GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Google Teams With Novartis to Create ‘Smart’ Contact Lenses

This week marked a giant step forward in the world of teeny, tiny wearable electronics. Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis announced yesterday that they would be licensing Google’s smart contact lens technology, a revolutionary new way to look at eyewear. If … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Jibo The Robot Could Be The Newest Member of Your Family

MIT professor and social robotics pioneer Cynthia Breazeal, has a long-term vision. One day we will have robots in our everyday lives. The path to this involves humanizing technology by taking them out of the lab and into the living … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
The Raspberry Pi B+ Has Same $35 Price, More Ports, More Power

The Raspberry Pi Foundation founder, Eben Upton, announced the latest version of the Raspberry Pi Model B, the Model B+, as the “final evolution” of the first-generation Pi. The upgraded version has 2 more USB ports, a microSD card reader,14 … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Amazon Faces Potential Lawsuit for In-App Purchases Made by Children

It’s easy to understand a parent handing over their smartphone or tablet to their young one for entertainment or distraction. However, problems could arise if the child knowingly, or unknowingly presses the purchase button. Many applications include supplemental purchases that … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Tiny Chip Implant Could Deliver 16 Years of Birth Control

MicroCHIPS, a company from Lexington, Massachusetts, has developed a remote-controlled computer chip that could be soon used for contraception. Implanted under the skin and activated by a wireless remote, the chip could prevent pregnancies for up to 16 years by … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
SCiO Chemical Scanner Identifies The World Around You, Has $2 Million On Kickstarter

What is SCiO? SCiO, Latin for “to know”, is an infrared spectrometer the size of a thumb drive that can read the chemical makeup of foods, drugs, and other items. Israeli inventor Dror Sharon envisions that the tiny gadget could … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Scientific Breakthrough: Successful 3D Printed Blood Vessels

“Bio-printing” artificial human organs has gone through some tremendous hurdles. Printing a solid mass of flesh, identical to human even, has been done rather easily. The hard part? Creating artificial blood vessels. Blood vessels are the most important part of … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Quadriplegic Man Moves Arm After Chip Implanted Into Brain

When Ian Burkhart was 19, he faced a devastating crash while horsing around in the surf in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. After mistiming a dive, Burkhart ended up headfirst into a sandbar, instantly becoming paralyzed. One thing that helped Burkhart … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
FTC Accuse T-Mobile Over Bogus Usage Fees, U.S. To Sue

Ever looked at your smartphone bill and wondered what those “usage” charges mean? Ever brush it off and just figure you went over on your data plan? Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission accused T-Mobile of making hundreds of millions of … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Facebook’s Psychological Experiment: Happy Or Sad News Feed Affect User’s Moods

On-staff data scientist, Adam Kramer devised an experiment that ultimately concluded the following about the way positive and negative effects travel through social networks: “In-person interaction and nonverbal cues are not strictly necessary for emotion contagion.” The experiment, which is … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Google Gives You $20 Virtual Reality With Cardboard

Virtual Reality is like a precious prodigy child that has been patiently waiting to be brought to the world. People keep saying “2014 is the year of VR”. I’m sure you remember Facebook purchasing the Oculus Rift VR headset for … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
The Tokyo Museum “What is Human?” Exhibition With Human-Looking Androids

When Pepper the robot was announced, she seemed friendly and cute. She could understand your feelings and give responses to your mood. Pepper was innovative, nothing too “out there”. In a world where we seem apprehensive about robots becoming more … Continue reading →

 

APPLE
Razer Unveils New Micro Console That Will Run New Android TV Platform

Razer will be teaming up with new Android TV to unleash a new micro console that will stream games, TV, and entertainment into your living room. Razer, founded in San Diego, California, is a world leader in high-performance gaming PCs, … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
NASA’S BRUIE May Be the Next Step in Discovering Extraterrestrial Life

Over the last hundred years or so, the notion of possible life on other planets has spawned massive interest and speculation from scientists, conspiracy theorists and adventure-seekers alike. This week NASA took a giant step or, rather, drive in the … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Soundhawk Smart Listening System Tackles Hearing Issues Situationally

There are 30 million (and counting) Americans who struggle with hearing problems, and plenty of these people are ditching their hearing aid. Why? They are essentially a blanket solution for hearing loss. Hearing aids can pick up extra sounds in … Continue reading →