Gadgets

By John Biggs Ivan Owen is usually more of a pacifist. He’s well known for making prosthetics for kids but now he’s back with something slightly less cool but far more fun. He built his own 3D-printed cornstarch flamethrower using a battery-powered leaf blower, a hopper, and a propane torch. Called the The Conflagulator, it…

By John Biggs Don’t tell Taylor Swift! Philips has announced a set of speakers that connect directly to Spotify and allow you to move your queue to the speakers from your mobile device. The system also supports an adapter, pictured, that lets you use your own speakers to get some dulcet tones out of your…

By Natasha Lomas Surely hoping to encourage the perception that Internet-connected TVs are de facto ‘Netflix boxes’, the on-demand streaming service is setting up a recommendation program for consumers wishing to identify the Internet TVs that are most Netflix friendly. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Jordan Crook OhMiBod, the most forward-thinking sex toy company I’ve ever seen, has just introduced brand new functionality to its line of blueMotion Bluetooth-equipped vibrators. Tapping into the biofeedback received from a smart watch, blueMotion products can be powered by the beating of a heart, whether it’s your own or your partners’. “The idea…

By Romain Dillet,Kyle Russell Right after LG’s press conference at CES, we got our hands on the newly announced LG G Flex 2. LG’s new flagship smartphone’s killer feature is its curved form factor that is supposed to resist to bending. The phone falls into the phablet category with its gigantic 5.5-inch display. But it…

By John Biggs Garmin’s Fenix line is dark, brooding, and, in a way, beautiful. Their latest watch, the Fenix 3, joins that rebellious lineage with three new styles including a “Sapphire” model with real sapphire crystal face. The multi-sport device can record running and swimming as well as almost any outdoor activity including hiking and…

By Jordan Crook LG has taken your laundry to the next level with the introduction of a new front-loading washer with a Twin Wash system. What does that mean? It means that LG has packed a regular-sized washing machine with an extra, mini washing machine in the bottom. This allows you to do two separate…

By Matt Swider Before Apple’s smartphones began bending unexpectedly, LG started making a phone with a deliberate curve, and it’s continuing to turn heads with another, the LG G Flex 2. This concave Android phone is the follow-up to the world’s first curved smartphone, the LG G Flex, and while it bends the same way,…

By Matt Swider Before Apple’s smartphones began bending unexpectedly, LG started making a phone with a deliberate curve, and it’s continuing to turn heads with another, the LG G Flex 2. This concave Android phone is the follow-up to the world’s first curved smartphone, the LG G Flex, and while it bends the same way,…

By Ingrid Lunden One of the bigger evolutions in education has been the push to get kids to become more computer-literate, yet one of the hardest hurdles has been making the process of learning and writing programming languages less dry. A startup out of southern California has found an innovative way of tackling this, using…

By Darrell Etherington Google is launching its own streaming audio solution, which is designed to let hardware partners embed Chromecast audio capabilities into their speakers, soundbars, receivers and other sound-producing devices. Google launching Cast for audio means that its streaming solution is now more directly analogous to AirPlay, but it also allows you to use…

By Natasha Lomas On the cusp of the annual plunge into the CES-pool, where a gigantic cocktail shaker of consumer electronics companies will spray forth what will mostly turn out to be forlorn hopes for growth, it’s customary to shake one’s head at the sorry, self-obsessed state of tech. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch…

By Natasha Lomas Fans of branding confusion will be pleased to hear Microsoft hasn’t ditched the Nokia phone brand quite yet. It’s just announced a new entry level mobile phone, badged with the Nokia name: the Nokia 215, dubbing the handset its “most affordable Internet-ready entry level phone yet” — and aiming it at first…

By Matt Burns Nest is today announcing significant new partners to its “Works with Nest” developer program. The new additions continues Nest’s quest to turn its product into the heart of a smart home. Among the new partners includes Lutron, Insteon, and Philips Hue. Each company built Nest products into its ecosystem. For example, now,…

By Darrell Etherington Nvidia’s new Tegra X1 mobile chipset is a veritable beast: It’s able to provide almost two times the graphics performance of the iPad Air 2’s A8X while also consuming just about the same amount of power, and it’s already in production, meaning tablets sporting the X1’s graphical prowess should be available to…