US chip giant Intel said Friday it will trim its workforce by five percent this year as it shifts from personal computers to powering mobile gadgets. Word of the job cuts came a day after Intel reported that its net profit last year sank ...
For decades, futurists have been predicting the era of the "smart" home, where you don't need to be home to lock your doors, dim your lights or adjust your thermostats. But except for the homes of the wealthy and a few hobbyists, the smart ...
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Wearable Electronics, often also referred as wearable computing or wearable technology, is the most buzzing next-generation aspect in the consumer electronic and computing technology industry in the current scenario. It is expected to be ...
UnderCurrent was very busy running around CES last week, checking out all the latest gadgets on display stands that can only be described as gargantuan and borderline over-the-top.But while the finished product was very impressive to see, ...
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The start of a new year is often a time for reflection and a resolve to change. Whether the resolutions are big or small, most people by now are already starting down the path to a new and better version of themselves. A new WebMD survey ...
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This is the CES of the wearable gadget. And, while there are all sorts of technologies you can wear-after all, earbuds are wearable-the big explosion is in fitness trackers. The first wave of these small gadgets, worn on a wrist, clipped on ...
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While 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 ...
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Gadget 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 ...
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There's a sensor in a bra, in your socks, on your wrist, attached to your chest, in the ears: wearable tech is spreading all over the body. The growing use of embedded wearable devices connected to a smartphone is spawning a massive ...
We've all seen news alerts for missing senior citizens. Sometimes those have a happy outcome, and other times they don't. I'm sure parents of kids with special needs also live with the worry that their child might wander off and get lost. ...
Tags: portable GPS tracking devices, eTrak, eZoom, tracking signal
Here are a few things that have stood out for me from the past several days at the Consumer Electronics Show. 5G: The rollout of 4G LTE services may be still a work in progress, but that doesn't mean the folks who develop wireless ...
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Despite the hoopla, wearable gadgets like wristwatches for checking your text messages or eyeglasses that capture video are unlikely to make a splash with consumers anytime soon, given the clumsy designs, high prices and technological ...
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Perhaps the most impressive thing that Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced at CES, the giant tech show in Las Vegas, this week, had nothing to do with new gadgets. Rather, it was the fact that in 2014, Intel will no longer use any ...
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Photo: Tekla Perry One of Samsung's new curved TVs Press day, the day before the official opening of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), always brings new product and technology announcements from the large TV ...
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Scientists are reporting the development of a novel metal ink made of small sheets of copper that can be used to write a functioning, flexible electric circuit on regular printer paper. Their report on the conductive ink, which could pave ...
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