Innovation - Page 278

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?

October 21, 2015

Apple on the sideline while Google and Samsung duke it out over watches and goggles

Apple's announcement today was that it's refining its smartphones rather than introducing any amazingly great new gadgets. So all eyes in the tech industry are turning elsewhere for the next big thing and that looks to be in the area of so-called wearable computing.

October 21, 2015

Apple's Siri gets sassy in trash-talking Google Glass

Apple's Siri is the talking voice in your iPhone ready to answer anything. Just don't ask her about Google Glass.

October 21, 2015

Google Glass release date pushed back to 2014, sources say

Those hoping to find a Google Glass headset under their Christmas tree this holiday season will be sadly disappointed.

October 21, 2015

Google Glass: Quadriplegic shows how device means ‘paralysis doesn’t have to be paralyzing’

While Google Glass continues to be viewed with a degree of skepticism in some quarters, for quadriplegic Alex Blaszczuk it’s opened up a bundle of possibilities, allowing her to “do things I thought I wouldn’t be able to do anymore.”

October 21, 2015

Google Glass: Quadriplegic shows how device means ‘paralysis doesn’t have to be paralyzing’

While Google Glass continues to be viewed with a degree of skepticism in some quarters, for quadriplegic Alex Blaszczuk it’s opened up a bundle of possibilities, allowing her to “do things I thought I wouldn’t be able to do anymore.”

October 21, 2015

2,000-year-old electronics tech still can't be matched

Modern scientists at two European sites are beginning to discover just how much our forebears knew about working in micro and are amazed at what they could do.

October 21, 2015

Biodegradable, disposable drones take flight

When we think of drones — nay unmanned aerial vehicles — we typically picture military drones or those ubiquitous quadrotors. However, two new mini-drone designs are taking shape: a paper airplane and a maple seed.

October 21, 2015

Shots fired from world's first 3D-printed gun

The world's first 3D-printed handgun has been successfully fired in Texas, according to its creator Defense Distributed.

October 21, 2015

Growing number skipping TV for smartphones, tablets

Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules. They're tired of $100-plus monthly bills.