Added 16 June, 2013
With every tech company from Apple to Google reportedly working products to compete with the Pebble and the Sony smart watch, wearable tech is one of the hottest topics on the gadget frontier. Now Microsoft is looking to the next level with an invention that aims to make data transferring – from using a credit card, logging into your account, to...
Added 15 June, 2013
ESPN launched a 3D channel three years ago that let viewers witness golf balls arcing toward them at The Masters and college football players practically bursting through the screen. Unfortunately for ESPN, there just haven’t been enough viewers who wanted to feel like they were right in the action and the channel will be shuttered by year’s end.
Added 13 June, 2013
The WNBA just debuted a new camera worn by official Lamont Simpson during nationally televised game. Mounted above the referee's ear on the right side of a device that looked like a pair of glasses, the ref cam drew rave reviews from players who posted on Twitter. For fans, the cam offered a unique perspective on the game. The camera has already...
Added 13 June, 2013
Real and virtual worlds continue to collide with products that interact together online and off. One of the coolest new entries is the Scoche smartROLL dice that use Bluetooth technology to interact seamlessly with a touch-screen tablet. The dice have a built-in accelerometer and motion sensors that make real action appear virtually.
Added 5 June, 2013
The Dreambox is a 3D-printing vending machine on the UC Berkeley campus. Need the perfect pair of earrings or cufflinks to complement your party attire for the evening? Don't scour shopping malls; just send a model to a 3D printer and pick it up a few hours later. Many universities are already offering 3D printers for students' use, but there are...
Added 29 May, 2013
Just as toys for kids are getting more advanced and technical, so they are for pets. The latest example is PetCube, a home gadget allowing you to watch, talk and play with your cat using your mobile phone. The device incorporates a camera, microphone and speakers, as well as a low-intensity laser pointer on a remote platform that you can operate...
Added 21 May, 2013
Hard on the heels of the Google Glass launch, Sony is outfitting some movie theaters with Entertainment Access Glasses technology, which displays captions right in front of the wearer's eye that no one else can see. The lightweight glasses are outfitted with small projectors on each side that display green text as an overlay that seems to float in...
Added 19 May, 2013
Inspired by the new anime series Attack on Titan, which tells the story of a wall city that’s being attacked by human-eating giants, keep an eye out for this photo meme before it too is tossed into the dustbin of history.
Added 15 May, 2013
When we're asked what the trend on such-and-such is, the answer is usually that it is going to get more so. That's the definition of a trend really -- a perceivable movement in direction of something. And roller coaster culture is no different. This one, called The Smiler, is two minutes and 45 seconds of mind-blowing effects and...
Added 14 May, 2013
As part of its 275th anniversary, the world-famous Mariinsky Theatre in Russia presents a live broadcast of Swan Lake produced by Mariinsky Ballet, Glass Slipper and Cameron Pace, James Cameron’s 3D production company. This adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake was originally staged at the Mariinsky in 1895, and is the basis of all modern...