This Bluetooth extender improves range up to a mile away
Match the letters on this diagram to the steps below to work through this project. mckibillo This story has been updated. It was originally featured in the November 2004 issue of Popular Science...
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View ArticleNew Cellphones Monitor Your Health, And May Soon Deliver Medicine
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View ArticleYou Built What?! The Electronic Didgeridoo
Photographed Kyle at the School of the Art Institute with his electric didgeridoo. Mike Walker Kyle Evans, a 24-year-old artist, bought his first didgeridoo in a small shop in Cairns, Australia, three...
View ArticleCasio’s Bluetooth Watch Syncs With Android, Makes a Strong Case for...
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Phones have done a number on watches–all too many people have ditched the wristwatch in...
View ArticleTrojan-Horse MP3s Could Let Hackers Break Into Your Car Remotely, Researchers...
Last year we told you how hackers could someday infiltrate your car’s control systems and install malware to take things over, as long as they had some computer skills and a laptop. Now car-hacking...
View ArticleTesting the Best: The Jawbone Jambox, the Best Tiniest Wireless Speaker
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View ArticleHands-On: OnLive’s Mobile App Gives Your iPad the Power of a Gaming PC
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View ArticleJawbone Big Jambox Review: Triple the Size, Triple the Sound
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Last year, we declared the Jambox by Jawbone the “best, tiniest wireless speaker” with...
View ArticlePop Review: The Logitech K760 Solar Keyboard
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Logitech’s new K760 keyboard has a solar charger and a fast-switching Bluetooth...
View ArticleA New Bluetooth Standard Lets Devices Communicate Without Draining Power
Wireless accessories such as headsets and fitness monitors are notoriously inefficient because the Bluetooth standard they use keeps them constantly connected to other devices—even when there’s no...
View ArticleDecipher Your Car’s ‘Check Engine’ Light Via Bluetooth
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View ArticleInternet-Savvy Bluetooth Won’t Insist On Pairing All The Time
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › The Internet of Things—that brave new world where my refrigerator can tell me when I’m...
View ArticleCrowdfunded NEEO Smart Remote Wants To Control All Your Devices
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › The remote control has been a crucial part of most of our living rooms for decades. Yet...
View ArticleEero Wants To Replace All Your Wireless Routers
I’ll admit it: for me, setting up networks is kind of a sport. I enjoy getting everything to work just right. But I’m weird that way–for most people, it’s kind of a hassle. That’s where new networking...
View ArticleTiny Sensor Package Will Let Students Design Their Own Physics Experiments
From what I remember of my high school physics class, we spent a lot of time rolling marbles down inclined planes. Today’s kids are used to a little more tech, so the Pocket Lab project on Kickstarter...
View ArticleNo, Wearable Electronics Are Not Like Cigarettes
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Today, New York Times tech writer Nick Bilton published a naive essay in the paper’s...
View ArticleNow The Blind Can Read Texts On This New Braille Smartwatch
DotWe may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Dot wearable Touchscreens are not conducive to the blind as they cannot see the...
View Article‘Knock Knock’ Is A New App That Could Maybe, Finally, Kill The Business Card
Humin We all want simpler exchanges of information when meeting new people in person. Yet even in the smartphone era, the humble business card arguably remains the best way. But Knock Knock, a new app...
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