INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
From PayPal to Tesla & SpaceX; Elon Musk Changes Travel with Hyperloop

Aside from my own obvious delight at the idea of hurtling down an airless tube in a super sweet pod, travel aboard the Hyperloop does sound pleasant. Since it lacks the lateral acceleration of say, the subway, or the air needed to cause the turbulence associated with flying, motion sickness would be practically non-existent.

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Not Just a Bike, Almost a Plane? It’s a Paravelo, a Revolutionary Aircraft!

The Paravelo comes from the London company 'XploreAir', who recently proposed their idea to Kickstarter in hopes to raise 50 thousand pounds. After “spending their childhood riding bikes and dreaming of flight”, 'XploreAir' designers spent the last two years developing the concept to an advanced stage that could make their flyin' dreams come true!

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Reevu Introduces World’s First Rear Vision HUD Helmet

Reevu, a company established in 1999, with a mission for road safety and 20 years of research and development into rear vision systems has upped their ante once again. After generations of nifty helmet after nifty helmet (and most importantly the world's first rear-view motorcycle helmet), their new first ever “Intelligent EYE” Helmet hit a whole new level.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
NFC Ring Kickstarter – Fist Bumping Its Way to Geek Fall Fashion

For those of you out there that, like me, lose your keys on a weekly basis, can never remember a password longer than 4 characters, or are simply too prone to dance to be bothered with a purse (or for the guys, a bulky pocket full of tech gear), has McLear ever developed the product for you.

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
The Red Pitaya is a Powerful Tech Instrument Not Limited to Research Labs!

The Red Pitaya vision is to enable anyone interested to use their favorite technologies in an affordable and realistic way by giving them the power to “conduct his own education, discover his own inspiration, set up his own environment, and share his ideas with whoever is interested”. Even better, with the pre-order price tag of only $299

 

BATTERY & POWER TECHNOLOGY
3-D Printed Rocket Engine Passes Hot Fire Trials

The introduction of 3D printing allows computer-designed objects to be turned into actual, useable, real-world parts. Not only does this new method save time, but it has drastically reduced the cost of producing the injector. NASA says that the part, which previously took a year to complete

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
As Alternatives Become More Appealing, Piracy Is Plummeting

This month of July was when the new policy started, where sites at the ISP level can be shut down and copyright offenders can be pursued. What a coincidental time with piracy rates at some of the lowest levels in the country.

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Nokia Unleashes the Lumia 1020 Packing 41 Megapixels of Camera Heat

The basic design and specs of the Lumia 1020 seem to be pretty on par with current smartphone technology – it offers a 1280 by 768 pixel 4.5” AMOLED PureMotion HD+ display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and has 32GB of internal storage, with an additional 7GB of SkyDrive cloud storage, compliments of Microsoft, and 2GB of RAM.

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
The New Facebook Graph Search and Who it is Really Helping

Launched on Monday, the Facebook Graph Search is what’s being called “an attempt to fix a problem the social media network helped create”. I suppose this is referring to the immense Facebook member population, friend requests, shares, likes, and most … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Google Glass Captures First Arrest: Why the Controversy?

  This is a video of just a fight, right? What I mean is, the person getting kicked and punched isn’t the one wearing the Glass right? Answer is nope, that is just the person filming, but do not doubt … Continue reading →

 

THE RED-HEADED GEEK SHOW
E23-Game Console for Google, LTE-A, Firefox Smartphone & 4K | Red-Headed Geek Show

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Google Inc. is in the development phase of creating their very own gaming console. Not only that, but a wristwatch is expected as well; both based on Google’s Android OS. The … Continue reading →

 

APPLE
Boston University Seeks to Ban Sales of iPhone and other Apple Devices

Gallium Nitride Thin Film Semiconductor Devices are No Laughing Matter It seems as if lately there are more headlines announcing smart phone-related lawsuits than there are about the life-changing little gadgets themselves. The latest reported by the LA Times took … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
WiSee: Technology Enables WiFi Gesture Recognition in Home Wirelessly

How many times have you put yourself to bed and realized you left that upstairs bathroom light on? Annoying to get out of that pool of comfort to walk what seems far more than a few steps. Well, if you … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
MindWalker: Step-by-Step on the World’s First Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton

The notion of a person losing their ability to control their movements is hard to relate to, without a doubt. Those who suffer from paralysis or locked-in syndrome, a condition where an individual is aware and awake but cannot move … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Project Pi in the Sky, Raspberry Pi Gets a Bird’s Eye View of Space

Over the weekend a man named Dave Akerman, self described as an armchair astronaut, sent a Raspberry Pi and one of the newly released 5 MegaPixel Pi cameras up, up, up and away, as part of his “Eye in the … Continue reading →