Saturday, December 22, 2012

What is the most corrupt government in the world?

Occasionally we include in the occasional blog article that has no direct relationship with technology, but in this case maybe it has it indirectly. Specifically it is a study by Transparency International that gives a score to each country in the world according to their level of corruption. The points to be taken into account to assess each country are cases of bribery, speculation, nepotism and corruption and dirty dealings in the ...

Ultrathin solar panels that are installed as a sticker

This is one of those inventions that may change the way you see the tech world around you: flexible solar panels that can stick to any smooth surface like a vulgar sticker. Thanks to Stanford University may be able to get electricity from sunlight hitting just one of these fine panels to a window or directly in the case of your mobile phone.Until now, traditional solar panels were difficult to install, besides being too thick to incorporate them...

The new NASA space suit

  There are already official pictures of what the new spacesuit that NASA has recently finished testing, and it is likely that it is inspired by the character Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story movies. The suit is called Z-1 and its prototype testing ended earlier this month. The main objective of this new space suit is to give the astronauts more mobility and continue providing the same (or maybe better) protection provided spacesuits...

Skyway, emergency jets for the future

The designer Daniel Dobrogorsky like that in the future no matter much where you are, a doctor can get to you quickly. How would this be possible if the nearest doctor is too far? Then using a jet as the Skyway obviously. While today there are medical helicopters as Life Flight, the Skyway is on another level. It only seems to be a more advanced vehicle, but is also likely to be faster, allowing you to reach the patient in less time. Skyway...

This device allows us to monitor our remote medical

We are getting closer to implementing things that are typically seen in futuristic movies and science fiction. In this case what we have is a touch screen device that is placed in your arm and which doctors can access from a smartphone to monitor our health. Powered by Sotera Wireless, the Visi is a little gadget with a colorful touch screen that s and used to monitor the state of our health and our vital signs in real time. The device is...

A Polaroid camera is coming with Android

In recent days rumors have been circulating about a certain brand Polaroid camera. What makes this so special is little that will feature Android as their operating system. This is no longer a rumor, but something official, as the CEO of Polaroid, Scott Hardy said that there will indeed interchangeable lens camera that Android will be presented at CES 2013, which left only a couple of weeks. What is not confirmed so far are the specifications...

Sweden could have a spaceport in a decade

Kiruna is a town in Sweden which may never have heard, but the airport has enough air traffic through its departing flights to London and Tokyo, among other cities. Within a few years, this place could become the gateway to space for non-astronauts, and also plans to use the future even resort to launch commercial space flights (although obviously not to other worlds). Spaceport Sweden is the firm that wants to offer space flight to...

LG Z360 will be presented at CES 2013

The CES 2013 has not started yet as we have mentioned a few times. It will show in this popular electronic devices where LG will present the LG Z360, its new ultrabook of 13.6 mm thick it will use the technology of the company's IPS screen and Full HD resolution available. Note that this is an ultraportable machine weighs only as 1.1 kilograms. That is a means which takes ultrabook a Core inside, being in this case an Intel Core i5 third...