Articles on Gyroscope

Gyrowheel to get bicycle newbies on the way - Oct 15, 2009

Crave Do we really want our kids to grow up without the joys of scraped knees and banged-up elbows from falling off their first bicycles, just like we did? Seems even ... Read story »

No clowning on this eniCycle - Aug 24, 2009

Crave The inventor goes full circle with the wheel. The wheel is being reinvented yet again. This time, Solvenian inventor Aleksander Polutnik's brainwave is the eniCycle. Think of the foot rests ... Read story »

Is iSlide going places? - May 27, 2008

Crave Apple hasn't done us any favors with its popular use of "i" to prefix its model names. Now here's another one for the bandwagon, the iSlide. This doesn't come a hair ... Read story »

The cure for "mouse arm": Gyroscopic mice - Oct 14, 2008

Crave The Gyration Air Mouse Do you suffer from hand and arm pain while mousing? Many factors can be blamed, from poor posture to a badly designed ergonomic environment. Unfortunately, simply adjusting ... Read story »

GlideTV Navigator PC remote controller - Oct 14, 2009

Crave With the exception of YouTube, many online video providers aren't natively available on settop boxes or game consoles--Hulu being the most notable example. That's led many online video junkies to ... Read story »

Robotic suitcase that follows you - Nov 19, 2007

Crave The next time you go on a trip with Tony, he'll be sitting in the cargo space of the plane. Better yet, he won't complain, won't make demands every night, and ... Read story »

What is an ornithopter? - Jul 3, 2009

Blogs Unlike a traditional helicopter that uses a set of spinning blades for lift and steering control, an ornithopter mimics the flight of a bird simply by flapping its wings. While normally ... Read story »

Segway Centaur - Oct 14, 2004

Crave Segway, the guys who brought the world the two-wheeled Human Transporter which this little corner of the world, sadly, hasn't had a chance to test drive, has decided that four wheels ... Read story »

Suit: Microsoft knew of 360 disc-scratch issues - Dec 18, 2008

Features Recently unsealed court documents reveal internal review of console's disc drive prior to launch identified possible fixes for game-gouging systems. Read story »

Unicycle-riding girlbot hits the road - Sep 25, 2008

Crave If Eve from Wall-E and Rosie the Robot Maid from The Jetsons had a love child... Bicycle-riding robot Murata Boy has a cute new cousin--and she's so one-upping him by ... Read story »

Wii Motion Plus hands-on - May 28, 2009

Features The upcoming Wii controller tracks rotational movement across three axes in 3D space to enhance in-game realism and control precision. Read story »

For the unstable: A self-balancing unicycle - Oct 22, 2008

Crave A childhood memory, courtesy of my CNET colleague Jeff Sparkman: "My best friend rode a unicycle to school in junior high. At my urging. Oddly, we weren't as popular with ... Read story »

iWood 3B leads charge in smartphone devolution - Apr 21, 2009

Crave iWood 3B outgrains the competition. Forget what I told you before about disguising your iPhone; there are alternatives to feeling embarrassed by your mobile phone. Why not buy one that ... Read story »

This little mouse goes to space - Nov 27, 2006

Blogs Nintendo's new Wii has a rather interesting remote controller. It contains 3D (tri-axial) acceleration sensors in it, and is able to capture the movement of itself in the space. The Wii ... Read story »

The real iPod killer of 2007 - Jan 3, 2007

Features After seeing a lot of lackluster challenges to the iPod, we decided to think up our own gameplan instead. Anyone up to taking on the challenge of manufacturing one? Read story »

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