Innovation - Page 277

October 21, 2015

Calif. man denies he's Bitcoin founder after Newsweek report

Satoshi Nakamoto, a 64-year-old Japanese-American man worth an estimated $400 million in bitcoins, has a penchant for collecting model trains and a career shrouded in secrecy, Newsweek claims.

October 21, 2015

Google explains how not to be a jerk with Glass

Google has published an etiquette guide for Glass users in a bid to stamp out "Glasshole" behavior, thereby preventing its face-based gadget from becoming dragged down by negative publicity when it hits the market later this year.

October 21, 2015

Farewell, film: Paramount Pictures to release movies in digital only

Paramount Pictures is set to become the first movie studio to stop distributing its movies via physical film, choosing only to distribute via digital form, signaling the end of an era in the film industry.

October 21, 2015

Amazon's 'bigger than Kindle' project: What is it?

Given the success of Amazon's Kindle tablets and e-readers and its acquisition of The Washington Post, the company is certainly no stranger to the digital media space.

October 21, 2015

Gadget watch: Looking up, down, sideways in Sony's video headset

A virtual-reality headset from Sony almost puts you inside a video by allowing you to widen your view when you turn your head up, down or side to side.

October 21, 2015

New smart bed, smart watch will study you while you snore

Having trouble sleeping? There’s a device for that. In fact, there suddenly are quite a few.

October 21, 2015

Cops can use radio waves to bring your car to a halt

Stopping a fleeing car, or a terrorist's car packed with explosives, is no mean feat. But a British company thinks they have the answer: radio waves. 

October 21, 2015

JPMorgan files patent application on ‘Bitcoin killer’

Banking giant JPMorgan Chase has filed a patent application for an electronic commerce system that sounds remarkably like Bitcoin -- but never mentions the controversial, Internet-only currency.

October 21, 2015

Get your blender, stove and doorknob talking again

The Linux Foundation on Tuesday announced the formation of the AllSeen Alliance, and a new communication protocol to get that connected doorbell talking to your lights, microwave oven and smoke detector.

October 21, 2015

World's first smart trench coat includes built-in 4G, wireless charging

You've got a smartphone and you've heard of smartwatches, but what about smart coats?