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Dartmouth Team Uses Smart LED Light to Track Human Motion
Nov 11, 2015A Dartmouth College team has created the first light-sensing system that reconstructs human postures continuously and unobtrusively, furthering efforts to create smart spaces in which people control their environment with simple gestures. ...
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Sawyer Recommended to Discontinue Claims for The Point-of-Use Water Filter Products
Jan 16, 2015The National Advertising Division has recommended that Sawyer Products, Inc., discontinue certain claims for the company’s point-of-use water filter products, although NAD determined the company could support the claim that its ...
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Basketball Jerseys Detect Impending Heart Failure and Call The Ambulance for You
Mar 1, 2014We're in the beginning of a world in which everything is connected to the Internet and with one another, while powerful yet relatively cheap computers analyze all that data for ways to improve lives. Toothbrushes tell your mirror to ...
Tags: Service, Consumer Electronics
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Nationwide Marketing Group Plans to Offer Its Dealer Members an Online Platform to Buy
Feb 27, 2014The Nationwide Marketing group plans to offer its dealer members an online platform to buy, sell and trade excess and unwanted inventory. The program, provided by Harrisburg, Pa.-based Invenshare.com, allows dealers to easily add ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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The Facebook Deal for WhatsApp Drew Attention for Its Whopping Price Tag
Feb 20, 2014The Facebook deal for WhatsApp drew attention for its whopping price tag, but has also brought out fresh criticism over security for the billions of messages delivered on the platform. WhatsApp, which is to be acquired for $19 billion, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Wearable Devices Have a Relatively High Level of Consumer Awareness at Around 50 Percent
Jan 15, 2014Related NPD CE Holiday Sales Rise: NPD NPD Black Friday CE Sales Up 10%: NPD NPD Anchors Aweigh NPD OTT Viewing Tops With Young Adults Port Washington, N.Y. – Wearable devices have a relatively high level of consumer awareness at ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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US-Based Vuzix Showed off Its First Commercially Available "Smart Glasses"
Jan 13, 2014While many of the digital glitterati thronging this week's Consumer Electronics Show were wearing Google's new Internet glasses, rival online eyewear products abounded among the trade stands. US-based Vuzix showed off what it billed as ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Google, Internet glasses, smart glasses
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Gadget Lovers Slips on Fitness Bands That Track Movement and Buckling on Smartwatches
Jan 10, 2014Gadget lovers are slipping on fitness bands that track movement and buckling on smartwatches that let them check phone messages. Some brave souls are even donning Google's geeky-looking Glass eyewear. For the technology industry, this ...
Tags: smartwatches, technology industry, wearable computing devices, eyeglasses
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People Just Don't Want Snoopy Robots Spying on Them
Jan 3, 2014Two years ago,the U.S.Congress mandated that the Federal Aviation Administration integrate robotic aircraft into national airspace by 2015.The FAA has since taken only baby steps toward that goal,but the topic has already sparked much ...
Tags: drone, U.S.Congress, robotic aircraft, national airspace
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The U.S. Government Announced Six States on Monday That Will Develop Test Sites for Drones
Jan 2, 2014The U.S. government announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanned aircraft into American skies. Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia will ...
Tags: test sites for drones, unmanned aircraft, US
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Google Glass Allows Users to Snap Pictures by Winking
Dec 26, 2013Google Glass announced updates to the software in its Internet-linked eyewear to allow users to snap pictures by winking. The new feature, which promises to escalate privacy concerns already being voiced about the high-tech gadget, came ...
Tags: Google Glass, Consumer Electronics
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Taking a Picture on Google's Smart Glasses Is Now as Easy as Winking
Dec 20, 2013Taking a picture on Google's smart glasses is now as easy as winking.The newly official feature allows Google Glass wearers to capture images without resorting to the drudgery of pressing a camera button above the right eye or speaking the ...
Tags: Google Glass, Google's smart glasses, capture images, take pictures
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Trend Micro Has Outlined Its Security Predictions for 2014
Dec 13, 2013Trend Micro has outlined its security predictions for 2014, and it has forecast that one major data breach will occur every month next year. It has also predicted an increase in advanced mobile banking and targeted attacks, along with ...
Tags: Trend Micro, Security, data breach, internet, web
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Kingston Has Announced The Release of DTVP 3.0 Secure USB Flash Drive
Nov 25, 2013To help enterprises safeguard business data and set security policies for end-users at an affordable price, Kingston has announced the release of the DataTraveler Vault Privacy 3.0 (DTVP) secure USB Flash drive as well as the DataTraveler ...
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A Disruptor Is Literally Mapping out a Claim to How to Successfully Monetize Mobile
Nov 14, 2013As local digital media wrestles with the question of how to successfully monetize mobile, a potential new disruptor is literally mapping out a claim to that space. Indoor marketing — the practice of targeting, following and serving ...