Blink USB, flash device that alerts you of everything you can imagine

This is an interesting little gadget called the blink USB. This is a little USB dongle has a RGB LED in the end that can glow different colors. The small light slips into a USB port and has lots of programmable functionality that can be used as a status light just about anything you can think of. The device will work with Windows, Mac, or Linux operating systems allowing it to work with just about any computer you might have in the home or office. The LED inside the little flash drive can be adjusted for brightness, pattern, and color. That means you can set one color or flashing pattern to warn you of Twitter posts with specific keywords and...

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Enable Talk, gloves that allow deaf people to communicate

A group of Ukrainian programmers created the "Enable Talk" a device consisting of a pair of gloves that can contectar a smartphone and allows the individual gestures are seen as words on the screen and even listen. The gloves have sensors such as accelerometers and gyroscopes, which are present in controls Move Playstation, Nintendo Wii, cell phones and tablets, which were adapted to convert the movements of the hands in the air-to-speech and text that can be seen using bluetooth connection on smartphones. According to its developers, the device also has the ability to allow users to create and schedule certain gestures for certain words. Maxim...

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FIFA approves the Select iBall, a smart ball to detect ghost goal

When it comes professional soccer around the world, FIFA is the league where most of the major teams play. It’s not uncommon for the referees to have a difficult time calling a goal during a match because it can be hard to determine when the ball passes the goal line. FIFA has just approved a new high-tech soccer ball that will eliminate any misunderstandings when it comes to scoring a goal or not. The ball itself looks normal on the outside, but has bands of copper sensors on the inside that wrap completely around the ball. When a player kicks the ball through the goal, as soon as the entire ball crosses the goal line antennas mounted...

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Facebook gives terminate the services of Face.com

Less than a month, Facebook announced to the world to buy Face.com, the Israeli startup that is dedicated to providing facial recognition technology in images. But now, many developers will have to leave in search of new horizons when it is announced that the API to face.com does not go more. The notice was published in the official site and also Face.com have sent via email to its customers and developers, who may no longer using the products and services company. The reason for this change is very simple: Facebook wants to encourage the development of such products and services within the social network itself, so it is necessary to cut...

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Pocket TV turns any TV into a Smart TV

Anybody want to convert their "old" or similar LCD TV in one of those smart today are the latest fashion? May do so in the future thanks to Pocket TV, a project that is close to a week of their collection in Kickstarter and has proven very successful to the point that already has more than tripled its initial goal of $ 100,000. Pocket TV is something like a USB stick, but is connected to the TV via the HDMI port. Inside, the circuitry is sufficient to run Android 4.0 and from there up, add the features that are similar to those of a Smart TV. Of course, that the system can connect to Google Play and download applications, games, surfing...

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Aiptek projectors ready for iPhone OS and Android

Aiptek company, is developing new models of projectors for IOS and Android devices. The projector for iPhone 4/4S, called Mobile Cinema I505, the model for iPad Mobile Cinema 150D and Android smartphones has named Mobile Cinema A50P. These projectors will luminisodad of 35 lumens, a maximum image size 60 inches and a resolution of 640 x 480 VGA. It is expected that these accessories battery hold up to two hours without having to reload. IOS models will require an app (free) to use the projector, which also will be available soon and is named Aiptek Viewer, the Android model, does not need to app. These teams will be available...

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Google presents its new tablet Nexus 7

Event under the Google I / O 2012, the company also introduced its new operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, also showed the tablet Nexus 7. This device shows interesting technical features, starting with the use of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean factory-installed, the first device to have it officially. It also has an IPS LCD 7-inch with 1280 x 800 pixels, NVIDIA Tegra platform 3 with internal quad-core processor, a 12-core graphics chip and 1GB RAM showing great performance in 3D games and applications It also highlights the presence the front camera of 1.2 Megapixel for video calls, WiFi, Bluetooth and microUSB GPS, accelerometer and gyroscope...

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Google introduces Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

During the event, Google I / O 2012, the company introduced its new version for Android 4.1 mobile operating system codenamed "Jelly Bean", introducing a series of innovations and new features that seek to give new life to this platform for smartphones and tablets . Butter Project From the conference, the first thing mentioned was the "Butter Project," the name given to illustrate Google's mission to make the Android user experience much more fluid, ie, fast touch response times and reduced when open applications, windows, etc.. For that is that developed technologies that allow the central processor (CPU), graphics chip (GPU) and RAM work...

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