In the wee few hours before Apple 's iPad press event today, a fresh new rumor has the tech world abuzz with excitement. (Does the tech world have any other condition?) As well as stuffing a super-high-resolution screen in the iPad 3, Apple is thought to have also enabled haptic feedback on the display's surface
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After months of speculation, the iPad 3 will finally debut March 7.
Read More »5 Ways an iPad Can Fix Your Meetings
The best reason to buy tablets for your team? No more death by PowerPoint. PowerPoint has been around for a quarter century.
Read More »Does This Ultrabook Make Me Look Fat? CES 2012 And The Tyranny Of Thin
If 2012's CES gadget fest has a theme already it's "thin, thinner, thinnest." But in the endless quest for skinny devices, what gets left out?
Read More »Coca-Cola, Nexus Interactive Arts Unveil Digital Waterfall In Ecuador
The soft drink giant teams up with a top production studio to create an immersive experience so vivid you can practically taste it. Cascada means waterfall. But there's not a drop of H2O falling on visitors to the Cascada exhibit in Quito, Ecuador.
Read More »Fabric of the Cosmos Some Seriously Mind-Bending Physics
Fabric of the Cosmos, starring theoretical physicist Brian Greene , premieres tonight on NOVA (with further episodes airing November 9, 16 and 23). The 4-part miniseries based on Greene s latest book of the same name is a remarkable journey into the jarring world of theoretical physics. I must admit that I was somewhat daunted by the task of watching these episodes could I really spend 4 hours of my life being entertained by physics?! Actually yes I could
Read More »4 Cell Phones That Can Take a Beating
Just how tough are rugged phones? We tested them to find out
Read More »Not Your Father’s Whiteboard
Tired of ho-hum presentations? Try Sharp's new interactive whiteboard, which is actually a 70-inch touchscreen monitor
Read More »The iPad Mini Myth, Busted
We're expecting Apple to arrive with a shiny new iPad 3 sometime early in 2012, and we think we know a few things about it.
Read More »Wii Are Not Amused
Nintendo's hotly anticipated Wii U console is based on an idea the company tried in 2003. It bombed, then. But its time may have finally come
Read More »Why Does Time Fly?
Everybody knows that the passage of time is not constant.
Read More »Making holograms look more real
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although human vision is capable of perceiving objects in three dimensions (3D), we spend much of our day looking at two-dimensional screens. The latest televisions and monitors can trick us into perceiving depth, by presenting different images to our left and right eyes, but they require special-purpose glasses, or specialized large-area lenses applied directly to the screen.
Read More »Nintendo Wii U Announced, Brings HD Tablet Gaming
The Nintendo Wii U, the latest console from Japanese gaming company Nintendo, was announced in a press event in Los Angeles today. Though a follow-up to their popular and bestselling Wii, the Wii U shows a new strategy for the company: beating PS3 and Xbox 360 at providing the most cutting edge HD graphics--a demo of a bird flying through a landscape provided realism beyond current gaming tech. It will launch Holiday season 2012.
Read More »The iPad Is A $500 Kid’s Game
A survey from PBS has revealed something pretty staggering for a $500-plus next-gen computing device: 70% of parents are happy to hand the iPad to their kids, and download child-friendly apps for the rugrats. A new PBS survey has 70% of parents reporting that they allow their kids to use their iPad
Read More »Foldable Device Screens, Coming Soon To Your Pocket
A breakthrough in foldable OLED screen tech means a display can be folded in half like a sheet of paper without creasing. It's no exaggeration to say this could change every mobile device's design. Foldable computer displays have been the stuff of sci-fi legend for ages, and numerous device prototypes have been designed and tested...but almost none have made the journey into a real product.
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