GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
It’s Official: Austin Is The Next Home for Google Fiber

Google Fiber offers ‘gigabit’ internet service, which is reported to be about 100 times faster than a basic cable modem. Many compare this upgrade to the difference between dial-up and broadband.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
re:3D Gigabot: A Huge 3D Printer With Huge Ideas

This Kickstarter project is developing an amazing, affordable, large format 3d printer for your home or office. It can make beautiful, large printed objects like you have never seen before.

 

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Dell Cuts a Cord: World’s 1st & Fastest WiGig Wireless Ultrabook Docking Station

With speeds up to ten times faster than Wi-Fi networks, Dell Inc. releases the world's fastest & first wireless tri-band WiGig laptop dock.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Brolly Rain Umbrella: Low-Tech Shakes Hands With Hi-Tech & Gets a Grip on Texting

The primary difference between the Brolly Rain Umbrella & other common umbrellas is the handle, which is shaped like a set of brass knuckles.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
StormFly Wristband USB 3.0 With Operating System Almost Like a Wearable Computer

Using StormFly is not rocket-science & that's a major reason for its existence: "a total solution for people who do not have the time, knowledge or desire to create a DIY solution."

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
3D Printed Prosthetic Robohand Reaches Across the Ocean & Touches Many Lives

Five-year-old Liam was born with no fingers on his right hand, but he has five of them now, & is even able to pick up small coins.

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
Pebble Smartwatch is Hitting the Streets

The Pebble is basically a Bluetooth secondary display and controller for a users’ smartphone. Unlike its closest competitor, the Sony Smartwatch, the pebble operates with both Android and iPhones.

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
PrimeSense Wants to Create A World of 3D Sensing

People have been imagining the various possibilities of Microsoft’s Kinect sensor ever since the device came out in 2010. Some of those visions will soon be coming to fruition this year now that PrimeSense, the makers of the Kinect sensor, … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
intelliPaper Disposable Paper USB Flash Drive May Save Paper & It’s Wireless Too

An ultra-thin disposable paper USB drive with wireless near field communications could substantially reduce the growth rate of paper consumption.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Filabot Reclaimer Gadget Recycles Plastic to “Print” Filament for 3D Printers

Perhaps if someone were to 3D print 100% of a bicycle from recycled plastic, that would give a whole new meaning to the term "recycling".

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Transporter File Sharing Storage Gets Your Head Out of the Cloud: Beam It Over Scotty

The transporter is off-cloud physical storage for sharing, synchronizing, storing, backing-up, & protecting privacy of valuable files.

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
2013: The Year of the 3D Printer

The 3D printer is making a huge splash at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show, and for good reason. Although 3D printers have been around for many years, 2013 will be the year they become affordable for the common household.

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
Polaroid Opens Fotobar – Photo giant combines old ideas with current technology

It’s hard to remember a time when we would have to take a roll of film into a photo lab before we could even look at our pictures.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Mobile Raspberry Pi Computer: Build your own portable Pi-to-Go

The Raspberry Pi Computer is a credit card sized mini PC circuit board that cost only $35. Now you can take it anywhere with the new Mobile Raspberry Pi-to-Go; a real mobile computer that gets up to 10 hours of battery life.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Flatmate Desk Helps Geeks Stuff It When Uptight & Short of Space

It's a Flatmate that never complains about being told to stay out of your way, keep its back against the wall, & live only in the hallway.