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Peak Battery: Why Smartphone Battery Life Still Stinks, and Will for Years
In the five years since Apple released its first iPhone, touch-screen smartphones have become thinner, lighter, faster and more capable. But through it all, battery life has mostly stayed the same.
WATCH: Finally, Video Games You Play by Peeing
What inspired prince-of-lavatories genius came up with this: video games you play by peeing.
WATCH: Robotic Jellyfish ‘Cyro’ Could Work for Navy, Come After You
Are we ready for Cyro, a jellyfish-like robot funded by the U.S. Navy for potential future underwater surveillance?
WATCH: Finally, a Vacuum Cleaner That’s Built into a Car
Meet Honda’s 2014 Odyssey, which comes with — wait for it — the world’s first built-into-a-vehicle, crud-sucking hose.
Finally, a Robot Chimp that Turns into a Tank
We’re starting to see some of the DARPA Robotics Challenge’s contenders take shape: Carnegie Mellon just announced that it’s building an ape-like robot, but with tank treads undergirding all four limbs.
NUIA EyeCharm Promises Eye Tracking on the Cheap
Germany-based 4tiitoo is working on the NUIA EyeCharm, a $60 eye-tracking attachment for Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller. The product seeks $100,000 in funding from Kickstarter.
South by Southwest (SXSW): Commerce Goes Local, Social and Mobile
As usual, I've been spending most of my South by Southwest Interactive conference hanging out and chatting with interesting people. On Sunday afternoon, I did so with Chi-Hua Chien, a partner at venture-capital firm Kleiner,
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South by Southwest (SXSW): Airpainting With Corel Painter Freestyle
One of the most dazzling demos I ever saw at a tech trade show happened more than twenty years ago, at a Macworld Expo in Boston. It involved a new software package — then called Fractal Design Painter — which let Mac users …
Microsoft Girds for Battle Over Motion Control
With the threat of smaller, cheaper start-up efforts looming, Microsoft is pulling back the curtain on the future of its Kinect motion controller.
Going to SXSW? So Is TIME
My panel on mobile local commerce is one of several TIME-related events at Texas’s gigantic tech conference, which starts this week.
Finally, a Billboard That Creates Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air
No really, it’s a billboard that can generate up to 26 gallons of water a day from nothing but air.