hands

News.blog: Hands on with the Wii

News That meant death at the hands of evil monsters shooting flaming arrows at me. Of course, later this week, I'll be getting my hands on the PS3, so my mind may very well change by then. Mostly, I'm having fun because the mood of the game, thanks to...

17 October 2006, 10:33

IBM and Pioneer's hands-free GPS system

News IBM has licensed voice-recognition software to Pioneer Europe for use in hands-free GPS navigation systems that allow drivers to keep their hands on their steering wheels. IBM is hoping the spread of its Embedded ViaVoice software in Pioneer's AVIC...

26 October 2006, 10:24

News.blog: Hands-on with Zune software

News Want to get a sense of Zune before it arrives in the UK? One option is to download the Zune software. It's free from Microsoft's Zune Web site. I gave it a whirl on Tuesday afternoon. The download was slow -- perhaps because of high day-one demand.

15 November 2006, 9:48

Photos: Hands-on robot joins space station

News On Tuesday, astronauts on the space shuttle Endeavour will have a special Canadian visitor when they rocket off on their trip to the International Space Station (ISS). Canadian Space Agency's Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, aka "Dextre", is...

Tags: objects, base, installed, space

11 March 2008, 9:04

News.blog: Windows 7 to get hands on

News I still don't know much about what Windows 7 will do or what it will look like, but I can tell you that you won't have to rely on a keyboard and mouse to use it. After decades of investing in things like speech technology and handwriting...

Tags: machines, terms, hand, speech

20 February 2008, 9:14

Girl burnt by exploding laptop

News A South African teenager has suffered second-degree burns on her hands and thighs after the laptop she was working on exploded. Her top was burning and the skin around her hands was hanging loose, clearly burned.

17 January 2003, 13:30

NBA to create vast digital TV archive

News If you're a rabid basketball fan and have long wished you could get your hands on video of that one memorable shot by Michael Jordan from the Chicago Bulls play-off game you went to in 1989, the National Basketball Association may soon be able to...

12 December 2005, 9:36

Wave a futuristic goodbye to the mouse

News Remember the Minority Report scenes in which Tom Cruise and others used their hands to manipulate data on giant computer screens? We really want to get this on every desktop, and that's what we are going to focus on doing until we either go out of...

8 May 2007, 13:05

Microsoft develops fancy footwork

News Microsoft is looking to make scrolling through email less work for your hands, and more work for your feet. The genesis of the footwork project is that computer input is a continual strain on the hands, while other tasks, such as playing the piano...

1 March 2006, 9:22

Lego robot creators unite

News Gray and his fellow selectees will be the first members of the public to get their hands on Mindstorms NXT, the latest generation of the company's programmable robot toys. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, Lund was showing...

8 March 2006, 9:41

Dubious PS3 import ad spotted in UK

News Brits desperate enough to get their hands on the next-gen console ahead of its official European release date in March will find themselves with an approximately £7.50 phone bill for the four-and-a-half-minute call.

8 November 2006, 11:49

Top ten Bond gadgets

News Its touchscreen may be a bit fiddly for Q's shaking hands, but Bond will swiftly be able to master the interface, and shot-to-shot time is fast. It comes packaged in a 007-branded attaché case to keep everything safe away from prying eyes and...

6 November 2006, 16:59

Some MacBooks suffer premature ageing

News My MacBook is three weeks old and looks as though I've been using it for three years and rubbing my hands in turmeric each day (okay, a slight exaggeration)," read one post from a London man. Some online sceptics were quick to dismiss the...

3 July 2006, 11:51

Talk to your car with new tech

News Obvious safety concerns and legislation in various countries are forcing car makers to look for a solution -- and one may be on the way with new technology that lets people keep their hands on the wheel and 'tell' their gadgets what to do with...

24 January 2006, 10:31

News.blog: Intel quits OLPC project

News Negroponte went on American news programme 60 Minutes in May and accused Intel of dumping Classmate PCs below cost in order to keep OLPCs out of the hands of needy children. We have said for a long time that we don't believe there will be one...

Tags: hands, laptops, children, laptop

4 January 2008, 9:18