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NHK working on Hybridcast interactive TV platform (video)

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NHK is working on Hybridcast (an entirely different system to the Hybridcast 3D-delivery setup it demonstrated last year), a system that uses the internet to make vanilla TV broadcasts interactive. It works by pushing HTML5 overlays to your tablet an…


NHK working on Hybridcast interactive TV platform (video)

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NHK is working on Hybridcast (an entirely different system to the Hybridcast 3D-delivery setup it demonstrated last year), a system that uses the internet to make vanilla TV broadcasts interactive. It works by pushing HTML5 overlays to your tablet an…


Visualized: Shopping bag crash helmet protects your head, not your image (video)

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The Grappa is a tote-style shopping bag that you can wear on your head (once it’s empty) during a natural disaster. It’s less insane than it sounds, because the base of the bag is made from the same EPS foam found in hard-hats, and is rated to cope w…


NEC adds speakers to lightbulb, Edison wishes he’d had the idea (video)

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NEC Lighting has produced a union ‘twixt wireless speaker and LED ceiling light that’s controllable with an Android phone. You can rock out to your favorite tunes over Bluetooth at the same you play with the brightness and color temperature of the li…


Toshiba builds scanner that can identify fruit without a barcode, yup (video)

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During our hurried supermarket sweeps, we’re aiming for the Granny Smith, yet somehow always come away with French Jonagold. That’s why we’re in awe of this new supermarket scanner from Toshiba-Tech that can identify individual species of fruit and v…