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Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

It’s that day of the week again—the day when we post all the new apps worth checking out. This time around we’re highlighting Apple’s Android release (which has seen some major trolling), an app for iOS that’s all about helping you spend less time on your phone, and an alarm for Windows Phone that goes…

Tech News Leah Becerra Sep 17

The Next Oculus Rift Might Let You See Your Actual Hands in VR

When you don a virtual reality headset, it blocks out the real world. You no longer see your body. But what if there were a way you could see your hands through the headset, and use them in virtual reality? Oculus just bought a company that might have the technology. Pebbles Interfaces is an Israeli…

Tech News Sean Hollister Jul 16

The Moto X Just Got a Fun New Gesture That Turns on the Flashlight

An Android 5.1 update is rolling out to the 2014 Moto X. It adds a new gesture that turns the the flashlight on and off. To do it, simply “chop twice.” That sounds weird, but makes more sense when you look at this GIF: Motorola’s software gestures are probably the coolest features on one of…

Tech News Mario Aguilar May 8

This Little Device Turns Your Thumb Nail Into a Track Pad

Sometimes your hands are completely tied up when you need to use a device the most—so even gesture recognition is no use, let alone a touchscreen. MIT’s latest input device though, which turns your thumbnail into a track pad, could help. NailO is inspired, apparently, by decorative nail stickers—but it seems a little more useful…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 17

The ZRRO Hoverpad Is Almost The Game Controller I Want For My TV

A few weeks ago I found a crazy idea on Kickstarter: A gamepad that basically lets you touch your television without leaving your couch. It promises to track your fingers and display their location on the TV before they touch down. Now I’ve tried it. It’s promising, but needs work. https://gizmodo.com/this-company-says-its-built-the-perfect-android-touch-c-1686421554 To its credit, the…

Tech News Sean Buckley Mar 14

These Hidden Wireless Connectors Could Make Ports Obsolete

Keyssa Kiss is the name of the most amazing way to dock a device I’ve ever laid eyes on. See those two tiny little black squares on that plastic board? Those are the connectors. And they don’t even need to touch your phone, tablet, or laptop PC. They live beneath the surface of your device,…

Tech News Sean Hollister Jan 5

Apple Patent Supports Rumors of Pressure-Sensitive Touchscreens

Over the weekend, Bloomberg reported that Apple was working on enhanced sensors capable of detecting different levels of pressure. Now, an Apple patent for pressure-sensitive touchscreens could lend that rumor some credence. https://gizmodo.com/report-apple-working-on-two-big-iphones-for-whatever-1461762060 The patent, unearthed by Apple Insider, describes a piece of hardware that can trigger different UI functions depending on how hard the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 12

Leap Motion’s Sick 3D Gesture Control Hardware Will Only Cost $80

Leap Motion’s amazing-looking gesture control debuted last May, and it’s had developers crawling all over it ever since. Now, the company is finally getting ready to sell it to you—and it’ll only cost $80. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-the-best-gesture-control-system-ever-5911894 According to Leap Motion, the new technology is 200 times more accurate than anything else on the market, capable of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 27

Asus Is Putting Sick 3D Gesture Controls in Its PCs This Year

Leap Motion’s amazing-looking gesture control debuted last May, and has had developers crawling all over it ever since. Now, Asus has announced that it’s teaming up with the company to produce a range of computers using the tech—and they should be here this year. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-the-best-gesture-control-system-ever-5911894 The computer manufacturer has announced that the technology will be…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 3

Why a Keyboard—not a Processor or Screen or Anything Else—Is the Only Way to Beat Apple

The killer (or be killed) feature of that new Microsoft Surface for Windows RT is its keyboard. The tablet itself is a wonderful device. It’s got a great body and a (seemingly) fast processor. But input is everything. At the Surface launch yesterday, the auditorium was packed with the tech press, and lots of MacBook…

Tech News Mat Honan Jun 19

This 20-Button Mouse Puts Your Everything to Shame

Some might think that Logitech has gone off the UI deep-end with its latest gaming mouse. It tops the company’s previous efforts, and those of its competitors, with a total of twenty—count ’em twenty—programmable buttons. Twelve of the buttons have found a home on a curved keypad on the side of the mouse, and with…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jun 14

Is This the Best Gesture Control System Ever?

Gesture control as we know it is rudimentary at best. But a new San Francisco startup called Leap Motion has just announced a new 3D motion control system that its claims is 200 times more accurate than anything else on the market—and it’s set to cost just $70. CNET reports that Leap Motion’s technology uses…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 21

Microsoft Can Detect Your Gestures Using Just Your Computer’s Audio

Kinect has drawn a huge amount of interest, not just from gamers but computer scientists, engineers and artists. Now, it seems Microsoft is branching out, because one of its latest research projects offers gesture control powered by just a computer’s speakers, microphone, and some inaudible sound. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-wants-to-turn-crazy-ass-kinect-hacks-into-bus-5862576 Called SoundWave, the nascent technology uses the Doppler…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 8

Mind-Blowing Disney Sensor Tech Brings Gesture Based Computing To Everyday Objects

Disney Research (which presumably has lots of mice) created a new sensing system called Touché that can sense a wide variety of human hand and body interactions, not just touch screens, but in all sorts of objects—even liquids. It’s pretty amazing. Most capacitive sensing (think: your smartphone or trackpad) only operates on one frequency. Touché…

Tech News Mat Honan May 6

It’s Time to Exterminate the Mouse

If you’re buying a new computer and it comes with a mouse you’re probably looking at a shitty machine bundled with a relic. The age of the mouse is over. Anyone pushing them with new computers is selling crap. I’m so tired of mice. I’ve gotten used to touchscreens, and trackpads, and now whenever I…

Tech News Mat Honan Feb 21

Inflatable Interface Lets You Literally Poke Your Friends

In an attempt to make hitting a poke button convey as much emotion as actually jabbing someone with your finger, researchers at Osaka University have developed a smart balloon interface that knows when it’s being touched or squeezed. The system uses a standard birthday party issue balloon that’s been packed with pressure sensors and microphones.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 24

Nuance May Be Scooping Up Swype For $100 Million

Nuance is reportedly acquiring Swype, the company behind the popular keyboard alternative for Android. The purchase price is estimated to be a cool $100 million. It’s an interesting purchase for Nuance which is regarded as one of the top voice recognition companies. Swype is not involved in voice, but is a popular keyboard that lets…

Tech News Kelly Oct 6

Hacking Keyboard Is Quiet And Maybe A Little Confusing

This Happy Hacking Keyboard Type-S doesn’t have any text on the keys, because come on, when you speak 1337 you don’t need freaking letters, yo. But even better, it’s dead silent so you can hack into servers and shut down the CIA’s website without having to worry about pounding so loud on the keyboard that…

Tech News Mat Honan Jun 16

EvoMouse: Any Flat Surface Is Now Your Multitouch Trackpad

We’ve seen virtual keyboards before, but not many virtual trackpads, if any in the consumer space. EvoMouse is here to change that, bundling their input device in the cutest piece of plastic possible. Essentially, you place the toy dog on the surface of your choosing, and its eyes beam out two infrared beams which track…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 16

Is There a Future For the Spherical Mouse?

Touch screens are allowing us to break free from mouses and cursors and interact with the things we see on our displays more directly. But maybe the mouse just needed an overhaul—here’s how the latest spherical one works. This is Axsotic’s 3D-Spheric-Mouse, designed to be used in conjunction with another input device to manipulate three-dimensional…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Nov 4

Input

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

The Next Oculus Rift Might Let You See Your Actual Hands in VR

The Moto X Just Got a Fun New Gesture That Turns on the Flashlight

This Little Device Turns Your Thumb Nail Into a Track Pad

The ZRRO Hoverpad Is Almost The Game Controller I Want For My TV

These Hidden Wireless Connectors Could Make Ports Obsolete

Apple Patent Supports Rumors of Pressure-Sensitive Touchscreens

Leap Motion’s Sick 3D Gesture Control Hardware Will Only Cost $80

Asus Is Putting Sick 3D Gesture Controls in Its PCs This Year

Why a Keyboard—not a Processor or Screen or Anything Else—Is the Only Way to Beat Apple

This 20-Button Mouse Puts Your Everything to Shame

Is This the Best Gesture Control System Ever?

Microsoft Can Detect Your Gestures Using Just Your Computer’s Audio

Mind-Blowing Disney Sensor Tech Brings Gesture Based Computing To Everyday Objects

It’s Time to Exterminate the Mouse

Inflatable Interface Lets You Literally Poke Your Friends

Nuance May Be Scooping Up Swype For $100 Million

Hacking Keyboard Is Quiet And Maybe A Little Confusing

EvoMouse: Any Flat Surface Is Now Your Multitouch Trackpad

Is There a Future For the Spherical Mouse?

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