GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
The Micro-Console Could Be The Next Trend In Gaming, The $99 Playstation TV Offers 1,000 Titles, Can Remote Play

Heard of Vita TV? Well, it’s coming to America, with a few changes in store, first! Among Sony’s highly anticipated proclamations during its E3 press conference, Sony announced it will be bringing the PlayStation TV mini console/streaming media device to … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Tech Goes Vintage with the Re-Imagining of the Paper Airplane

I grew up poor. Maybe not third world poor, but definitely “spent a few years in a mobile home/all of my clothes are from Wal-Mart” poor. The beauty in this is the appreciation that you end up developing for the … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Google To Buy Earth Imagery Startup Skybox For $500 Million

Skybox Imaging, a Silicon Valley startup that “builds and operates its own satellites to record high-definition (HD) videos of Earth from low Earth orbit several hundred miles up”, may soon belong to search engine giant Google. According to Google, the … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Fashion-First SmartRing, Ringly, Buzzes and Blinks When You Miss A Tweet or Text

Never have separation anxiety issues with your phone again. For the fashion-first female, Ringly is miniature technology inside of a cocktail ring that is launching for preorders. Christina Mercando, CEO of the New York City startup, discussed her need to … Continue reading →

 

APPLE
Fuffr iPhone 5s Case Brings Leap Motion-Like Tracking To The Space Around Your Phone

Stockholm company Fuffr wants to “broaden the way people interact with hand held devices”. Fuffr makes iPhone cases that turn the empty space around your phone into a gesture-controlling interface. The company first announced their product during a video demo … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Ostendo is Bringing Holograms to Your Smartphone in 2015

Now I know what most of you are thinking already – you’re conjuring up images of Star Wars, imagining an R2-D2-like device beaming your own Princess Leia right into your living room. Or perhaps you feel gipped at missing this … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Pepper, Japanese Robot “Will Maximize People’s Joy And Minimize Their Sadness”

Japanese technology company Softbank has been showing the world its new emotion-reading robot named Pepper. Masayoshi Son, Softbank’s CEO, stated that it will be the first robot in history to more-or-less “have a heart”, and emotions that go along with … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Glance Smartwatch Add-On Accessory, The Perfect Accomplice To Your Favorite Wristwatch

Despite the companies that have caught on, consumers have yet to really fall in love with wearing a smartwatch. Is it because they don’t like they appearance of the devices? Or is it the fact that some people already have … Continue reading →

 

APPLE
Apple-Beats Deal, A New Era In The Music Industry?

Beats Electronics, known for its big selling headphones, is also a streaming music company that charges a $10 dollar monthly fee. Tech giant Apple Inc. took a leap on Wednesday when Steve Jobs successor, Tim Cook, decided to buy Beats … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Google’s Electric-Powered Driverless Car Has No Brakes, No Steering Wheel

Google plans to build between 100 and 200 prototypes in efforts of re-engineering the way we transport ourselves. These subcompact cars would have no steering wheel, no gas and no brake pedals, and no airbags. It is an automobile fit … Continue reading →

 

DELL
Dell Begins Sustainability Efforts With New Carbon-Negative Plastic Packaging Line

Michael Dell made a sustainable move this week by introducing what the company will call “industry first” carbon-negative packaging. Dell will have some help, however, as it will be partnering with Newlight Technologies. Newlight is a California biotech startup founded … Continue reading →

 

BATTERY & POWER TECHNOLOGY
Hover and Ride With The New Aero-X: The World’s First Consumer-Centric Hoverbike

Aerofex, a company based in California, is ecstatic to start taking orders for the new Aero-X hoverbike; a half quadcopter, half motorcycle that looks like technology mixed with Star Wars. The engine, powered by three 240 horsepower, three-rotor, rotary engines … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
SCiO: A Pocket-Sized Molecular Sensor Brings Trek Tech to the Real World

“Imagine if there was a way to know the chemical makeup of everything you come into contact with” posits Consumer Physics cofounder Damian Goldring in an initial pitch to Kickstarter. Had time to give that some thought? If your mind … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Professor Looks To Try Oculus Rift Headset On Chickens For Free Roaming Pleasure

If I told you the next thing for Oculus would be for some assistant professor at Iowa State University to strap an Oculus Rift headset to a chicken, would you think this person is crazy? His name is Austin Stewart, … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
EnChroma CX Receptor Colorblind-Correcting Sunglasses

About eight percent of the population is colorblind. Among the colorblind are individuals that have severe red-green colorblindness; meaning, they see far less red and green than the average person. Researchers and scientists have been trying to develop a way … Continue reading →