Feb 26
Last time we checked in with Peter Jellitsch, the Austrian artist was using modern alchemy (aka a radio-wave-measuring device) to turn Wi-Fi’s invisible peak-and-valley signals into physical objects
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Feb 24
Using the processing power of smartphones from around the globe, HTC is making an initiative called Power To Give for theresearch of medicine, science, and echology. This initiative will work … Continue reading
Feb 04
Look at this little guy. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but powerful enough to enable you to make phone calls, text, and use data virtually anywhere in the world. Like, even on the peaks of remote mountains or in the middle of uninhabited deserts, thanks to the magic of satellites.
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Jan 14
It’s hard to get excited over a dedicated voice recorder these days, especially when smartphones have tried to step in and fill that role. But when it’s vital that you capture every word in an interview, a voice recorder is still the best tool for the job. And Olympus has now made them even better with built-in Wi-Fi that lets you control its new DM-901 from a smartphone app, letting you get as close as possible to your subject.
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Jan 06
Finding free internet at the end of an ethernet cable is like winning a dollar in the lottery. You know you should be happy, but it’s more of an inconvenience than anything. However, with D-Link’s new AC750 compact wireless router, you can turn that tethered internet lemon into delicious wireless lemonade, and it even lets you share files on a USB drive with any computer in range.
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Jan 05
Linksys’ WRT54G is considered to be the best selling wireless router of all time. And its iconic black and blue design has become synonymous with such hardware—just look at the image used on this generic wireless router Wikipedia page. So it makes sense that for its next generation router, the new Linksys WRT1900AC, the company would revive that iconic design—albeit with a few aesthetic and technical upgrades.
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Dec 11
Researchers at MIT have created a new way to track movement through walls, and it is even more accurate and revealing than the motion tracking technology they created in June of this year. It’s called WiTrack, and it can sense a person’s movements in three dimensions — physical occlusions or no. It’s an update to […]
Dec 10
Here’s some good news. Harlem is about to get the biggest free public Wi-Fi network in the entire country, spanning a whopping 95 blocks. Soon there won’t be anywhere in the city where you can’t get online.
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Nov 27
This week the second iteration of the device called Automatica has appeared, this time sporting the ability to connect to the web. While the original Automatica device was as simple as a USB device could be without simply being a dongle, this music-toting machine also connects to the web, allowing you to sync with your […]
Nov 26
Apple’s purchase of PrimeSense last week had all the tech industries howling. The Israel-based company’s motion tracking technology had largely informed early versions of Kinect, Microsoft’s motion-tracking and voice command interface for the Xbox 360 gaming console. Was Apple planning to use PrimeSense’s expertise in motion tracking to propel its gadgets into a new era […]
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