South Korean researchers unveiled this week a penguin robot called Pomi (for Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) that can “EMIT SMELLS” based on how it “feels” (Why is this good?) The robot, which is designed to imitate human emotions, has a fake heart beat that changes tempo based on its emotional state.

South Korean researchers unveiled this week a penguin robot called Pomi (for Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) that can “EMIT SMELLS” based on how it “feels” (Why is this good?) The robot, which is…

Root is the default name for system administrator in a *NIX system ? a super user who can do anything and everything within the operating system.

Ideally, one should avoid logging on to the root account via the GUI. Working continuously as root isn’t recommended for the reasons cited above. It is advisable to switch to the super user using the sudo command before another command…

With rich GUI enabled installation procedures and live-CDs, installing a popular Linux distro is very easy. Gone are those days when you needed to compile the kernel from the source. Here are some options and advice on chosing the right Linux distro.

If you’ve been using a Windows or a Mac for several years, you would take some time to adjust to the new interface and a completely different file organization schema which a *NIX based system has had over the past 35 years. But once you…

Apples Mobile Me? ad spotted?

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Actual quote from a recent, official press release from the White House. No, seriously.

$77 million in federal conservation grants, which, when joined with industry contributions, will total $108 million for new research to accelerate the development of fuel cells, advanced engines and hydrogen technology for tomorrow?s cars and…

This year @ the ITP show the latest addition of devices used for projects included the Wiimote. Younghyun Chung’s digital wheelchair art project @ ITP…

In this project, I successfully provided alternate methods of self-expression for people with physical disabilities. Because I designed the system while considering a variety of disabilities and locations so that a wider range of users can…

Check out the video from the first Digg Meet-up in San Francisco, and mark your calendars for future Digg Townhalls and Meet-ups!

Hey all! Thanks for tuning in to our Digg Townhall on Tuesday night. Keep the feedback coming! If you missed it, you can catch the past Townhalls at digg.com/townhall. Be sure to mark your calendar for a few upcoming events — Digg is…

As if the Google Reader on the IPhone wasnt already awesome they just made that much better.

This new version is designed to offer many of the same features as the desktop, while making it quick and easy to act on items. If you've used list view, then it should be familiar to you. Scan the titles for an item that interests you, tap…

25,000 lightballs, each containing 12 LEDs. It can display 16 million colors and 25 images per second.

yes, i really like the LED! I live in Zurich an see it every day. Sometimes there are very beauteful color-combinations, and sometimes it just looks terrible. =) i didn’t know that the take it off in sept. 09! thx for info!

Insprired by the iPhone……If youre a woman who has tried EVERYTHING to get men to stare at, touch, and grope your breasts without success, we have just the thing. Check out ThinkGeeks Slide to Unlock? Ladies T-Shirt.

We know how hard it is for women to draw men’s attention to their chests, so we applaud ThinkGeek for addressing this sensitive women’s issue. By cleverly disguising your breasts as an iPhone (something men REALLY want to…

“…So why does this matter? Once you enable this feature the stories you digg will not only post to your mini-feed, but also syndicate to your friends through the main Facebook news feed. This helps further our mission of spreading the news you care about, to the people you care about.”

So why does this matter? Once you enable this feature the stories you digg will not only post to your mini-feed, but also syndicate to your friends through the main Facebook news feed. This helps further our mission of spreading the news you…

Here’s an idea for the Web 2.0 community: don’t keep inventing new social-networking websites, make the existing ones more useful …

Macweek begins, Telecom's new data plans, Intel's u-turn

old Playboy from February of 1985 featuring an interview with an about-to-be-fired-from-Apple Steve Jobs. Apparently at the ripe age of 29 Steve was the worlds first Zillionaire - no small feat, given that a Zillion.

Of course, there’s always the chance that Steve may have been inflating his net worth a bit just to get chicks, as I noticed coincidentally in the issue is also an article entitled the “Art of Being Cocksure” ? step…

Move over Cheeseburger-eating Hasselhoff, theres a new drunk in town! What happens when you take the classic 1999 Jeff Goldblum iMac commercial and slow it down about 30 percent? You get a hilarious piece of footage capable of taking Goldblums kids away in any future custody battle!

What happens when you take the classic 1999 Jeff Goldblum iMac commercial and slow it down about 30 percent? You get a hilarious piece of footage capable of taking Goldblum’s kids away in any future custody battle!