Into
How to turn your Android phone into a metal detector
If you’ve ever dropped a small screw or a paperclip onto thick carpet, you know how difficult it can be to find them. With anAndroid app called Metal Detector (by Smart Tools), you can turn your Android phone into a metal detector. Using the app might just help you find those small metal objects before [...]
Conversion kit turns your Droid RAZR into a Droid RAZR MAXX for $110
Kicking yourself for not having the foresight to know that Motorola and Verizon would release a phone identical to the Droid RAZR only with a whopping 3300mAh battery? For $ 110 you can relieve some of your regret. Cellphone Repair Shop is offering a kit of genuine Motorola replacement parts that will convert the …
Student turns old turntables into drawing machine
Robert Howsare, a student from Ohio University, has built a rudimentary, yet interesting drawing machine out of two old turntables and some wooden planks. The home project cost a mere $ 50 to put together and is simply known as the “drawing apparatus.” The drawings produced by the machine are surprisingly attractive with random asymmetrical [...]
LittleBigPlanet Karting races into living rooms soon
Vroom! Move over Mario Kart. (Credit: Media Molecule) Sackboy and friends put the pedal to the metal in a new racing adventure set to debut in 2012. Media Molecule announced yesterday LittleBigPlanet Karting for PS3, a kart racing game made in collaboration with ModNation Racers co-creator United Front Games. The title retains the familiar “Play, [...]
Apple iOS 5.1: How To Turn An Android Smartphone Into An iPhone
Like us on Facebook The key to creating an Android phone that appears to be running Apple iOS 5.1 is installing a bundle of apps that allow you customize the look of the phone’s launcher. Apps within the personalization section of Google Play will let Android owners customize their phone’s lock screen, contacts, SMS, widgets [...]
Water-resistant G-Go plunges into Bluetooth speaker arena
The G-Go is a new splash-resistant Bluetooth speaker that retails for $ 69. (Credit: G-Project) A few of us here in the office have been looking for a portable Bluetooth speaker that will work in the shower. Alas, G-Project’s new $ 69 G-Go speaker, which just became available in Target stores, is splash-resistant but not [...]
U.S. Cellular jumps into LTE with the Galaxy Tab 10.1
U.S. Cellular makes good today on a February promise to launch its 4G LTE market with a tablet. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 marks U.S. Cellular’s first LTE offering, making it the fourth U.S. carrier (behind MetroPCS, Verizon, and AT&T) to offer devices on the LTE, or Long Term Evolution, technology for 4G data speeds. The [...]
Firefighting humanoid robot gets drafted into the Navy
Enlarge this puppy to check out Saffir’s coolest features. (Click to enlarge.) (Credit: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory) Queue up The Village People doing “In the Navy.” Then follow it up with “Mr. Roboto” by Styx. Next, throw in Hendrix doing “Fire.” Put it all together, and you’ll have the perfect soundtrack for the Navy’s new [...]
Blizzard ‘looking into’ World of Warcraft on iPhone
World of Warcraft creator Blizzard has said it’s “looking into” crafting an iPhone version of its time-destroying MMORPG. Senior World of Warcraft producer John Lagrave told Eurogamer the world is “evolving toward” gadgets like the iPhone. “It would be foolish for any game developer to not be looking at that,” he said. Confirmation that Blizzard [...]
Turn your tablet into a pad of paper with Antipaper Notes
I use my tablet for a lot of different tasks. I’ve wanted to use it for taking quick notes, but the tablet keyboard isn’t always very efficient. It’s much more efficient to use your finger (or a stylus) with the help of a handwriting app, but which is the best app for mobile business users? [...]