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Leap Motion taking headset journey called Project North Star

David Holz, co-founder and chief technology officer at Leap Motion, is staring down a big challenge in technology today. "We believe that the fundamental limit in technology is not its size or its cost or its speed, but ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Apr 11, 2018
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Apple unveils new $299 iPad for students—supports AR, Apple Pencil

Apple hasn't branded it an ePad.

Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 28, 2018
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Using AI to make push-notification apps smarter

A pair of researchers in Taiwan has developed an artificial intelligence system to filter smartphone push notifications, thus allowing only those the user wants. In a paper uploaded to the arXiv preprint server, TonTon Hsien-De ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 21, 2018
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Think Facebook can manipulate you? Look out for virtual reality

As Facebook users around the world are coming to understand, some of their favorite technologies can be used against them. It's not just the scandal over psychological profiling firm Cambridge Analytica getting access to ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 21, 2018
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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is latest member with same affordable price

Say hello to the new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. "Alongside a 200MHz increase in peak CPU clock frequency, we have roughly three times the wired and wireless network throughput, and the ability to sustain high performance for ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 17, 2018
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How the Samsung Galaxy S9 stacks up to iPhone X, 8, Pixel

Next week, the iPhone X has a new competitor.

Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 09, 2018
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Gadgets: Smart safe secures valuables remotely

The new iKeyp Bolt smart home safe is the first of its kind to keep valuables locked up and controlled from anywhere.

Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 28, 2018
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Top gadgets at Mobile World Congress

From headsets that help you lose weight without dieting to a smart meat thermometer, here are five eye-catching devices on display at the Mobile World Congress, wireless industry's biggest conference which got underway Monday ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 26, 2018
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Lighthouse: Home monitor is one smart sentry

A smart home device that serves as a security camera delivers service that goes beyond house sentry. What if you find a home device that not only acts as sentry but does double duty as private investigator/concierge/babysitter?

Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 24, 2018
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How you type with your smartphone can reveal your age – here's why it matters

When computers hit the mainstream, the older guy in the office would always be sniggered at when bashing away on his QWERTY keyboard, only using his two index fingers to type. To the amusement of his younger, tech-savvy colleagues, ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 22, 2018
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Mozilla's Things Gateway to help bridge communication gap between home devices

Want to build your own smart home hub where gadgets actually talk to each other? Mozilla's Project Thing has a devoted group of people who want to help you do that.

Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 08, 2018
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Cellphone radiation not hazardous to your health, government scientists say

If you spend a lot of time on your mobile phone, you'll be happy to learn that your habit isn't hazardous to your health, according to a new government safety report.

Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 07, 2018
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Phantom v2640 is showcased for speed, image quality

Wayne, N.J.-based Vision Research has announced its high-speed camera, the Phantom v2640.

Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 05, 2018
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When a watch transforms into full-scale phone

When smartwatches first made their debut as wearables, some tech watchers were not sure of the smartwatch as a viable form factor. Witness Alex Dobie's assessment back in 2016 in Android Central:

Consumer & Gadgets

Jan 16, 2018
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Amazon's Alexa, Google's Assistant compete at CES to control the smart home

Amazon's Alexa is extending its domain to a whole new set of gadgets. Smoke alarm? Check. A $1,300 smart mirror? Check. Personal computers? Check.

Consumer & Gadgets

Jan 12, 2018
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Next year marked for Magic Leap One Creator Edition

Magic Leap has stepped up to announce its three piece AR headset, and this is the Magic Leap One, Creator Edition.

Consumer & Gadgets

Dec 22, 2017
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Vision kit will bring new pizzazz to Raspberry Pi projects

(Tech Xplore)—Some tinkerers are already talking about what's to come soon in the Google AIY Vision Kit, which is available on pre-order from Micro Center at $44.99. Expected availability is by December 31.

Consumer & Gadgets

Dec 02, 2017
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Google video demonstrates 'stranger is looking alert' for smartphones

(Tech Xplore)—A pair of researchers at Google has released a video on YouTube demonstrating a possible new feature for Android phones—a "stranger is looking" alert that pops up if the phone detects another person behind ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 29, 2017
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Apple Watch, Fitbit can diagnose hypertension and sleep apnea: study

A new study from the University of California, San Francisco and a health startup suggests that Apple Watch and Fitbit can accurately diagnose common health issues such as hypertension and sleep apnea.

Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 16, 2017
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How Google's Pixel Buds earphones translate languages

In the Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, Douglas Adams's seminal 1978 BBC broadcast (then book, feature film and now cultural icon), one of the many technology predictions was the Babel Fish. This tiny yellow life-form, inserted ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 15, 2017
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Olympus is down to business with smart glasses for work sites

(Tech Xplore)—Olympus has a new EyeTrek Insight EI-10 smart glasses for business use.

Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 08, 2017
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DJI draws attention to drone information tech

At an event in Washington, DC, a panel of experts representing the Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, airport operators and safety researchers discussed collaborative strategies for managing ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 27, 2017
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Patent talk: Apple offers strap solutions for satisfying fit

(Tech Xplore)—Not all wrists were created equal and the smartwatch that satisfies must not only work but feel comfortable. Otherwise, a "wearable" is a word that in and of itself does not fit. Apple thinks it has a solution ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 16, 2017
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Modular portable laptop has sliding keyboard and learning paths

(Tech Xplore)—A new portable, modular laptop has come on the scene, a laptop powered by the Raspberry Pi. One notable feature is its sliding keyboard.

Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 15, 2017
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Top touch functionality removed on Google Home Mini

(Tech Xplore)—Uh oh. The Reviews Editor at Ars Technica, Ron Amadeo, who specializes in Android OS and Google products, joined a list of other Google watchers to discuss a Google Home Mini pre-release going "rogue" and ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 12, 2017
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