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Pacifier-shaped thermometers get smart for unassuming babies
This week’s Smart Health roundup features baby-friendly thermometers, wearable tech that utilizes untapped muscles to control your environment, and an invisible gym in your living room. . Baby-friendly thermometers If you’ve ever had an infant or toddler in your care, you know how tricky it is to take their temperature when you think they have ...
Darkleaks, a haven for whistleblowers and pirates
It’s thought that the Bitcoin Blockchain can serve multiple purposes aside from keeping records of transactions. Ideas mooted so far include a universal passport and a censorship-resistant messaging service. Develop Amir Taaki has now put forward a new idea for the Blockchain – a platform for whistleblowers to anonymously leak information or files and get ...
Too smart home? Here’s the old school alternatives to uber-techie tools
As technology continues to advance with each passing day, the focus on upping the ante on consumer convenience has never been higher. Simple products have evolved into high-tech gadgets with the primary purpose of making our lives easier. But do these gadgets really make life more convenient? We fondly recall the days of analog home objects ...
Old fridges get connected with GE-Wink collaboration
This week’s Smart Living roundup features one company’s plans for connecting your old refrigerator to the Internet, news of a giant chip maker acquiring a semiconductor company for its push into the Internet of Things (IoT), and a 360-degree smart security system with home automation capabilities. GE to connect old refrigerators to the Internet According ...
Got extra bandwidth? Share it for Bitcoin rewards
While some eat up their monthly allotted data very quickly, others have so much that they just don’t know what to do with it. If you’re one of those who often happens to have excess bandwidth, you might want to participate in a new platform that’ll let you earn Bitcoins by sharing it with the ...
Where are they now? 4 Once-popular social network sites
Before Facebook Inc. became the most widely used social networking site, there were others. These services connected people to old friends, and served as a platform for meeting new friends. Though these forgotten social networks served their purpose, users eventually migrated to newer platforms that offered exclusivity and shiny new features. Some of the following once-popular ...
What you missed in the Smart World: pricy cooktops, smart nations
This week’s Smart World Series features a new research and innovation center for one of the country’s biggest car manufacturers, an expensive cooktop that comes with a smart sous vide accessory, along with new health gadgets for pregnant women and people with severe allergies. For those who missed last week’s Smart World Series, here’s a chance to ...
Singapore aims to become the first smart nation
This week’s Smart City roundup features what may be the first smart nation, a competition for smart city initiatives and printable electronics may be the future of smart buildings. Singapore aims to be the first smart nation More and more cities are looking to the Internet of Things to help transform their cities into ...
$13M in Bitcoins traced back to Silk Road kingpin Ross Ulbricht
Alleged Silk Road kingpin Ross Ulbricht is on trial at a Manhattan, NY court, facing charges of conspiring to commit narcotics trafficking, conspiring to commit computer hacking and conspiring to commit money laundering, amongst others. Earlier in the trial, Ulbricht’s legal team admitted that he was the founder of darknet marketplace Silk Road, but stated that ...
Where to stream the Super Bowl XLIX online
Super Bowl XLIX, one of the biggest sports events in the world, will kick off on Sunday, February 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium with a game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. Which team colors will fly high in this year’s NFL championship game? Though most of us ...