Humanity’s endless march to make gadgets smaller has led to countless compromises in the name of miniaturization. Thinner smartphones mean terrible battery life, and compact wireless speakers seem to completely forget our ears love bass. At least Philips is trying to fix the latter with its new FL3X Bluetooth speaker that expands like a collapsible cup to create a resonance chamber that promises to improve its bass performance.
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Humanity’s endless march to make gadgets smaller has led to countless compromises in the name of miniaturization. Thinner smartphones mean terrible battery life, and compact wireless speakers seem to completely forget our ears love bass. At least Philips is trying to fix the latter with its new FL3X Bluetooth speaker that expands like a collapsible cup to create a resonance chamber that promises to improve its bass performance.
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By Dong Ngo Netgear’s first mobile Internet solution uses Sprint cellular service, and costs $25 per 1GB of data with no contract or time restriction.
By Eric Limer
LG’s ludicrous banana phone wasn’t just a one-off; it’s back for a second go. Like it’s older brother, the G Flex 2’s main trick is still just being curved, but this time it’s also just a way better phone.
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The term breathalyzer is most commonly associated with a device used by law enforcement to measure someone’s blood alcohol content after they’ve been pulled over. But with a few tweaks made to the chemicals used in a breathalyzer’s sensor, the device can also be used for detecting other problems. Instead of measuring BAC, …
At one time we all carried separate cellphones and MP3 players because there just wasn’t a single device that did both well—and then the iPhone arrived. The same problem exists between fitness trackers and smartwatches. Neither does the other one’s job particularly well, but it doesn’t have to be that way. At least according to Garmin, who’s crammed both a smartwatch and a fitness tracker into its …
At one time we all carried separate cellphones and MP3 players because there just wasn’t a single device that did both well—and then the iPhone arrived. The same problem exists between fitness trackers and smartwatches. Neither does the other one’s job particularly well, but it doesn’t have to be that way. At least according to Garmin, who’s crammed both a smartwatch and a fitness tracker into its …
This is the Visijax wearable, or, to put it another way: a coat. But it’s got a trick quite literally up it’s sleeve, in the form of embedded LEDs that flash when the rider raises his arm to signal a turn.
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Watching animals use gadgets is always fun. So amid the hubbub of CES announcements and the drudgery that is the first working Monday of 2015, why not settle back and watch some penguins play with an iPad?
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