Consumer & Gadgets
You might have heard of lights that turn off with an app or voice command. Or window shades that magically rise every morning.
Dec 10, 2018
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Are we about to see Apple reaching an even newer gold standard in ear buds? Apple has a patent for AirPods with built in biometrics. It's being called "universal" because the idea calls for ear pods that can be worn in either ...
Dec 07, 2018
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A patent was filed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) titled "Mobile terminal and control method for the mobile terminal" which, if you look beyond the rather lackluster title, proposes an exciting ...
Nov 27, 2018
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"Try walking forwards and the magic quickly falls apart—either when you walk into a wall, or are yanked back by the cable attaching your headset to a computer." That is Alistair Charlton in GearBrain. He was—you guessed ...
Nov 22, 2018
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Google has seen the light—and the light is to warm up developers to using dark themes.
Nov 11, 2018 weblog
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Laptops with folding screens? Never say never when the visionaries at Samsung get excited far beyond words, such as "Signing off, see you in the morning."
Oct 28, 2018 weblog
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I've been a fan of Waze for several years now, but my devotion to the free "crowdsourced" GPS navigation app went only so far. Since Waze was confined to my iPhone—meaning I couldn't peek at a Waze map on my dashboard or ...
Oct 28, 2018
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Look what Samsung's future phones might look like, if patent talk is anything to go by. A Samsung patent filed with WIPO for a "Biometric sensor and device including the same" was published October 18.
Oct 21, 2018 weblog
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What motivates a customer to choose a particular model of mobile phone? Experts from the University of Seville, in collaboration with the Catholic University of North Chile, have recently published a study in which they report ...
Oct 19, 2018
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The arrow flying off the screen was coming straight for us, and had we not known better we might have ducked. We were watching a scene from Disney Pixar's "Brave" in 3-D, or something very much like it, and we were doing ...
Oct 18, 2018
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State-of-the-art sensors that can measure stress levels, mood, posture, performance and even smell took centre stage at Asia's top high-tech fair in Tokyo.
Oct 17, 2018
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Humans not only relish the sweet, savory and saltiness of foods, but they are influenced by the environment in which they eat. Cornell University food scientists used virtual reality to show how people's perception of real ...
Oct 16, 2018
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There's not much about the physical details of Google's new Pixel 3 phone that you can't find elsewhere. That bigger display and curved design? Apple and Samsung phones already have that.
Oct 15, 2018
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Scientists from EPFL and ETH Zurich have developed an ultra-light glove – weighing less than 8 grams per finger– that enables users to feel and manipulate virtual objects. Their system provides extremely realistic haptic ...
Oct 15, 2018
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