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TtV (Through the Viewfinder) photography gives life to old TLRs

Crave The contraption can be made from everyday materials like cardboard pipes and duct tape. Twin lens reflex (TLR) cameras of olden days are making a comeback among some digital shutterbugs. ... Read story »

Lauding, lamenting Hello Kitty at 35

Features We celebrate 35 years of Sanrio's most famous face which has graced tens of thousands of products, from underwear to stationary and even airplanes.  Read story »

Real-life Transformer robot from Japan

Crave OmniZero carries Takeshi Maeda at Robo-One. Japanese robot builder Takeshi Maeda is blowing minds with an exciting demo of the latest version of his OmniZero robot. The ninth generation of ... Read story »

Robot roller skates less bulky than Segway

Crave Researchers in Japan are developing robotic roller skates as a new form of personal mobility. Toshinobu Takei of Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) demonstrated his ... Read story »

Eneloop Stick Booster for powering mobile gadgets

Crave Sanyo is introducing a portable USB recharger that can power mobile devices, such as the iPhone, that require a higher current for charging. The Eneloop Stick Booster, part of the ... Read story »

Fancy a phone made from cypress wood?

Crave The Touch Wood mockup (top) and prototype based on the SH-04A model (bottom). If you don't think plastic is fantastic, here's some good news: Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has created ... Read story »

Camera has 158 lenses built to observe flames

Crave Guinness World Records has certified a Japanese researcher's camera as having the most lenses in the world at 158. Yojiro Ishino of the Nagoya Institute of Technology created the super ... Read story »

Jamming with Shimon, a socially dynamic band mate

Crave Tired of Guitar Hero? Try jamming with your iPhone or iPod touch and Shimon, an autonomous, marimba-playing, octopus-armed hipster robot. Gil Weinberg, director of music technology at Georgia Tech, is ... Read story »

Gymnobot swims in water by doing the wave

Crave Postgraduate researcher Ryan Ladd helped develop Gymnobot at the University of Bath's Ocean Technologies Lab. A robot fish developed at the U.K.'s University of Bath features a unique method of ... Read story »

Panasonic's Robotic Bed transforms into wheelchair

Crave Panasonic has created a robotic bed that can transform into a wheelchair, allowing the elderly or people with disabilities to get up without assistance. Users can remain in the bed ... Read story »

Gigantor robot spotted in Kobe, Japan

Crave Workers in Japan have built a 60-foot statue of famous cartoon robot Gigantor in the city of Kobe. The statue is an actual-size replica of the hulking robot depicted in numerous ... Read story »

Robotic floor tiles that follow your footsteps

Crave Japanese professor has created robotic floor tiles that anticipate a user's steps and automatically position themselves beneath his or her feet. The wheeled, moving tiles are covered with a proprietary ... Read story »

Hoya's robotic firefighter

Crave South Korea's Hoya Robot is developing a mini firefighter helper bot that can enter burning buildings to conduct reconnaissance and check for people. The Firefighters Assistant Robot can apparently operate ... Read story »

Try these puzzlers if you're bored with your watch

Crave Tokyoflash's latest series of slick designer wristwatches features lightweight aluminum construction, LED lights, and maddeningly confusing time displays. The Kisai series inherits the qualities of previous incomprehensible Tokyoflash timepieces such ... Read story »

Lithium, the next energy source from the desert?

Crave Watch CBS Videos Online Nothing grows in Chile's Salar de Atacama desert. It's the driest place on the planet, and one of the most remote. But to Tim McKenna, what's underground ... Read story »

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