The hardware specs of Google Glass were leaked a while ago but there was one crucial component missing - the processor inside the revolutionary device. The big question was whether the chip inside was a complex piece of silicon or just a simple custom SoC. Apparently Google Glass gets powered by the Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 processor - a chip that also powers a number of s...
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Google Glass specs leaked online
17 April 2013 | Featured, Gadgets
The first comprehensive list of tech specs of the upcoming Google Glass gadget, which combines PC and smartphone functions in a single device, has become available on the Internet thanks to the efforts of an unknown source. According to the source Google Glass will have an integrated display that will work at 640 x 360 pixels and will create the feeling the user sits in front...
Microsoft might be working on own smartwatch
15 April 2013 | Gadgets
US tech giant Microsoft is likely interested in developing an own brand smartwatch, Asian sources have declared. Apparently the software company has asked Asian suppliers to ship components for a potentially touch-enabled smartwatch device with the whole thing going as far as Asian company representatives having a meeting with Microsoft’s own research and development team i...
Samsung plans to release smartwatches
20 March 2013 | Gadgets
The tech story we have been watching for years seems to keep on going – at first there were cell phones, which were replaced by smartphones and now smartphones may end up being replaced by smartwatches - in a few years at least. The recent announcement by Apple saying that the company works on a smartwatch has been followed by a recent Samsung announcement in which the comp...
Neo Geo is back with an anniversary gaming console
14 August 2012 | Gadgets
Do you still remember the years when PCs were still prohibitively expensive and people had to satisfy their gaming needs playing arcade games on those big machines charging a quarter or two? If you do the memory of it all surely brings a sense of nostalgia, warmth and something lost forever. Well, that’ll be no longer the case as SNK Playmore is ready to bring you a new Neo Geo gaming system for...
Exogear announces external battery with limitless capacity
13 August 2012 | Featured, Gadgets, Smartphones, Tablets
Here’s a new and rather interesting product coming out of Exogear – a battery that features unlimited capacity! Designed to serve mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets the portable external battery, known as Exogear Exovolt Plus Battery Pack, consists of a number of smaller battery elements with each of them holding 5200 mAh of power. The main element also has four L...
Korean scientists create flexible batteries
7 August 2012 | Gadgets
Flexible displays have been the craze lately but devices employing such screens also need power sources that can be bent. Right now such power sources are nowhere to be found but a team of Korean scientists is here to help. (more...)...
Scientists create self-healing protective coating
24 July 2012 | Gadgets
A team of Dutch scientists working for the Eindhoven University of Technology has created a new type of protective coating that can heal itself when scratched. (more...)...
UCLA scientists create solar cells that can be used in regular windows
23 July 2012 | Gadgets
Photovoltaic systems are getting more and more common but soon they may find their way to everyone’s windows thanks to the efforts of a team of scientists at the University of California – Los Angeles. (more...)...
French scientists suggest new extremely durable storage method
16 July 2012 | Gadgets
Did you know that popular 120 mm optical discs promise to keep your information for up to 100 years? (more...)...
