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The Antikythera Mechanism is what you call truly old school technology. Argued to be the world's oldest known computer, this ancient Greek invention was used some time circa 100BC to calculate and "predict celestial events and eclipses with unprecedented accuracy." Skipping past the two millennia in which it lay lost on a sea floor somewhere, the Mechanism has now been recreated by an Apple software engineer by the name of Andrew Carol, who has lovingly pieced 1,500 Lego Technic blocks together, creating 110 gears and four gearboxes in total. Each box is responsible for performing one piece of arithmetic, and when the resulting machine is fed with appropriate calendar data, it spits out a (hopefully accurate) prediction for the next time a solar eclipse should occur. All well and good, but we're really just amazed by the beauty of those gears working.

Science has prototyped flexible versions of just about everything a ever-loving geek needs: displays, memory, batteries, LEDs, speakers and an input device or three. Now, Reebok's looking to put some of that computing power up our sleeves. The apparel manufacturer's teamed up with MC10 -- a startup founded by our old friend John Rogers, who helped pioneer the field -- with the intent to build "conformable electronics" into high-performance clothing for athletes over the next couple of years. Though the company told MIT Technology Review the devices typically consist of thin silicon strips printed onto flexible materials, and that they might they might measure metabolism and performance using embedded sensors, hard details are few -- the only thing we know for sure is that a flexible tech scientist just scored a partnership with a major company, and we're hopeful they'll make something neat. PR after the break.

Sony's Wearable Wrist Computer With technologies like flexible OLED touchpanels, a real wearable wrist computer will most certainly be coming sooner than later. This Sony concept shows what it may look like. Featuring a slide-out keypad, flexible display, and hopefully, a user-friendly interface.

Sony to file patent application for dual-screen, dual-use tablet. Described specifically as an "electronic book with enhanced features," the device would sport two screens that could take on a different functionality depending on how the device is oriented -- functioning as an e-reader when in portrait mode, and displaying a keyboard on the lower screen when placed on a table, for instance The concept is on the surface a dual-touchscreen e-book reader but would change functions as it's rotated. On its side, the device could turn into a notebook with a keyboard below and and content up top. The design could also have solar power on the outside and would fold up like a notebook.

Skinput gadget turns your own ARM into a touch screen display Those who find the touch screens on their ever shrinking gadgets too fiddly to handle, will be glad to hear scientists are developing a new touch surface... your own arm. Developers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University are working together to create an armband that projects an interface directly on to your skin. They have combined a mini projector which creates a changing display with a sophisticated sensor that can tell which part of your arm is being tapped. Skinput could solve the problem of ever shrinking gadget screens Skinput could recognise a telephone number being typed out on a hand The researchers showed Skinput can be used to control audio devices, play simple games like Tetris, make phone calls and navigate simple browsing systems. The gadget effectively turns your arm into a touch screen surface by picking up various ultra-low sounds produced when you tap different areas. Different skin location...

Smart Google search Devices - Mindblowing concept device Smart Internet search will be able to do with a mobile device in the NEAR future A mobile device with Touch screen, built in camera, scanner, WiFi, google map (hopefully google earth), google search, image search… Like this way, when you can see a building through it, it gives you the image search result right on the spot. Choose a building and touch a floor and it tells you more details of the building. You can use it when you want to know a car model, an insect name, what kind of food is served at a restaurant and how much, who built a bridge, etc. etc. It's got a scanner built in. so you can use it this way when you want to check the meaning of a word in the newspaper, book, magazine, etc. It would be much easier to read a real book. You can use the dictionary, wikipedia, thesaurus and anything else available on the web. What do you think? Indoor guide:Works in a building, airport, station, hospital, etc. Automatic simult...

- Intel's Mobile Internet Device Revealed Intel's latest gadget is a MID (Mobile Internet Device) that's designed for both work and play Its 45nm dual-core "Silverthorne" processor keeps the device running cooler and longer. The Intel Ultra Mobile Platform 2007 represents an innovative collection of energy-efficient silicon building blocks and technologies designed to enable manufacturers to deliver a new category of small, truly mobile devices This second-generation ultra-mobile platform powers exciting, new Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) for consumers or Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs) for business and education segments. Ultra-mobile Intel architecture components can enable compelling features and functionality of a PC with the convenience of a more pocketable solution for lifestyles on-the-go. Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) -- MIDs personalize a new category of small, truly mobile consumer devices enabling a PC-like Internet experience, coupled with the capabil...