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- The Top Green Gadgets That Are Actually Cool, Too
- Samsung announces Galaxy Tab S, with super AMOLED display
- Google’s Acquisition Spree Reaches into Space
- Nvidia Spills the Beans, Confirms Game-Changing Shield Tablet
| The Top Green Gadgets That Are Actually Cool, Too Posted: 13 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT  ‘Going green’ gets a bad rap sometimes because people assume it only means separating glass and plastic and making sure you never waste a drop of water. The fact of the matter is, going green can actually be quite interesting and even innovative, integrating technological advances that rely on alternative energies such as solar power. In order to keep going green plenty of fun, we’ve brought you the top green gadgets that will change the way you live your life, without forcing the less interesting changes into your day-to-day world. Outdoor Speakers Speakers that can be used outdoors are cool enough, but outdoor speakers that run on solar energy are fun, practical and very, very green. The Honeywell wireless speakers can be operated using an AC adapter as well, but it’s their ability to soak up the sun–and then play some great tunes while patching into a mobile device–that makes them so great. SolarRoll The Brunton SolarRoll also uses solar energy to be ultra-green but it doesn’t use that power to power itself. The SolarRoll can be hooked up to a number of other devices and charges or powers them. There are actually three different SolarRolls that have a number of different power outputs you can match up with your needs. ASUS Ecobook The ASUS Ecobook is a laptop that has gone green thanks to its housing. The case for the ASUS Econova LED TV Televisions aren’t usually considered devices that have gone green. The Econova Solar Powered Keyboard There are a number of solar powered wireless keyboards out there. Logitech and a number of other companies have jumped on this tech rather quickly. Much like the solar remote control, the green comes from no longer having to go through batteries over and over. Water Powered Alarm Clock Water powered alarm clocks seem to be all the rage for people who want to go green with a little bit of style. The clocks work exactly like they sound. Open up the valve, fill with regular water and a chemical reaction converts the ions in the water into energy. WaterPebble WaterPebble is a device that wants to help you reduce the amount of water you use. You can take Robomow Robomow is both pretty cool, because it saves you energy but it’s also green because it saves Motorized Blinds Motorized blinds and window coverings usually only pop up in commercial and retail locations Nest Thermostat The Nest Thermostat can actually program itself based on the best possible use of energy combined with your preferences. It will even give you a little leaf logo when the energy use is nice and green. It can also be operated remotely using mobile applications for added energy savings.
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| Samsung announces Galaxy Tab S, with super AMOLED display Posted: 13 Jun 2014 06:00 AM PDT  Samsung gets deep into the game with the announcement of two new tablets in their galaxy line, dubbed the Galaxy Tab S. Samsung’s two upcoming tablets, a pair of 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch sets of the Galaxy Tab S family, will both count with Super AMOLED screens and WQXGA displays, making them some of the most vibrant and powerful tabs in their price range. These screens with adaptive display technology are claimed to be 40 percent less reflective than regular LCD screens, which makes them perfect for indoor or outdoors use. Boasting a thickness of only 6.6 mm and running Android 4.4 (KitKat), these tabs are meant to provide 11 hours of battery life, along with functionalities such as a fingerprint scanner and special, dedicated content celebrating today's FIFA World Cup kickoff. Both models will ship in July in both the US and Europe, and retail at $399 for the 8.4-inch and $499 for 10.5-inch model. Source: TNW Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories at Samsung Launches Simband, a Digital Health Platform and Samsung Targets Oculus Rift and Sony Morpheus with a VR Headset for Phones.    |
| Google’s Acquisition Spree Reaches into Space Posted: 13 Jun 2014 05:00 AM PDT  Google is often compared to the apocalyptic AI Skynet, but a new acquisition has brought it the closest yet to the oft referenced fictional doomsday computer. It’s official, Google’s on a buying spree. The most recent–although still pending regulatory approval–is for the satellite company Skybox Imaging. The $500 million acquisition marks the 154th acquisition since Google’s inception in 1998 and the 27th acquisition in the last 12 months (that’s an average of more than 2 acquisitions per month for those of us that are counting). Skybox marks another new territory in the ever growing company, but fits right in with Google’s stable of acquisitions that are assumed to be leveraged in the execution of Project Loon, Google’s initiative to provide internet access to hard to reach–or disaster areas–via weather balloon. Other project loon acquisitions include Titan Aerospace, which designs and produces high altitude UAVs, which–combined with a company like Skybox Imaging–means Google now owns several layers of the air and sky. You could even say it creates a sort of net in the sky, like some sort of… Skynet. Although Google may intend to use the satellites produced by the now-Google-owned Skybox to beam out internet connections, pre-acquisition Skybox Imaging leveraged its satellites to capture high resolution images and videos of changes to the surface of the earth. You can see a sample of the work done by Skybox Imaging in the video below (note that as Skybox imaging captures in HD, the video below does support 1080p playback).
Although much of this is new territory for Google, the video above may remind you of many existing Google services. Imagine if Google leveraged these satellites to augment Google maps, including real time traffic and weather updates. Some of this is already handled by other Google acquisitions like Waze, but Waze depends on user gathered data to generate traffic updates. Traffic in the video above is clearly visible, meaning traffic updates such as accidents or traffic jams will be visible by Google as they happen instead of waiting until the effects are felt by another driver running Waze. Such an addition to Google Maps will help it to jump ahead of competing mapping and navigation solutions by leaps and bounds. It also means the images in Google maps will be far more up to date instead of being updated only every couple of years, so any changes from construction on roads or creation of new landmarks could be immediately noted. Obviously, Google owned satellites in the sky will definitely raise privacy concerns and bring out even more Skynet jokes (as evidenced by this article), but just like Apple’s TouchID or Google Now, most marginally privacy infringing services also bring major benefits to consumers. We’ll see how many different ways Google chooses to utilize its new satellites and whether it will just use it for Project Loon’s internet distribution plans, or if it will branch out and incorporate the technology with the many other existing Google services, but either way, the sky is literally not even the limit. Source: Engadget Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter Read more on Walyou, Moto X Gets Updates to Hardware, Software, and New Promotion, Google Forms Partnership to Improve Fashion for Google Glass    |
| Nvidia Spills the Beans, Confirms Game-Changing Shield Tablet Posted: 12 Jun 2014 01:58 PM PDT  After launching the Shield handheld gaming console that had quite a few unique selling points, Nvidia now confirms the existence of an Android tablet with the same name. The only problem about this is that Nvidia did so by mistake. It’s not like this graphics card maker is the first company to officially leak info about its yet-to-be-launched products, but in Nvidia’s case, this is pretty big news. Unfortunately for the avid gamers that are looking forward to buying the next product launched by Nvidia, there’s not much to say about this device’s specs. As far as I’m concerned, this might as well be a PR stunt, or in proper terms, a trial balloon. Nvidia may or may not have a Shield tablet in the works (while writing this phrase, my mind flew to CIA’s first tweet), and it all depends on the public’s reaction to this piece of news. Knowing gamers, however, it’s anyone’s guess that most people are excited about the prospect of owning such a product. Nvidia listed this mysterious device on the TegraZone website, where games optimized for the company’s Tegra-based devices are displayed. A few weeks ago, leaked images of a device called Mocha popped up, and this Shield tablet may be one and the same with that powerhouse. Besides the quad-core Tegra K1 (which Nvidia also plans to use in butonless dashboards), Mocha was also equipped with 2GB of RAM (plenty even for today’s most power-hungry games and apps), as well as a 7.9 inch display with a 2,048 x 1,536 resolution. In the handheld gaming console’s case, the name Shield makes a lot of sense, given the form factor and the folding display, so the number one question regarding the Shield tablet is: How is this device going to look? One great idea would be to add detachable gaming controls, even though there have been attempts to do that from other companies in the past. I guess we’ll have to wait and see if the Shield tablet is a real device, or if all of this was a hoax. The company has yet to officially comment this leak or to make an announcement, so until such a moment in time, gamers need to wait patiently. Maybe their hopes will materialize in the form of the Shield Android slate. Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories about Nvidia’s plans to make dashboards buttonless using Tegra K1, and the first unveiling of Nvidia’s Project Shield.    |
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