News tagged with gadgets
Leap Motion creates finger-happy gesture control (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Developers and end users both have been indicating they are ready to start saying long goodbyes to mouse and keyboard. In this touchscreen generation of mobile users, the big stir among gadget ...
Haptic cube lets you feel tomorrow's temps
(PhysOrg.com) -- Will it be an invention joining a storage room of other inventions? Or kicked further up to gadget boutiques for the very rich? Or a popular gadget for many worldwide? Whatever its destiny, ...
Brainlink controller smartens dust-collecting robots: Let's Roomba
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Carnegie Mellon spinoff has introduced a triangle shaped connector that can make simple little robots behave in a more sophisticated way and can otherwise transform an Android smartphone ...
Pantech Vega LTE smartphone works by wave of the hand (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A smartphone that can be controlled touch-free with a wave of the hand in the air is due for the Korean market this month. South Korean mobile phone manufacturers Pantech yesterday announced ...
Chameleon magnets: ability to switch magnets 'on' or 'off' could revolutionize computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- What causes a magnet to be a magnet, and how can we control a magnet's behavior? These are the questions that University at Buffalo researcher Igor Zutic, a theoretical physicist, has been ...
May 27, 2011 |
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India develops 35-dollar 'laptop' for schools
India has come up with a 35-dollar touch-screen "laptop" -- a computing prototype that it aims to make available to students from elementary schools to universities.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Apple patent application for 3D viewing glasses
(PhysOrg.com) -- Apple has filed a patent application for electronic video spectacles that will allow wearers to watch films in 3D on the inside of the glasses. Fans have already nicknamed the gadget iSpecs.
3-D Chip Design Challenges
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the increase functionality of electronic gadgets, the need to pack more transistors into a single package is becoming a needed necessity. There’s a big demand, in the consumer market, ...
RCA's Airenergy charger converts WiFi energy to electricity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Airenergy is a gadget that can harvest free electricity from WiFi signals such as those from a wireless Internet connection, apparently with enough efficiency to make it practical for recharging ...
IPhone to get larger screen: A report to take with a grain of salt?
Apple has begun preparing to launch an iPhone with a larger screen than its previous models, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 16, 2012 |
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NEC unveils gesture controlling device
Japanese technology titan NEC has unveiled a gadget that allows users to control their TV, mobile phone or tablet computer using a virtual input device.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 16, 2012 |
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Google joins 'cloud' data storage trend
Google on Tuesday launched a long-anticipated "Drive" service that lets people store photos, videos, and other digital files in the Internet "cloud."
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Amazon, Apple, Twitter score low on clean energy: study
Amazon, Apple and Twitter were graded poorly Tuesday in a Greenpeace study of technology titans' use of clean energy to power the mushrooming Internet cloud, but Facebook, Google and Yahoo! won praise.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Smartphones wallets going mainstream: survey
Using smartphones or tablets as digital "wallets" will be common within a decade, largely replacing cash and credit cards, according to a Pew Research survey released on Tuesday.
Apr 17, 2012 |
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5 more minutes? New clock answers resounding 'no'
(AP) -- There is no snooze button. If you unplug it, a battery takes over. As wake-up time approaches, you cannot reset the alarm time.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Gadget
A gadget is a small technological object (such as a device or an appliance) that has a particular function, but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are invariably considered to be more unusually or cleverly designed than normal technological objects at the time of their invention. Gadgets are sometimes also referred to as gizmos.
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