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The Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China was rocked by a huge explosion at around 7 pm local time. According to a CCTV reporter on the scene and reported by MIC Gadgets, the explosion and ensuing fire occurred inside the building where iPad 2s are manufactured. We can confirm that at approximately 7 pm on May [...]
The world’s most useless machine, which is essentially a small electronic box that turns itself off whenever you try to turn it on, first made waves on the Internet a couple of years ago. It became so popular that companies began selling kits so the average person could enjoy all of the heart-pounding excitement at [...]
Internet users tap Facebook Inc.’s “Like” and Twitter Inc.’s “Tweet” buttons to share content with friends. But these tools also let their makers collect data about the websites people are visiting. These so-called social widgets, which appear atop stories on news sites or alongside products on retail sites, notify Facebook and Twitter that a person [...]
Tiny robots working by themselves and communicating only with each other can explore and map buildings, a team of U.S. researchers that built the machines says. The robots, with advanced autonomous capability, developed by a team from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania and the California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [...]
After an embarrassing delay due to “unexpected” problems, Verizon Wireless has launched its second smartphone capable of using its newly minted high-speed Long Term Evolution data network. The Samsung Droid Charge was scheduled for release in late April before the LTE network briefly crashed in some areas, preventing new activations and slowing data speeds, but [...]
Samsung and 3D company RealD are teaming up to license a new, full-resolution 3D technology to consumer electronics makers, the companies announced today. Discussed at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, the new technology promises better and brighter image quality. The technology brings active shutter functionality to the display, which alternates content viewing between [...]
Wireless devices tend to have a pretty limited range of connection options, but a new mouse from HP adds a new one to the fray: Wi-Fi. Rather than operate via Bluetooth or a RF-equipped USB dongle, HP’s Wi-Fi Mobile Mouse uses the same receiver as a computer’s wireless connection. This not only frees up a [...]
Per CNET: Rumor had it that Apple or Google was going to release this vaguely humanoid robot, and of course rumor was wrong. Turns out it’s a California telepresence company called RoboDynamics. The robot is named Luna and is intended to be a programmable, open-source household companion. SchultzeWorks, also in California, did the design.
It could go down as one of the most irritating inventions in history. Scientists have devised a gadget that will allow mobile phones to be recharged simply by talking into them. The technology turns sound into electricity, allowing a mobile to be powered up while a conversation is in progress – and the greater the [...]
Sony’s PlayStation Network, already down for almost three weeks because of a massive security breach, may not be fully available until May 31, after the Memorial Day weekend when U.S. gamers will want to be playing, as well as honoring veterans and throwing burgers on the barbecue. A Toykyo-based spokesman for the company told Bloomberg [...]