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First Responders, You Can Buy That JetPack You’ve Always Wanted Next Year
The world’s “first practical jetpack” is expected to launch in 2014.
Wanted: Apple Security Staff Capable of Actually Securing Stuff
Everyone wants to pilfer a piece of Apple’s unconfirmed future, and to date, more than a few have succeeded, which is why Apple’s reportedly beefing up its security to put the kibosh on corporate raiders, “checkbook journalism” bloggers and more.
Images of bull-necked goons in black Armani suits with ear-jacks and wayfarer shades …
Apple: We’ll Take That 3G MacBook Pro Prototype Back, Thanks
Apple made a 3G-enabled MacBook Pro? Who knew! And did you know someone got their hands on one and listed it on eBay earlier this month, where it almost sold for a whopping $70,000? Apple put the kibosh on that one, of course, contacting eBay to have the auction liquidated. And now they’re after North Carolina resident Carl Frega to …
Microsoft’s Prototype Stylus is All Kinds of Crazy
The stylus may have been left behind in the age of multi-touch, but Microsoft researchers think they’ve got a way to give it new life.
Microsoft Research has posted images and video (via Engadget) of a stylus that changes functions based on how you hold it. For example, a typical pen grip allows for handwriting, but holding the stylus …
Wherein Japan Stuffs a GPS System Into a Pair of Eyeglasses
The Nakajima Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications in Japan has developed a prototype pair of GPS-enabled glasses that use LED lights built into the frame to keep you moving in the right direction.
The glasses house a microcomputer used to input your final destination, which works in tandem with a sensor to facilitate …
MIT’s Mouseless Project is an Invisible Computer Mouse
Mouseless is a self-described “invisible computer mouse that provides the familiarity of interaction of a physical mouse without actually needing a real hardware mouse.”
An offspring of MIT’s Media Lab, the project consists of two infrared cameras capable of identifying the details and positioning of a human hand. The user moves his …
Two Minute Video: Did We Just Get a Glimpse of the iPhone 4?
Tech news big enough to get “regular” people interested broke earlier this week when it was revealed that gadget blog Gizmodo.com paid $5,000 for a next-generation iPhone prototype left sitting on a barstool by an Apple developer. Here’s a quick two-minute recounting of the events. Pass it on.
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The Story and Aftermath of the Lost iPhone
By now you’ve read or heard about a missing iPhone that was lost and/or stolen from a Redwood City bar. Both Engadget and Gizmodo have posted images of the purported next generation iPhone (4/4G/HD) with the latter having purchased said device for $5,000. We know this to be fact because Gawker honcho Nick Denton believes in …