It’s like harnessing the Force: A new armband uses the electrical activity in your muscles to let you wirelessly control digital devices Called the Myo, the armband was developed by Canadian startup, Thalmic Labs. Sensing the wearer’s muscle movements and motions, it detects changes in hand gesture “right down to …
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Star Wars Pinball coming tomorrow to Android, iOS
The Empire Strikes Back table for Zen Pinball looks like the one to get. (Credit: Zen Studios) Ready to visit a pinball arcade far, far away? Tomorrow, Zen Studios will release Star Wars Pinball for Android and iOS, giving you the chance to see how your pinball wizardry matches up …
LG overhauls Android phones from top-end to low-budget
LG Electronics overhauled its Android product line today, with the flagship Optimus G Pro leading the way.
The company devices its Optimus line into four categories: its G series for deep-pocketed early adopters, the F series with the mission of “4G LTE for everyone,” the lower-end L series, and the Vu tablets.
Find cool Kickstarter stuff for your iDevice
BiteMyApple.co is home to 30 slick Kickstarter-born products for iDevices, all of which are now available for sale. If you sometimes feel like you might be missing out on the good stuff, or perhaps you just don’t have time to troll Kickstarters listings in search of iDevice-related items, there’s a site you may want to visit: BiteMyApple.co.
The Asian Art Museum in SF unveils new augmented reality app for its Terracotta Warriors exhibit
In San Francisco, there are several great places to visit, including the Asian Art Museum. Yesterday, I was invited to check out its latest exhibition, China’s Terracotta Warriors, and test out its new iOS application that it hopes visitors will find enhances their experience.
Seesaw for iPhone now displays featured users, timelines, and offers search by user and hashtag
Seesaw, the decision making service, has an updated iPhone app that features several new tools to help discover decisions people are mulling over. Perhaps the two that are the most notable include an enhanced Explore view giving you featured users and timelines, and a search tool that lets you look …
Track Apple refurb deals at RefurbMe
Looking for a refurbished MacBook Air with at least 4GB of RAM? RefurbMe makes it easy to find and track them.
The site lists Mac desktops and laptops, monitors, iPods, iPads, iPhones, and even the Apple TV. You can filter the listings by category or just scroll through a master list.
Google to open registration for Google I/O March 13
Google co-founder showed off Google Glass at the 2012 Google I/O conference. Google fans will be happy to know that registration for the 2013 Google I/O conference will open Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT (GMT-7). In December, Google announced that it had moved up its annual developer …
Microsoft suffers from same hacking attack as Apple, Facebook, small number of computers infected
Microsoft has announced via its Security Response Center blog that it has been the victim of a hacking similar in nature to those experienced by Apple and Facebook recently. Matt Thomlinson, General Manager of Trustworthy Computing Security at Microsoft, has penned a blog post on the matter. Thomlinson makes reference …
Google Glass May Arrive For Consumers by End of Year
Can’t wait to get your hands on Google Glass? You might not have to wait much longer. In an interview, Google Glass product director Steve Lee told The Verge that it plans to have a “fully-polished” version of Glass available for consumers by the end of 2013. Even better? Glass …