A round-up of the latest technology news from around the globe.
CUTTING EDGE iPAD: Japanese surgeons use an iPad to show their patient's insides while they operate (video). What's that expensive equipment doing on the side? Sitting idle, that's what.
From Daily Motion.
STEP AWAY FROM THE CAR: Movie car chases are fun, but in real life drivers can be killed. The driverless Scarab electric police car chases suspects by following a radar tag.
Ecofriend is in pursuit.
RING RING: Can't hear your cellphone ringing over the noise of the neighbour's motor mower? The Geemarc CL8200 has the loudest ringtone in the world: up to 100 decibels. Never miss another call from your boss. Geemarc gets deafened.
GLOW AS YOU GO: Hot feet usually just means smelly shoes. Thermocouples inside Orange's gummies trap the heat from your feet and the cold from the ground then use the difference to charge your mobile phone. Gotwind.org boots up.
SMELL GO BANG: A laser made of plastic could sniff out a minefield. When it detects explosives the laser goes dead, showing where the mines are. Handy for road trips in Afghanistan.
BBC Science.
