Articles on Actuators

Western Digital ships speedy 2TB hard drive - Sep 2, 2009

Crave The WD RE4 drive After releasing relatively low-performance 2TB hard drives a few months back, Western Digital is now shipping high-performance versions of these top-capacity drives. The new drives are ... Read story »

Philips Emotions Jacket lets audiences feel what actors emote - Oct 20, 2009

Crave Is there such a thing as too much realism in our movies? If frights could kill, Stephen King horror flick Carrie did just that when it claimed its victim of ... Read story »

Sit on the ride of your life in your living room - Nov 19, 2007

Crave Take on motion sickness with a dose of mechanized upholstery. If you've always envied those simulation rides at the fun fair, here's your chance to own a lifetime's worth of ... Read story »

Emo jacket for the movies (Emo boy not included) - Mar 24, 2009

Crave This one's from a research team at Philips Electronics. Designed to enhance the emotional experience of watching a movie, the Emo jacket comprises 64 independent actuators, arranged in 16 groups ... Read story »

103-inch Bang & Olufsen TV lands in Singapore - Jul 9, 2009

Crave Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 4-103 Warning! The Bang & Olufsen (B&O) BeoVision 4-103 is a plasma TV not for the faint-hearted. For one, it has a humongous 103-inch panel, which ... Read story »

Will air-powered robot hand grip the future? - May 16, 2009

Crave In the future, we'll likely be bowing down to our robot overlords. They'll have amazing artificial intelligence and powerful metal bodies. I've long thought the bodies would be electronic servos powered ... Read story »

SITEX 2009: Gizmos - Nov 25, 2009

Features You don't have to wonder anymore which are the coolest gadgets at SITEX this year. We round up some of the crushworthy stuff you can get at the annual tech extravaganza. Read story »

RS1 Xtreme M3 brings racing games to the next level - Aug 14, 2009

Crave Almost any geek can afford to build a multi-monitor gaming rig these days, but the RS1 Xtreme M3 simulator is ahead of the curve in two areas. Not only does ... Read story »

Sybaris Armed Chair - May 22, 2006

Crave We know of some people who've already started building their ultimate home theater setup for the coming World Cup. Let's not forget the central piece here, the armchair. If you've US$12,000 ... Read story »

SmartTouch puts some muscle into haptic technology - Apr 24, 2009

Crave Artificial Muscle believes that when you touch your computer or phone, it should touch back. The Silicon Valley company is working on putting haptic feedback in a variety of devices, ... Read story »

Motion simulation chair - Feb 1, 2006

Crave Watch Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and be uplifted at the same time. Literally. D-Box's Quest X3ME (pronounced "extreme") chairs draw you into the action by synchronizing with ... Read story »

Hard drive vs flash memory digital music players - Aug 31, 2006

Features Store it all with a hard drive MP3 player, or pack-and-go with a flash memory-based one? We look at the differences in technology and usage of both options. Read story »

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