The Next Two Decades
Tomorrow's Wireless WorldOfcomThe British telecom regulator, Ofcom, released its most recent technology research report last week--a research project that tries to project where various trends will...
View ArticleSony's New Internal Wireless Tech Snips Wires Inside Your Gadgets
Sony Circuit BoardManabu Shimohira/FlickrWire-free updates to circuit boards like this one could mean more reliable gear from Sony.Wireless TV just got a whole new meaning. Sony has just announced a...
View ArticleSkinput Turns Any Bodily Surface Into a Touch Interface
SkinputThe future of touchscreen interfaces is: you? A project between a Carnegie Mellon researcher and a couple of creative thinkers over at Microsoft Research have created Skinput, a...
View ArticleThe Light from Your Desk Lamp Could Carry Broadband Signals
Wireless Web Via LED LightVelo Steve via FlickrGerman researchers have figure out how to broadcast wireless Internet via a visual-spectrum signal through commercial LEDs.A bright idea coming out of...
View ArticleCity of St. Cloud Will Install Energy-Saving LED Lights That Also Blink...
LEDs Can Provide Green Lighting While Also Beaming Broadband to Devices OpticallyVelo Steve via FlickrLast year, we wrote about a particularly bright scheme for using a room's lighting to also transmit...
View ArticleTrojan-Horse MP3s Could Let Hackers Break Into Your Car Remotely, Researchers...
DashboardKarl Frankowski via FlickrLast year we told you how hackers could someday infiltrate your car's control systems and install malware to take things over, as long as they had some computer...
View ArticleDARPA Wants to Bring Wireless Power to Troops and Their Gadgets in the Field
Technology in the FieldU.S. Navy via WikimediaToo much gadget and not enough battery. It's a problem any early adopter of a smartphone has faced (and, to some degree, is still facing) and can be a...
View ArticleHow Guns Got Smarter
Smart GunSteve KarpAs any science-fiction fan knows, a smart gun is designed to work only for the person authorized to use it. Since the 19th century, Smith & Wesson, Colt, and even Silicon Valley...
View ArticleThe Next Two Decades
Science A British government agency explores the potential impact of key technological trends in the next twenty years The British telecom regulator, Ofcom, released its most recent technology...
View ArticleSony's New Internal Wireless Tech Snips Wires Inside Your Gadgets
Gadgets Fewer wires mean less breakdowns and smaller packages Wireless TV just got a whole new meaning. Sony has just announced a new short-range, intra-gadget technology that clocks a 11Gbps transfer...
View ArticleSkinput Turns Any Bodily Surface Into a Touch Interface
Gadgets The future of touchscreen interfaces is: you? A project between a Carnegie Mellon researcher and a couple of creative thinkers over at Microsoft Research have created… The future of...
View ArticleThe Light from Your Desk Lamp Could Carry Broadband Signals
Technology The future of wireless: illumination as information A bright idea coming out of Germany's Fraunhofer Institute could change the way we connect to the Internet in the future, as well as...
View ArticleCity of St. Cloud Will Install Energy-Saving LED Lights That Also Blink...
Science Not to be confused with Bespin, the Cloud City Last year, we wrote about a particularly bright scheme for using a room's lighting to also transmit data, creating a wireless Internet connection...
View ArticleTrojan-Horse MP3s Could Let Hackers Break Into Your Car Remotely, Researchers...
Gadgets Last year we told you how hackers could someday infiltrate your car’s control systems and install malware to take things over, as long as they had some computer skills and a… Last year we told...
View ArticleDARPA Wants to Bring Wireless Power to Troops and Their Gadgets in the Field
Technology Too much gadget and not enough battery. It's a problem any early adopter of a smartphone has faced (and, to some degree, is still facing) and can be a particular hassle when… Too much...
View ArticleHow Guns Got Smarter
Technology The marketplace might finally be catching up to science fiction As any science-fiction fan knows, a smart gun is designed to work only for the person authorized to use it. Since the 19th...
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