Sony’s New Outlet Will Charge You to Charge up in Public
Last month, Sony announced its intentions to unleash two “smart outlets” on the world that would use NFC and RFID to authenticate users and monitor electricity consumption on a micro level. While it may someday be handy for charging up electric cars, in the near-term it’s more likely that in the near future, you’ll be…
How to Kill China’s ‘Carrier-Killer’ Missile: Jam, Spoof and Shoot
China has developed a missile that would turn an aircraft carrier into a two-billion-dollar hulk of twisted metal, flame, and dead sailors. Publicly, the U.S. Navy downplays its importance. Privately, the sailors are working out several different options to kill it before it kills them. Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the Navy’s top officer, explained to reporters…
The Best Bicycle Tail Light
Whether you bike to work every day regardless of how dark it is outside, or only let dusk catch you on the occasional evening ride, every cyclist should have lights. They’re required after dark by law in almost all regions, and are a crucial piece of safety equipment even where they’re optional. Remember that although…
That Time You Forgot to Charge Your Phone Could Win You a DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola
Nothing’s worse than witnessing that perfect synergy of street art and a gaggle of adorable school kids in raincoats, a spellbinding sunset battling an urban landscape, or the perfect plate of sous vide steak, and not being able to activate your phone because it’s out of juice, thereby squashing your desire to immediately capture your…
Why “More Bars in More Places” Means Nothing
Years ago we heard AT&T’s pitch: “more bars in more places”. Their campaign was to let everyone know that they had the best signal around. Sure, that may have mattered then, but the definition of signal is even variable. Just a few years ago, Apple and AT&T changed how the iPhone displayed the signal bars…