The world through Google’s smartglasses
Posted by admin in Hi-tech, Mobile technology on 23. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
Google announced that before the end of 2012, you will be able to buy augmented-reality smart eyeglasses from the search giant. The Android-powered glasses will have an onboard camera that monitors in real time what you see as you walk (or, heavens preserve us, drive) down the street. The lenses will then overlay information about [...]
DNA sequencer plugs right into your USB port, analyzes your genome
Posted by admin in Computers, Hi-tech, Mobile technology on 23. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
In the nine years since the Humane Genome Project wrapped up, gene sequencing has gotten faster and cheaper at a pace rivaling the computer industry. Now a technology company in the UK has another breakthrough, taking a cue from the computer industry itself: A cluster of fast individual compute nodes, so easily scalable that the [...]
Beam toothbrush reports your brushing habits to a smartphone via Bluetooth
Posted by admin in Hi-tech, Medicine, Mobile technology on 17. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
From heart monitors to cooking thermometers, almost any piece of tech seems to be equipped with Bluetooth and an accompanying smartphone app these days. Now it looks like even the simplest of items can get their own high-tech upgrade, as evidenced by Beam Technologies’ upcoming Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush. The Beam Brush will monitor a person’s dental [...]
App removes wandering people from photos
Posted by admin in Computers on 15. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
It’s kind of a funny thing, when you think about it … even though it’s normal to see other people milling about in public places, when we take photos of those places, we often don’t want any of those people in our pictures. Ordinarily, this means standing around and waiting, then blasting off a shot [...]
DARPA invests in megapixel augmented-reality contact lenses
Posted by admin in Hi-tech on 03. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
The augmented reality future we were long ago promised has been slow to come around, perhaps restrained most by the basic biology of our own eyes, which are unable to properly see detailed images placed very near the pupils. But via technology developed in part with a certain government agency, Washington-based Innovega has created a [...]
