New Droid Turbo Charges to 8 Hours of Battery Life in Just 15 Minutes
• http://www.wired.comWith all the Nexuses and Galaxies and Motos and HTC Ones out there, the Droid lineup of phones can get lost in the shuffle.
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Technology: Computer Hardware
Out of juice? New battery technology could help smartphones last twice as long
• http://www.scmp.comSmartphones that last twice as long before they need to be recharged could soon become reality after a US tech start-up revealed a portable battery with more than double the capacity of those currently on the market.
BuyTREZOR.com
• buytrezor.comThe Hardware Bitcoin Wallet
This $99 Headset Could Get All of Us Hooked on VR
• http://www.wired.comWhile the world awaits a true consumer version of a virtual-reality headset like the Oculus Rift or Sony's Project Morpheus, the smartphone is emerging as an amuse-bouche for the VR appetite: Demo versions of the Samsung Gear VR already are appeari
With This Tiny Box, You Can Anonymize Everything You Do Online
• Wired.comNo tool in existence protects your anonymity on the Web better than the software Tor, which encrypts Internet traffic and bounces it through random computers around the world.
$10 Smartphone to digital microscope conversion!
• http://www.instructables.comThe world is an interesting place, but it's fascinating up close. Through the lens of a microscope you can find details that you would otherwise never notice. But now you can.
RoomAlive transforms your living room into an interactive video game
• http://www.gizmag.comMicrosoft Research has moved on from IllumiRoom, its concept for adding visuals to the periphery of gamers' television sets.
HTC goes into the actioncam market, with the RE
• http://www.gizmag.comAlthough HTC is best-known for its smartphones, today the company announced its venture into another product category – actioncams. The company has announced the RE, a viewfinder-less waterproof video camera that looks sort of like something you'd
See What's Buried in the Swiss Bunkers Turned Into Secretive Data Centers
• http://www.wired.com, By Pete Brook
Building lab-on-chip devices could soon be like playing with Lego
• http://www.gizmag.comWith their ability to guide and analyze tiny quantities of liquid, microfluidic "lab-on-chip" devices have found use in everything from seawater desalination to explosives detection to the viewing of viruses.
The Rise Of Open Source Hardware
• popsci.comHardware has always lagged behind software in the open source movement. But one website is beginning to change that.
Ideum experiments with tangible interface on projected capacitive touch tables
• http://www.gizmag.comMulti-touch hardware and software company Ideum is exploring a potential future for the workplace in which traditional desks give way to projected capacitive touch (PCT) tables that you use with both hand gestures and tangible objects. The project is
Augmented Reality Visor Will Overlay Data On The Real World
• http://www.popsci.comInstead of a Glass-like "phone on your face," Leap Motion's AR prototype genuinely blends the virtual and the physical.
The iPhone 6?s New Camera Could Forever Change Filmmaking
• http://www.wired.comAmidst all the hoopla over the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and their motion processors, faster CPUs, and larger screens, it was also announced that Apple's latest smartphones would have a much better camera.
The Man Who Will Build Google's Elusive Quantum Computer
• Wired.comJohn Martinis is one of the world's foremost experts on quantum computing, a growing field of science that aims to process information at super high speeds using strange physics of very tiny particles such as electrons and photons.
Supersize Your DIY Computing With Tiny Titan
• http://www.popsci.comTiny Titan runs a particle simulator. Each Raspberry Pi chip calculates the motion of one set of objects, communicating with its neighbors about the other particles' locations.
Seagate starts shipping world's first 8 TB hard drives
• gizmag.comFor many, solid-state drives are the way to go because of the speed advantages they offer over traditional platter-based hard drives.
Barebones Android PC aimed at low-cost 24/7 operation
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Chris WoodFrom full Windows machines to Chromeboxes, there's a fair bit of choice if you're looking for a small form factor desktop PC in 2014.
The Internet Has Grown Too Big for Its Aging Infrastructure
• http://www.wired.com, By Robert McMillanYesterday, the 20,000 customers who use a Lansing Michigan web hosting company called Liquid Web had some big internet problems. The reason: the internet grew too big for the memory chips in the company's Cisco routers.
IBM Unveils a 'Brain-Like' Chip With 4,000 Processor Cores
• Wired.comThe human brain is the world's most sophisticated computer, capable of learning new things on the fly, using very little data.
New drone antenna expands Wi-Fi range for disaster-struck areas
• gizmag.comResearchers from the University of North Texas (UNT) have demonstrated an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of supplying Wi-Fi to disaster-struck areas with a range of up to 5 km (3.1 miles).
How to share a hard drive across your Wi-Fi network
• http://www.gizmag.com, Brian BurgessHere's a look at sharing a hard drive across your network using your Wi-Fi router.
Flexible, Printed Batteries for Wearable Devices
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Daniel LoveringImprint Energy is developing a long-lasting, bendable, and rechargeable battery.
New Raspberry Pi Model B+ adds some useful improvements
• http://www.gizmag.com,The Raspberry Pi Model B+ offers some key improvements for the same price as the original model.
Forget "OK Glass," MindRDR Is A Google Glass App You Control With Your Thoughts
• techcrunch.comGoogle Glass has made a name for itself (somewhat infamously) as head-mounted hardware that you can control with your voice and a sliding finger.
HummingBoard is set to take a bite out of Raspberry Pi
• gizmag.comSince shipping in 2012, Raspberry Pi boards have found themselves the brains of such diverse DIY projects as a mobile phone, a touchscreen computer or even a treat dispenser for the family dog.
The Shadow Internet That's 100 Times Faster Than Google Fiber
• http://www.wired.com, By Klint FinleyWhen Google chief financial officer Patrick Pichette said the tech giant might bring 10 gigabits per second internet connections to American homes, it seemed like science fiction.
Study: D-Wave is world's first quantum computer, not simulation
• dvice.comQuantum computer manufacturer D-Wave has been under a lot of scrutiny.
THE MACHINE...
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Julie BortHP demonstrated on Wednesday a breakthrough computer project from HP Labs known internally as "The Machine."
EzeeCube home cloud makes your photos and videos accessible from anywhere
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Stu RobartsAs our recent Cloud storage comparison guide demonstrated, there are plenty of options for storing your photos and videos with an online storage provider, such as Google or Dropbox.
