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GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
The LIX 3D Pen Puts Design in the Palm of Your Hand

In the ever-expanding field of 3D printing, bigger things are coming in smaller and smaller packages. This week we saw the introduction of LIX’s 3D printing pen, a pen-sized device that allows you to sketch in the air without using … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Microsoft’s Motion Control Hovercraft Keyboard: Type-Hover-Swipe

The Type-Hover-Swipe is the latest work shown off by Microsoft’s Research team in the motion-control category. It is part of the latest trend in gesture control, similar to projects such as Leap Motion, and the Nod Ring. The division created … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Move Your World With The Nod Bluetooth Ring

Gesture control devices are big these days, but bluetooth-enabled rings have been particularly increasing in numbers. Some of these devices, such as the Fin, work as a smartphone companion, allowing the user to receive texts, emails, and other notifications via … Continue reading →

 

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS
Facebook Launches FB Newswire For Journalists and Newsrooms

Today Facebook announced the launch of FB Newswire, an online trove of hand-selected and journal-verified news, all to help journalists share and embed the kind of content they want floating on Facebook. Andy Mitchell, director of news and global media … Continue reading →

 

THE RED-HEADED GEEK SHOW
E60- Kim Dotcom, Comcast & Net Neutrality, OnePlus, What The Tech | Red Headed Geek Show

What is it about Kim Dotcom? He never, ever, feels the need to hide from the fact that he is not only seen as criminal, but also a villain. A rich, rich villain in the technology world. This week a … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
“Never Settle”: OnePlus One Has Enticing Specs, Customizable Appearance at Half The Cost

OnePlus, a Shenzen tech startup with an interesting company mantra, “never settle”, is debuting its very first smartphone, the OnePlus One. Interesting name. Should it not be called the “Two”? Not to be confused with its HTC One rival, the … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Conversnitch: An Eavesdropping, Livetweeting Lamp

When you look at the success of shows like MTV’s The Real World, The Real Housewives of… well, anywhere, and the multitude of programming that exists solely to portray the “real lives” of “real people” going about their daily business, … Continue reading →

 

DISPLAY SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Google Street View: Now Offering Time Travel

My favorite coffee shop in Austin used to have this wall of pictures showing the evolution of the city, its streets and its people over the course of the last 200 years or so. I never once in ten years … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
The Aereo Debate Hits the Supreme Court

While most of you are probably not yet familiar with the obscure Internet start-up Aereo, thanks to some very noisy broadcasting executives, you will be soon. The company debuted in 2012 with an innovative new way to watch your favorite … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
More Than Just A Good Photo: Illum, From Lytro Uses Unique Light-Field Technique

Lytro is a Silicon Valley startup company that showed us its very first Lytro model back in 2011. This kaleidoscope-shaped camera gave a sneak peek at the promise of light field photography, and won people over by its capability of … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
FingerReader May Give The Visually Impaired An Electronic Alternative To Braille

FingerReader, developed by a team of MIT Media Lab scientists, is the name of a wearable gadget for the visually impaired. Strapped onto the finger, the ring-like device reads printed text out loud to the individual using a synthesized voice. … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
The Gramofone Is A Wi-Fi JukeBox For The 21st Century

Fon is a Spanish company founded on Kickstarter, and has since become one of the world’s largest dual-access Wi-Fi network operators. Back in July of 2013, Fon held over 8 million hotspots, while today it has over 13 million around … Continue reading →

 

GADGETS & PERIPHERALS
Google’s Project Tango To Partner With NASA To Built Autonomous Robots

The Google 3D project, Project Tango, might be something you’ve heard about in the news since it was unveiled in February. Google decided to embark on an experimental smartphone, packed with several high-quality cameras for mapping a 3D visual of … Continue reading →

 

THE RED-HEADED GEEK SHOW
E59- LogmeOnce, Amazon Smartphone, Eyefi, Robohand | Red Headed Geek Show

After accidentally sawing off his own four fingers of his right hand, the life of a carpenter changed drastically. In more than one way. He pretty much knew the surgeons weren’t going to be able to save his fingers, so, … Continue reading →

 

SMARTPHONES & MOBILE DEVICES
Eyefi Photo Storage Offers New Eyefi Cloud, Syncs Camera Images Anywhere in an Instant

Eyefi is a company known for providing Wi-Fi enabled photo storage cards for virtually any digital camera. The Eyefi Mobi SD memory cards start at about $45 dollars on Amazon, and have wowed users so far because of how simply … Continue reading →