Personal Devices Category - Page 16

Geocron Keeps Your Devices Knowing Where You Are [The Geocron System Uses Google Latitude on Android and iPhone To Track Your Location and React Accordingly]

By on Tuesday, 13. July 2010

I admit, the idea of my hardware knowing where I am at any time is a bit on the creepy side–okay, a lot on the creepy side–but there are definitely some advantages to this. Today we’re talking about Geocron, and it’s going to change the way your devices work when [...]

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Kokonatchi Robots Tell You When New Twitter Posts Arrive [The Tiny Semirobotic Kokonatchi Light Up and Bounce With New Tweets]

By on Monday, 12. July 2010

I’m used to strangeness coming out of Japan. I have to be–I’m fond of Japanese horror movies. Strangeness is pretty much the bottom line for what seems like an increasingly large percentage of their entire film industry. But then I heard about the Kokonatchi (developed by the University of Tokyo [...]

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Google Open Spot Tells You Where To Find Parking [Android App Directs You To Available Parking]

By on Monday, 12. July 2010

Sometimes we forget that iPhone isn’t the only phone that’s got an app for just about everything. The Android systems are getting plenty of apps of their own, and one of the new apps revolves around one of the biggest problems in any city of any real size: finding parking.

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Kompott Robotic Agent Keeps People In Touch [A Robotic Contact Agent Designed For the Elderly, Kompott Keeps In Touch With Simple Controls]

By on Monday, 12. July 2010

Let’s face it, folks: the older folks among us generally have the hardest time getting the hang of new technology. So the idea of using new technology to keep in touch with family members is a daunting one at best. Thus, Zurich University of the Arts put together the Kompott, [...]

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The Top Five Predator Gadgets [A List of the Best Gadgets Predators Use For Their Hunting Sprees, From Aliens to Schwartzenegger]

By on Friday, 9. July 2010

They’ve taken on some of the greats, folks–Arnold Schwartznegger, the Xenomorph alien, and even Lance Henriksen. And there’s no doubt that the Predator packs a massive arsenal of gadgetry when it’s on the hunt, so today, we’re going to take a look at the five best gadgets in the Predator [...]

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Telescoping Eye Implant Gets FDA Approval [Implanted in The Human Eye, This Device Allows for Automatic Magnification and Improved Sight]

By on Friday, 9. July 2010

For those out there concerned about declining visual capability, or those who just wonder about the idea of having bionic eyes, well, we’ve got something here you’ll definitely want to see–the implantable telescope.

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Samsung Network Extender Gets FCC Blessing [Samsung Device to Add Power to Verizon Network Gets FCC Approval]

By on Thursday, 8. July 2010

Can you hear me now? Well, if you can’t, give me a second to slap in my new Verizon Network Extender from the folks out at Samsung. Well, okay, I’m jumping the gun just a bit there–this hasn’t made it to market yet. But it likely will now, thanks to [...]

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Qualcomm Working on Piix Smart Bandaid [Qualcomm's Device Provides Heart Monitoring and Wireless ECG Transmission]

By on Tuesday, 6. July 2010

No, you read that headline correctly–Qualcomm is working on a line of bandaids with some serious information capability behind them. Indeed, the Piix Smart Bandaid is as smart as the name implies.

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Mongoose Studio’s Twelve iPod Cluster Display [Mongoose Studios Hooks Twelve iPod Touches Together To Make Aggregate Display]

By on Tuesday, 6. July 2010

You ever see those big “video wall” displays? The ones where they put a dozen or so screens in a big block and shoot one part of an image to each, using monitors like pixels in a huge display? Well, the folks out at Mongoose Studio put together one of [...]

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Coby MP620 Offers Supremely Budget Friendly MP3 [The Coby MP620 is called an iPod Nano Substitute]

By on Monday, 5. July 2010

Looking for an MP3 player that won’t break the bank? For you budget-minded folks out there (let’s face it–frugality really is the new black these days), then consider this little item, the Coby MP620.

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