Sanyo Electric has released a new electric hybrid bicycle that can triple the user’s pedal power to make it easier to climb hills. It is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery.

…the “eneloop bike” takes the crossover between a normal bicycle and a moped one-step further, aiming to tap growing interest in tackling global warming. The system draws the power from the braking during the downhill, and add extra power equivalent to double the rider’s pedal force for going uphill, in line with relaxed government restrictions on such systems.

The Sanyo Electric hybrid bicycle is going to cost you approx $1,430 to get one. It will be available starting February 2009 in Japan.

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Wow that’s cool! Italian police officers recently equipped with a cellphone that doubles up as a gun. It looks like a normal phone but at the inside, it holds four bullets and it is powerful enough to kill a person. One more shot after the break. Read more…

Scotsman Beverage Systems is turning the world upside down, instead of dispensing the beer from top, this one comes from the bottom. Yes, the system fills up the cup from the bottom.

Scotsman’s truly innovative Trufill concept can serve 10 pints of beer in 10 seconds with less manpower than traditional methods and no spillage.

It was shown in the Brau Beviale exhibition in Nuremberg. See to believe. Video after the break. Read more…

While trying to grease up the Space Stations creaky solar-panel-rotating gears, some of the grease accidentally squirts into the toolbag. Astronaut H.S. Piper is trying to clean it up but ends up losing the bag.

(In case you are wondering what happens if an Astronaut floats away, note the large white backpack on the back of the spacesuit; this is known as the “SAFER” unit and is a jet-powered backpack to allow the astronaut to float back to the station during U.S. spacewalks. To the best of my knowledge, it has never been needed.

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Mgestk Technologies has developed a new gesture control system which uses an ‘affordable 3D camera’ (webcam) and some custom software to capture even small hand gestures. Yes, control the computer using hand motion. Demonstration after the break. Read more…

Before the projector phones go on sale, RealFiction has already come out with the Dreamoc 3D Display, a holograms shooting out of the phone screen – easy word to describe – 3D video. The cool thing of this 3D video is that the it can actually mixes with the real world objects. Video demonstration after the break.

Dreamoc is a new and unique 3D display system from RealFiction, designed especially for high profile brands in a competitive retail environment. One of the new features in this display is its ability to mix free-floating animation and video images with physical objects. Imagine placing a real mobile phone inside the Dreamoc chamber, and then having virtual elements mixing with and surrounding the phone, or having video objects and animated graphic flying out of the phones display.

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NASA has come out with a Small Pressurized Rover Concept which set to be put in service by year 2020. It is a futuristic recreational vehicle mounted on six sets of wheels, 12 wheels altogether. This battery powered rover can speed up to 6 mph.

“The new prototype has a pressurized cab and is fitted out with leather seats and bunks. It would allow a crew of two astronauts to take extended exploration trips for up to two weeks at a time, covering distances of up to 625 miles, says Craig, the NASA program’s manager.”

The vehicle is being tested in a remote corner of Arizona which found to have similar surface conditions to those found on the moon. It has a range of up to 625 miles (1,000 km).

[via Yahoo News | Engadget]

Take a look at the world’s first 3D mobile phone screen. It was developed by KDDI. It is still under prototype, it is a 3.1-inch 480 x 800 WVGA LCD using the “parallax barrier method” that divides images or video separately for the right and left eye. There’s no info on when it’s going to released.

[via TechFresh]

There were lots of stuff built to save electricity, and more eco-friendly. Today, even clubbers help in doing that. Dancers at Club Watt will help to produced energy to light up the dance floor by the kinetic energy generated when they dance. This will save 30% on energy consumption. Also rainwater catch systems were equipped in the toilets which expect to save 1000 cubic meters of water per year. That’s cool!

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Panasonic has unveiled an interactive wall at the CEATEC 2008 called the Life Wall. There’s not much info about this. However, there’s a video for you all after the break. Read more…