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Yota Devices Talks A Future Of E-Ink Devices Beyond The YotaPhone At CES 2015

Yota Devices Talks A Future Of E-Ink Devices Beyond The YotaPhone At CES 2015

By Darrell Etherington E-ink continues to expand its presence at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, and one of the best advocates for the tech has been Yota Devices. The Russian company created the YotaPhone, a dual-display smartphone with an LED screen on one side, and a low-power e-paper display on the back. In 2014, they…

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Gannett’s Next Oculus Rift Experiment Takes You Onto The Ski Slopes Of Vail

Gannett’s Next Oculus Rift Experiment Takes You Onto The Ski Slopes Of Vail

By Anthony Ha Last fall, Gannett unveiled its first attempt at journalism for the Oculus Rift — Harvest of Change, a series of stories in the Des Moines Register. Specifically, the series used Oculus to give readers a tour of the farm featured in one of the stories. Now the media company is launching its…

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This Desk Will Tell You When To Sit And When To Stand

This Desk Will Tell You When To Sit And When To Stand

By Matt Burns Standing is better than sitting. Most of the time. Sometimes your body needs a rest and that’s where the Humanscale OfficeIQ powered by Tome comes to play. Tome’s Jack Sigal stopped by the TechCrunch broadcast booth to show me how this desk can help me lose weight. Software and hardware developed by…

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A Look Inside The World Of European Hardware Funding

A Look Inside The World Of European Hardware Funding

By John Biggs Karolina Boladz is the COO of Zortrax, a 3D printer company in Poland. Her company grew out of a Kickstarter project that ballooned and is now in the running to be one of the largest and most popular printers in Europe. However, unlike her competitors, Zortrax had a hard road to funding…

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Some Of The Best Video From CES 2015

Some Of The Best Video From CES 2015

By John Biggs CES is a huge show. While we focused on Hardware Battlefield, in truth we covered miles of convention center and shot hours of film. And we want you to watch some of the best of it. While you can enjoy all of our video over here, I’ve picked out a few of…

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Review: Fujitsu Celsius W530

Review: Fujitsu Celsius W530

By Alan Stevens Introduction and performance Desktop workstations can be both big and expensive, but not so the Fujitsu Celsius W530, a compact and affordable entry-level workstation designed to bridge the gap between high-end PCs and much more expensive professional models. Okay, so it’s only got one processor, but that’s reflected in the £1,430 recommended…

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Review: Fujitsu Celsius W530

Review: Fujitsu Celsius W530

By Alan Stevens Introduction and performance Desktop workstations can be both big and expensive, but not so the Fujitsu Celsius W530, a compact and affordable entry-level workstation designed to bridge the gap between high-end PCs and much more expensive professional models. Okay, so it’s only got one processor, but that’s reflected in the £1,430 recommended…

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The Photonic Lets You Make Beats By Dancing

The Photonic Lets You Make Beats By Dancing

By Kyle Russell While walking through startups at Eureka Park at CES with Darrell Etherington doing live interviews with founders, I forced him to chat with Photonic, a startup that makes nifty orbs that translate your dance moves into beats, while I demoed the device besides them. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

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Miiya Kids’ Wearable Wants To Encourage Safe And Active Play

Miiya Kids’ Wearable Wants To Encourage Safe And Active Play

By Natasha Lomas Meet Miiya: a kids wearable that’s being designed to nudge kids to be more active, while also offering security features for parents to help alert them if their child has wandered too far away. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

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We Attempted To Control These Cars With Our Minds, And It Kind Of Worked

We Attempted To Control These Cars With Our Minds, And It Kind Of Worked

By Jordan Crook It’s not like EEG is breakthrough technology. We’ve been able to read the electrical activity of the brain for quite some time, but the clever folks at IEEE are thinking up new and creative ways to leverage those read-outs into something a bit more fun. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

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Week in Gaming: Gaming tech of CES, Nintendo’s growing love for mobile, and the return of Tony Hawk

Week in Gaming: Gaming tech of CES, Nintendo’s growing love for mobile, and the return of Tony Hawk

By Bridie Roman If you’re anything like team TechRadar then the first week back at work from Christmas break is always the hardest part of the year. You’re about half a stone heavier from all the delicious food you’ve gorged yourself on and still a little too attached to your onesie to feel comfortable wearing…

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Week in Gaming: Gaming tech of CES, Nintendo’s growing love for mobile, and the return of Tony Hawk

Week in Gaming: Gaming tech of CES, Nintendo’s growing love for mobile, and the return of Tony Hawk

By Bridie Roman If you’re anything like team TechRadar then the first week back at work from Christmas break is always the hardest part of the year. You’re about half a stone heavier from all the delicious food you’ve gorged yourself on and still a little too attached to your onesie to feel comfortable wearing…

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This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: CES, CES, And Some More CES

This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: CES, CES, And Some More CES

By Jordan Crook The holiday season is over. January-style dread hangs thick in the air. And yet, the Consumer Electronics Show in the middle of the desert has found a way to lift our spirits. We looked at all kinds of gadgets, from 8K televisions to analog-style wearables to a whole host of Internet of…

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Toshiba Got Real Weird

Toshiba Got Real Weird

By Jordan Crook Toshiba isn’t a name you hear thrown around a whole lot at CES. It’s in the same league as the mammoths — Samsung, LG, Sony — but it’s never quite as exciting or overwhelming as the others’ booths. This year, however, Toshiba had a couple surprises up its sleeve. Read More …read…

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WeMo’s CES 2015 Lineup Prefaces Big Advances For Home Automation

WeMo’s CES 2015 Lineup Prefaces Big Advances For Home Automation

By Darrell Etherington Belkin’s WeMo home automation gadgets started off pretty modest in scope, but over the past few years they’ve launched more and more WeMo devices, first on their own and later with partners who have far more experience in specific verticals. This year at CES, WeMo expanded its LED smart lighting lineup with…

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