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This Is NASA’s Cancer-Sniffing Cellphone Sensor

What if you could use your phone to test the air for toxins? What if you could monitor your health simply by blowing on it? Sounds amazing, right? Nanosensor technology developed by NASA Ames is going to make that a reality. Jing Li, a scientist at NASA Ames, has been working for years on what…

Space & Spaceflight Brent Rose Feb 1

The Ultimate Test of Siri’s Accent-Deciphering Skills: Scotland

Siri has been tested in the interpretation of accents across the country, but she meets her match with the utterly amazing dialect of the proud Scottish people. To be fair, how many actual humans would know how to respond to a request for a “jammy dodger like a f*ckin jam sandwich”? [YouTube/thegavin2000]

Tech News Michael Hession Feb 1

The Apple Bug That Let Us Spy on a Total Stranger’s iPhone

Every single iMessage to and from this man’s iPhone—his friends call him Wiz—has been sent to us by accident. We know about his job, sex life, and address. Apple, you might want to fix this. The story is simple: a friend’s son had some trouble with his iPhone 4. Being an awesome mom, our friend…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 1

Xappr Gun Brings Lazer Tag To the Smartphone Generation

When I was a kid, we lived first person shooters, running around with vests and pistols in a game called Lazer Tag. It’s long gone, but this new Xappr Gun for smartphones looks like it might recreate some of that fun. On its own it makes playing motion controlled shoot-em-ups and augmented reality titles slightly…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 1

Bedside iPhone Speaker Dock Completely Replaces Your Nightstand

Here’s an interesting solution to the problem of giant alarm clock docks that gobble up space on your nightstand. JVC’s new N-BX3 is a 44 pound behemoth that replaces your bedside table altogether, with a flat glass top for holding things. It uses a set of 30-watt speakers with SRS StudioSound HD to subtly fill…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 1

Q&A: Only Ten Days Left to Keep Jailbreaking Legal

In less than two weeks, jailbreaking your phone, your tablet, or gaming console could become a crime. If the exemption to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act expires, what you do to your devices will again be covered under copyright law. https://gizmodo.com/jailbreaking-or-rooting-your-phone-could-become-illeg-5879180 This Q&A with Andrew “bunnie” Huang and the EFF by our friends at iFixit.org…

Tech News Kyle Wiens | iFixit Jan 31

Resistance Is Futile: You Will Buy This Animated Light iPhone/iPad Charger Too

Call it tacky. Call it garish. Call it naff, if you must. Call it whatever you want, but this is the most unnecessarily amazing charger for iPhone and iPad ever created by humankind. It glows with electric blue light and it is animated! We saw these at CES 2011, but we forgot about them until…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 31

Stop Ruining Your Phone With a Stupid Case

The market for phone cases is huge. Waterproof cases, leather cases, silicon cases, stick-on screen protectors, plate-glass screen protectors. Enough. It’s time to lose your cover for good, and let your phone roam free, nude, as nature intended. There are as many reasons to toss your case in the garbage as there are grains of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 30

Protect Your iPhone’s Glass Display With… More Glass?

Most screen protectors are just a thin layer of flexible plastic that do an adequate job at shrugging off scratches. But they’re no where near as tough as Spigen’s new GLAS.t which adds another layer of glass for maximum protection. At just 0.4mm thick the chemically treated tempered glass adds minimal thickness to your iPhone…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 30

Charge Your iPhone With a Book

On Etsy you can find these books turnediPhone docks, which might be the most awesome and unnecessary Apple accessory since TenOne’s iPad stand. Want something understated? Try the Possession dock. Want to feel shame in the morning after your third one night stand of the week? Try the Scarlet Letter dock, you filthy whore. Or…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 30

Your iPad Breathes Life Into Totoya’s Plush Creatures

Designed to be a soft interactive toy for kids, rather than a protective case for your tablet, Totoya’s plush creatures completely swallow and protect your iPad while providing a peek at its display through a couple of strategic holes. Instead of plastic googly eyes, an accompanying free Totoya app creates a set of more life-like…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 28

Hardest Shot App Measures Slapshot Speeds: Decides If You’re NHL Material

Using the iPhone’s microphone, the NHL’s new Hardest Shot app can actually measure the speed of your slapshot and your NHL potential. With the right setup of course. First you’ll need the hockey basics, like a rink, equipment, and a frozen puck, as well as $2 for the app itself. You’ll need to aim at…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 28

Mattebox: The Closest Thing the iPhone Has to Manual Focus

The iPhone camera is pretty spectacular. I have a few point-and-shoots in my house and they all suck compared to the iPhone. But they do have one thing the iPhone’s native camera app lacks: the focus-lock shutter control found in fancier point and shoots. Mattebox fixes that. What’s it do? Mattebox’s wonderfully minimalist controls are…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 26

This Simple Wood Contraption Lets the iPhone 4 Film Both Sides of a Story

Billed as the “lowest-tech accessory” for the iPhone 4, the limited edition Love Box lets you record both sides of a conversation through the use of a simple sliding mirror. Without the need for a special app or any post-production. The Love Box was originally conceived in Paris when its creators needed a way to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 26

Siri Can Translate Languages for You with a Tweak

Siri is more powerful than Apple lets on so it’s up to the tweaking, hacking, tinkerish souls of the jailbreak community to unleash her full potential. Like this latest Siri hack, Lingual. It’s a jailbreak-only tweak that turns Siri into a translation device. Just say what you want to Siri, name the language you want…

Tech News Casey Chan Jan 26

AT&T Sold 9.4 Million Smartphones—7.6 Million of Them Were iPhones

In a holy crap stat o’ the week, AT&T sold a record setting 9.4 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2011. 7.6 million of that 9.4 million were iPhones. 7.6 MILLION. That’s a ridiculous 81 percent of all AT&T smartphones sold! That’s only 1.8 million phones left to split between Android, Windows Phone and…

Tech News Casey Chan Jan 26

Shazam Player: Have an iPhone Sing-A-Long

We all sing-a-long to our favorite songs. Maybe it’s in the car. Maybe it’s in the shower. Maybe it’s at your company’s karaoke party and you’re trying your best to sing Once Bitten, Twice Shy even though you don’t really like the song. Wherever you’re singing, there’s a good chance you’re singing it wrong. Here’s…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 25

Jailbreaking (or Rooting) Your Phone Could Become Illegal Again. Fight It.

Jailbreaking or rooting your phone is pretty much a nerd birthright at this point. But soon it could once again be deemed illegal, if the acts’ exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act runs out. That’s where you come in. If that exemption runs out, it would be illegal to install a clean version of…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 25

Apple Sells More Phones in a Day Than People Make Babies

According to its first-quarter sales figures—to the tune of 37.04 million units—Apple sold 377,900 iPhones every day of the 98-day fiscal quarter. The average number of children born—worldwide—tallied only 371,000 new humans. Granted, Apple did get a hefty bump during the holidays and the birthrate is anything but static, but the fact that Apple is…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 25

Highlight: The Nearby Social Network

You’re probably wondering just how many social networks we need. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Path are already on my iPhone. You know what, let’s add another. The latest to jump into the social pool is Highlight and it wants you to find your friends—at least potential friends—nearby. Maybe the guy down the street also loves…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 24

This Is NASA’s Cancer-Sniffing Cellphone Sensor

The Ultimate Test of Siri’s Accent-Deciphering Skills: Scotland

The Apple Bug That Let Us Spy on a Total Stranger’s iPhone

Xappr Gun Brings Lazer Tag To the Smartphone Generation

Bedside iPhone Speaker Dock Completely Replaces Your Nightstand

Q&A: Only Ten Days Left to Keep Jailbreaking Legal

Resistance Is Futile: You Will Buy This Animated Light iPhone/iPad Charger Too

Stop Ruining Your Phone With a Stupid Case

Protect Your iPhone’s Glass Display With… More Glass?

Charge Your iPhone With a Book

Your iPad Breathes Life Into Totoya’s Plush Creatures

Hardest Shot App Measures Slapshot Speeds: Decides If You’re NHL Material

Mattebox: The Closest Thing the iPhone Has to Manual Focus

This Simple Wood Contraption Lets the iPhone 4 Film Both Sides of a Story

Siri Can Translate Languages for You with a Tweak

AT&T Sold 9.4 Million Smartphones—7.6 Million of Them Were iPhones

Shazam Player: Have an iPhone Sing-A-Long

Jailbreaking (or Rooting) Your Phone Could Become Illegal Again. Fight It.

Apple Sells More Phones in a Day Than People Make Babies

Highlight: The Nearby Social Network

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