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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 | 2/12/2010
Xmas sales predicted at $39.9b
Retailers are feeling glum this Christmas, even though they can expect a slightly more profitable sales period than this time last year.
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 | 8/07/2010
Online retail set to grow 40 per cent
Australia's online retail industry is set to grow 40 per cent by 2012, PayPal Australia says. The e-commerce business, which allows payments and money...
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...
