In the weeks leading up to the release of the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, little tidbits here and there about their abilities have been cropping up, today’s including a bit more information on the media server features on the Microsoft machine. Straight from the folks at Penny Arcade comes word – official word […]
Bad guys can’t just close their window shades to hide from the law anymore. A European research group has developed a high-tech way to detect bomb makers and illegal drug labs—by sniffing what they flush down the toilet.
     |
The crazy month we call October has finally come to an end, and it’s been one of the most hectic in recent memory. This week, we saw the Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 officially come out, and there was a bit about the iPad Air as well. Our guest on this week’s podcast is Taylor Wimberly, who until …
Leaked from today’s 404 episode:
– Finally, the Google Nexus 5 is here…unless you’re on Verizon.
– Android 4.4 KitKat brings a little OS equality.
– Google to Samsung Galaxy Nexus owners: No KitKat for you.
– Those comics in your basement are probably worthless.
– Norway’s “slow TV” programming trend includes a 12-hour broadcast of just knitting.
Listen Now: Download Today’s Podcast[Read more]
Related Links:
With Nexus 5, Google finally gets flagship phone treatment
HTC promises Android 4.4 KitKat update within 90 days
Google Play store already running out of Nexus 5 stock
An appreciation for the Nexus 4, the little smartphone that could
Google’s $349 Nexus 5 hits today with LTE, KitKat
| |
Halloween’s come and gone, and as we move towards the holidays, those dwindling bowls of candy will soon be replaced with overflowing mountains of nuts—necessitating some way to bust open those hard shells. A hammer’s a little brutish, and using your teeth is just a terrible idea. What you need is this lovely purpose-built nutcracker from Normann Copenhagen, featuring a thick silicone handle so you don’t destroy your hands in the process.
| |
This week we’re getting our hands on both of Lenovo’s newest in Android tablet technology, starting with the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 8. This device works with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean right out of the box and features a metal hinge that allows the tablet to stand up on its own, work as an exceptional handle […]
Lenovo has built a number of Android tablets in the past, so it was logical to expect some kind of hardware update at this time of the year. Instead, we saw the introduction of a completely new line of product, with a new design language with a clear objective in mind: target the most common tablet use cases and extend the battery life for those by up to 2X while maintaining a competitive position. By doing this, Lenovo avoid a direct confrontation with the leading Android tablet: the Nexus 7 (2013) and carves its own space in which is aims to become nearly untouchable. This is not a bad strategy, but does it look as good in the real world as it does on paper? Let’s find out… (more…)
Lenovo Yoga Tablet Review original content from Ubergizmo. 
| |
It’s time for another edition of What’s Ruining Our Cities! This week: a factory that pepper-sprays its neighborhood, Canada’s favorite crack-smoking mayor, dreary urban shadows, and rural towns banding together to secede from their big-city brethren.
| |
The Xbox One will stream media from your home network and play audio CDs, Microsoft tells Penny Arcade Report. In that way, the One is much like the Xbox 360. When it comes to MP3 playback, however, it’s a little trickier. The Xbox One is a Play To device that supports Redmond’s PC and mobile …
Just after his procedure, Tim Cannon described himself as exhausted and excited.
(Credit: Video screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET)
If Tim Cannon wants to check his temperature, he doesn’t need a thermometer. The biochip that’s been surgically implanted in his arm does it for him, transmitting the data in real time, via Bluetooth, to an Android device.
The implant, about the size of a Bic lighter and dubbed the Circadia 1.0, lives between the skin and muscles of Cannon’s left forearm in a sealed box, which also contains a battery that can be charged wirelessly. Built-in red LEDs act as status lights, and can be programmed to illuminate the tattoo of a DNA double helix that sits atop Cannon’s bulging implant. He’s thinking of programming the biosensor to text him if it think he’s getting a fever.
While it might look like it, Tim Cannon did not have an iPhone implanted in his arm. (Click to enlarge.)
(Credit: Video screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET)
“I think that our environment should listen more accurately and more intuitively to what’s happening in our body,” Cannon, one of a growing number of so-called … [Read more]
Related Links:
Bionic limbs will one day sense the grass under prosthetic feet
Stanford scientists ‘eavesdrop’ on the human brain
DARPA developing implant to monitor brain in real time
Intel doubles down on wearables with investment in Basis Science
What this year’s must-have Xmas gadgets tell us about America
| |
This is site is run by Sascha Endlicher, M.A., during ungodly late night hours. Wanna know more about him? Connect via Social Media by jumping to about.me/sascha.endlicher.
