It’s been six months since Google unveiled its Google Glass project, and it appears the tech giant is still hard at work ironing out the kinks to get the product ready for consumption.

In an interview with IEEE Spectrum published today, the head of the Google Glass project, Babak Parviz, said his team is continuing to try out new ideas and that both the software and hardware development is coming along.

“We constantly try out new ideas of how this platform can be used,” Parviz told IEEE Spectrum. “We’re also … Read More → "Google Glass development charges ahead"

Today might be the day that’s considered New Year’s Day, and where millions of people around the world are recovering from a long night of partying, but it’s also the anniversary of when the modern internet was born. 30 years ago today, the ARPANET officially changed to using the Internet Protocol, creating the internet as we know it today.
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Keeping tabs on the furious rate of technological development happening all around us is no easy task and the passing of another year provides a good excuse to reflect and take stock of the major milestones we’ve seen. So sit back in your power-generating rocking chair, crack yourself a self-chilling beverage and enjoy our take on the significant trends, technological victories and scientific bombshells of 2012.
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Audi and Ford include WiFi hotspots in some of their models, but BMW maintains its high-performance reputation by offering an accessory for WiFi at LTE data speeds, the first time a car has boasted this type of connectivity.

BMW’s LTE adapter snaps into any BMW equipped with a phone cradle dock in the console. Passengers will be able to connect their personal electronics, such as phones and tablets, to the WiFi hotspot … Read More → "BMW cars to get LTE Wi-Fi"

Imagine that you’re an angler who has several lines in the water at once. How will you know if a fish strikes on one of your unmanned rods? Well, you could attach a bell to each rod, or just listen for its reel to start running. In these days of electronic everything, however, another alternative is now in the works – the computerized POLETAP SMARTROD.
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Like many music lovers today, I have a huge digital library and even though I’ve now converted much of my vinyl collection to MP3, I still return to my racks often. I’ve not really considered the possibility of converting my MP3/OGG/FLAC files into 12-inch records … until now. While exploring the limits of today’s 3D-printing technology, digital music tinkerer Amanda Ghassaei has come up with a technique for converting digital … Read More → "Digital audio files converted into 3D-printable records"

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Car alarms. Hands down.

Seriously, if your car alarm went off right now, would you:
(a) hear it,
(b) recognize it as yours, and
(c) do anything about it?

No? Too bad, because everyone else had to listen to it!

It’s so universal that it’s become a cliché: nails on a chalkboard. When it comes to noises that bother everyone’s ears, it’s seemingly a given that scraping fingernails across a slate board is the one that everyone hates most.

But when a group of neuroscientists decided to test which sounds most upset the human brain, they discovered that fingernails on a … Read More → "What is the most annoying sound in the world?"

Adafruit, the kit-based electronics retailer and promoter of hobbyist engineering, is aiming to teach electronics to a younger demographic. So young that they’re enlisting the help of puppets.

Their new online show, titled Circuit Playground, will teach the essentials of electronics and circuitry to children through kid-friendly dolls with names like Cappy the Capacitor and Hans the 555 Timer Chip. Limor “Ladyada” Fried,  … Read More → "Adafruit to teach electronics through puppets in new kids’ show"