NYT: Google to sell Android-based heads-up display glasses this year

February 22, 2012

It’s not the first time that rumors have surfaced of Google working on some heads-up display glasses (9 to 5 Google first raised the possibility late last year), but The New York Times is now reporting that the company is not only working on them, but that it’s set to release them by the end [...]

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LightSquared to cut staff by 45 percent as troubles grow

February 21, 2012

Yet another bit of bad news to add to the pile for LightSquared — the company announced this week that it will be cutting back on its employment numbers by 45 percent. The cost cutting move comes a day after word got out that it had defaulted on a hefty $ 56.25 million payment. According [...]

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VIDEO: What does Lisbeth Salander really look like?

February 21, 2012

Composite software allows an artist to create sketches of literary characters. BBC News – Technology

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Pulse Surface Controller System: bangs the drum, desk, window

February 21, 2012

The Pulse Surface Controller is a vibration-based musical instrument that finally puts those years of air drumming to use. It’s a small, piezo-based MIDI controller that lets you turn pretty much any surface into a musical instrument. The device has a built-in suction cup, comes with velcro straps and plugs into your computer’s microphone port. [...]

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LightBeam pico projector turns any surface into a display, any object into a remote (video)

February 21, 2012

Do you ever stop to think about all those plain, unloved surfaces in the world, which go through life without ever once being used to reflect a Flickr feed or Facebook wall? It amounts to hectares of wasted potential, but there is a solution. It’s called LightBeam and it’s a ‘nomadic’ pico projector that uses [...]

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 now ready for download

February 21, 2012

After touring the exhibition circuit for what seems like an eternity, PlayBook OS 2.0 is finally ready to settle down and make itself available for download. Check for updates via Settings on your tablet and you should see it sitting there, wearing last season’s fashions but nevertheless looking every inch the major OTA update that [...]

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VIDEO: Met office ‘needs supercomputers’

February 21, 2012

The Met Office needs new supercomputers to issue confident extreme weather warnings and more accurate long-term forecasts, a group of MPs says. BBC News – Technology

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Samsung’s GT-i9300 is probably not the Galaxy S III, as revealed by its low-res screen

February 21, 2012

Straight from the Dana Scully school of debunking, Android Community has poured cold water on the notion that the GT-i9300 is the quasi-mythical Galaxy S III. Having happened upon the user agent profile of the device bearing that codename, the stats reveal a lackluster 1024 x 600 resolution display that’s easily beaten by the Galaxies [...]

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Kisai Stencil LCD watch keeps it vague, outlines the time (video)

February 21, 2012

The Kisai Stencil is the latest fan-submitted design to make it through to Tokyo Flash‘s online shelves. It brandishes the same always-on LCD display of its stablemates, with the time displayed through a combination of lines and dots, with the digits taking up the full width of the watch’s display. The Stencil arrives in five [...]

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Apple patent shows designs for more accurate water damage sensors

February 20, 2012

Without a doubt, the purveyance of personal electronics has changed our lives — not only have they put oodles of information at our fingertips, but they’ve also made pushing fully-clothed friends into the pool a warranty-voiding social faux pas. If you do get dunked, however, Apple wants to make sure you aren’t going to blame [...]

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