Jaybird's Freedom wireless earbuds balance sound and battery life
True
to its word, Jaybird's latest wireless sport earbuds are making their
debut in the first half of 2016. The company's $200 Freedom in-ears are
now available and I've been putting them through their paces for the
past few days. This new model foll... Read More ...
Infuse helps you find fresh videos on Apple TV and iOS
Media
portal and set-top box makers have tried any number of things to help
you decide what to watch next, ranging from visual makeovers to voice
recognition. However, the team at FireCore thinks it has a better way:
filters. The new Infuse 4.2 for... Read More ...
Terahertz laser tech could scan for bombs at airports
Terahertz
spectrum scanning is potentially ideal for finding bombs due to the
sheer range of materials it can detect, but it's not exactly practical
for luggage checks when you need both a suitcase-sized machine and up to
half an hour to conduct a sc... Read More ...
Toyota is bringing back Dean Kamen's stair-climbing wheelchair
Remember
Dean Kamen's iBot wheelchair? Its uniquely adjustable wheel orientation
gave patients the freedom to climb stairs and effectively stand
upright, but its high price ($25,000) knocked it off the market in 2009.
Well, it's poised for a comeback... Read More ...
Indiegogo deal helps crowdfunders make their gadgets
Indiegogo
has made some effort to help get crowdfunded projects off the ground,
but it has mostly focused on big companies so far. What about startups
still grappling with the basics of making devices? Don't worry: they're
getting some help now, to... Read More ...
Watch homebrew code run Steam games on the PS4
Ever
since Sony switched to x86 processors with the PlayStation 4, gamers
have been craving the chance to play PC games on the console -- it's
much closer to your home computer than the PS3 was, after all. Well,
we're glad to say that it's no longer... Read More ...
These $70 DIY synthesizers are a hobbyist's dream
For
me, one of the most interesting parts of Moogfest is the Circuit
Bending Challenge. Sure, the performances and tech demos are great, but
it's always a treat to see what a community of tinkerers can come up
with on a tight budget of $70. I've seen... Read More ...
Court claims Google lost right to pull site from search results
You'd
think that Google's search results would be protected in the US by free
speech rights. Google gets to say what what shows up on its own site,
right? However, one Florida court thinks differently. It recently
determined that Google wasn't protec... Read More ...
Google Science Journal studies the world through your phone
Are
you (or your kid) curious about the world around you? Google wants to
help. It just launched Science Journal, an Android app that helps you
perform (and comment on) simple science experiments. The app can record
light, motion and sound levels u... Read More ...
Ben Heck's Pill-Minder 2000
Ben hacks the Christmas Present Protection System project and puts it to better daily use for pill medication monitoring -- that way you'll know if you've forgotten to take your meds. Using hardware found in the Salvage Wars, along with the brains...
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The After Math: Coming Soon
It's
been an auspicious week for big promises. Google announced a whole
bunch of stuff at its 2016 I/O developers conference, though it didn't
have a whole lot in the demonstrable product department. Similarly, a
trio of transportation companies anno... Read More ...
Inhabitat's Week in Green: Self-driving Uber cars, and more!
The
self-driving cars are coming: This week Uber unveiled its first
autonomous vehicle, while Google patented a sticky "fly paper" car hood
that could protect pedestrians caught in self-driving car crashes. Los
Angeles celebrated the completion of it... Read More ...
Wristband that measures alcohol levels wins US competition
BACtrack
is a San Francisco company known for making breathalyzers for both law
enforcement and ordinary people. But it won the $200,000 grand prize at a
National Institutes of Health-sponsored competition for a different
kind of blood alcohol monito... Read More ...
Six machines that build a better world
By Cat DiStasioWhen it comes to construction, technology can go a long way toward making building projects faster, more economical and safer. Robots that can alleviate back-breaking manual labor and cut down on injuries are a welcome addition to wo...
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Second 'The Division' update raises the stakes
Ubisoft
and Massive Entertainment are willing to try quite a few things to keep
you coming back to The Division, but their latest approach is
particularly direct: they're upping the ante. Ubi has revealed that its
second free update, Conflict, will i... Read More ...
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Dyson
teased the event by sending out tiny, sharp motor parts to journalists
(including this one), but now we get to see the rest of the thing.
Unsurprisingly, the company's first foray into beauty is, perhaps
predictably, it's a hairdryer. The Super... 
Even
before Windows 10 was released we heard about its first major update,
codenamed "Redstone."' Today, a purported screenshot from a recent
Redstone build suggests that Windows users will finally get a feature
that OS X has enjoyed for two years no... 
The
FBI can't tell Apple about the security vulnerability it exploited to
get into the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. But it did tell the
company a different flaw in its iPhone and Mac software, according to
Reuters. There's just one little thing t... 
Google
has released Hangouts version 9 for iPhone and iPad, introducing
several new useful features that users have been clamoring for. If it's
been a hassle every single time you've needed to share a file or photo,
you should be pleased with the cha... 
Do
you miss the early, headier days of World of Warcraft, before endless
changes turned it into a different beast? You're far from alone --
hundreds of thousands of people were playing on Nostalrius, a fan-run
server that went back to basics, until... 
New
York federal court judge Jed Rakoff announced his verdict in the appeal
of Nintendo's 3DS patent case against Tomita Technologies on Sunday.
The judge found that the technology in question -- specifically, that
"relating to displaying stereoscopi... 
Amazon
FreeTime Unlimited launched back in 2012 as a monthly subscription
service for kid-friendly content. Today, they're adding 3,000 items to
FreeTime's library, bringing the total to 13,000 books, apps and games. 
Tile's
Bluetooth-connected trackers are made to keep you from misplacing all
kinds of stuff -- keys, bags, phones, laptops, whatever. Now Land Rover
is building the tech into a vehicle that makes it pretty much impossible
to leave your important item... 
For
all the changes that Instagram has seen in its short history, there
have been certain mainstays: you could always count on a sea of blue,
for one thing. However, you might have to get used to a different look
before long. Anton Abramov has show... 
A
coalition of tech industry heavy-hitters and scions of corporate
America have joined forces with a bipartisan group of governors and
educators to push Congress for federal funding that would give every
K-12 student in the country the chance to lear... 
Forget
just providing internet access on city streets -- Google's sister firm
Sidewalk Labs wants to create whole smart neighborhoods. Wall Street
Journal sources hear that Sidewalk is about to propose to Alphabet that
it should design whole city dis... 
Scientists
have already shown that you can use optogenetics (that is,
light-sensitive genes and cells) to treat all kinds of medical
conditions. However, it now looks like that technique could conquer one
of humanity's biggest nemeses: cancer. Tufts... 
First
the good news, Twitter added an additional five million monthly active
users during the first quarter of 2016. The company can now boast 310
subscribers. That's a year-over-year and quarterly increase. The bad
news is that the company is still... 
The
inevitable has finally happened. After years of continually growing
iPhone sales (and corresponding revenue growth), Apple has hit a bump.
The company just announced its fiscal Q2 2016 results, and the company
sold 51.2 million iPhones, a 16 perc... 
Waze's
community-centric navigation is supposed to help you avoid obstacles
that other apps might miss, but that same technology is also creating
some serious privacy issues. UC Santa Barbara researchers have found an
exploit that would let an intru... 
When
Intel slashed thousands of jobs as part of its big attempt to expand
beyond the PC, it left a lot of people wondering: just what is this
strategy, and why is it so vital? As of today, you have a better (if
imperfect) explanation. CEO Brian Krzan... 
The
German city of Augsburg has taken a novel approach to dealing with
pedestrians too buried in their smartphone screens to notice traffic
signals. By embedding flashing red LEDs in the sidewalks at busy
pedestrian crossings, the city has moved thos... 
In
response to ever-more dastardly IED technologies, America's personnel
carriers have become lot more resilient over the past few decades.
However the ability for armored transports like the MRAP to take a
direct blast comes at the cost of their spe... 
The
Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI has declined to share details
with Apple regarding the method with which it broke into the infamous
San Bernardino iPhone -- namely because it doesn't really know how it
was done either. The FBI and Apple... 
HTC
is aiming to jump-start VR development with its new Vive X fund, an
accelerator that will support and promote startups working in the new
medium. Vive X is backed by a $100 million investment fund (mostly from
HTC), and it'll kick off in Beijing... 
If
you want to change the band on your Android wear device, it takes a few
minutes. Thanks to a new line of accessories Google, though, swapping
out that wrist strap can be done in a matter of seconds. Google revealed
its new Mode "snap-and-swap" ban... 
Some
of the biggest names in transportation tech aren't waiting around for
the US to legalize self-driving cars -- they're determined to give the
government a boost. Ford, Google, Lyft, Uber and Volvo have formed the
Self-Driving Coalition for Safer... 
Pandora
was the "exclusive streaming partner" for season 2 of the popular
Serial podcast, despite the show being available through iTunes and
other apps. Now, the internet radio service is adding another popular
podcast from the creators of that inve... 
YouTube
wants to put more of the videos you like in front of you, so it's
giving its Android and iOS apps a bit of a facelift. Specifically, its
homepage is getting a bit of a makeover. Gone are the small thumbnail
previews, and in its place are larg... 
A
professional cyclist has been banned for six years after it was
discovered she was racing with a hidden electric motor. Femke Van den
Driessche was caught at the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in
January, during an inspection of her pit ar...