ps3

im not sure if this would be classed as a new media technology! but heres a link just incase it is;


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6132212.stm

they have tried to make like a mobile pc, its hand help and touch screen, but they found that when tested the battery life was too short and also the prices were too high, but now apparently there are more on sale and there becoming more popular!!
i want one!

to find out more go to : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6458639.stm

GPS navigation plan to help blind

this is being made to help blind people more, basically its a bluetooth reciever, and its going to be connected to like a controll center and people can talk to the blind person and find out where they are and guide them. It is currently being tested by a group of 30 people from the Italian Blind Union who are providing feedback :)

Iconic technology!

Iconic technology firm Commodore has chosen Cebit as the launch pad for a new subsidiary dedicated to PC gaming.

From April, Commodore Gaming will start selling a line of PCs that cater for the high-end home gamer.

Crammed with high-end components, the machines will also sport distinctive artwork on the case.

The line of computers will be aimed at consumers who do not want to take on the task of building themselves a machine optimised for gaming

im not sure if this is a NMT but i thought it was interesting :)

ROBOTS!!

Walking robot steps up the pace

Dexter learns by analysing 20,000 actions a second Robot in action

A humanoid robot is teaching itself to walk and eventually run around a California research lab.

Dexter took its first tentative steps only a few days after it first discovered how to stand upright.

Dexter's designers say their robot differs from commercially available predecessors because it can learn from its mistakes.

It is the culmination of six years' work by Anybots, an independent research group of three engineers.

Founder, Trevor Blackwell, said: "When we started out Dexter had a very general idea of what a walking motion should look like.

"The first time it [tried] it just fell over right away.

"100 times a second we record about 200 different things: the position of the joints, the forces on the feet, and also the equivalent of what the inner ear measures: the way the body is tilting."

Jobs humans do

Dexter then analyses this information to modify its movements.

The robot's joints are filled with air.

Dr Blackwell said walking robots currently on the market, such as Honda's Asimo, differ because their creators programmed their movements before they were switched on.

He said he was talking to industrial companies to develop Dexter for jobs people usually carry out in protective clothing.

The aim is to design a robot that can adapt to several environments and roles, like a human does, rather than requiring specific programming.

Before Dexter is ready for work it has to develop in a similar way to a child - with some coaxing but plenty of self-motivation.

'Running within months'

The developers are setting it new tasks all the time, said Dr Blackwell.

"We're trying to work like trainers do," he explained. "We think no, no, you've got to do that faster."

Anybots hopes Dexter will have taught itself to run within a few months.

If it does it will be following in Asimo's footsteps. The Japanese cousin mastered the art of speed more than two years ago and can run at a three kilometres an hour.