A man by the name of Peng Shulin from China was cut in half by a lorry back in 1995. Statistically, this man should be dead, but he beat the huge odds and survived the accident. He is living up to the moniker "miracle man" once again, because after twelve years since the day he lost his feet, he has begun to walk.

Shulin had been bedridden for a good part of those twelve years. But he recently began exercising his arms to make them strong enough to do everyday tasks such as washing his face and brushing his teeth. Doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Centre in Beijing found out about him late last year and developed a method to get him walking.

Their solution was to create a cup-like casing to hold his body with two bionic legs attached to it. As of this article's writing, he has been learning to walk around the centre with the aid of his specially adapted legs and a resized walking frame. Hopefully, this technology can be adopted for the use of more people who have walking disabilities as well.

Inspired by the success of the Nintendo Wii's motion-sensing controller, developers of motion-sensor solutions have been thinking of different ways to make their wares more marketable to the general public. In this light, the InvenSense corporation has flashed its wares in Beijing, China at the Intel Developer forum today.

The developer stole the show with its new proprietary iG technology which stands for Instant Gesture. The iG technology was shown off with the help of applications running on Ultra Mobile Personal Computers (UMPCs) and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), which were both developed by Intel.

Intel Marketing Manager Kelley Johnson says "InvenSense’s iG technology and motion sensors will enable many killer applications in the UMPC." He adds "Intel-based UMPC and MID platforms and the InvenSense iG technology will deliver an industry leading solution for intuitive user interfaces, interactive gaming, image stabilization, and dead reckoning for vehicle and pedestrian navigation."

InvenSense VP for sales Dan Goehl said "we are very pleased to be a part of the next generation UMPC platform from Intel," he also emphasized the possibilities that their patented technology can open up to the consumer market.

The exhibition was held in the Ultra Mobile Community area where the Instant Gesture applications ran several tasks using motion-sensing tools. InvenSense views the event as a successful one for the firm.

An eye-catching billboard goes a long way in terms of advertising, along with a funny commercial and a catchy jingle. But companies are now finding new and better ways to catch the consumers' attention.

Diamond Chrysler has found such a way with the help of an event marketing agency called George P. Johnson Company. They have featured a waterfall or rainfall ad that uses inkjet printer technology but instead of using ink and paper, they use water jets. This interactive billboard is around 54 feet wide and water drops 24 feet. It also uses up 1,000 gallons of recycled water. The technology is still being developed and improved.

This centerpiece has wowed auto show goers in Beijing, Frankfurt, and Geneva. Anyway, enough babble from us, just watch the video and see how it works.

It may look like the future of the Limousine market, but this crazy design is in fact a 155MPH 'superbus'. The superbus comes hot out of the Netherlands from researchers at the Delft University of Technology and runs on electricity. Yes, thats a 155MPH bus that runs on electricity. Of course, this is a low riding bus so you cannot stand up on it, but it does seat 30 people and the passengers do have their own door.

The Superbus is the same length and width of a standard city bus, but it's only as high as an SUV. How do you catch this bus then? For potential riders to catch the bus, they have to text message the dispatcher, and are picked up anywhere they want along special speedways constructed for the bus system.

Think this is just another one of those concept ideas that will never be used in a practical situation. The researchers have plans to build a fully functional prototype for the Beijing Olympics in two years' time. Watch this space, blink and you'll miss it.

Before, we reported on robots being developed to do housework. Well now, we have gathered pictures of various robots that border from helpful to bizarre. Here's a couple of them:

There's a robot waiter that "takes orders and gives performances" in a the first Robot Restaurant in Hongkong.

Now if you think rickshaws violate certain human rights, you might be delighted to know that there's a robot developed by Wu Yulu, made to do this arduous task. Environmentalists would be happy too, as this robot was made from recycled materials such as ping pong balls (for its eyes) and sponges (for its mouth).

More robots from China after the jump!