Sunday, March 30, 2014

This funny little animal hides a surveillance camera

The monitoring equipment is certainly convenient, but can be intimidating one. This is why anItalian design studio has revived day by customizing and making the pass for curious small animals. To lighten the mood, the concept into effect the cameras very endearing creatures. The studio Parson has appealed to Eleanor Trevisanutto designer to customize these devices. The collection called Animals includes...

Friday, March 28, 2014

Electronic cigarette more than 1400 poisoning e-liquid

In an article published this week, the New York Times warning about the dangers of electronic cigarette and e-liquid nicotines with more than 1,400 cases of nicotine poisoning last year in the United States. If the electronic cigarette does not contain tar, cyanide, nickel or lead, e-liquids are also not without danger. It is recalled that on Monday New York Times in an editorial calling for...

Thursday, March 27, 2014

use your ring as a dock for smartphone

Even the media are intended for smartphones phones. Proof is the concept of Celltack, a new kind of magnetic dock . Its particularity? It takes the form of a ring to wear fingertips. Presented like a jewel in the design and functional time Celltack is compatible with any device and mobile gadget . It is composed of two elements: a small magnet that any dish is fixed on the back...

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

WhatsApp has 480 million users

According to a report by the news magazine Focus in the online edition of 23 March 2014, the short messaging service WhatsApp has become one of world's 480 million users. Monthly average of 15 million new users would be won and even though WhatsApp was taken in February of Facebook. In February, the provider in Germany rose by 1 million to increase its user base significantly to 30 million users. Opposite Focus reported the WhatsApp-founder...

Saturday, March 22, 2014

A touch pad holographic display

Soon, we can interact with a terminal via a holographic display . Finish the touch screen, instead, the tablet directly displays the data in the air through a holographic screen as interface. The prototype was called AIRR Tablet for "Aerial Imaging by Retro-Reflection." The touch pad of a new genus is distinguished by its floating display. Allowing the user to manipulate and access to...

This chip lets you know when food is expired

If refer to one's usual expiration date printed on the packaging of our products, Chinese researchers have found a way to do things differently in order to check the status of our food.Thanks to nanotechnology, they managed to create a chip that can notify the consumer when a product is damaged. invention that the team of the must Peking University , led by Professor Chao Zhang. This is a tag to be bonded...

Thursday, March 20, 2014

MIT develops a lifelike robotic fish

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have recently created a "fish" from soft robotics. Away from rigid metal models, their latest is more soft and supple. A PLC can swim like a fish in water. Based on biomimicry , this robotic fish is able to mimic the movement and mode of movement of its animal counterpart. A prototype is manufactured from silicon 3D printed, so...

A robot wrote an article for the Los Angeles Times

The city of Los Angeles recently experienced a 4.4 magnitude earthquake . Southern California had not experienced such an earthquake since 2008, but the new fact, the article was dedicated to him was written not by a human but by a powerful algorithm . Quakebot , as it is called is in fact an algorithm capable of analyzing a series of information and write an article. Once the paper is realized,...

Morpheus project helmet augmented reality PS4

Sony took the Game Developers Conference 2014 (GDC) to present the Morpheus Project , vision augmented to its PlayStation range. reality Under this code name, we discover what appears to Oculus Rift for PS4 . Only compatible with the next generation console from Sony, it sports a slick, streamlined design: a black box to position before the eyes and a white headband to hold it in place on...

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Internet is 25 years old

The Internet celebrates its 25th anniversary at March 13, 2014. The foundations for today's World Wide Web (WWW) put the British computer expert Tim Berners-Lee while he had designed an information network, which consisted of databases, computers and networks. As a tool he used the HTML programming language with which it was first possible to reproduce images, videos and sounds texts on the Internet. The first arose simple...

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Apple TV: Steve Jobs there was adamantly opposed

Steve Jobs was against the project of an Apple TV, we learn in Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs , the new book by Yukari Iwatani Kane. former journalist from the Wall Street Journal explains wind having a meeting "secret " which annually brings together 100 leaders Apple. Each of the accused is a month in advance of this very private appointment. All topics are discussed freely.Yukari Iwatani Kane reports...

Monday, March 17, 2014

A station for loading and sterilize smartphones

It is a fact that our smartphones are proving a breeding bacteria. If some design hygienic screens , others approach the problem differently. This is the case of Lin Shu Kai, which offers an innovative concept: a dock to disinfect all. UVC Dock is a simple and practical solution to sterilize smartphones and other mobile gadgets.Presented as a disinfectant case, it uses UV light to neutralize bacteria on the terminal. Dock...

Saturday, March 15, 2014

A drone brought drugs into prison

The legality of the drones is a sensitive subject. The use of these drones is limited to certain open areas, besides the rules are not the same depending on the type of devices (with or without camera). But as there may be a blur to certain types of uses, as the case of this young Australianis not a shadow of a doubt. The police arrested Sunday, March 9, when he was not away from the prison Ravenhall ,...

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Mini PC to wear as a listener

If some design watches or spectacles connected , others develop high-tech ear. This is the case of a prototype developed by Japanese researchers. They managed to reduce the size of a PC headset. A portable technology that is controlled with facial gestures. This invention must be an engineer at the University of Hiroshima team. Acknowledging a weight of 17 grams, the smart headset uses a series of infrared sensors...

IOS version 7.1 recognizes facial movements

With each new update of its mobile operating system, Apple still does not consider necessary to share all the news. Proof is with iOS 7 .1, as a new feature has been unearthed by The Loop , completely absent from the report update. It is a way to interact with the system in new ways for a device of the Apple brand: with his face. The idea is reminiscent of the specific applications phones Samsung in Android ,...

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Huawei Ascend Y330 will be available from April in the market

The smartphone Huawei Ascend Y330 can be purchased in April 2014 for 100 euros unsubsidized. The four-inch display has a resolution of 800 * 480 pixels and is not intended to be scratch-resistant, according to the manufacturer's instructions. As a central processing unit, a dual-core processor 1.3 GHz comes with clock frequency used. The memory amounts to 512 megabytes of RAM and internal flash memory to 4 gigabytes. The...

Monday, March 10, 2014

Moov, the tracker activity coaches with Siri

Latest gadget dated trying to get a place on the "market  Quantified self  ", the Moov is a connected strap that wants performance. Officiating as a personal trainer, it has the advantage of providing advice tailored, depending on the discipline practiced. This new tracker activities was developed by Nikola Hu (former Apple engineer), in collaboration with Yuan Meng Li and Tony. Connected to...

Saturday, March 8, 2014

iPro: the ultimate concept between iMac and Mac Pro

A designer and Apple fan offers his vision of the ultimate workstation of the brand. Halfway between an iMac and a Mac Pro, the concept focuses on an all-in-one, combining design and performance. Called iPro, the workstation has been designed for professionals who wish to have at hand a powerful and practical tool, responding to their needs. The concept thus attempts to add the Mac Pro, a large movie screen. Thus, the user is...

Friday, March 7, 2014

iPhone 6 release before the summer ?

Usually held in early autumn, the release of the iPhone 6 could be advanced in June by Apple, evidenced by the 90 million copies ordered for 2014.  And if the iPhone 6 coming out in June? It is rumored that runs from the Chinese newspaper Commercial Times , taken by the Taiwanese daily reference Digitimes reported that Apple has ordered 90 million units in the Foxconn factories.  Each butterfly wing...

Thursday, March 6, 2014

The next Nexus 6 is based on the LG G3

The Mobile World Congress is an opportunity to discover new constructors, but conversations can sometimes lead to indiscretions on future products. This is for example the case of our German colleagues Gizmodo , who has learned from a source that the next Nexus smartphone is always produced by LG. Most importantly, the Nexus 6 could be simply derived from the next high-end phone from the Korean company, the G3 . The...

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

A 30-meter asteroid came close to Earth

The NASA has published a rating rather unexpected: an asteroid with a size of about 30 meters rose this week near the Earth, that is to say, a distance of 350,000 kilometers at its furthest point close, or about 35 000 km less than our Moon . Named 2014 DX110, its passage was held this morning at 10:00 (French time). If this kind of phenomenon is not very common, there is nothing exceptional, according to NASA,...

Facebook wants to swallow drones Manufacturer

According to a report by the well-informed online magazine Techcrunch.com the social network Facebook is to be interested in a takeover of the drones manufacturer Titan Aerospace. In space, a purchase price of 60 million U.S. dollars to lie but could not be confirmed so far. The company specializes in solar-powered drones that can stay up to five years in the air and fly at a high altitude. According to the report Facebook wants...

Sunday, March 2, 2014

An e-cig connected to vapoter while listening to music

Even electronic cigarettes set up their share of connectivity. After Smokio , another model made ​​its debut in the world of connected objects. In addition to contributing to smoking cessation, it acts as functional Bluetooth speaker. Called SuperSmoker, this electronic cigarette connected focuses more of its audio capabilities.Thanks to built-in speakers, it can stream music from an iOS or Android smartphone. Just pair...

Saturday, March 1, 2014

USB key to the future will be fine and sticky

And if the USB key was sticky? This is suggested by a design duo concept, reinventing classic support storage and data portability. Like the post-its, the next generation of USB key will be fine, self-adhesive and removable. Baptized DataSTICKIES , these storage devices can be stacked together for easy storage. Each USB drive is made ​​from graphene sandwiched between two layers of protection. Designed to be practical,...