2015 Lexus RC 350 F SPORT revealed with wild GT3 Concept

Lexus has outed the third version of its new RC coupe, the 2015 Lexus RC 350 F SPORT, a heated-up version set to debut at the Geneva Motor Show early … Continue reading

URB-E Folding Electric Bike: Ridin’ Nerdy

The problem with a lot of personal vehicles is that they are too bulky. You just can’t get them on a bus or a train for instance, even if it is convenient otherwise. The URB-E has been specifically designed to be able to quickly fold and unfold. And you can easily carry it with you.

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This folding electric bike has top speed of 15mph, a 20 mile range on a single charge, and it folds down small enough to fit next to you on a train or bus, which is a big plus.

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Folks who live in large cities are going to love the freedom that this bike offers. It is quick to deploy and put away and small enough to take it anywhere.

The URB-E project is on the Indiegogo crowdfunding website right now looking to raise enough to go from concept to production. Prices for the bike range from $799 to $1599(USD), depending on if you want one made overseas or handmade in the U.S.

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New Gesture-Recognition Tech Lets You Control Your Phone in Your Pocket

New Gesture-Recognition Tech Lets You Control Your Phone in Your Pocket

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could skip to the next track without taking your phone out of your pocket—or without touching anything at all? Or if you could adjust the thermostat with the flick of a wrist? You may soon be able to thanks to new gesture-recognition technology. It doesn’t even require batteries!

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Wave your hand to control smart devices — even if it’s out of sight

The AllSee can let you control your cell phone with gestures, even if its in your pocket or purse.

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From the Xbox Kinect to the the new Samsung Galaxy S5, devices are becoming more hands-off than ever before thanks to gesture-based controls. Now, a new technology could give you Magneto-like control over your smart devices.

So far, it’s been necessary to have a line of sight with the devices you want to control by waving your hands in the air. Even new technology from Elliptic Labs that debuted at CES 2014, which uses ultrasound to translate gestures into actions, requires close user proximity to the device.

The new prototype gesture-recognition system — known as “AllSee” — built by scientists at the University of Washington however, allows gestures to be recognized by electronic devices even if they’re out of sight, such as a phone in a pocket. To do this, the gadget, which attaches to existing electronic devices, senses changes to the TV signals that are in the air around us all the time. It also uses these same signals to power the device, which… [Read more]

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Japanese Man Billed $9,800 After iPhone Gets Stolen In Spain

Japanese Man Billed $9,800 After iPhone Gets Stolen In SpainWe have heard our fair share of bill shock stories in the past, and it seems that this particular (albeit unwanted) phenomenon has yet to be stamped out. Most of the time, “bill shock”, which is the term used to describe a situation where one goes roaming overseas without knowing any better and return home only to be greeted by an insane phone bill at the end of the month. Well, this Japanese tourist who had his iPhone pickpocketed from him on December 29 last year while he was riding the Barcelona subway, had the shock of his life when he was billed for $9,800 (after conversion from yen, of course) at the end of the month.

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    Google Barge On Its Way To Stockton

    Google Barge On Its Way To StocktonA couple of days ago, we did bring you word that the Google Barge would not be docked at the San Francisco Bay island for long, and it seems that particular statement has held true. In fact, the highly mysterious Google Barge is now making its way to the Port of Stockton that is located approximately 129 kilometers on the east of San Francisco in order to comply with an order that requires it to make its base elsewhere. According to the agency that is leasing the Treasure Island space where the barge is being built, this four-story vessel is headed for Stockton. The Google Barge was originally supposed to make its way out only next month, at least that is what Mirian Saez, director of operations for the Treasure Island Development Authority, mentioned.

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    BitSoaps let you lather up with bitcoins

    Now you can shower yourself with bitcoins, or at least pretend with BitSoaps.

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    Why not wash away your financial worries with soap designed to look like bitcoins and litecoins? Thanks to BitSoaps, you can do just that.

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    BitSoaps are made by a young couple that stumbled upon the currency and was “fascinated by its concept and versatile utility,” the Bitsoaps Web site says. “Our love for nature and passion for exciting endeavors has drawn us to creating this project. A project that merged environmental mindfulness and digital currency. Marrying these polarized ideas has, therefore, given birth to BitSoaps.”

    BitSoaps are made in Southern California, and adhere to the soap maker’s philosophy of “cherishing natural resources and contributing to technological progress.”

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    Physicist Proposes 1,000-Foot Anti-Tornado Walls Across the Midwest

    Physicist Proposes 1,000-Foot Anti-Tornado Walls Across the Midwest

    When it comes to radical mega-infrastructure projects, we can only dream—but we dream big. Here is one such staggering proposal to build miles and miles of 1,000-foot tall super-walls that will once and forever save Tornado Alley from its eponymous natural disaster.

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    Virgin Media Offers 152Mbps Broadband Service In The UK

    Virgin Media Offers 152Mbps Broadband Service In The UKFaster is always better as a general rule of thumb, especially when you take into consideration one’s Internet connection. The folks over at Virgin Media certainly think along that line, where they have unveiled broadband speeds 19 times faster compared to regular broadband. The new top speed stands at 152Mbps, making it the fastest widely available connection in the UK, where it has been introduced to go hand-in-hand with new parental controls technology and advice, being specially designed to support families as well as helping users obtain as much as possible from being online.

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    App-Connected Hypercar Is a 280 MPH Smartphone Accessory

    App-Connected Hypercar Is a 280 MPH Smartphone Accessory

    The race to make the world’s fastest production car has turned into an all-out war, and as our pals at Jalopnik report , the viciously bonkers gearheads at Koenigsegg are readying a jaw-dropping juggernaut. It’s got all the mind-blowing stuff you’d expect: well over one thousand horsepower, a theoretical top speed of 280 MPH, carbon fiber everywhere. But huge power and exotic materials are expected in this strata of supercars. It’s the technology that puts Koenigsegg on another planet.

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