Emerging Technology News

Gone are the days when childrens storage boxes and toy chests were packed with teddy bears and ragdolls; trends show that a growing number of kids prefer sophisticated gadgets to the cuddly playthings of the past. In October and November, retailers started reporting that high-tech Christmas toys were topping kids’ wish lists; these included robotic Zhu Zhu Pets and Jet Pack Buzz Lightyear action figures, and even video cameras and electric guitars built for kids. Now, as the festive season gets fully underway, statistics show that Apple iPhones and iPods have replaced traditional kids Christmas toys and games.

The iPhone 4 is officially the most wanted Christmas “toy” of 2010, closely followed by the iPod Touch and the iPad. Other popular high-tech toys on the top of kids’ Christmas wish lists are the Kinect for Xbox and the PlayStation Move. This trend can only be expected as today’s digital age means children are exposed to technology at a much younger age than their parents and grandparents.

B&G has released their latest navigation system designed especially for sailing. B&G are specialists in developing advanced instruments and autopilot systems for racing and cruise yachts. The new Zeus Multifunction Display (MFD) and Broadband Radar have been carefully developed and offers a fully integrated high performance portable navigation system.

Well, perhaps these workwear trousers are not quite as ‘eternal’ as my title boasts it to be. Yet the Outlier trousers are an interesting new discovery that aims to change the way we view men’s and ladies workwear trousers. These trousers don’t even have to look geeky to get their technological message across. The creators of these trousers are bike-riding folks who needed long lasting, good looking trousers that withstood all of the usual weather-bearing elements. The most important factor to incorporate was a quick-drying aspect and the good folks at Outlier have gotten this down to a tee.

SR Technics is developing a narrow body aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Malta and will use it to maintain easyJet’s narrowbody fleet. The facility will have four bays in which to provide base and heavy aircraft maintenance and repair for all narrowbody aircraft that operates in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Pilots had better make sure that they have their Malta aircraft registration up to date.

The shoes from Back to the Future – Imagine them being displayed on boot hangers in your local shoe store. For local Californian inventor Blake Bevin, our dreams are her reality. The Back to the Future shoes with automatic laces are not only in production by her, but have recently been bolstered by a cash injection of $25,000 – thanks to a website called Kickstarter.com; the ‘real’ power laces were created in the year 2015, which is oddly enough, only five years off from our current year; the future indeed.

There is a new range of safety clothing available and it uses a proprietary D-air Technology. D-air technology is an intelligent protection system which is capable of detecting dangerous situations and then inflates airbags around the body in order to protect it. After ten years of lab testing, this safety clothing gives being safe a whole new meaning.

The current new mobile phones technology on offer boggles the mind. Incredible advances in science have delivered phones with large, clear displays; new mobile phones that deliver many more functions then simple texting or carrying on with conversations. Imagine browsing a Malta gaming website not only on a widescreen, but with full Flash support and intuitive gesture controls that mimics the browser experience on your desktop computer. Access to standard websites is not the only advantages of owning new mobile phones in 2010 though; read the list below and discover the new and upcoming mobile phone technologies that will rock your digital world:

There is a new translator app for iPhones, iPod Touch and iPad on the market. Developed by Locquendo, a Telecom Italia company, this translator application offers spoken translation in 17 languages and 47 voices.  In a statement issued by the company, they declare this mobile translator app to be useful for both translating languages and as an aid when learning a new language. Officials say that the voice emitted by the device is expressive and sounds natural, which aids correct pronunciation.

You want to switch to an electric car but even if you could afford it, how would you justify the fuel to power it? Dale Vince, founder of alternative energy company Ecotricity, wanted to use electric car technology to make a fast, flashy and fun vehicle that runs on energy created by his company’s own wind turbines.

Everyone slips shoes onto their feet in the morning before work. We take it for granted when we see shoes and boots hanging on boot clips and boot hangers that a more appealing shoe will simply be created as fashion continues to evolve, yet what about evolving shoe technology? New shoe technology continues to improve on old favourites by highlighting the flaws in current models and developing methods for better shoes without much delay. These include: