Google Maps & Places Coming To the Kia Sorento CUV
The Korean car manufacturers (think Hyundai and Kia) are making a serious go at it. There cars are improving massively, looking better, and stealing market share from the older goats. In this case, Kia is going to improve their UVO eServices telematics in a big way by teaming up with Google. The Google/Kia system will […]
Secom Surveillance Robotic Quadcopter
The Secom autonomous quadcopter is a high tech flying surveillance robot. You no longer need to go outside to protect your domicile, just launch the Secom Helicopter and watch the live video feed from the safety of your living room. Seecom's autonomous flying surveillance robot works by detecting and following intruders. The unit uses a […]
Burrito Bomber UAV Delivers Food From The Sky
Yep, it was only a matter of time before the local food delivery guy on the scooter was replaced by a UAV remote control airplane?? The Burrito Bomber is just that, an unmanned autopiloted remote control airplane that can carry a 3-inch diameter 500 gram burrito. The burrito is then dropped on the exact location […]
Memoto Wearable Camera
A Swedish company hopes to have everyone wearing their Memoto Camera. The Memoto camera is about the size of a postage stamp and clips on to your clothing with a tiny stainless steel clip. This wearable camera will snap a 5 megapixel picture every 30 seconds and stamp it with a GPS location. Expect to […]
iPhone 5
The latest iPhone 5 is set for pre-orders tonight at midnight and will most likely sell out rather quickly. The main improvements include new earbuds (called earpods), a 4-inch widescreen Retina display, a beefier A6 processor, a slightly sexier aluminum enclosure, a new back, a thinner design, 4G LTE, dual-channel 802.11n 5GHz networking, a centered […]
Largest QuadCopter Swarm Takes To The Sky
People in Linz, Austria were lucky enough to see an amazing swarm of 50 Quadcopters performing a synchronized lightshow. A smart group from the Ars Electronica Futurelab and Ascending Technologies GmbH launched 50 AscTec Hummingbird quadcopters at the same time. The AscTec Hummingbird Quadrocopters put on a pretty cool lightshow. Video after the break.
Garmin Fenix GPS Watch
The integration of smartphones with great digital cameras, GPS, etc, is finally here. Now it is time to get the watch / GPS integration to a usable level. The Garmin Fenix GPS Watch is getting closer to what I have in mind, the watch allows users to create trips, routes, record waypoints, drop GPS bread […]
iPhone 5 Rumors Made Into 3D Video
Starting this off with a confession, I love my iPhone, in fact I have had every iPhone to date, minus the iPhone 4S. Although the 4 to 4S hop was good for the hardware, I decided to wait for the iPhone 5 this time around. So, I have been following the rumors closely. If the […]
Olympus Tough TG-1iHS Waterproof Digital Camera
We have seen plenty of tough cameras, but the Olympus TG-1 might just be the best to date. Sure the Tough TG-1 is waterproof to 40FT, shockproof to 6.6FT, crushproof to 220LBF, freezeproof to 14F, and dustproof, but it has an amazing high-speed f2.0, 4x optical zoom lens. The camera is full HD, has a […]
Roamz 2.0 App – Social Goggles For the Real World
Roamz 2.0 (free) recently received a facelift and a batch of new features., Roamz is an iOS app (4.3 or higher) that lets users find local events in real time while traveling about., The app uses local content and social media to help discover what is going on around the user., There is also a […]