Bioloid humanoid robot– thinks before climbing a wall…

Programmed by student Marko Wickrath in association with the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany & University of Manitoba, Canada. This robot isn’t just demonstrating a remarkable amount of coordinated and reproducible agility, in fact, the robot hasn’t been given a set piece of instructions on which step it should take next. It’s actually deciding autonomously where to place each hand and foot based on an image of the wall from an external camera and what the robot knows about its own capabilities. It therefore almost “thinks” and knows its limits, weighs out pros and cons before taking any further action.

Aerotel GeoSKeeper : Cellphone and GPS wrist watch

Aerotel GeoSKeeper is an innovative gadget which combines a cell phone, GPS with a built in Distress Alarm and can be worn on your wrist, designed by a Finnish firm namely, EcoTec. Although this wrist watch like cell phone cum navigation system sounds very complex, the designers have made sure that the whole system remains portable.

MSI Wind U135 netbook

MSI Computer recently confirmed the availability of their newest netbook. The Wind U135 is the company’s flagship model empowered with Intel’s Pine Trail architecture. The device integrates Intel Atom N450 1.66 GHz processor for smoother operation and high responsiveness. The pre-installed Microsoft Windows 7 Starter pack offers a user-friendly environment.

Juniper Systems TK6000: Dustproof and waterproof rugged handheld computer

Juniper System tags its TK6000 as the world’s most rugged handheld computer. TK6000 is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 and is a waterproof and dustproof gadget. This ultra rugged handled computer features a magnesium enclosure which makes it amazingly tough that it can deal with number of 1.5 meter falls on concrete.

ExoPC Slate iPad like Windows 7 tablet PC

This New Year seems to be getting flooded by tablet computers. Leading its way, Apple recently announced its latest upcoming tablet PC namely iPad. Now, here is the new Windows 7 tablet PC – ExoPC which looks much like the Apple iPad.

Casio’s latest hybrid GPS camera

Casio has recently revealed its first compact digital camera. You must be thinking what’s so special in it. It’s just another digital camera. Well, the special feature is that it can track the way you are going to. It can guess that the big blue strip at the top is probably the sky. Yes, Casio Exilim EX-H10HG has ‘Hybrid GPS’ built-in support.