookers -...

Article | 31/07/2012 Deal of the day: Nespresso U for $252

Australian retail outlet Peters of Kensington is currently selling Nespresso's latest capsule-based coffee machine, the Nespresso U, for just $252.

Article | 23/03/2012 Samsung unveils its own ‘Internet of Things’

Samsung is bringing built-in Wi-Fi to many of its upcoming consumer products, creating an 'Internet of things' within its brand.

Article | 18/01/2011 Hands-only remote control emerges in Taiwan

A Taipei university team has developed a tiny chip that allows remote control over home appliances with no more than a wave of the hand and features t...

Article | 19/11/2010 Design concept turns your iPod Nano into a watch

Back when Steve Jobs introduced the new multi-touch iPod Nano in September, he joked that one of the members of Apple's Board of Directors was going t...

Article | 19/11/2010 Small appliance sales increase in tough market: GfK

According to data released by market research company GFK, small appliances have bucked the trend of declining sales in the consumer technology indust...

Article | 20/10/2010 Behold the robotic future of cake decoration

Developments are still continuing apace in the field of delicious-food-making robots. This time we have an automated cake decorator that extrudes desi...

Article | 15/10/2010 Kogan expands to UK

Budget online electronics vendor Kogan Technologies is making the jump to the UK market, with sales of products like the company's low-priced TVs begi...

Article | 30/09/2010 Kogan launches into home appliance market

Australian consumer electronics vendor Kogan is once again challenging major retailers such as Harvey Norman and Bing Lee by moving into the home appl...

Article | 28/09/2010 Segway firm owner dies after driving machine off cliff

The owner of the company that bought out the Segway gyroscopic scooter early this year has died after apparently accidentally driving his machine into...

Article | 28/09/2010 Samsung Galaxy Tab can control your home

The future is now with Samsug's Galaxy Tab and the Home Watcher remote, if a Samsung demo that made its way onto YouTube is anything to go by.

Article | 24/09/2010 Panasonic unleashes 16-finger, hair washing robot

Panasonic has developed a hair-washing robot that uses 16 electronically controlled fingers to give a perfect wash and rinse, the company said Friday.

Article | 25/09/2010 Panasonic robot gives 16-finger, automated hair washing

Panasonic has developed a hair-washing robot that uses 16 electronically controlled fingers to give a perfect wash and rinse, the company said Friday.

Article | 13/09/2010 IDF 2010: Intel OASIS technology: Microsoft Kinect for the kitchen?

Intel's research and development labs have been working on an interactive 3D technology called OASIS, which may one day give consumers a whole new way...

Article | 3/08/2010 Intel, GE to form health-IT company focused on senior care

Intel and GE will combine health-IT assets to form a company that focuses on providing medical care technologies to the elderly and people with chroni...

Article | 28/07/2010 Apple battery charger slays the vampire

There may not be anything magical or revolutionary about AA batteries, but we need them to run a variety of electronic gizmos, including wireless mice...

Article | 28/07/2010 Microsoft Hohm outs home energy hogs

Microsoft has expanded its Hohm energy monitoring portal so home owners can see, directly from their personal computers, how much power their homes us...

Article | 24/06/2010 Microsoft's Home of the Future: A Visual Tour

Welcome to The Microsoft Home, where no wall or table in the house is safe from being a digital device.

Article | 8/06/2010 Samsung SPACE refrigerator brings black into the kitchen

Samsung Electronics Australia has announced a new-look product in its line of SPACE side-by-side refrigerators.

Article | 3/06/2010 EU legislators advise review of PVC, BFR use in electronics

The safety of some chemicals used by the electronics industry should be reviewed, members of the European Parliament's Environment Committee said on W...