The Galaxy S4 has an easy mode, and more importantly, the Galaxy S4 needs an easy mode. This necessity is a double-edged sword. It means that the technology built into Samsung's latest generation smartphone does things you've never seen before, and maybe couldn't even imagine. However, really using that technology isn't as simple as you might think, and could be downright overwhelming to a novice smartphone user.This is the theme I kept running into with the GS4. If you're technologically advanced enough to be excited for hovering gestures and optical readers and two cameras working at the sam... Read similar

Soon, Google won't be the only one with self-driving cars — if U.S. carmaker GM has its way. Cadillac's "Super Cruise," a semi-autonomous driving system, is making progress in extensive testing, according to the car companyLast year, GM teased us with the promise of Super Cruise, and now the company says it's taken the technology out on "real roads," as well as tested on closed courses and sophisticated simulators. Designed to take control of the car when you need it most, the technology works only on freeways so far, offering what GM calls "semi-automated driving." The technology build... Read similar

The boy geniuses of Formlabs, David Cranor, Maxim Lobovsky, and Natan Linder have posted a video detailing their Form One 3D printer, one of the most well-put-together 3D printing devices we've seen in a while. The Form One uses a form of stereolithography that prints the objects "upside down" by activating polymers with laser light. The resulting objects come out of a bath of plastic looking like Neo tumbling out of his oozing cocoon in The Matrix.Read similar

Sony, a company who’s no stranger to new technology, has introduced a new display technology. The company revealed their new Triluminos display technology, which looks to enhance the display of devices to even beyond the likes of Super AMOLED and Retina displays. How does it work? According to Sony, the Triluminos display technology uses quantum dots, or nanocrystals, to display information. These ...The post Sony shows off Triluminos display technology, hopes to compete with Super AMOLED and Retina displays appeared first on AndroidGuys.Read similar

Scientists have toyed with printing ear implants for ages, but they've usually been more cosmetic than functional. Princeton has just developed a bionic ear that could transcend those mere replacements to offer a full-on upgrade. Rather than seed hydrogel with cells and call it a day, the researchers 3D printed a blend of calf cells, hydrogel and an integrated, coiled antenna made from silver nanoparticles. The frankly spooky project doesn't resemble a natural ear all that closely, but it merges organic and synthetic more gracefully than inserting a chip into an existing implant. It can also e... Read similar

NASA’s Hubble space telescope has caught a glimpse of a fast moving comet, one of the brightest examples in decades, as it prepares to skim the surface of the sun later this year. Comet (C/2012 S1) ISON was first identified in September last year, with later observations leading astronomers to predict that the hurtling chunk Read The Full StoryRead similar

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When most front-facing mobile cameras are shoehorned in between a myriad of sensors, they seldom have the breathing room they'd need for truly noteworthy performance. OmniVision can't quite defy physics, but its new OV2724 sensor could challenge at least a few of our common assumptions. The OV2722 successor stuffs 1080p imaging into the company's smallest chip of the kind, at 5mm by 5mm by 3.5mm -- ideally, leading to full HD front cameras in tinier devices. Full-size devices still stand to benefit, though. The OV2724 has the headroom to record at an extra-smooth 60 frames per second, and indi... Read similar

A lot of people don't carry cameras anymore, now that they have smartphones. But that means that you could miss opportunities to capture great moments, especially when you're missing out on the great optical zoom available on some more expensive or specialized dedicated camera devices. That's what Snapzoom hopes to fix with its binocular mount for smartphone cameras, and the best part is that it's completely universal, meaning it fits a wide variety of both phones and binoculars.Read similar