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Camera lets people shoot first, focus later

Startup Lytro unveiled a camera that lets people adjust the focus on photos after they take them.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: Skype phone and adapter for home calling

(AP) -- With two new products, Skype has made it easier to make Internet calls from home phones, for savings on international calls and potentially also domestic ones.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World's first 'live' video feed of Earth from space

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's first high definition streaming video camera to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) has been announced by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Affectiva technology taps into people's emotions

Computers may soon understand people better than their spouses do, courtesy of innovations from startup Affectiva that expand on groundbreaking sensing research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Preview of what's to see on Google TV

Google revealed new details about its Google TV system last week with the launch of a new Web site, and Logitech showed off the first piece of hardware running the Internet-TV system, a gadget called the Revue. ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Sony's PlayStation Move can't quite challenge Wii

When Nintendo unveiled the Wii four years ago, few game industry pundits gave it much of a chance.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Gestural hand-tracking interface being developed by MIT researchers (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have developed software that can track a Lycra fabric glove with a special color pattern. Using only a cheap web camera equipped with a wide angle lens, the software can ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Kinect's Israeli partner sees a remoteless world

(AP) -- Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. There's no remote control to lose, no buttons to push. The air conditioner senses your presence and changes the temperature ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 04, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

'Falcon-cam' captures life in UB nest

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University at Buffalo Web camera is capturing life in a peregrine falcon nest on the UB South Campus in Buffalo, where, for the second consecutive year, a female has laid her eggs.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Feel like someone's watching? You're probably right

Almost every worker has done it: gotten in a little Facebook updating, personal e-mailing, YouTube watching and friend calling while on the clock.

Technology / Other

created Mar 21, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Pink technology put porn viewers into virtual action

Porn powerhouse Pink Visual is using augmented reality technology to let viewers virtually join in the on-screen action.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

High-tech holiday gift ideas for $50 and $100

Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to end up with an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Rebirth of an icon: Hubble's first images since Servicing Mission 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers today declared the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory ready for a new decade of exploration, with the release of observations from four of its six ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 4

First half of September brings a whirlwind of cool, new gadgets

There's a whole lot of neat tech scheduled to be released or announced during that time frame.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dell aims bright new netbook at younger students

(AP) -- Dell Inc., already the largest seller of PCs to schools worldwide, is trying to extend its lead with its first "netbook" designed for young students at a time when adult consumers and businesses have ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0