Nikon makes a splash with the AW1 waterproof mirrorless camera

Digital Cameras Nikon makes a splash with the AW1 waterproof mirrorless camera The new Nikon 1 AW1 is the world's first commercially available digital interchangeable lens camera which is waterproof, shockproof and freezeproof. With a 1-inch-type 14 megapixel CMOS sensor, and two new equally waterproof lenses, this could be the snorkeling photographer's new best friend. read more Around The Home World's lightest timber table lands in London British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert has created what is claimed to be the world's lightest timber table. Dubbed Ripple, the two and half meter long table is made from 0.8mm thick Canadian Spruce aircraft plywood and weighs in at an incredible 9 kilograms. read more Space Robot snakes may one day explore Mars Mars is essentially one big desert, and what do you tend to find in deserts? Snakes. There's a reason for this, so the European Space Agency-funded SERPEX project is conducting a feasibility study on how robot snakes could one day be used to explore the Red Planet. read more Around The Home Cuddle Mattress lets you get closer to your significant other The Cuddle Mattress is a normal mattress divided up into slices that give you somewhere to put your arm when snuggling up to your significant other. This simple idea could help prevent bad backs, dead-arm-in-bed issues ... and arguments between couples. read more Bicycles RearViz "arms" cyclists with rear vision There's no doubt that using a rear-view mirror makes it safer to cycle on public roads. That said, some riders may feel that a bike-mounted mirror is just one more bit of handlebar clutter. The RearViz mirror offers an alternative – it mounts on the rider's arm. read more Space Scramspace flight ends in failure The University of Queensland's Scramspace hypersonic experiment ended in failure today as the unmanned spacecraft plummeted into the North Sea off the coast of Norway. After a successful launch, Scramspace failed to reach the required altitude to begin the hypersonic flight experiment. read more Bicycles Alter Cycles bikes feature interchangeable, vibration-damping down tubes If you make hybrid bicycles, how do you get yours to stand out from all the others? Well, it helps if customers can customize it. That's the approach that Alter Cycles is taking with its bikes. By swapping in different down tubes, the stiffness of the ride can be altered to suit the rider. read more Home Entertainment Philips gets touchy about remote control buttons Even before the addition of touchpads, remote controls were pushing the boundaries in terms of size. Philips' remote control division has come up with a way to keep the size of touch-capable remotes down by making the buttons the touch sensitive surface. read more Wearable Electronics Sensor-packed Hexoskin shirt measures performance in real time Hexoskin is a Canadian company developing a new body metrics system that provides a complete service for athletes and coaches. It features a sensor-packed T-shirt and a device that combine to provide data that is fed to a smartphone. It also measures breathing volume and interacts with other apps. read more Electronics Tower of Pisa 3D-scanned in 20 mins with spring-mounted Zebedee Researchers at CSIRO have developed Zebedee, a spring-mounted 3D laser scanner and mapper capable of scanning complicated interiors in double-quick time. The researchers were able to scan the "cramped and complex" interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in under 20 minutes. read more Special promotion for Gizmag readers "10-Step Checklist for Your Next Website Redesign" Find out how to turn your online presence into a full-fledged inbound marketing machine! Whether you're working with an agency or redesigning in-house, this checklist will save you from some headaches. read more UNSUBSCRIBE You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at http://www.gizmag.com. Copyright Gizmag © 2013