Google introduces two experimental search changes

(Image of Google's 'Timeline' feature from BBC News site)


Looks like google is rolling out new ways for us to look around on the net. According to a BBC News article, Google, The most popular search engine on the internet, has introduced a feature known as Similar Images, Which uses "picture rather than text to find other matching images", and Timeline, which organizes information already available on Google News in chronological order.

Google Labs, which allows users to veiw the new things the company's engineers are working on, has also been updated. The reason for Google updating its Labs feature is to allow prototypes to be used earlier. This is deffinately useful on the company's part as users can provide feedback early on and preventing much hassle to make changes to or scrapping features that dont work properly.

Using innovation as a tool will no doubt increase Google's strength over the world as new ways to search the net will dawn on people in a need for convenience. For more information, read the full article here.

Reach your hand out into the future..?

(Image from newscientist.com)

Prosthetic limbs have always seemed to maintain the status-quo, for years many amputees have had to deal with replacement body parts that have short-comings and have never seen technological advancement past what was introduced years ago. This is all going to change, according to a recent article on NewScientist.com, of which states:

"Emerging prosthetic technologies promise not only greater power and flexibility but also pressure-sensitive artificial skin, and even limbs that are bonded to the body and controlled by the mind - and much of this within five years. Rebuilding amputees to be faster and stronger than before is rapidly becoming a realistic possibility. With experimental prosthetics increasingly able to integrate with flesh, bone and the nervous system, the very idea of "losing a limb" may one day become obsolete."

Smaller and more functional parts and components have previously been studied with the development of animatronic animal recreations such as various projects involving the creation of robotic fish, or even the Robotic Snake as covered in the previous two posts, which are all relatively beneficial to the advancement of projects on bionic technology, as well as to the growing universal need to find ways in order to assist people for health related and physical needs.

The revolution in bionic tech is slowly opening up to the market, with prosthetic parts available for prices up to $30,000 for those willing to pay the bargain, which may even be worth it.

You can read NewScientist's article here.

(Image from newscientist.com)

Followup to Amphib Snake Robot

Here is the vid i promised (Video below is from YouTube which may not show up incase it is blocked on your computer)

o.o kinda creepy.. but cool!

Amphibious Snake Robot

(Image from TrossenRobotics.com)

Some of you tech guys may have already seen this a while ago, but here's a robot developed by Hirose Fukushima Robotics lab that will surely give you the creeps if your afraid of snakes. The ACM-R5 is an Amphibious snake-like robot (and yes, i did say 'Amphibious'), which travels both on land and in water. It's unique design allows it to be both water resistant and flexible, and is even able to move just like a snake via wheels surrounding it's body.

I'll post a video of this robot soon, as i can't access YouTube and certain other video sites from school. Stay tuned for more!

Goodmorning! Welcome to TechNological-ness, the blog where I'll post news of new and interesting technology. Now I know blogs like these have probably been done dozens of times before, but I'm hoping to make things atleast a bit interesting. :)

Till I post again!

~A Skywalker