Lowell City Council To Vote On Plan That Tracks Police With GPS

04-02-2013 • boston.cbslocal.com

Lowell’s City Council will vote Tuesday night on a new police patrolmen’s contract that includes a controversial plan to track officers.

How a 3D printer gave a man his face - and his life - back

04-02-2013 • http://www.smh.com, Richard Gray

When restaurant manager Eric Moger surprised his girlfriend by proposing over Christmas dinner, he could have no idea that less than a year later his life and appearance would be changed beyond recognition.

Goodbye Apple iPhone? Wearable Tech Is Coming

04-01-2013 • cnbc.com

Your smartphone may be on its way out as tech companies aim to put the power of a smartphone into wearable accessories.

Facebook's Phone Could Mean You'll Never Have To Buy Cell Phone Minutes Again

03-30-2013 • Business Insider

On April 4, Facebook is expected to announce an Android operating system for an HTC phone that has deep Facebook integration.

Razer Edge Review: A Beautiful, Portable Gaming Gadget That You Won't Take On The Go

03-29-2013 • popsci.com

The Razer Edge is a tablet with the guts of a gaming PC stuffed inside. That makes it plenty powerful, even if it ends up just sitting by your TV.

Apple Imagines An iPhone That's All Glass And All Screen, All The Way Around

03-28-2013 • Business Insider

Apple just published a patent that imagines what an iPhone would look like if the whole phone body were a wrapound screen.

Video: Syrian Rebel Jury-Rigs A Remote Controlled Rifle

03-28-2013 • Wired.com

What to do when your sniper skills start and end at video games? If you’re this Syrian rebel, you cobble together a crude laptop, hook it up to a rifle, and try to hunt Bashar Assad’s forces from a safe distance.

REVIEW: The Roku 3 Blows Away The Apple TV

03-27-2013 • Business Insider

There's no shortage of devices with so-called smart TV functions.

Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, And Even The New T-Mobile Are Trying To Screw You

03-27-2013 • popsci.com

T-Mobile announced its new "Uncarrier" strategy--no more two-year contracts, pay for the phone up front. It's a step in the right direction, but not enough. Let's ban all smartphone subsidies and contracts.

This Pill Bottle Is a Smartphone Wannabe

03-25-2013 • Wired.com

The technologies that made you fall in love with your iPhone or Galaxy are now making their way into pill bottles.

Are Your Doctor’s Hands Clean? This Wristband Knows

03-25-2013 • Technologyreview.com

An RFID-reading, motion-sensing wristband buzzes to tell health-care workers if they are washing their hands properly.

BlackBerry Z10

03-23-2013 • Wired.com

A New Hope

Please Stop Fighting About Your Smartphone

03-23-2013 • Wired.com

BlackBerry just shipped a new phone that almost nobody has tried.

New Xbox Reportedly Won’t Let You Play (Unless It Can Spy On You)

03-23-2013 • Prison Planet

People throughout the world could soon be voluntarily outfitting their homes with indefinitely active cameras, infrared sensors and microphones if they purchase Microsoft’s new Xbox video game console, slated for release sometime next year.

Jeep builds a transparent truck

03-22-2013 • Fox News

The Wrangler Stitch is a trimmed-down version of the iconic off-roader that features an aluminum floor pan, gas tank and control arms, chrome moly roll cage and carbon fiber hood. Even the windshield has been chopped two inches to drop a few pounds.

Glasses-Free 3-D Display For Smartphones Shows Objects Floating Above Screen

03-21-2013 • http://www.popsci.com, By Francie Diep

The display beams 3-D objects a centimeter above or below.

Pentagon Swears It Isn’t Abandoning BlackBerries for iOS Devices

03-21-2013 • Wired.com

Calm yourselves, defense bureaucrats. The Pentagon isn’t about to swap out your BlackBerries for the latest iPhones and iPads.

Your Next Smartphone Screen May Be Made of Sapphire

03-20-2013 • Technologyreview.com

Manufactured sapphire is incredibly strong and scratch resistant. Now falling costs and technology improvements could make it competitive with glass.

Say NO to Google Glass: 'Stop the Cyborgs' website goes viral

03-20-2013 • naturalnews.com

A website designed to draw attention to a new technological development by Internet search giant Google is going viral, thanks in large part to a growing wave of concern over personal privacy.

Anti-Drone Devices for Sale: Military Contractor Claims To Have Counter-UAV Technology

03-19-2013 • http://lewrockwell.com, Russia Today

Domestic drones will soon be soaring through the sky left and right, but a company in Oregon with ties to the US military is marketing a service that they say will make sure private property is safe from surveillance.

Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. Galaxy S III: Spec Showdown

03-17-2013 • http://www.pcmag.com, By Jamie Lendino

The Samsung Galaxy S4, now that it's finally been unveiled, looks to be as impressive as we had hoped.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Is Completely Amazing and Utterly Boring

03-16-2013 • Wired.com

Did you see Samsung’s theater of the absurd yesterday? No? Good for you.

I Guess It's Nice That My iPhone Is Made Of Metal — Not That I'm Really Aware Of That

03-16-2013 • Business Insider

It was amusing to watch die-hard Apple zealots react to Samsung's product launch the other night.

14 Old School Games You Can Play On Your iPhone Right Now

03-16-2013 • Business Insider

We love the revival of classic games that keep coming to the iOS platform.

Google Searches Beyond AdWords

03-15-2013 • Technologyreview.com

Personalized and interactive advertising experiences are becoming a lot more important than just simple banner ads.

Here's Samsung's Brilliantly Bizarre S4 Event That Had The Tech World Freaking Out

03-15-2013 • Business Insider

Samsung is often accused of copying Apple. Last night, no one was saying that.

As the Health-Gadget Market Swells, It’s Lights Out for Zeo’s Sleep Tracker

03-13-2013 • Wired.com

Reports are surfacing that Zeo, the company whose sleep tracker lets Quantified Selfers record their every toss and turn, is heading for the Big Sleep in the startup graveyard, if it’s not there already.

Almost A Quarter Of US Teens Mainly Use Their Smartphones To Go Online

03-13-2013 • Business Insider

About 37 percent of Americans ages 12 to 17 tap the Internet using a smartphone, up sharply in just a year, according to a 2012 Pew survey released on Wednesday.