The 2012 Summer Olympics kick into full gear tomorrow, which means there will be a million and one events happening concurrently. Thanks to the magic of the internet, we have the ability to watch pretty much any event we want, whenever we want. More »
Taking your medicine with a spoonful of sugar might not be the best thing to do, especially if you’re a diabetic. But something that can definitely help the meds go down is Singapore design student Chan Min Yun’s Bloom.
It’s based on the concept of flowering tea, which are pods that slowly bloom when they’re dropped in water to whip up a fragrant cup of tea.
Yun took this idea and packaged single doses of common medicines such as amoxicillin (an antibiotic for children), acetaminophen (menstrual pain relief), and paracetamol (pain and fever relief) into thin, water-resistant paper that subsequently bloom in water.
This definitely takes away some of the bitterness that comes with having to take medicine, not just physically, but also emotionally – by making it a more relaxing experience.
[via Pop Up City]
Kickstarters flocked to the Ouya gaming platform when it was announced, with the project recently surpassing $5.5 million in funding. Now the console has scored a major content partner in the form of OnLive. Streaming games will be available on Ouya from launch thanks to the creation of an OnLive app for the console, which is running a modified version of Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
In addition to the streaming game subscription service currently offered by OnLive, users are able to try out demos and play the first 30 minutes of any new releases for free. Acquiring such a high profile gaming company is a major win for Ouya, who have promised to reinvent the console business with the allure of free games and an open-source platform. It’s good news for OnLive as well, as the company continues to expand to additional platforms. Most recently it was announced that the service would be available via Vizio’s Co-Star Google TV box.
As for the other Ouya update, the design of the controller has been shown by the creators. It’s not too far off what was teased when the Kickstarter project first went live, with a design reminiscent of what other gaming companies are offering. Two analogue sticks are present on the left and right hand side of the device as well as a digital pad, plus four colored buttons. Ouya notes that the colors are just placeholders, as they don’t want to leave out color blind gamers.
[via Polygon]
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If you’re heading down to Radio Shack to buy a brand new Tandy 1000 (the hottest PC out there!) then you may want to bring this handsome brick handset designed to work with your “smaller” phone via Bluetooth. You can whip this baby out in line while you write a check out for your PC, modem, and MS-DOS 3.0 purchases.
Designed by a husband and wife team, Shisa Labs, in Jersey City, NJ (the home of the rolled up sport coat sleeve), the device is ready to start tooling and shipping in a few months. It costs $85 for the early bird model. Phones will come in multiple colors including Fisher Office Supply Beige so you and your buds can color coordinate your parachute pants as you roll down to the club, Cutty-Sark-pre-party-buzz just kicking in, and talk about how great Star Cops was.
The phone lasts for about 20 hours on one charge and works with any Bluetooth compatible device including cellphones and desktops. You can also use the phone as speakerphone for Skype or just as a funny prop for the skit you’re putting on at the Lock-in down at the Junior Rec Center. They’ve hit $5,601 of their very ambitious $150,000 goal, so here’s hoping they can bring out the old Eye Of The Tiger and totally push this into the Danger Zone.
By making Microsoft Surface, the potential tablet and PC wunderkind, Microsoft was sort of, kind of acknowledging that PC Makers, Microsoft’s hardware partners, suck at what they do. Which is sort of, kind of true. In order for Windows 8 to be great, Microsoft needed to make sure the hardware was just as great as the software, company partners be damned. More »
With Tim Stevens staycationing at an undisclosed corporate location, Brian Heater and Dana Wollman do a Gadgets Gone Wild edition of the Engadget Podcast, which turns out to be mostly analysis of quarterly earnings calls and the new iteration of OS X. Financial and upgrade news, wilder than you thought it was, only on The Engadget Podcast.
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01:47 – Apple OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 review
06:51 – Mountain Lion hits the Mac App Store, is one $20 credit card deduction away
25:50 – Apple announces Q3 2012 earnings: $35 billion revenue, $8.8 billion in net profits
26:50 – Amazon Q2 2012 earnings: net income down 96 percent to $7MM, net sales up 29 percent to $12.83 billion
30:30 – Amazon plans for ‘five or six’ new tablets, will include 10-inch model, says Staples president
38:37 – Google Fiber gets formal launch, adds Google Fiber TV (update: event video)
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While the Android-powered OUYA will be designed to run free indie games, what about triple A titles from major studios that don’t release games for Android? It looks like that won’t be a problem. OnLive, the video game service that offers cloud-based streaming PC and console games, today announced that OnLive will be available on OUYA one day one! This means while you’ll be able to play regular Android games on the device, at the same time you can indulge in games like Homefront, Assassin’s Creed, Darksiders and more – of course, you’ll need an OnLive subscription.
It looks like OUYA just got even better. If you’re keen on picking up the OUYA at launch, be sure to pledge a pre-order at the OUYA Kickstarter page.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Ouya gets Robotoki exclusive game, Ouya gets $5 million, does not wants more money,
Those who study sleep believe that our encounters with light affect the way our body works. For example, too much exposure to artificial light can affect the release of melatonin, which helps us through our nightly sleep cycles. As such, one young design student dreamed up the Luminarium, a lamp which mimics the movement of the sun to help recalibrate our biological clocks. More »
Sprint has just announced a spanking new smartphone for the masses which will take advantage of Sprint’s LTE network – and we are talking about the Sprint Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE here. The Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE will continue where last summer’s popular Motorola Photon 4G left off, and this new device will boast of a new five-row, PC-like QWERTY keyboard for easy typing. Not only that, it comes with international capabilities as well as a rather generous 4.3-inch ColorBoost display for your eyes to enjoy. Of course, we are not complaining that it is able to operate on Sprint’s new lightning-fast 4G LTE network, too.
There is no specific word on pricing and availability for the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE as at press time, but we do know that it will be announced within the coming few weeks.
What are some of the hardware specifications in the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE? For starters, it does not matter if you are a fan of the touchscreen virtual keyboard or a physical one, the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE will deliver the best of both worlds with its virtual keyboard enabling you to send quick texts in a jiffy, while those who prefer a more physical approach will be able to rely on a slide out PC-like QWERTY keyboard that paves the way for double-thumb efficiency. Each individual laser-cut key will be outlined in LED lights, enabling users to view what they are doing, even in the dark.
It boasts of a dedicated number row that paves the way for maximum typing efficiency and accuracy. As mentioned earlier, thanks to an impressive 4.3″ ColorBoost display, the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE is one that delivers the largest screen which is currently available on a 4G LTE QWERTY smartphone market. Apart from that, all that visual space makes it a snap for you to browse the Internet thanks to Google Chrome without the need to enlarge text, and you can also check out detail-rich images without the need to zoom in, in addition to watching a show without having to strain your eyes. The display itself is made out of scratch-resistant glass and splash-guard coating, enabling the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE to be able to resist everyday scratches and spills.
It will run on the Android 4.0.4, Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, in addition to a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera located right at the back which does Full HD video recording as well, and a front-facing HD camera to boot for easy Google+ Hangout video chats or conference calls. It does sound like one of the more notable smartphones to look out for in the coming weeks.
[ Sprint announces Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Here at Engadget HQ, we’re looking to take a bit of a breather after a long week of analyzing last quarter’s numbers. With that said, a road trip or weekend respite of some sort is definitely in order and this week’s edition of our e-magazine offers some insight into getting just a bit more out of that next excursion. Front and center, the globe trotting Darren Murph offers some tips for geotagging your shots from that next Blue Ridge Parkway trek and also takes Nokia Drive’s offline navigation for a spin on a Lumia 900. The super thin $1,400 Acer Aspire S5 and the sub-$100 Motorola Atrix HD each get in-depth reviews while “Hands-On” is overrun by some new shooters — including the much anticipated Canon EOS M. Fable: The Journey designer Ted Timmins takes his turn with Q&A, “Switched On” takes a look an Ouya, “Reaction Time” chats about pre-release secrecy and “IRL” has our personal gadget arsenals. That said, we’re taking some Friday solace in one of the download links below, where you can grab a brand spankin’ new issue of your very own.
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