MIT Creates an Interactive 3D Shapeshifting Display Controlled by Your Physical Movement

While we’ve been able to communicate with each other visually through our phones and services like Skype, this new technology looks to take reaching out and touching someone to an entirely new form. Developed by MIT’s Tangible Media Group, inForm is a dynamic shape displayer that can render 3D content physically. It allows users to… Continue reading MIT Creates an Interactive 3D Shapeshifting Display Controlled by Your Physical Movement

Top 10 Free E-Learning Authoring Tools

Technology and the Internet can be used in many different ways, and you can benefit a lot if you learn how to use them wisely. You won’t realize the full potential of the Internet and your gadgets until you start using tools that will enhance your learning and authoring potential. There are many tools that… Continue reading Top 10 Free E-Learning Authoring Tools

For the Next Generation of Light Painters: Pixelstick

Light painting is the process of capturing light over long exposure shots, often creating words, quirky characters and flowing lines by waving a small light source such as a flashlight in sequence in front of a camera. Though many artists enjoy the challenges and rewards that come with light painting, many are also frustrated by… Continue reading For the Next Generation of Light Painters: Pixelstick

How to Charge Your Phone With Your Coffee

What a time to be alive. Epiphany Labs, a new, innovative Pittsburgh-based company, has created the only gadget you will ever need: a coaster to charge you cell phone. Called the onE Puck, this device will help you keep your device juiced, whether you’re drinking your daily grande vanilla soy latte with an extra shot… Continue reading How to Charge Your Phone With Your Coffee

How to Not Get Tricked Online: 30 Cyber Security Tips to #Staysafe

It doesn’t matter if it’s Halloween or any other regular day of the year, cyber criminals are constantly looking to trick you in an attempt to treat themselves to your information, or even worse, finances. So in celebration of October’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Google has been posting a tip each day on how… Continue reading How to Not Get Tricked Online: 30 Cyber Security Tips to #Staysafe

Mobile Gadget Use by Kids Increased 89% over Last Two Years

A new study from the child advocacy group Common Sense Media shows that children’s use of mobile gadgets like tablets and smartphones has exploded in the last two years. The biannual survey indicated an 89% increase in the number of children eight years and younger who have used a mobile device, which grew from 38%… Continue reading Mobile Gadget Use by Kids Increased 89% over Last Two Years

Motorola Wants You to Design Your Phone from the Inside Out, Introduces Project Ara in True Android Style

What if your smartphone were customizable from the ground up? Beyond personalizing your home screen and downloading apps, what if you could handpick your phone’s hardware, too, like the perfect size screen or an extra large battery? Motorola hopes to make this possible. In a recent blog post Google-owned Android phone maker Motorola announced Project… Continue reading Motorola Wants You to Design Your Phone from the Inside Out, Introduces Project Ara in True Android Style

6 Tech Devices That Will Protect Your Home When You’re Away

Protecting the safety of your family and your home is one of the most important things that you can do. With the vast number of technological advances, you can expand your protection plan beyond a home alarm. There are many other gadgets that you can use to protect your loved ones from harm. Here are 6… Continue reading 6 Tech Devices That Will Protect Your Home When You’re Away