December 15th, 2008
A new automobile ignition key can prevent teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving.
The invention, by researchers at the University of Utah, is called Key2SafeDriving and is aimed at cutting down on road deaths. It relies on Bluetooth technology to wirelessly connect keys to phones.
“The key to safe driving [...]
November 25th, 2008
I can’t watch TV without my TiVo, but the one thing I’m really lax about is actually programming the damn thing (Best Invention Ever: Season Pass).
In an effort to strip away all my excuses for not finding new shows and movies to watch, TiVo is introducing a mobile site at m.tivo.com (warning: link may not [...]
November 14th, 2008
There are many things to consider before you a purchase a cell phone. One major consideration for most consumers is the price of the cell phone.
Understandably, cell phones that have very few “bells and whistles” will cost much less than a mobile phone that also serves as an MP3 player, a video camera, a camera [...]
November 13th, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore.—In 2004, Nokia Corp. created a concept design for a smart phone dominated by a touch screen which looks today uncannily like Apple Inc.’s iPhone.
In 2008, Nokia (Helsinki, Finland) repeated the exercise, presenting a concept design of the “morph” mobile phone of 2012. If the predictions ring as true as they did in 2004, [...]