Canon Snap concept design offers peek into the digital camera future

Although Canon still rules the day when it comes to digital cameras the company shouldn’t rest on its laurels. New from the concept lab of independent designer David Munscher comes the Canon Snap camera. Able to fit snugly on your finger the idea is to merge the high-powered functionality of Canon’s larger product line with Read more about Canon Snap concept design offers peek into the digital camera future[…]

iShoes motorized skates: cruise at 15 mph without moving your legs

While iShoes certainly will push you along at a leisurely 15 miles per hour, you might look a little silly wearing them. iShoes are an invention designed by brothers Ilya and Boris Kaganovich from Minnesota, and work a lot like roller skates, except they are motorized and controlled with a hand unit. Weighing eight pounds Read more about iShoes motorized skates: cruise at 15 mph without moving your legs[…]

NEC SX-9 supercomputer is world’s fastest at 839 TFLOPS

NEC has a new supercomputer it’s touting as the world’s fastest. The SX-9 is capable of processing a peak 839 teraFLOPS, and a peak vector performance of 102.4 gigaFLOPS per individual core. Well hey, that’s a lot of FLOPS. The picture above might be a little misleading, but each SX-9 is actually a little taller Read more about NEC SX-9 supercomputer is world’s fastest at 839 TFLOPS[…]