Citizen Kano pitches easy-build Raspberry Pi for code-hungry kids
Anyone can toss together a Raspberry Pi and a bunch of accessories and call it a computer learning kit, but Kano has a more joined-up...
The Hour of Code 2013
What is Hour of Code It's a one-hour introduction to computer science education designed to demystify code and show that anyone can learn the basics...
Video: US Army to get Iron Man suit for troops in just four years
This is not the first time that the US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) has talked about their desire to get a real...
Video: Leonardo Da Vinci’s wacky piano is heard for the first time, after 500 years
A bizarre instrument combining a piano and cello has finally been played to an audience more than 500 years after it was dreamt up Leonardo...
Apple reportedly acquires PrimeSense for $345M
Apple has reportedly closed a deal to acquire PrimeSense, the 3D-sensor company behind Microsoft's Kinect sensor. (more…)
Apple rolls out iOS 7.0.4, includes new features, bug fixes
iOS 7.0.4 includes bug fixes, security patches, and a slew of new features and software improvements. (more…)
Video: Accidental discovery dramatically improves conductivity
Quite by accident, Washington State University researchers have achieved a 400-fold increase in the electrical conductivity of a crystal simply by exposing it to light....
Snap Chat walks away from a $3 billion all-cash offer from Facebook
Snapchat, a rapidly growing messaging service, recently spurned an all-cash acquisition offer from FacebookFB +3.21% for $3 billion or more, according to people briefed on the...
Instant inkjet circuits
In the paper Instant Inkjet Circuits: Lab-Based Inkjet Printing To Support Rapid Prototyping Of Ubicomp Devices researchers Yoshihiro Kawahara of the University of Tokyo, Steve...
Atmel Achieves Windows 8 Certification for XSense, The Innovative Flexible Touch Sensor Material
Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced the company's groundbreaking XSense® flexible touch sensor has achieved...