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GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Intel Hopes to Get Noticed by Powering the next Gen Google Glass

Google Glass is still around, whether you like it or not. So what has been going on with one of the most controversial pieces of wearable technology ever invented? Besides being shunned away from movie theaters and playgrounds, Google Glass … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
OneCue: Wave Hello to Complete Control of Your Living Room

I am not a fan of clutter. However, I will admit the number of remotes on my coffee table has increased like a family over the years. But that’s the image of the common household, especially as we grow more … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Samsung Announces Eye-tracking Tech For Those With Disabilities

The portable and wireless EYECAN+ simply hides underneath a computer monitor. All the user has to do is make sure the screen is in sight, and sit or lay about 60-70 cm away from the screen. A pop-up menu features 18 different commands to choose from, like copy, paste, select and zoom; “each of which can be configured to a specific action or a general keyboard combination” (Slash Gear). For the user to select an item, focusing their eyes on that item is the equivalent of clicking on it with a mouse.

 

APPLE
Your iPhone Gets a Chance to Be VR Fit With Pinć

I was anything but surprised when I read a headline stating “Pinć VR Turns Your iPhone Into a Virtual Playground”. After accessories like Google Cardboard and Samsung’s Gear VR, it’s obvious that using a smartphone to make shift a VR … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Blood Sucking Controller Suspended by Kickstarter

Canadian company, Brand and Grotesque’s unique bloodsucking controller has been suspended by Kickstarter. Bummer, because it was gonna be for a good cause. That’s mild sarcasm. This is one of the weirdest things I have ever seen. Named Blood Sport: … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Microsoft Rolls out K5 Autonomous Patrolling Bots

Microsoft recently let loose an army of robots to patrol its Silicon Valley campus. Designed by California based robotics company Knightscope, the “autonomous data machine” aims to give security guards assistance with patrolling areas while collecting and analyzing data. The … Continue reading →

 

THE RED-HEADED GEEK SHOW
E 87- Brain 2 Brain Communication, Powerlace, $90 PS4 Scam | Red Headed Geek Show

Scammers have been trying to take advantage of Walmart’s price-matching policy by using fraudulent web pages, particularly Amazon sales pages, to get Wii U bundles and Sony PS4 consoles for a fraction of their actual prices. Then they posted it … Continue reading →

 

APPLE
Nokia Releases a Tablet, The N1, and it Looks a lot Like the iPad Mini

Nokia has revealed its very first device since the acquisition of its smartphone devices and services division to Microsoft earlier this year. That’s right, Nokia may be barred from producing smartphones until 2016, but it isn’t quite done crafting consumer … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Motorola KeyLink Takes the Headache out of Searching for Lost Phone and Keys

Motorola has been on a real roll lately as far as must-have geeky gadgets go, but this week’s release is a real doozy. There is possibly no more frustrating feeling on the planet than trying to race out your door … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Hack Your Older Appliances with LittleBits Smart Home Kit

LittleBits has become well known in the community of modular electronics. The company continues to “democratize hardware” by introducing new ways of connecting and linking items to the internet, like the CloudBit device announced last July. LittleBit’s latest idea is … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Corning’s Gorilla Glass 4 Aims to Keep Your Smartphone Screen from Shattering

“Please don’t be broken, I can handle a scratch, just please don’t let the screen be shattered…” If you have ever uttered this silent plea to the universe in the moments just before picking up your smartphone or tablet from … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Human Rights Organizations Release Detekt to Help Avoid Government Surveillance

It should come as no surprise to anyone who has seen even five minutes of news in the past year that we are all being watched. Credit card scammers seem to be able to pull information from even the most … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Ditto, The Simplest $29 Wearable Out There

In a generation where phone calls, emails, instant messages and all forms of social media content are sent to our smartphones, the amount of notifications we receive can have us checking our phones constantly. California based company, Simple Matters, intends … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
The New Internet of Toys Toy, DynePod

Krissa Watry, co-founder of Dynepic, worked as a chief engineer to launch satellites. Sounds like a big deal, and it is, but something made her want to change her career and work in product design. As an entrepreneur, Watry wanted … Continue reading →

 

THE RED-HEADED GEEK SHOW
E 86- FLUX 3D Printer, Prynt, Raspberry Pi Model A+, Fontus | Red Headed Geek Show

A new 3D printer in the spotlight is a super cool one. FLUX is modular, eliminating the need to get different equipment based on what project you want to tackle. Instead, you can just swap out components. FLUX has a … Continue reading →