TMS Tech Blog

HRP4 Helper Robot was Created to Serve You

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 08:06 AM PDT

At this point, robots run the full gamut of the spectrum: designed to help the military, to little do-it-yourself (DIY) projects, you can find a robot basically for anything you might need. For one category, the helper market, there doesn't seem to be quite the excitement. However, when we see things like the HRP4, we can't help but wonder why. [...]

Google to Take On Facebook With New Social Features

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 03:26 AM PDT

Google Inc., stepping up competition with Facebook Inc., will add a layer of social- networking features to its main products, Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said. The changes will come in the fall of this year, Schmidt said today at a press briefing in Arizona. He declined to elaborate. The remarks followed comments by a Facebook executive that Google was [...]

European Robotic Lunar Lander to Touch Down on Lunar Surface by 2020

Posted: 18 Sep 2010 10:27 PM PDT

Though NASA has abandoned its moon base ambitions, that doesn't mean we won't see a permanent lunar presence sometime in the foreseeable future. Japan has plans to establish a robot moon base on the moon by 2020, with an initial robotic landing by 2015. Now the European Space Agency is upping the ante, announcing plans to put a mammoth lunar [...]

Intel’s Context-Aware Computing Will Let Your Smartphone Sense Your Mood

Posted: 18 Sep 2010 12:59 PM PDT

Through its various technological bells and whistles and the apps that you're constantly updating with what you're doing there, your smartphone already knows a lot about you. But don't you wish your phone knew you a little more, you know, intimately? Intel's chief technology guru says it will, and soon. The company is working up ways to help phones connect [...]

Skyhook suing Google for Patent Infringement

Posted: 18 Sep 2010 08:35 AM PDT

Skyhook, a company in the business of location based services, is suing Google over patent infringement for their triangulation services as well as forcing handset manufacturers to use Google's services in favor of Skyhook. The lawsuit was filed in State court and details that Google's Android platform made it impossible for them to conduct business on the devices, despite the [...]

Nokia Plug and Touch turns any display into a touchscreen

Posted: 18 Sep 2010 04:32 AM PDT

While Nokia had three new devices to show at Nokia World this week – the E7, C7 and C6 – the company's researchers also had some concepts not quite ready for primetime.  The Nokia Blog spotted "Plug and Touch" running on the Nokia N8, an app which basically turns any HDMI-connected display (whether HDTV, projector or something else) into a [...]

Electronic Arts stepping into the Android gaming scene

Posted: 18 Sep 2010 01:24 AM PDT

Another piece of Android news has come out of The Deutsche Bank Tech Conference. The first being Motorola's plans for a Droid 2011 tablet release, the second is from yet another gaming company starting to develop on the Android Platform. Electronic Arts, popular for their console, mobile and iOS games, is currently planning on stepping into the next big market, [...]

Insignia Infocast gets browser with creator’s blessing

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 07:44 PM PDT

With chumby founder Andrew "bunny" Huang actually giving instructions on how to hack Best Buy's 8-inch Insignia Infocast "internet media display," it comes as little surprise that someone has taken him up on the invitation.  chumby forum member Ken has got a WebKit-based browser running, together with a USB keyboard and touchscreen support, basically turning the Infocast into a (mains [...]

Motorola Android Powered Tablet coming early 2011?

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 02:20 PM PDT

During the Deutsche Bank Technology conference, Sanjay Jha – Motorola's co-CEO, stated that he hopes Motorola can develop a compelling Android tablet by early 2011. He has recently been counting on Android running smartphones to help the company's declining profits and expects the OS to be their main ticket out of trouble. However, with more and more of their phones [...]

Brother AirScouter projects 16-inch screen right on your eyeball

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 09:28 AM PDT

I have tried out some of those video glasses before that are supposed to be able to simulate a big screen. The downside is that those glasses look dorky when you wear them and you can't see anything that is going on around you. Brother has unveiled a new device that is called the AirScouter that is a new take [...]

NASA’s Next-Gen Spacelaunch System Could Launch Scramjets from a Massive Railgun

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:45 AM PDT

With the Space Shuttle program winding down, both NASA and several commercial ventures are developing next-gen rocket technology that will hurl the next iteration of space vehicles into the sky. But NASA acknowledges that rockets aren't the only – or even the best – way to get into space. Engineers at the space agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are [...]

Augen Android netbook hits Kmart

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 10:49 PM PDT

Back in July we mentioned that the Augen Android tablet called the Gentouch had hit Kmart at a price of $149. That tablet now has an Android netbook sibling on Kmart for a little more green. The netbook is called the Augen 10.2-inch Netbook PC Powered by Android. You can pick the thing up for $189.99 and it has a [...]

Skyfire for Android hits over 1 Million downloads

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Skyfire, the popular mobile browser has just hit one million downloads on Android devices. Along with the milestone download they have updated the app with a few bug and performance fixes to further improve the user experience. The browser is built for social media generation. It is a very solid browser and is now among the most popular apps in [...]

HTC Desire HD and Desire Z official

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 07:36 AM PDT

HTC has officially announced the HTC Desire HD, a 4.3-inch Android smartphone with the company's new HTC Sense, and its QWERTY sibling the Desire Z.  Each clad in an aluminum body, the HTC Desire Z uses the company's new "Z Hinge" design for easier typing. The Desire Z has a 3.7-inch display, and both have 8-megapixel cameras with LED flashes.  We're [...]

Android continuing to surge in Cellphone OS Market share

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:06 AM PDT

Android is continuing to grow in the cellphone OS market, now passing Microsoft. In the three month period ending in July, research company comScore Inc. has documented the market percentages in the cellphone OS market. With all of the phone releases in the past few months on top of the openness of the Android platform it is not shocking that [...]

HTC Sense evolves with DLNA, remote-wipe & HTCSense.com

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 06:33 PM PDT

HTC has announced the latest iteration of their Sense UI for smartphones, and its brought along a web-based companion in the shape of HTCSense.com.  Described as a suite of services for managing, customizing and controlling the user experience from the phone or a PC, the new site is similar in some ways to Apple's MobileMe, with remote-wipe and location, but [...]

Fruit Ninja coming to Android Market

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 01:02 PM PDT

The time has come to where we are starting to see many of the extremely popular iOS games and apps migrating to the Android platform. The ever popular Fruit Ninja is being released on the Android Market tomorrow. The highly addictive game, with all of it's fruit slicing, and finger swiping goodness will be a great addition to any Android [...]

Samsung Tab Coming soon to Verizon

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 07:04 AM PDT

The much anticipated Samsung Tab, which could be considered the first legitimate Android Tablet, has been confirmed to be coming to Verizon very soon. Employees got a sneak peak of the device sheet confirming what we already expected to be true. We also have insight of the release timeframe of the tablet with Verizon stating, "The clock is ticking – [...]