Personal Devices Category - Page 12
CineXPlayer For iPad Allows AVI Support [The iPad Can Now Play AVI Video Files With the CineXPlayer App]
So for those of you with iPads that have been dying to watch your AVI videos on them, but haven’t because Apple products steadfastly refuse to play anything but their native formats of choice, take heart–for now (and possibly not for long!) there is an app for even that: the [...]
Apple Patent Documents Show…iBike? [A Recent Patent Displays An Integration System Between A Bike and an iPhone or iPod]
Back in August, it turns out, Apple filed a patent that detailed systems integrating your iPhone or iPod and your bicycle in such a fashion that it’s a wonder no one’s calling it iBike yet.
Blood Sugar Sensor Implant Coming Soon? [University of Tokyo Working on Implantable Blood Sugar Sensor That Projects Colored Light Depending on Levels]
Speaking as someone with a diabetic aunt, this can not come too soon for any diabetic out there, Type One or Type Two. But the University of Tokyo is hard at work on an implantable sensor that will tell, at a glance, the level of sugar currently in the bloodstream.
Audiovox Brings Out Flo TV Equipped Portable DVD Player [Audiovox's DFL01 Portable DVD Player Offers Beleaguered Flo TV Service]
For those of you who’ve been in doubt about Flo TV, and there have been a lot of folks out there who think that the service is looking like a doomed vessel about to crash, there may be a note of hope in that Audiovox has just announced the upcoming [...]
AcuTouch 9500: A Massage Chair Controlled by iPhone [The AcuTouch 9500 Can Take Its Orders From iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad]
The people who say that, if there isn’t already an app for everything, there probably will be in just a matter of time got a little more support for their theory as the first ever app that could give you a back rub emerged, thanks to the Human Touch AcuTouch [...]
Wearable Personal Navigation System Brings Maps In Your Face [Japanese University Develops Glasses With GPS Mounting]
The University of Electro-Communications, which I only recently spoke about with their development of video conferencing glasses, has once again given me exciting new glasses-mounted technology to bring up. Today, we’re talking about the Wearable Personal Navigation System, and it’ll blow your mind.
PlayOn Web App Hits, Brings Hulu and Netflix to iPhone [Not A Native App But Rather a Web-Based One, PlayOn Arrives for Apple Gear]
iPod Touch and iPhone users who like having movies and TV available wherever they go will be happy to hear that the folks out at PlayOn decided to bypass the whole App Store thing for a web-app release. Thus, PlayOn’s HTML5 app has now been released, but already there are [...]
Dish Network Brings Streaming To Mobile Devices This September [iPads, iPhones, and More Will Get Dish Network Streaming Capability Starting In September]
Teachers out there, you’ll want to pay attention to this one, because there’s now a better chance than ever your students will be watching some Dish Network when they start back to school this September. Why? Because Dish is going to be streaming some of their content to a variety [...]
ReSound Alera Hearing Aid Boasts Bluetooth Connectivity [Patch Your Hearing Aid Wirelessly Into TV and Radio With the ReSound Alera]
It’s a sad fact of life that, as we age, a lot of our faculties become less sharp than they once were. Hearing declines, eyesight range shortens, and so on down the line. Thankfully, technology steps in to aid a lot of those troubles, and the ReSound Alera hearing aid [...]
Bing Maps’ Taxi Fare Calculator Keeps Cabbies On Track [The Taxi Fare Calculator Uses Maps and Pricing Data To Compute Trip Costs]
Travelers, this one’s especially for you. If you’ve ever hopped in a cab while in a strange city, you know some of the pitfalls. You don’t know the shortest routes, the fastest routes, or even a lot of times how to get where you’re going. This is a great opportunity [...]

