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If you’ve ever stumbled your way through a foreign adventure trying to dissect a map and used giant obnoxious hand gestures to communicate with locals, then it’s time you updated your apps. Japanese electronics company Omron has developed an augmented reality application that can instantaneously translate reasonable lengths of foreign texts perplexed tourists may encounter [...]
When you go camping, the little luxuries you’re able to bring along can mean the world. An air mattress, a generator, a waterproof tent (trust me, this is important) – these things can make ‘roughing it’ a little more tolerable. But for a tech addict, a link to the connected world can be difficult to [...]
On the big screen, that is. Yep, robots are getting their own film festival next weekend in New York City. July 16 and 17 at Three Legged Dog theatre in lower Manhattan, the first ever Robot Film Festival will showcase dozens of short films – as well as a filmmaking workshop and robot entertainers. Then, [...]
High-end audio technology innovator Artison and North America’s number one lighting company, Osram Sylvania, have come together to create MusicLites, a wireless speaker and light combination that will take your average light bulb experience from ‘meh’ to mesmerizing. The pretty speakers fit into any existing ceiling lighting fixtures and shine a warm LED glow while [...]
With your average bandage, your options pretty much end at ‘fabric or plastic’. But researchers in Melbourne, Australia have successfully developed a new wound-covering material that would enable your bandage to talk. It’s called the “Smart” bandage, and it works kind of like a mood ring. The special material (that’s woven into the bandage) reacts [...]
For kids (and some late-blooming teenagers), climbing trees is considered fun. For anyone over the age of fourteen – not so much. No one looks “cool” clinging to a flimsy branch for dear life as they demand passersby below to phone 9-1-1. This robot, however, will willingly scale trees day after day because, well, it [...]
Just in case stalking your child’s Facebook profile, tweets and snooping through their text messages while they sleep isn’t satisfying your Big Brother parenting needs, I have good news for you. A new Android app called iGuardianTeen will watch over your precious baby’s driving habits when you aren’t in the passenger seat to nag about [...]
Ford’s brand new interface, the MyFord Touch system, is the auto powerhouse’s next generation addition to their SYNC technology. The system is displayed over three LCD screens, and does pretty much anything you can imagine. Some of its many features include: two USB ports (for your gadget needs), an SD card slot (because everyone wants [...]
Whenever a flashy new revolutionary technology comes around, two types of people get excited – the average users who are intrigued by the new gadget’s intended purpose, and the hardcore geeks who can’t wait to mod the thing and see what else it’s capable of. Xbox’s latest offering, the Kinect system, is no different. When [...]
Tech geeks don’t holler and break bottles like sports fanatics do after a big win, but if you see a few nerd-types decked out with LG gadgets high-fiving each other this week, it’s because they just won a longstanding battle with Samsung – at least for now. Last month, Samsung silenced competitors with its 55-inch [...]
The Social Media Sobriety Test is a new Firefox extension designed to protect you from, well, yourself. Your drunk 3 a.m. self, to be exact. As their tagline says, “Nothing good happens online after 1 a.m.” Anyone who has woken up to an embarrassing video, an unfortunate status update, or a desperate tweet to an [...]
After reading a title as shocking as this one, I’ll give you a moment to catch your breath. If Apple is known for one thing besides their consistent gadget genius, it’s their notoriously strict guidelines for deciding which software has what it takes to be included into the App Store. As you might have guessed, [...]
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QNAP has donated a multi-bay, Gigabit Ethernet, NAS unit for each workshop attendee! We'll show you how to work it, and you'll take one home at the end of the weekend for fast, reliable and redundant storage.
Belkin has donated a new WiFi router for every participant! You can use it to get your QNAP NAS online!
ProPrompter is donating an iPad prompting bracket for every attendee as well! So you can get your prompt on, after you learn how to use it.
