Gadgets

At an event in New york city, Microsoft today displayed its brand-new line of Surface products, including updates to the existing laptop computer line and a brand-new product: the Surface area Earphones. The laptops likewise come in an extra brand-new color that needs to please fans of all things dark …

It’s getting nigh on Holiday Season and how better to celebrate the old Yule log than with a nice herbal vaporizer. The Firefly 2 is a very clever and very well-built convection vape that creates a smooth, flavorful draw and can extract the maximum in herbal pleasure out of a …

Microsoft’s virtual assistant might soon appear in a whole lot more places — wherever there’s a screen and the ability to run Windows 10 IoT Core, the lightweight version of Windows 10 that’s designed for things like refrigerators and connected thermostats. At a recent event as detailed by MSPoweruser, Microsoft …

Serious motion capture setups often involve dozens of optical markers, inertial sensors or both, making them a pain to set up and tear down, and producing a ton of data. This Disney Research project produces high-quality results from just a handful of sensors by making some smart assumptions about how …

Velodyne has a new LiDAR sensor design that could help bring an autonomous-driving future closer than ever; it’s a small, solid-sate design that has a cost of less than $50 per system (when purchased at the kind of high-volume rates needed for mass manufacturing). LiDAR’s cost has been a limiting …

If you intend on delaying your gift-buying to the degree that you have to 3D print a few just before go time, you’re in luck. This easy to use little tool lets you quickly select, customize, and print out a tiny topographical map of anywhere in the world. TopoTopo, as …

The internet connection on the International Space Station and other platforms in orbit is getting a serious upgrade that will double its capacity, NASA announced today. But they aren’t sending up a new router or satellite; the improvements are mainly terrestrial. The ISS and dozens of satellites rely on the …

Microsoft is making Cortana available to third-party device makers, and opening up the platform to third-party developers, too, so that they can integrate their own services in Cortana-powered devices. The news comes after an earlier revelation that Cortana would be coming to some IoT devices via next year’s Creators Update …

Meizu has announced its latest smartphone, the Meizu Pro 6 Plus and the handset has had a number of upgrades over the original Pro 6. The Meizu Pro 6 Plus is equipped with a 5.7 inch OLED display that features a Quad HD resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. The handset is …

Marshall has announced its latest pair of Bluetooth headphone, the Marshal MID which come with up to 30 hours of music playback. The new Marshall MID Bluetooth headphone feature 40mm dynamic drivers and feature a built in control knob which lets you pause, rewind and also answer and reject calls. …