Innovation - Page 241

November 4, 2015

Next-gen battery tech can charge a smartphone in seconds

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have built a new lithium-ion battery that is 2,000 times more powerful than comparable technologies.

November 4, 2015

Google Glass tech specs unveiled

Google has released the tech specs for its Google Glasses after shipping its first batch to developers today. So without further ado, here's what you need to know.

November 4, 2015

Microsoft planning a smart watch of its own

Microsoft is working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining rivals like Apple in working on a new class of computing products.

November 4, 2015

HP to unveil 'Project Moonshot'

When the definitive story looking back on the effort to turn around the flailing technology giant Hewlett-Packard is written, today may be seen as a turning point -- perhaps for the good, perhaps not so good.

November 4, 2015

3D-printed skull implant ready for operation

3D printing technology has helped replace 75 percent of a patient's skull with the approval of U.S. regulators.

November 4, 2015

Smart watches gaining interest and popularity as a truly hands-free gadget

Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky is scrambling this month as his start-up rolls out its new, high-tech smart watches -- a $150 stamp-sized computer tethered wirelessly to a wearer's Android or iPhone.

November 4, 2015

Computers to see, hear, smell in five years

By 2017, technology will have advanced far enough that computers will be able to see, smell, touch taste and hear, via digital taste buds, newly sensitive pixels and other innovations. 

November 4, 2015

Sinful Robot developing fully-immersive virtual reality sex game

The world’s first series of “fully-immersive erotic encounters” is being developed by a new California-based startup. In other words, virtual reality sex.

November 4, 2015

5 things that could sink Windows 8

The Windows 8 launch is finally upon us, and I guarantee you there are a lot of nervous people in Redmond right now.

November 4, 2015

Can you have too much TV online?

For a kid, it's media heaven online today: TV all the time, everywhere! But is it really a dystopia? As an adult who for years has longed for such entertainment to be available 24/7, I find myself wondering, Do we now have too much TV?