Thanksgiving is approaching, and for many of us that means so are the feast preparations. However, even more of us look forward to this time of year to score stellar deals on high-end electronics, apparel and – not surprisingly – pretty much everything. So, with cyber week within reach, we thought we’d throw together some… Continue reading Cyber Week: In Preview
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The Future Is Here: Engineering Students Discover How To Use Wi-Fi to Charge Cell Phones
In the future, cell phones will charge on air. We’re almost there, thanks to the genius engineering students who figured out how to charge cell phones with a Wi-Fi signal. Students at Duke University developed a material that captures Wi-Fi energy waves and converts them into electrical current. With this technology the students have proposed… Continue reading The Future Is Here: Engineering Students Discover How To Use Wi-Fi to Charge Cell Phones
Eric Schmidt Publishes Tongue-in-Cheek Guide for Switching to Android from iPhone
With stores promoting their upcoming Black Friday sales and customers vying for new electronics this week, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt is trying to convert iPhone fanboys to droids. On Google+ Schmidt published a four-step guide for converting to Android from iPhone, kicking off the guide by touting Android’s built-in cloud services and dominance in… Continue reading Eric Schmidt Publishes Tongue-in-Cheek Guide for Switching to Android from iPhone
How the Ouya Console Could Potentially Redeem Itself
Last year, a console showed up on Kickstarter. That alone piqued interest, but it was the console’s promises that got everyone excited. For only $100—half the price of a low-end Xbox 360 or Playstation 3—Ouya promised users a repository of new games from independent developers. It quickly met its funding goal and finally launched earlier… Continue reading How the Ouya Console Could Potentially Redeem Itself
Watch LG’s New G Flex Phone Heal Itself After a Knife Attack [VIDEO]
We’ve heard of heavy-duty phones like the CAT B15, and most of us have simply accepted that along with phone durability comes heavy, brick-like shapes and bright yellow casings. That is, until we met LG’s new G Flex smartphone. The LG G Flex is a curved Android phone designed to withstand the normal wear-and-tear that… Continue reading Watch LG’s New G Flex Phone Heal Itself After a Knife Attack [VIDEO]
littleBits Lands $11M to Make Snappable Electronics for Young Makers
Meet littleBits, Legos for the iPad generation. The New York-based hardware startup creates a library of snappable electronic modules that take the intimidation out of making electronic circuits. littleBits aims to make electrical engineers out of your children and won’t stop until every one of us can make our own phones or computers. The company… Continue reading littleBits Lands $11M to Make Snappable Electronics for Young Makers
Students: Get a Free Year of Talk, Text and Data from Sprint and Best Buy
As if student rush tickets for NHL games, discounted museum entry and free transportation passes weren’t enough perks for people who spend most of their days sleeping in class and pulling all-nighters doing “research” (cough World of Warcraft), Sprint and Best Buy are teaming up to offer students yet another freebie: a free year of… Continue reading Students: Get a Free Year of Talk, Text and Data from Sprint and Best Buy
Craving Pizza? Just Push This Button and Your Favorite Pie Will Magically Appear at Your Door
Sometimes, like late at night, your craving for pizza begins to overpower your ability to make any form of human contact. You want the pizza so badly but human contact, whether by phone or internet, is out of the question. But if you’re not in a state of mind to communicate with humans, how are… Continue reading Craving Pizza? Just Push This Button and Your Favorite Pie Will Magically Appear at Your Door
