The iPod is some people's best friend. As such they'll do anything and everything to protect it.The last word in iPod protection is the armored iPod case. It is a good idea if you happen to listen to your iPod in war zones or if you get shot often.iPods can pose danger since it distracts you from traffic sounds and increases your chances of an accident. If you have your iPod armor with you, at least you know that you did all you could for your iPod safety.  It weighs only 440 grams so you don't need your Hammer to carry it.       Source: Mac.com (Jap

Immitating and understanding the learning skills of humans and animals is one of the biggest problems of artificial intelligence research. Understanding and replicating the the learning mechanism is the key to making robots and humanoids that can adjust to changing environment and develop their skills over time. Babybot is a robot that learns to interact with the world in a similar way to a human baby. It could provide researchers with fresh insights into biological intelligence.Created by roboticists from Italy, France and Switzerland, "Babybot" automatically experiments with objects nearby and learns how best to make use of them.

Interesting results emerge when new technologies make new instruments that merge and transform classic ART forms. KEE is exactly that. Kee is a saucer like device that looks like a combination of a UFO and a vintage wooden salad bowl. It is held by the performer and transmit the performer's movements to a computer that uses the information to create animation and sounds that are synchronized with the dancer. The visual result is stunning. In the words of Miasnik "       KEE is a digital instrument for the performing arts, creating sound and image interpreted from intuitive body movement.

Non volatile memory such as Flash and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) is everywhere. It keeps the data in your MP3 player, digital camera, PDA and your mobile phone.  A significant part of the cost of these devices is dedicated to NVM. Current NVM chips are expensive, slow to write, consume expensive package space when it comes to small devices like camera phones with large storage need. They are also unreliable which means special software needs to handle redundancy and error correction. Imagine the impact on mobile devices of a technological breakthrough that would make Non Volatile Memory chips cost less, have larger capacity, smaller physical space and lower power consumption.