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, …
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Garmin’s Slim vívoactive Bridges Smartwatches and Fitness Trackers
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 …
Garmin’s Slim vívoactive Bridges Smartwatches and Fitness Trackers
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 Coat Lets You Signal Your Turn With Flashing LEDs
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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Watch Some Penguins Use an iPad (It’s as Adorable as It Sounds)
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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Watch Some Penguins Use an iPad (It’s as Adorable as It Sounds)
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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Report: The American Drone Fleet Is Stretched to ‘Breaking Point’
The U.S. Air Forces has been forced to admit that too many missions not enough crew means that its drone fleet is currently being stretched to “breaking point.”
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Report: The American Drone Fleet Is Stretched to ‘Breaking Point’
The U.S. Air Forces has been forced to admit that too many missions not enough crew means that its drone fleet is currently being stretched to “breaking point.”
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Paraglide rope swinging looks as insanely crazy as it sounds
French BASE jumper Matthias Giraud had the “ridiculously dumb idea” of making a paraglide rope swing. Everyone probably told him that it was also a bad, absolutely crazy idea but, after a couple of years of preparation, he went with some friends to the Columbia River Gorge and did it. This is what happened:
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Nokia 215: Internet in Your Pocket For $30
Microsoft’s latest smartphone launch is no flagship—but that’s not to say it’s unimportant. Costing just $30, it’s perhaps the cheapest way to get a slice of the web in your your hand.
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