NOOK Color gets apps, email and Flash support

NOOK Color gets apps, email and Flash support: "NOOK Color e-Reader. The version 1.2 firmware update brings specially-designed apps, full-featured email, enhanced browsing and new multimedia content. It's available now for free manual download but existing devices will be automatically updated via built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi over the coming weeks."

Scosche freeKEY roll-up wireless keyboard

Scosche freeKEY roll-up wireless keyboard: "Even though tablet computers are flying off the shelves at quite a pace, less-than-satisfying onscreen keyboard input can lead many to seek a more comfortable alternative. Scosche Industries has released a water-resistant, wireless solution which can be rolled-up so that, like the folding Bluetooth keyboards we've seen, it can easily be taken along for the ride."

Toshiba Mobile Display develops 1mm thick integrated touch panel

Toshiba Mobile Display develops 1mm thick integrated touch panel: "Toshiba Mobile Display (TMD) has unveiled a 7-inch, 1024 x 600 pixel resolution touchscreen LCD panel where the capacitive multi-touch input functionality is integrated into the liquid crystal cell."

Spinovo: smart garment concept provides back pain relief

Spinovo: smart garment concept provides back pain relief: "Industrial Design student Justine Smith has looked to new technology for a solution to one of the most common ailments in the world today – chronic back pain."

Solar-powered plane ready for first international flight

Solar-powered plane ready for first international flight: "Solar Impulse is on standby for its first international flight this week. Brussels has been chosen as the destination for the first venture outside Swiss borders, which follows the solar powered aircraft's maiden flight and first overnight flight last year and will mark another important step towards the goal of flying around the world in 2012."

The US$47 113dB Sonic Boom Skull alarm clock with bed shaker

The US$47 113dB Sonic Boom Skull alarm clock with bed shaker: "To many people, it seems almost inconceivable that you can sleep through the aural brutality of an alarm clock, yet a small percentage of us can indeed, mask out all but the loudest of sounds without batting an eyelid."

Mercedes Benz E63 AMG – refined brutality

Mercedes Benz E63 AMG – refined brutality: "More power. Less fuel. That's the bare bones of the latest V8 equipped Mercedes AMG performance model – the E 63 AMG. The car's 5.5 liter biturbo V8 gives it a peak output of 386 kW (525 hp) and torque 
of 700 Nm – add on the optional AMG Performance package and it jumps to 410 kW (557 hp) and 800 Nm."

Music with the Mind: The Brain-Computer-Music-Interface

Music with the Mind: The Brain-Computer-Music-Interface: "Imagine a Wii that lets you play a musical instrument with your brain without touching strings or a keyboard."

Modified virus used to significantly boost solar cell efficiency

Modified virus used to significantly boost solar cell efficiency: "Last year, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced that they had successfully used carbon nanotubes for 'funneling' and concentrating electrons in photovoltaic cells – this meant that smaller solar cells created using the nanotubes could produce as much or more electricity than larger conventional cells"

Researchers develop low-cost stroke rehabilitation glove

Researchers develop low-cost stroke rehabilitation glove: "When the use of a hand is lost due to a stroke, it's important to get that paralyzed hand moving again – this allows the brain and the body to 'relearn' how to use it."

Researchers develop low-cost stroke rehabilitation glove

Researchers develop low-cost stroke rehabilitation glove: "When the use of a hand is lost due to a stroke, it's important to get that paralyzed hand moving again – this allows the brain and the body to 'relearn' how to use it."

Caterpillars and the next generation of rolling robots

Caterpillars and the next generation of rolling robots: "The millions of years of natural selection that lies behind the immense biodiversity found on our planet is fertile ground for keeping robotics research rolling ... in this case, literally."