Video: MIT Students' DIY "Minority Report" Glove Mouse
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Project Smart Pill BoxFor people with memory-degrading conditions like Alzheimer's, it's not always easy, or even possible, to remember to take one's medicine. Yet forgetting to take your meds—or...
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View ArticleVideo: Makeup Software Uses 3-D Imaging to Automatically Design Your Look
Your Computerized Personal Makeup ArtistYour computer can do your taxes, your appointment scheduling, and your grocery shopping, and now it can do your makeup as well. On display at CeBIT is a new...
View Article2011 Invention Awards: A Mirror That Monitors Vital Signs
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View ArticleVideo: An Augmented Reality "Mirror" That Alters Your Appearance
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View ArticleThe Goods: May 2012's Hottest Gadgets
This month's roundup of The Goods includes a bowling ball for your smartphone, a reshapeable webcam, a tennis racket designed for complete player comfort, and much more.Click to see the hottest gear of...
View ArticleMake Your Own Doorbell Spy Cam
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View ArticleThe First Affordable Home Security System That Can Think For Itself
Canary Hardware And AppCanaryCanary, a new networked home security system, was posted on Indiegogo this morning. There are lots of similar inexpensive systems out there--most notably the Dropcam--but...
View ArticleVirgin Mobile's YouTube Ads Change When You Blink
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View ArticleVideo: MIT Students' DIY "Minority Report" Glove Mouse
Technology The engineering students' project costs less than $100 Many augmented reality projects like to cite Minority Report as an inspiration, but MIT's Glove Mouse project takes a very direct cue...
View ArticleA Smart Pill Box Uses Face Recognition Tech to Ensure We Take Our Meds
Science For people with memory-degrading conditions like Alzheimer’s, it’s not always easy, or even possible, to remember to take one’s medicine. Yet forgetting to take your meds—or… For people with...
View ArticleToshiba's Automated Checkout Cam Can Distinguish Different Varieties of Apple
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View ArticleVideo: Makeup Software Uses 3-D Imaging to Automatically Design Your Look
Gadgets Your computer can do your taxes, your appointment scheduling, and your grocery shopping, and now it can do your makeup as well. On display at CeBIT is a new technology that… Your computer can...
View Article2011 Invention Awards: A Mirror That Monitors Vital Signs
DIY A no-touch system tracks your health One night in late 2009, Ming-Zher Poh and his roommate, Dan McDuff, asked some friends to sit in front of a laptop. Poh, an electrical- and medical-engineering...
View ArticleVideo: An Augmented Reality "Mirror" That Alters Your Appearance
Technology Using a webcam hooked up to custom PC software, a pair of researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, have created an augmented reality “mirror” that morphs your facial… Using a webcam...
View ArticleThe Goods: May 2012's Hottest Gadgets
Gadgets A dozen great ideas in gear This month's roundup of The Goods includes a bowling ball for your smartphone, a reshapeable webcam, a tennis racket designed for complete player comfort, and much...
View ArticleMake Your Own Doorbell Spy Cam
Gadgets A simple surveillance rig that e-mails photos of visitors. The mother of invention may be necessity, but French telecom engineer Clément Storck learned his father can play that role too. To...
View ArticleThe First Affordable Home Security System That Can Think For Itself
Gadgets "Your cat is just chasing a reflection. Maybe I shouldn't alert the homeowner about this. Or, wait...maybe I should." Canary, a new networked home security system, was posted on Indiegogo this...
View ArticleVirgin Mobile's YouTube Ads Change When You Blink
Technology "BlinkWashing" seems pretty useless, but it's a ton of fun. Virgin Mobile has introduced a feature to its YouTube page that switches to a new ad at the blink of an eye. It's called...
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