Jul 31
Ten Awesome Secret Car Hacks
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Standard car equipment keeps getting better, but there is always space for improvement. Here are ten brilliant car hacks you’ve probably never heard of.
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Jul 31
Until now, quadraped robots have been a bit like terrifying mechanical sprinters: They go and go and go, but if they run into an obstacle, they’re gonna fall like a tangle-legged AT-AT. So because the prospect of bots that can throw cinderblocks and climb buildings wasn’t terrifying enough, Italian researchers are teaching robots how not to trip.
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Jul 31
With the wearable device known as MYO, there’s no need for the computer to see you to understand your commands. Instead, this armband connects to your device – Mac and Windows for now, Android and iOS soon – with Bluetooth and reads gestures you make with your hand and arm through muscle fluctuations. This armband
Jul 31
BSkyB grants Microsoft temporary use of SkyDrive name in trademark dispute, allows it time to rebrand cloud service
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BSkyB may have won the trademark case against Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud service, but there won’t be any renaming going on just yet. Today, the British satellite TV provider has announced that it’s reached an agreement with Redmond, allowing the software giant to temporarily continue using the name SkyDrive while it handles the transition to a new brand. The arrangement, which includes an undisclosed financial settlement, also means Microsoft won’t appeal against the ruling. For now though, you’ll just have to find your own way to tell the services apart, until Microsoft figures out what to call its cloud offering going forward.
Jul 31
Isis is a mobile payments solution that is backed by three of the biggest mobile carriers in the U.S., Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile to be precise. It basically lets people make payments by tapping their phones, NFC technology plays a vital part in this. Isis has been testing the technology at over 4,000 locations in Salt Lake City and Austin, the company said today that it is finally ready to commence national rollout of the service this year.
The service is capable of working with Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone smartphones. Isis says that iPhone support is coming as well. It is possible that Isis might be moving beyond NFC, given the fact that no iPhone released till date has NFC capabilities. Some believe its a subtle hint that the next generation iPhone will come with NFC, but given the fact that iPhones currently account for 39 percent of the U.S. smartphone market, its not like the unavailability of NFC is holding customers back from purchasing iPhones. Ryan Hughes, chief marketing officer at Isis, says that the service now offers a “vastly improved user experience” and that the product itself has been greatly improved.
Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin It | Isis Mobile Payment Solution National Rollout Commences In 2013 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jul 31
PaperDude VR Needs More Bees
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe original Paperboy was ahead of its time. While other arcade games in the 80s featured spaceships or medieval warriors, Paperboy only had, well, a paperboy. So it’s fitting that this homage to the game uses cutting edge technology. PaperDude VR harnesses the powers of the Oculus Rift, the Kinect and the Kickr power trainer, even though you can achieve a more realistic experience with, I don’t know, a bicycle and rolls of paper.
PaperDude VR is a pet project of Globacore, a company that specializes in interactive installations. Globacore is making the game using Unity and Photoshop. The game requires you to throw virtual newspapers at mailboxes to score points. As with Paperboy, you have to do this without crashing your bicycle, only this time you’re actually pedaling on a bike. The Kickr detects your speed and can adjust the bike to make it easier or harder to pedal. The Oculus Rift provides 360º visibility and the Kinect tracks your hands and arms.
Globacore said they’re planning to improve PaperDude VR by adding features like obstacles and other nuisances to avoid, an online leaderboard and even a replica of the training course at the end of levels in Paperboy.
[via Prosthetic Knowledge]
Jul 31
It should come as no great surprise that breaking into independent game development is no easy task. After all, you’re trying to accomplish something which is ordinarily left to massive corporations employing teams of artists, designers, and programmers. You’re trying to market a game without the aid of press agents or a PR department. It’s going to be a long, hard – and probably expensive – road, but the destination is more than worth it…right?
Maybe not.
Jul 31
To some extent, ASUS is a victim of its own success: it gave the budget tablet category a boost with the original Nexus 7, and it now faces a legion of competitors in that space. The company is taking a two-step approach to maintaining its relevance. The new Nexus 7 tackles the higher end, with top-tier specs that include a 1080p display and wireless charging. Right now, though, we’re more interested in ASUS’ low-end solution, the MeMo Pad HD 7. While it’s one of the cheaper name-brand tablets at $150, it promises some of the quality we typically expect from more expensive products. But is the HD 7 good enough to fend off other entry-level tablets? And can it attract customers who’d be willing to pay the premium for a new Nexus 7′? Let’s find out.
Gallery: ASUS MeMo Pad HD 7 review
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We’ve already heard reports of Apple CEO Tim Cook heading over to China earlier this week for a series of meetings. Local reports claimed that he had met with China Telecom, which has been an Apple partner in the country for quite some time. China Mobile is the biggest mobile network in the world based on its sheer number of subscribers, 715 million to be precise, and yet it doesn’t officially carry Apple’s devices. The carrier has confirmed that its chairman had a meeting with Apple CEO, and that both of them discussed “matters of cooperation.”
The statement, provided to Reuters, doesn’t reveal the agenda of this meeting. A deal between China Mobile and Apple has been rumored for quite some time. Apple would obviously benefit if China Mobile started carrying its devices, such a deal would help the company grow the dominance of iPhones and iPads in China. It is believed that Tim Cook is mustering up support in China ahead of the expected launch of two new iPhones in September. Surely customers in China would be clamoring to get their hands on a new Apple smartphone, the only question that remains, is exactly when or if their particular carrier would start selling it to them.
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