Google Glass tempts travelers with new apps from Foursquare, OpenTable and TripIt
Now available to one and all (but still in beta, only for US residents
and priced at $1,500), Google Glass is adding another selling point:
travel accessory. That's thanks to new Glassware from Foursquare (we
hope a Swarm patch is included),... Read More ...
Minnesota beats California to the punch, signs smartphone kill-switch into law
The Governor of Minnesota just signed a bill that could change the
cellphone industry forever: a mandatory kill-switch law. The bill was
written as a criminal deterrent: if a stolen phone can be remotely
disabled, stealing smartphones may become a... Read More ...
Log your fabulous life with this $663 designer handbag
What do you get when you put Autographer, creator of that lifelogging
camera we saw in 2013, and quirky British designer Lulu Guinness
together? If you guessed a zany handbag for wannabe spies and
fashionistas obsessed with documenting their every... Read More ...
Sony's finance chief explains why it's been hemorrhaging cash
Further heavy losses for Sony: electronics sales (minus phones and
gaming) stand at half of the peak seven years. The company's latest
financial report is grim reading for its investors -- and its fans. So
what happened, Sony? It's new CFO Kenichiro... Read More ...
Experimental navigation system swaps satellites for quantum physics
GPS can be useful when you're trying to navigate to that hot new bar --
as long as your travels don't take you somewhere its signal can't
reach. A new so-called quantum positioning system could pick things up
when satellites fail, and help guide your... Read More ...
Sprint had legal details of the NSA's bulk phone data collection in 2010
The public only started learning about the legal justifications for the
NSA's collection of bulk phone records last June, but we now know that
at least one telecom received notice much earlier. Both declassified
info and Washington Post interviews... Read More ...
Want to be a race car driver? Start playing video games
The Nissan GT Academy is a racing competition that sees winning drivers
transition from Gran Turismo's digital realm to an honest-to-goodness
race car. Lucas Ordóñez was the very first GT Academy winner and he not
only went on to race outside the... Read More ...
Comcast may roll out data caps for all customers within five years
So much for Comcast's proposed merger with Time Warner Cable being good
for your internet service. The cable giant's David Cohen tells
investors that he expects "usage-based billing" (that is, data caps with
overage fees) to reach all Comcast... Read More ...
Engadget Daily: futuristic Army helmets, Sony Alpha 6000 review and more!
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news.
Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This
is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines
for the past 24 hours -- all... Read More ...
How to get started with home automation through Z-Wave
For many of us, smart homes seem like a far off concept from a science
fiction novel set hundreds of years in the future. Imagine things like
appliances that learn our schedules, lights that turn off after we leave
a room, locks that can be remotely... Read More ...
UC Irvine School of Medicine outfits students with Google Glass
Medical schools have been eyeing Google Glass for some time, but the UC
Irvine School of Medicine is making the device a standard tool for its
four-year program. Starting this month, third- and fourth-year med
students will sport ten of Mountain... Read More ...
Flappy Bird is coming back as a 'less addictive' multiplayer game in August
If you got hooked on Flappy Bird just in time for the game to be
pulled, you're in luck. Creator Dong Nguyen told CNBC today that he'll
put the title back in the App Store in August. When it does return
though, it's said to be less addictive thanks... Read More ...
Autodesk is making a 3D printer to showcase its new software platform
The 3D printing process frustrates Autodesk CEO Carl Bass, so his
company is looking to ease headaches with its new software project.
Spark is an open platform effort that looks to create more reliable
models while simplifying the steps needed to... Read More ...
Desktop construction gets a boost from the compact Nomad CNC machine
Desktop 3D printers have offered makers their building chops for some
time now, and Carbide 3D is looking to do the same with a highly capable
CNC machine. This is the Nomad 883: a mill that takes building beyond
ABS and PLA plastics to wood, brass,... Read More ...
Tesla Motors' Elon Musk will help fund a Nikola Tesla museum
You may recall The Oatmeal's (aka Matthew Inman's) fundraising campaign
to save Nikola Tesla's former lab and get a museum built in the
electrical pioneer's honor. Well, it only partly succeeded; while the
money was enough to rescue the property,... Read More ...
Never leave bullet time in SUPERHOT, a unique take on first person shooters
Unlike your typical first-person shooter, in SUPERHOT, time only moves
when you move. This gives you the ability to strategically plan out your
approach. If you've played Braid before, the mechanics will feel
familiar, as elements of the game speed... Read More ...
You can now 3D print your own Sesame Street toys thanks to MakerBot
We first learned of MakerBot's Digital Shop plans back at CES, and now
the 3D printing outfit has announced its first licensing agreement:
Sesame Street. That's right folks, starting today, you can download the
requisite files needed to print your... Read More ...
Artist stuffs Wikipedia into apple DNA to create real trees of knowledge
If DNA is code, and code can be art, then DNA can be art... right?
Harvard artist in residence Joe Davis certainly thinks so. He's working
on a project, Malus Ecclesia, that will insert Wikipedia entries into
the non-essential genetic strands of... Read More ...
Mozilla bends on 'built-in' Firefox DRM so it can keep streaming Netflix
While Netflix and others work on new ways to stream movies to your
browser through HTML5 that don't use Flash or Silverlight plugins,
Hollywood's requirements for DRM to prevent copying have put Mozilla in a
bind. The DRM proposed means user's don't... Read More ...
Bond producers snag film rights to the Snowden story
A secret meeting in Hong Kong, a stunning revelation and a pulitzer
prize-winning news story. Sound exciting enough to grace the silver
screen? Sony sure thinks so -- the company's film branch just bought up
the rights to Glenn Greenwald's No Place... Read More ...
A PC component maker in a post-PC world
If you had a desktop PC during the early noughties, your first
encounter with Creative likely involved sound cards. Back then, if you
wanted to upgrade the audio on your desktop, a Creative sound card was
often the most affordable, or accessible... Read More ...
You won't need roads with this $85,000 hoverbike
With Hyperloop still a twinkle in Elon Musk's eye, we've got to look
elsewhere for our futuristic transport. Thankfully, Aerofex has stepped
up with its Aero-X, a hoverbike that is finally scheduled to launch in
2017. Two users can ride this... Read More ...
Jawbone and Automatic can now log runs and road trips in one place
Jawbone makes an activity tracker that goes on your wrist. Automatic
makes an activity tracker that plugs into your car. The opportunities
for synergy there just seem endless, don't they? Thanks to a little
inspiration from a well-received hackathon... Read More ...
Sony Alpha 6000 review: a do-it-all mirrorless camera that's worth every penny
By now, you've probably had a chance to shoot with a compact
interchangeable-lens camera, or you've at least caught a whiff of that
never-ending mirrorless cam hype. Sure, we've run into a few duds, but
the last few years have brought a slew of... Read More ...
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