Neowin News Feed for: High-tech

Aging Japan test drives high-tech helpers

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:09:05 +0000

If you grow old in Japan, expect to be served food by a robot, ride a voice-recognition wheelchair or even possibly hire a nurse in a robotic suit — all examples of cutting-edge technology to... Read more...

New High-Tech HDTVs Appear

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:56:53 +0000

At CES 2007, many new technologies for televisions are creeping up. Companies including HP, Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, Sharp and LG Electronis have never offered a wider array of various models with different feature sets. If... Read more...

China seeks its own high-tech standards

Thu, 27 May 2004 17:47:46 +0000

DVD? China's trying to do it one better -- with a technology called EVD. CDMA? The digital cell phone standard is so 2003, the Chinese say. Give TD-SCDMA a try instead. Intel... Read more...

McDonald's new high-tech burger flipper

Michael Stanclift — Sun, 03 Aug 2003 05:35:23 +0000

High-tech jobs may be moving overseas but one low-tech job Americans could always fall back on was flipping burgers at McDonald's. That could change in the not-too-distant future. Later this year, a Chicago-area... Read more...

Wozniak Crafts High-Tech Lost & Found

Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:26:32 +0000

Apple Computer cofounder Stephen Wozniak has developed a new technology--WozNet--that promises an end to lost pets and children, and a dramatic reduction in car and property crime. The New York Times calls WozNet: "Wireless location-monitoring... Read more...

Ailing textile firm pins turnaround on high-tech superfabrics

Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:03:00 +0000

In a converted fitness center around the corner from a Starbucks coffee shop east of San Francisco, research scientists say they've discovered the textile industry's future. To see it, you must look though... Read more...