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8 things you can do with the Kinect – besides play games
When Microsoft launched the Kinect in 2010, I think the world must have collectively sighed. Here was a device that recognised your movements and your voice and allowed your body to act as a controller. It was a 3D camera that you could hold in one hand. It recognised who was standing in front of it by analysing their body shape and face. And it was being used for gaming. Really?!
Now, no disrespect to all the Kinect games -- I’m ... -
The real emotion engine? Meet Kara
A tech demo showcasing impressive motion capture and raw acting talent promises much as a CGI film. How much of that promise can be integrated into a fully interactive game is yet to be seen.
A strange beast
Twitter’s number one trending topic on the day of its release and subsequently the most talked about tech demo in recent memory, Kara is a fascinating talking point. In the form of a short CGI film, the demo showcases French game studio Quantic ... -
Creepy robot can run faster than you [Video]
The robots are coming for you. The boffins over Boston Dynamics have built a robot that can run 18mph (almost 29km/hr) -- smashing the previous land speed record by almost 5mph. Built with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the “Cheetah” can outrun most humans -- which is a comforting thought, considering it looks like a cross between a rabid dog and a metallic spider from your worst nightmares. The Cheetah is modelled after, you guessed it, a cheetah, ... -
iOS-linked Tongue Drive System hands over wireless control to the paralysed
Gadgets are extremely personal, if not selfish devices. How many of us need that remote controlled vacuum cleaner, or Bluetooth backscratcher? When does a gadget shift from impersonal, to life-changing? The Tongue Drive System, an iOS-controlled wireless device for the paralysed, does precisely that. US-based university Georgia Tech is hard at work on the Tongue Drive System, which lets patients with spinal cord injuries enjoy full control of their gadgets, and has the potential to become the centre of an automated ... -
Wifis.org – the Wi-Fi social network
Founded late last year in Berlin, Wifis.org aims to help neighbours get in touch. The free service connects people through a unique URL that replaces your current Wi-Fi network name (SSID). Wi-Fi network names have been used in a number of creative ways: Instead of generating a chuckle, wifis.org allows people to get in touch without revealing their email addresses. The process is simple. Go to wifis.org and generate a unique URL. Replace your SSID with the URL. That’s it. Why is ... -
Future tech: Dash – the awesome iPhone car stereo
Devium is utilising Kickstarter to bring Dash to life, a car stereo dock that will put your iPhone in the center of your center console.
Rather than connecting your iPhone via a cable or Bluetooth, Dash lets you turn your iPhone into a car audio system while simultaneously charging your device. Beyond just an audio system, imagine using all the apps -- especially GPS -- on your iPhone this way.
Dash is a simple two component system consisting of a faceplate which ... -
Waterproof your mobile life with Liquipel
Quickly, what is the number one bane of mobile phone owners? The answer: water. Dropping a phone in coffee, the pool or the kitchen sink creates a shiny brick, and one sad owner. Now, Liquipel has announced at CES that it has created a clear coating which protects mobile phones from most forms of water damage. Nanotech and nothing else It's not a case, it's a clear coat of pure nanotech, bled into each and every part of the phone. Regardless of ... -
USB 3.0 set for smartphones, tablets by end of 2012
USB 3.0, the blazing-fast data transferral medium which promises theoretical speeds of 625MB per second will migrate to tablets and smartphone by the end of 2012. Sick of the standard 5-10MBps transfer rates of USB 2.0? Imagine an iPhone which can pump 600Mbps or more. That future is now. At CES 2012 Rahman Ismail, CTO of the USB Implementers Forum spoke of the inherent speed of USB 3.0, “What takes 15 minutes will roughly take 1 minute and 10 seconds,” Ismail ... -
Gearburn Award: Best Innovation in Hardware 2011
As a gadget site we’re not looking at core hardware innovations that shake the world, we’re looking at the awesome innovations that knocked our socks off. Often the impact of radical innovations doesn't become apparent for a few years. Accurate, reliable capacitive touch-screens, for example. So we’re reaching a bit, but these are the innovations we think you’ll look back on in a year and say, “Wow – that’s where our gadget world leaped forward.” Third Runner Up – In-device WiFi This ... -
Clock ticking: cheap 50x faster memory
Every year or two there’s an announcement from researchers of some MASSIVE REVOLUTION in storage. So here we go with a new crop – this time there’s three. Glass, class and sparse. And all promise to be out in the market in a year or two.
The first is the least interesting: an ultra-sparse interface for flash memory-based hard drives – an ultra-skinny standard, removable Serial-ATA hard drive unit measuring only 51x30x4mm and eight grammes, and can be bought in up ...
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