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Contact lenses upgrade your eyes to enable true immersive VR
Our eyes are just not built for the future. It sucks, but it's true. We can't physically focus on things that are very close to us, which is why we're not all rocking high-resolution immersive virtual reality displays built into our eyeglasses. How do we fix this problem? Simple: we upgrade our eyeballs.
Our eyes are just not built for the future. It sucks, but it's true. We can't physically focus on things that are very close to us, which is why we're not all rocking high-resolution immersive virtual reality displays built into our eyeglasses. How do we fix this problem? Simple: we upgrade our eyeballs.
Cálmate: Put Down Your Smartphone To Feel Better
A study by the British Psychological Society found a link between stress levels and the number of times a person picks up their smartphone to check messages and mails. As an addict, I can completely agree with this finding. In short, the more you do it, the worse you feel. Oddly, the study found that less stress was induced when checking work e-mail rather than other online interactions. The group conducted a survey of 100 Britons in different lines of work. The study found something they called ...
A study by the British Psychological Society found a link between stress levels and the number of times a person picks up their smartphone to check messages and mails. As an addict, I can completely agree with this finding. In short, the more you do it, the worse you feel. Oddly, the study found that less stress was induced when checking work e-mail rather than other online interactions. The group conducted a survey of 100 Britons in different lines of work. The study found something they called ...
Image of the Day: map of every tree in the United States
About 30% of the Earth's surface is covered in forests and they hold up to 45% of the carbon stored on land. Scientists at NASA are trying to determine if our forests could store more carbon in the future, but first they need an inventory of the trees on our planet now.
About 30% of the Earth's surface is covered in forests and they hold up to 45% of the carbon stored on land. Scientists at NASA are trying to determine if our forests could store more carbon in the future, but first they need an inventory of the trees on our planet now.
Lost And Found In The Paneldome: The iRiffPort
We get mailed a lot of stuff at TechCrunch and sometimes a good item will slip through the cracks. This iRiffPort has been sitting in my pile of gear since it came out in October. I wrote a review. Shot some photos. It was all ready to roll and then somehow it got misplaced and I forgot about it completely. Too bad, because it is a good cable. This week, I received a postcard from Kevin Robertson , head honcho at PocketLabWorks and also the creator of ...
We get mailed a lot of stuff at TechCrunch and sometimes a good item will slip through the cracks. This iRiffPort has been sitting in my pile of gear since it came out in October. I wrote a review. Shot some photos. It was all ready to roll and then somehow it got misplaced and I forgot about it completely. Too bad, because it is a good cable. This week, I received a postcard from Kevin Robertson , head honcho at PocketLabWorks and also the creator of ...
Ferrari headphones fill your head with high-speed sound
These days it seems like just about every celebrity has their own signature line of headphones, so why not a car company like Ferrari? After all, aficionados of the brand will tell you that a Ferrari engine makes its own kind of beautiful music.
These days it seems like just about every celebrity has their own signature line of headphones, so why not a car company like Ferrari? After all, aficionados of the brand will tell you that a Ferrari engine makes its own kind of beautiful music.
LG Styler Refreshes Your Stinky, Wrinkly Clothes With Steam
If you needed any more proof that the future is already upon us, take a gander at the LG Styler. It looks like a refrigerator at first glance, but opening the door reveals that it isn’t meant for food — rather, it’s your clothes are meant to go inside. While we first thought the Styler was just a concept design, it turns out that the handsome clothing refresher has been on the market in South Korea for a while now. Still, LG spent these months wisely by making sure ...
Quitting smoking cold turkey just as effective as using the patch
Saving money is one of the more popular spurs to quit smoking, but with nicotine patches and gum lumped into pricey kick-the-habit programs (hell, they even have hypnotism these days), the quitting can be pretty expensive itself. As it turns out, nicotine patches don't actually help smokers much at all, and quitting cold turkey is just as effective.
Saving money is one of the more popular spurs to quit smoking, but with nicotine patches and gum lumped into pricey kick-the-habit programs (hell, they even have hypnotism these days), the quitting can be pretty expensive itself. As it turns out, nicotine patches don't actually help smokers much at all, and quitting cold turkey is just as effective.
Hands On: The Nintendo Wii U
One of the first things I was told when I ducked into one of Nintendo’s suites to play with the Wii U was what they wouldn’t tell me. Price, release date, technical specs, games in development — all of these were taboo topics that would be (and were) met with a gentle dismissal if I broached the subject. Great. With that load lifted, I picked up the Wii U controller and dove in. Holding the Wii U controller is your hand is… unusual. It’s been historically rare ...
One of the first things I was told when I ducked into one of Nintendo’s suites to play with the Wii U was what they wouldn’t tell me. Price, release date, technical specs, games in development — all of these were taboo topics that would be (and were) met with a gentle dismissal if I broached the subject. Great. With that load lifted, I picked up the Wii U controller and dove in. Holding the Wii U controller is your hand is… unusual. It’s been historically rare ...
Inexpensive polymer radically reduces greenhouse gases at source
In a rapidly warming world, the task of finding a way to reduce greenhouse gases — primarily carbon dioxide — has been on the mind of scientists everywhere. Because so much of what we do produces carbon dioxide, a widespread solution was thought to be expensive and challenging to introduce. Now, a team of researchers may have found a solution courtesy of an inexpensive polymeric material.
In a rapidly warming world, the task of finding a way to reduce greenhouse gases — primarily carbon dioxide — has been on the mind of scientists everywhere. Because so much of what we do produces carbon dioxide, a widespread solution was thought to be expensive and challenging to introduce. Now, a team of researchers may have found a solution courtesy of an inexpensive polymeric material.
Eyes On: The Tagg Pet Tracker
Qualcomm subsidiary Snaptracs was on hand at Pepcom’s Digital Experience event to demo their Tagg pet tracker , and really — what better way to do it than with a large stuffed dog? See that grey doodad on Fido’s neck? That’s the Tagg tracker proper, and assuming you remembered to charge it, you’ll be able to ping the tracker at any time from your PC or smartphone in order to figure out where your dog ran off to. You can also set up specific “Tagg zones” that ...
Qualcomm subsidiary Snaptracs was on hand at Pepcom’s Digital Experience event to demo their Tagg pet tracker , and really — what better way to do it than with a large stuffed dog? See that grey doodad on Fido’s neck? That’s the Tagg tracker proper, and assuming you remembered to charge it, you’ll be able to ping the tracker at any time from your PC or smartphone in order to figure out where your dog ran off to. You can also set up specific “Tagg zones” that ... 
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