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Sony’s 13.3-inch e-ink paper prototype shown off at education expo in Japan (video)

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Earlier this week, we learned of Sony’s plans for a 13.3-inch e-ink slate with stylus support pitched at students, and now Diginfo has caught up with the prototype device at the Educational IT Solutions Expo in Japan. The A4-sized tablet is said …


Visualized: Google Glass prototypes

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As a part of the 7 Techmakers and a Microphone panel tonight at Google I/O, Project Glass Staff Hardware Engineer Jean Wang dropped in this slide reflecting on the process of developing the headset. We’ve seen pictures of a few early Glass prototy…


Sony reveals prototype 13.3-inch e-ink slate with stylus, aims to put it in students’ bags

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Sony’s no stranger to the odd e-ink device, but its latest prototype creation isn’t targeted at the bookworm, it’s intended to educate. The e-paper slate is quite a lot bigger than most tablets, let alone e-readers, sporting a 13.3-inch screen (1,…


Chef Sleeve’s Smart Food Scale sends nutritional info to your iOS device

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Seeing as how Chef Sleeve is best know for its combo cutting board / iPad stand, the company’s latest product isn’t a huge leap. Sadly, the it didn’t actually have a prototype of its Smart Food Scale at its booth here at TechCrunch Disrupt, but we…


UPenn’s TitanArm exoskeleton prototype makes light work of heavy lifting (video)

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It’s no wonder people are interested in exoskeletons. Not only do they tap into our lust for the technology of science fiction movies, but among other applications, can make a significant impact on the lives of those living with disabilities. Whil…


Aston Martin Hybrid Rapide S completes Nurburgring lap with much fanfare, zero emissions

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Next month, Aston Martin’s hydrogen-fueled Rapide S will attempt a new record at the 24 Hours Nurburgring race in Germany. The company’s opted to get a head start on headline grabbing, though, taking a prototype vehicle on a zero-emissions lap aro…


Nokia to invest in ‘array’ mobile cameras that use small lenses to capture big images

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If the name Pelican Imaging rings a bell, it’s possibly because we covered the company’s array imaging camera prototype back in 2011. The technology uses multiple lenses that are relatively tiny in terms of how much space they take up in a mobile …


Bill Maris, the Man Behind Google Ventures, on the Present Challenges and Future Potential of Glass

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How Google Ventures and the Glass Collective are taking Glass to the next level “The initial versions of Glass were just Sergey [Brin]‘s Oakleys with a phone taped to them,” Bill Maris, managing partner of Google Ventures, told me in a noisy cafe …


Sega Pluto prototype console surfaces: the Saturn / NetLink mishmash that never was

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So, first things first. Sega actually shipped some pretty insane gear. A handheld console that used full-size Genesis cartridges? Check. A sophisticated Tamagotchi that our own editor-in-chief developed games for? Yessir. Something called a “32X” tha…


Lynx A 3D point-and-shoot camera/tablet does motion capture and 3D modeling, we go hands-on

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Earlier this year, a group of enterprising students from the University of Texas unveiled the Lynx A 3D camera and asked for money to fund its construction on Kickstarter. Since then, they’ve soared past their funding goal of $50,000, and are getting…