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  • Break free from the corporate Snuggie stranglehold by sewing your own

    Break free from the corporate Snuggie stranglehold by sewing your own

    Posted on January 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Are we still expected, in the year 2010, to pay $20 plus $8 shipping for a Snuggie? And another $8 shipping for a second bonus Snuggie? NO! Show the fat cats at the Snuggie conglomerate that you’re onto their little ruse. Take a big piece of fabric – any fabric you want! -- cut some arm holes, and sew some arms onto the arm holes.

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  • New technology helps to remotely monitor the health of the elderly around the clock

    New technology helps to remotely monitor the health of the elderly around the clock

    Posted on January 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Remote monitoring systems for the elderly are nothing new, but Japanese conglomerate Marubeni's technology seems to be particularly advanced. And unlike you might think, it's not based on robotics, but on a sensor system. It enables families and medical institutions to remotely check the health of older people around the clock - as long as the person in question keeps wearing a small sensor on the chest.

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  • PaPeRo: NEC’s cute helper robot

    PaPeRo: NEC’s cute helper robot

    Posted on November 26, 2009 | No Comments
    As a huge conglomerate, NEC is active in a lot of areas. But unknown to many people outside Japan, the company is quite aggressive in the robotics field, too. Their PaPeRo, a cute helper robot, for example, has been around since 1997 already. And now, just in time for a robot exhibition that currently takes place in Tokyo, the company shows an updated version of the little guy.

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  • First agricultural robot that can autonomously work on fields

    First agricultural robot that can autonomously work on fields

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Robots now enter the agriculture industry, too. First the award-winning rice-transplanting robot, now this: Major Japanese conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries has developed an agricultural robot that can tend fields autonomously.

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  • Vodafone thinking of buying T-Mo UK?

    Vodafone thinking of buying T-Mo UK?

    Posted on June 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Vodafone, the world’s largest cellular operator, is thinking about buying T-Mobile UK, making the giant even bigger. The plan is under scrutiny right now as it would essentially create a massive Euro-monopoly on the cellular front. Vodafone declined to comment. But people familiar with the situation said the company was examining the case for making an [...]

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