Ever wished you could stick your hand right into the TV screen and feel your way around? Well, most Baywatch watchers have, and now here’s a project developed by a grad student at Art Center College of Design in LA that almost enables you to do so, visually! The Portal enables users to stick their hand into a screen and interact with a virtual world, or rather, augmented reality. And chiseling this into being seemed rather simple, using a display,...
Apple fans looking forward to CES and the Macworld Expo are in for some disappointment. Apparently, all the rumors and claims of the Apple iPad 3 to be unveiled at either of the two expos have turned out to be false. Also, Apple has been expressionless in regards to the two expos and has not whispered any plans to unveil its next generation tablet either. Well, that’s that and all we can do for now is wait, until some clever...
Verizon came up with yet another way to squeeze its customers of every last dollar it can. This time, the service provider has decided to charge a $2 fee for every online bill payment or IVR payments. So basically, customers are required to pay up, to pay up! With information in regards to this being leaked out of a memo, customers willing to pay via electronic check (ACH) or AutoPay however don’t need to cough up the extra two bucks....
It's not too many days ago that we were hearing and savoring the arrival of the Acer A200 Iconia Tab in the UK. Now, it's making new entries, partnered with the A700, that's flaunting its Tegra 3 prowess. The A700 is expected to make its premier appearance at CES in January. It will pack features like a dedicated rotation lock switch, and audio port and micro-HDMI....
With USB3.0 in the gizmo circuit, everyone wants to make it the next best thing to wireless. And so it is. Asus have payed their homage by releasing two devices that take the route of USB. Starting it is the MS-100 USB speaker that adopts a cone design and large 54mm drivers to pump out 93dB with under 3 per cent distortion, resulting is clearer peaks. Next up is the HS-W1 2.4GHz wireless USB headset with large 70mm leather earpads....
Apple has filed a facial recognition patent. What does this imply? Will we be having iDevices that are advanced enough to get out there and prove that Siri wasn't the best it could do? Instead of the slide unlocker you may well have to hold your device before your pretty face to unlock its awesome features. The system works by comparing your face with a reference image, built in with appropriate parameters in mind....
Aprons belong to those who wield the fiercest instruments of torture. From knives to peelers to juicers. Well, just substitute food items for limbs and heads and you will get a clear picture of what I’m talking. And when you look at majority cases, it’s the lady of the house who masters all that’s kitchen. So why not dress her up with style. The Japanese Samurai Armor Cooking Apron does the trick. If you wonder as to what the three...
The Intel 1.6GHz Medfield processor is set to cross new boundaries. Being an Atom-based processor makes it quite a favorite among speeding gizmo developers. However, the reference tablet that will be used to show the processor's capabilities off will have its own share of surprises. Among the many things you can think of, there's the fact that it 'will' be running Android Honeycomb, if the pictures we see hither are to be believed. The claim by the anonymous Android fan...
Tablets. Smartphones. A combination of both. The Galaxy liine of devices has everything just right. From giving you a large screen with remarkable processing, to growing out into one of the company's bestsellers so soon, you can be quite sure that the manufacturer never gets much wrong. What's remarkable is that the gadget has not yet reached the United States yet. And a few more places. We can be sure that South Korea is where all the sales are concentrated...
One fantastic excuse to get away from work on a cold winter noon is to let your boss know how cold and inhuman it is. Just why the Hedgehog USB-powered slipper may have been invented. Basically, these are foot warmers and JTT has given them enough room to accommodate two feet. If you’re not budget-conscious you can even pick one for each foot. Why a hedgehog can be worked out in your mind itself. You can choose between sand-colored male...
What, you may wonder, could be the advantage of pillows that let you know what those in your house are up to. So, if there’s been this nasty episode of someone mysteriously creeping into your bedroom and catching a few naps on your precious bed you surely know what the whole plot is. How? Just get this Thermosensitive Pillow. It will tell you. Creepily enough, it can even tell you what mood the intruder was in when he/she broke in....
Besides playing home to some of the smartest people who’re currently strolling the earth, the Land of the Rising Sun also seems to sport an amusing high amount of vending machines. The Japanese love vending machines and Japan seems to be teeming of these lately. Here’s a one-of-a-kind vending machine that pretty much separates its self from the multitudes around, given the fact that it generously allows free WiFi access! Set up by the Tokyo-based beverage company Asahi Soft Drinks,...
LG pulled the veil off a television screen recently that could pretty much redefine the way the world watches TV, at home! Probably the clearest and sexiest of them all, this 84-inch "ultra definition" (3840x2160) TV sports LG's Cinema 3D and Smart TV features built-in along with support for the Magic Motion remote and voice control! Currently, the only companies to have dabbled in such high resolutions, bringing them back home for viewing, have been Sony and JVC with their...
Sure RIM might have created quite a storm with its BlackBerry smartphones since quite a while now, with most of the business world turning towards this handy device. The BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM’s rendition of a tablet however, simply failed to catch on and latch on to the hearts of users worldwide. And you wouldn’t need a clairvoyant to predict that, given the fact that Apple currently rules the tablet market today, followed by Android devices. Now, in a desperate attempt...
Rumors of the Samsung Galaxy S III have been bubbling up more than ever these days, though the device still remains unannounced by the South Korean manufacturer. We just stumbled across this photograph that pretty much gives us a reason to believe that it was shot through the lens of the upcoming phone. First off, the EXIF data states that the picture was taken from a GT-I9500 device, probably the codename for the Samsung Galaxy S III. Now this might...
