Watch the iPhone Control a 'Mars' Rover on Earth
iPhone Rovers Fly me to Mars! Eclipse Astronauts probably won't use iPhone-controlled Mars rovers if they ever get to the red planet, but perhaps NASA could glean some lessons from the demo here on...
View ArticleRepurposed Tech: Don't Throw Your Old iPhone Away
Don't Stay Home Without It Old iPhones can perform a host of useful functions. KoppIllustration.com If your old iPhone's been sitting neglected on your desk since you upgraded to a shiny new iPhone 4,...
View ArticleMIT Software Easily Stitches Together Any Display Screens Into 'Junkyard...
Junkyard Jumbotron MIT Center for Future Civic Media Is your latest photo just too great to show on a small touchscreen? Gather up all your mobile devices and old computers and stitch them together....
View ArticleInterfaith Group Calls For Shutting Off All Devices During Holy Week
Put 'Em Face Down Could you turn off all your screens for a week? Yutaka Tsutano via Flickr To celebrate Holy Week — the seven days between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday — a group of interfaith...
View ArticleYour iPhone Keeps a Secret Log of Everywhere You Go, Security Experts Find
iPhone Location Tracking Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan British security researchers have figured out that iPhones keep track of where their owners go, saving data to the device and uploading it to a...
View ArticleiPhone Controlled Cannon Tosses Beer From the Fridge
Beer Me Ryan Rusnak programmed a three-second delay between trigger and release so you have time to put down your iPhone and set up for the catch. John B. Carnett View Photo GalleryI have a background...
View ArticleLast Shuttle Mission Will Carry iPhones to the Space Station
No 3G in Space Screenshots from the SpaceLab for iOS app. iTunes App Store Plenty of gadgets we take for granted come to us via the space program — GPS, cordless tools, the Fisher space pen. But NASA...
View ArticleThe Goods: July 2011's Greatest Gadgets
Safer Saw The JawSaw mini electric chainsaw tears through branches of up to four inches thick. Its jaw-shaped frame lets you hold wood firmly in place and shields your hands from potential accidents....
View ArticleiPhone Includes Russia's GLONASS Nav System Alongside GPS
A GLONASS-K Satellite Model at CeBIT 2011 Russia has been upgrading GLONASS to improve performance, though it was set back last year when a botched rocket launch cost it three satellites that would...
View ArticleFingerprint Security Is Not the Future. (And God Help Us If It Is.)
iPhone 5s Kelvinsong, Wikimedia Commons In September, Apple debuted the new iPhone 5s. Among the many updates (amazing camera! faster chip!) was the Touch ID sensor. With Touch ID, 5s owners use their...
View ArticleApp That Finds Stolen iPhones Breeds Homespun Justice
iPhone 5S Apple If you lost your very own version of Apple's most iconic mobile device, the aptly-named "Find My iPhone" app can help you find it, and has indeed led thousands of would-be-victims to...
View ArticleIt's Time To Gentrify Android
It's not polite to say, but here are the facts: Android is used by poorer people, and iOS is used by richer people. A Pew survey taken last month bears this out: Android is beating iOS in all income...
View ArticleThe Future Of Smartphone Security
Modern smartphones usually offer some kind of security option to let you into the phone. The iPhone has the a four-digit PIN-like passcode, Android phones have a swiping pattern, Windows Phone has a...
View ArticleLiveblogging The iPhone 5S Event From My Busted-Ass iPhone 4S
greetings! I'm live blogging today's iPhone event, at which we're expecting to see at least one new iPhone, from my old iPhone 4S, which is moderately broken. There's a hairline crack on the left side...
View ArticleHere's What Happened At Today's Apple Event
Today in California, Apple introduced two new cellphones, both of which look very nice! On Apple announcement days, the internet can get very loud and aggressive with hype about these products which...
View ArticleiPhone Owners: Your Guide To iOS 7
Unless you're a gadget reviewer, you can't get your hands on the new iPhones just yet--but if you're using an iPhone 5, 4S, or 4, you're going to get a really nice present today. Within the next few...
View ArticleExclusive Infographic: Should You Buy A New iPhone?
Well, the day is finally here! Right now, you can head on over to Apple's site and buy the brand-new iPhone 5S. But that also means one persistent annual question is back: "Should I get a new iPhone?"...
View ArticleFingerprint Security Is Not the Future. (And God Help Us If It Is.)
In September, Apple debuted the new iPhone 5s. Among the many updates (amazing camera! faster chip!) was the Touch ID sensor. With Touch ID, 5s owners use their fingerprints to unlock their phones and...
View ArticleApp That Finds Stolen iPhones Breeds Homespun Justice
If you lost your very own version of Apple's most iconic mobile device, the aptly-named "Find My iPhone" app can help you find it, and has indeed led thousands of would-be-victims to thieves. But that...
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