Video: Sphero Robot Ball Provides Multi-Directional, Pet-Confounding Fun
Balls are typically governed by the immutable laws of motion. However, Colorado-based Orbotix has taken that maxim and turned it on its head, outfitting a mini plastic ball with enough...
View ArticleNvidia Touts 7-Inch Asus Tablet Packing Android 4, Quad-Core CPU — For $249
Touting the benefits of an increasingly fractured tablet marketplace, Nvidia cofounder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveiled a new Asus 7-inch tablet that runs on the company's next-generation Tegra 3...
View ArticleLG’s 55-Inch OLED Has Svelte Body, Stunning Display
LG shows off (among other advancements) its long-hyped 55-inch OLED TV, which measures only four millimeters thick and sports a one-millimeter bezel that is so minuscule, it's almost nonexistent. The...
View ArticleVideo: iHealth Smart GlucoMeter Tests Blood Sugar With Your Phone
There’s nothing especially pleasant about having to constantly check your blood sugar levels, but diabetics may soon have another tech-savvy option for maintaining long-term records of how it changes....
View ArticleLG’s French-Door Fridge Keeps Food Cold, Beer Colder
A new wave of advanced home appliances are in no shortage at the Consumer Electronics Show, but for most consumers these days, the benefits of a quality refrigerator boil down to the basics: Keep my...
View ArticleVideo: Goggle Display Delivers Real-Time Data to Snow Runs
There’s so much to keep track of as you’re swooshing down a ski run: moguls around turns, rocks peaking from boundaries, inept rookies clogging high-traffic lanes. But if you’ve got some attention to...
View ArticleWired Bike Team Tackles Northern California’s Tough Terrain
GUERNEVILLE, Calif. — The only thing blocking the relentless twilight sun from crisping my face is the six-foot-wide trunk of a nearby redwood. From a deck overlooking the Russian River, placid and...
View ArticleCows, Wind and Drive-Bys: Wired Bike Team Plows Through All Obstacles
The weather forecast has predicted little besides 80-degree temps and sunny skies this week. Wind is something that you expect but hope doesn’t come your way. Something you can’t really plan on is...
View ArticleWrong Turns, False Flats Give Wired Bike Team Some Fresh Challenges
As in all acts of extreme physical endurance, you learn more about yourself when things are going wrong rather than when it's easy. It's when that moment of self-doubt starts poking at your brain,...
View ArticleWired Bike Team’s Week of Aches and Ecstasy Comes to a Close
None of the rides the Wired crew did last week were particularly grueling, but none were easy, either. The week wasn’t about training; it was about testing bikes and cycling gear. The post Wired Bike...
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