Gadget News
FLIR C2 and ONE thermal camera for iPhone and Android hands-on
Slash Gear - 14 Jan 2015 23:03
Two devices are coming from the team at FLIR Systems that will allow thermal imaging to be put into the hands of consumers this year. That means seeing the heat around you - like a Predator - through your smartphone. One...
Apple and Google try again to avoid a trial in 'no-poaching' suit
Engadget - 14 Jan 2015 23:58
When Adobe, Apple, Google and Intel first offered a settlement to workers to make up for shady no-poaching pacts that kept salaries down, both the court and plaintiffs balked. They thought the $324.5 million was too low ...
Google Translate Now Rewrites Foreign Signs Before Your Eyes
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2015 12:04
Google's Translate app is already pretty neat, allowing your to snap photographs and have them converted into one of 36 languages. Now, though, you can point your camera at a sign or menu and see the translation in real ...
Tesla's Musk talks gigafactories, profit at NAIAS
Slash Gear - 14 Jan 2015 01:40
Today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Elon Musk sat down to talk all things Tesla. The CEO, who has a contentious relationship with both the auto industry and state of Michigan, opened up about ...
A Door-Bottom Filter Keeps Your Neighbors' Smells Out of Your Apartment
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2015 23:40
When you live in an apartment or a condo not only do you have to put up with noisy neighbors, you also have to deal with their smells sneaking into your home via the hallway. A draft blocker is one way to seal off the cr...
Report: Samsung wants to buy BlackBerry for $7.5 billion [Update]
Slash Gear - 14 Jan 2015 23:25
Samsung, who have seen their troubles mount of late, are reportedly in talks to buy blackBerry, who have a storied history of their own. The deal is worth up to $7.5 billion, and will give Samsung access to BlackBerry's ...
Google has some new friends working on its self-driving car
Engadget - 14 Jan 2015 23:25
Apparently following the adage about keeping your friends close and (potential) enemies closer, the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit hosted Elon Musk last night and followed up today with Chris Urmson of Google....
The Indica Review: A Vaporizer Stuck in a Zippo's Body
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2015 23:20
Despite appearances , cannabis is actually still illegal in more than half of US states. If you have to get high on the down low, you might find yourself drawn to this sneaky Zippo lookalike.
Obama Wants Hacking to Be a Form of Racketeering
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2015 01:10
In the wake of the Sony hack and yesterday's CENTCOM shitshow , President Obama just announced new cybersecurity legislation and related proposals for "securing cyberspace." This is a good thing, because America's cybers...
BlackBerry says $7.5 billion Samsung takeover deal is bogus [Updated]
Ars Technica - 14 Jan 2015 23:16
BlackBerry stock jumped a crazy 30 percent after the news.
GoPro partnership will bring content to live TV
Slash Gear - 14 Jan 2015 23:10
GoPro is announcing a partnership with Visilink to bring their content to live TV. The partnership will give GoPro wearers a small transmitter that will beam the footage out via TV. For now, don't expect to be able to po...
Report: Samsung Is Trying to Buy BlackBerry
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2015 23:07
Reuters is reporting that Samsung has approached BlackBerry with a takeover offer for as much as $7.5 billion, which would be about 38 percent more than the stock market says the Canadian company is even worth. Samsung s...
Here's how you might buy Google Project Ara
Slash Gear - 14 Jan 2015 23:04
Google is taking Project Ara to Puerto Rico, and the ATAP team has been sharing some of its ideas for how to pitch a modular phone to a confused audience. While the web giant may have focused on online sales in the past,...
Google plans to let you design your own Project Ara phone with an app
Engadget - 14 Jan 2015 22:52
OK, so far we know that Project Ara's Spiral 2 prototype is in good shape, Spiral 3 should be even better, and that devices will hit Puerto Rico before anywhere else. Now we turn our attention to how you'll configure you...
Obama's Plan to Loosen Comcast's Stranglehold on Your Internet
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2015 22:50
President Obama glad-handed some network engineers in Cedar Falls, Iowa today. No, it was not a campaign stop. (He's done running for president.) The commander-in-chief's visit to the local utility office of Iowa's first...
What High-Speed Cameras Can Tell Us About the Smell of Rain
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2015 22:40
That lovely, earthy smell after the rain has a name: petrichor. Exactly what causes petrichor, however, is unknown. Armed with high-speed cameras, MIT scientists have found that the interface where raindrop hits earth is...
Lab-grown muscles could lead to personalized medicine
Engadget - 14 Jan 2015 22:38
A team of researchers from Duke University have grown human skeletal muscles in the laboratory -- muscles that actually function and react to stimuli like their real counterparts. In order to do so, the scientists took c...
The Tritton Swarm Wireless Headset makes sure you always have quality sound
Coolest Gadgets - 14 Jan 2015 22:30
When you're on the go, you want to listen to podcasts, music and watch videos with the same audio clarity that you have at home. However, it's hard to take a full-on headset everywhere you go. They can be bulky, and were...
Logitech releases Harmony API to connect your whole home
Slash Gear - 14 Jan 2015 22:15
Not content with launching their own products, Logitech has unleashed an API for Harmony, turning products into a platform. The API gives interested Developers access to Logitech's Harmony as a standalone, open platform ...
Eight things you need to know about Project Ara
Slash Gear - 14 Jan 2015 22:04
Project Ara isn't just about Google inventing a new phone, it's also the company's ATAP team leading the mobile industry by the hand through exactly what the benefits of a module device actually are. With the project sti...
Why Frame Rate Matters
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2015 22:00
We all know the motion picture is a lie. That movement on screen? It's just a bunch of still images. Still images that seem more like believable, realistic, lifelike motion the faster they flicker along. Faster is better...
Six Best Touchscreen Gloves
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2015 22:00
Here are the six pair of touchscreen gloves you swiped right the most on , and now it's time to find a winner. Hurry up, it's freezing.