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Smartphones Knowing When You’re Drunk Is the Next Frontier of Data Spying

Online

2 months ago

Smartphones Knowing When You’re Drunk Is the Next Frontier of Data Spying

Rhett Jones

Brilliant Mod Makes Smartwatches Actually Useful

Online

4 years ago

Brilliant Mod Makes Smartwatches Actually Useful

Rhett Jones

Why The iPhone 5s Accelerometer Is So Screwed Up

Online

7 years ago

Why The iPhone 5s Accelerometer Is So Screwed Up

Mario Aguilar

A few weeks ago, we confirmed reports that the iPhone 5s motion sensors were embarrassingly off. Some enterprising devs have investigated the problem, and figured out that at its root, it’s indeed a hardware design issue that Apple either overlooked or ignored. The good news is that there’s a fix…

Advertisers Could Track You Via A Smartphone’s Accelerometer

Online

7 years ago

Advertisers Could Track You Via A Smartphone’s Accelerometer

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

7 years ago

A Fuelband-like Collar Shows You What Life Is Like As A Polar Bear

Casey Chan

Those nifty Fuelbands and activity trackers can measure pretty much anything you do and even knows when you’re doing the horizontal-mambo. So why not use similar technology to try and understand mysterious animals like the Polar Bear. That makes so much sense! And even better, why not add a GoPro…

9 years ago

Spin Like A Top In This Accelerometer Chair

Kelly Hodgkins

New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With The Hardware

Gadgets

11 years ago

New Apple Patent Prevents You From Screwing With The Hardware

Sean Fallon

Omron Accelerometered Toothbrush Knows Exactly What It’s Brushing

Gadgets

11 years ago

Omron Accelerometered Toothbrush Knows Exactly What It’s Brushing

John Herrman

The Omron HT-B551 looks like any other electric toothbrush, but inside, it’s got a tri-directional secret: a accelerometer. Hey, fancy-pants futurists! You didn’t see this one coming, did you?

Google ‘Activating Applications Based on Accelerometer Data’ Patent Looks Kind of Terrible

Computing

11 years ago

Google ‘Activating Applications Based on Accelerometer Data’ Patent Looks Kind of Terrible

John Herrman

Motorola’s W7 Active Edition Is Controlled With Hand Gestures

Mobile

11 years ago

Motorola’s W7 Active Edition Is Controlled With Hand Gestures

Sean Fallon

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