Patently Apple reports that on August 5, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals various concepts behind a newly advanced Smart Bicycle System in development. The premise is rather like Apple’s Nike + iPod system for runners except for cyclists. While the system is for individuals, it’s […]
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Mike Cassidy from the Mercury News found himself at yet another conference in Sillicon Valley with a panel on female entrepreneurs. The ultimate conclusion was that there just are not enough women in business. The moderator, sitting on a stage at Stanford University with six female CEOs, noted dejectedly how hard it was to find
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Gadgetwise asks, you can make a movie with a phone, so why not with a doll? The Barbie Video Girl Doll ($50, Mattel) looks just like a regular Barbie, but a closer look reveals a camera in her pendant, and a postage stamp-sized color screen on her back, peeking through her blouse. Powered by two
Andrew Kitzenberg was a student at Babson College when he started developing his idea for a wristband that conceals a 2 gigabyte USB storage drive for easy, anytime access to electronic files, reports The Daily Grommet. His Memory On Hand bands have a casual look that’s geared for kids and young adults – and functionality
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ReadWriteWeb reports that a company called Smug Coffee has created what it says is the world’s first smart mug, or “smug.” Instead of opting for wasteful plastic cups, coffee drinkers can instead buy a special mug with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) chips that store account information and purchase habits. Customers simply present their mug
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The Apple App Store, the Android Market and BlackBerry’s AppWorld have a surprising new competitor. The United States government. According to a story at Gadgetwise, the government announced a Mobile Apps store at USA.gov, featuring four new free apps to accompany 14 others that the government created while the marketplace was presumably under development in
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Open Forum: The time we spend at our desks is mainly spent using the Internet, and a majority of that time is spent in a browser or with a desktop application like Microsoft Outlook — which of course uses the Internet. Faster Internet access means that you can get more done in less time, online.
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While instantly gratifying, buying ice cream from a vending machine isn’t as fun as it could be, says trendspotter Springwise. Which is why SapientNitro and Unilever created the world’s first smile-activated ice cream vending machine. The underlying technology is sophisticated, but the concept is simple: consumers walk up to the machine, smile and are rewarded
As one of the co-founders for Paypal and the mind that helped create the Tesla, no one really expected to hear that Elon Musk was out of cash reports The New York Times. Mr. Musk is a member of the PayPal Mafia – those serial entrepreneurs who, for a time, looked like the Brat Pack
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According to The New York Times, there is a new challenge to typing on phones. More phones are using virtual keyboards on a touch screen, replacing physical buttons. But pecking out a message on a small piece of glass is not so easy, and typos are common. Cliff Kushler thinks he has a solution. His
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