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| Augmented Reality Glasses in the Classroom: An Inside Look | | Friday, June 28, 2013 8:58 PM | Luisa Rollenhagen |
| Scientists at Spain's Universidad Carlos III en Madrid developed a software system for augmented reality glasses that will allow professors to "see" how their students are understanding class material. The proposed system, called Augmented Lecture Feedback System (ALFs), requires professors to wear augmented reality glasses in order to see symbols above students' heads and to facilitate communication between students and professors.
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| Wi-Fi Tech Sees Through Walls | | Friday, June 28, 2013 7:31 PM | Discovery News |
| We've seen terahertz cameras that can look through walls and X-ray scanners that fit in the palm of your hand. Now, scientists at MIT have developed a way to track movement through walls using Wi-Fi signals. The idea is pretty simple: take two transmitters and one receiver.
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| 3D-Printed Fashion Show Draws Inspiration From Nature | | Friday, June 28, 2013 6:44 PM | Bonnie Wertheim |
| When you think about it, the fashion and tech industries aren't so different. Both create products that people use daily, follow extremely fickle trends and insist upon remaining on the cutting edge. It's unsurprising, then, that the two worlds would eventually collide.
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| Charge Your Phone — With a Flick of the Wrist | | Friday, June 28, 2013 5:38 PM | PSFK |
| When it looks like your phone is about to run out of battery, you actually have plenty of juice to spare. The Voltmaker is a device that allows you to make use of that reserve energy in order to charge your phone — all with the flick of a wrist. A hidden rod that is normally secured to the body using a magnet can be released using a spring-loaded mechanism.
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| 6 Things We'd Change About Feedly | | Friday, June 28, 2013 5:17 PM | Taylor Casti |
| Google Reader is all but in the ground, and Feedly has risen up to take in the poor and forlorn Reader users who are wandering aimlessly around the web, looking for a new and comprehensive RSS experience. Feedly is trying to fill the void by updating their services, but still, some of the magic of our favorite RSS reader is gone.
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| Is Microsoft Becoming the Do-Over Company? | | Friday, June 28, 2013 4:56 PM | Pete Pachal |
| At first glance, it looked like the big thing Microsoft revealed to its developers in San Francisco is week was Windows 8.1, the first major update to Windows 8. The real new product on display, however, was humility. Through some of the changes in Windows 8.1 and other course corrections it's made recently, Microsoft is becoming notorious for retreating on key decisions.
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| British Airways Tries Out Electronic Luggage Tags | | Friday, June 28, 2013 2:52 PM | PSFK |
| Creative product design consultancy Designworks has partnered with British Airways to develop an electronic bag tag to replace the traditional paper model. After a passenger checks in for a flight, she can hold her smartphone over the tag to automatically update it with a unique barcode, containing all of her flight information and a view of her bag’s destination.
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| Your Xbox 360 Is Now a Time Warner Cable Box, Too | | Friday, June 28, 2013 1:14 PM | Christina Warren |
| Time Warner Cable customers can now use their Xbox 360 as a bonafide cable box. Microsoft announced the new partnership Friday that will let TWC TV customers access up to 300 of the most popular live TV channels on their Xbox 360. An Xbox Live Gold subscription is required. SEE ALSO: 10 Hot Indie Games to Watch The app, which is launching later this summer, is nearly identical to the app TWC started offering Roku users earlier this year.
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| Blackberry PlayBook Is as Good as Dead | | Friday, June 28, 2013 11:27 AM | Lance Ulanoff |
| Poor BlackBerry PlayBook. I’m not sure it ever had a chance. From the botched launch to the distracting corporate struggles and shuffles to its ultimate demise, BlackBerry’s 7-inch tablet has been a vexed product. Today, BlackBerry (the company formerly known as RIM) essentially put a nail in the PlayBook coffin by announcing that it would not be converted to the new Blackberry 10 OS.
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| Japan to Launch Talking Robot Into Space | | Friday, June 28, 2013 10:18 AM | Space.com |
| A small talking robot built in Japan is about to take one giant leap into space. Kirobo — a humanoid "robot astronaut" that can converse with humans in space and on the ground — is scheduled for launch to the International Space Station on Aug. 4. Once aboard the orbiting laboratory, Kirobo will take part in the first robot-to-human conversation in space, Kibo Robot Project officials have said.
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| Is It the Dawn of the Encryption App? | | Friday, June 28, 2013 8:01 AM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Amidst surveillance programs like PRISM and Project Tempora, it might have come the time for privacy-enhancing cryptography apps.
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| 10 Top HTC First Cases | | Friday, June 28, 2013 7:54 AM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| Did you opt for the HTC First? Whether you got the phone when it first came out, or nabbed a bargain with AT&T's 99 cent "fire sale" you surely want a case to protect your handset. SEE ALSO: 5 Password Generators for Maximum Online Security We have found 10 cases tailor-made to shield the "Facebook Phone" from harm. Take a look through our top choices in the image gallery above.
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| RoboCarp Underwater Vehicle Swims Like a Real Fish | | Friday, June 28, 2013 7:29 AM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| A team of researchers has developed a robot fish that imitates the movements of a carp. They're from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and they're calling their invention, of course, RoboCarp. The robotic fish, or autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), is about five feet long, weighs 22 pounds and can dive to six feet.
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| Upgrade Your Baby's Tech With These 9 Gadgets | | Friday, June 28, 2013 7:28 AM | Jeana Lee Tahnk |
| There are some seriously cool baby tech products on the market today that not only offer the utmost comfort for babies, but also make lives easier for parents. Every little bit helps during those overwhelming newborn months, right? Combining tech with convenience while simultaneously helping your baby be safer, healthier or sleep better is a win-win for parents and their kin alike.
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