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A Walk Through Hardware Alley At TC Disrupt
Dogs, drones, and digital controllers, oh my! This year's Disrupt conference in New York was full of amazing webs services and software, but Hardware Alley brought out the best in hardware startups and showed the world that hardware is finally serious business.
techcrunch.com (17 days ago)
Bitponics Offers A Cloud-Managed Hydroponic Grow Op Anyone Can Operate
Kickstarter-funded Bitponics was showing off its finished product at TechCrunch Disrupt NY's Hardware Alley today in New York, which is shipping out to backers in the next few weeks according to company cofounder Michael Zick Doherty. The Bitponics system is a cloud-based hydroponic garden manager, complete with a...
techcrunch.com (18 days ago)
Adafruit's Limor Fried Wants To Make People Comfortable With Their Electronics, Inside And Out
Recently consumer electronics have tended to be more about closing things down then opening them up, but New York-based Adafruit is working to help reverse that trend, and to make it so that people aren't afraid of what's inside their devices, and instead become more comfortable with electronics components and the...
techcrunch.com (18 days ago)
Charge Your Phone While You Ride Your Bike With The Siva Cycle Atom
While you are riding into work on your bike commute, why not charge your phone? There's a bit more to it than that, but ultimately that is exactly what the Siva Cycle Atom does. A brilliant idea. Reaching their KickStarter goal of $85,000 after only a week, the newly funded Atom is on display on the floor of...
techcrunch.com (18 days ago)
AT&T And LG Make The U.S. Optimus G Pro Official, Coming May 10 For $199.99
LG's Optimus G successor, the G Pro, is coming to AT&T on May 10, the companies revealed in a press release today. LG's Optimus G Pro offers a 1.7GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, a 5.5-inch 1920x1080 display with a pixel density of 400ppi, and a 13 megapixel rear-facing camera. The G Pro will be available on...
techcrunch.com (18 days ago)
Social Bicycles Raises $1.1 Million To Expand Bike Sharing Project
Bike sharing service Social Bicycles has raised $1.1 million to expand the reach of their social bike sharing service to new markets. The company, led by Ryan Rzepecki, reported the funding this morning.
techcrunch.com (18 days ago)
cutting-edge R&D | Researchers Figure Out How You Can Type on a Smartwatch
Smartwatches are emerging as a major player in the next phase of mobile computing, but for now, their capabilities are handicapped. A new technology called ZoomBoard explores a way you could actually type on a tiny smartwatch display.
wired.com (18 days ago)
KISI Launches Its Keyless Home Access Management Platform On Indiegogo
Munich-based startup and TechCrunch Disrupt NY Battlefield contestant KISI Systems is launching its Indiegogo campaign today. KISI and KISIBox together comprise a keyless entry solution that lets users provide timed, revokable access to their own apartments on an as-needed basis. It's the perfect complement to...
techcrunch.com (18 days ago)
3DLT Launches The First Store For Printable 3D Objects
Cincinnati, Ohio is best known for the Bengals, Bootsy Collins, and Skyline Chili but it's about to become famous as one of the first cities with a true market for 3D printable designs. 3DLT, a small company based in Cincy and founded by a team of programmers, is bringing the free-for-all world of 3D modellers into...
techcrunch.com (18 days ago)
Overheating HTC Evo Shift Burns Owner
A Columbus, Ohio woman found that her HTC Evo Shift had branded her after overheating while it was under her waistband. The woman, Jennifer Grago, reported that she was using the phone's FM radio while she did yard work.
techcrunch.com (18 days ago)
How to Shoot a Good Vine Selfie
Vine updated its app today with the ability to capture video using the front facing camera. You know what that means: Selfie time. And you know what else that means? There’s going to be a lot of terrible selfies. Just ...
wired.com (19 days ago)
Wii U Reportedly Hacked To Allow Users To Run Games From USB Devices
The builders of a Wii hacking devices, Wiikey, have announced that they've found a method to hack the Wii U to play content via USB media. The kit also claims to work on devices from any region and requires no soldering.
techcrunch.com (19 days ago)
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins Says Tablets “Not A Good Business Model,” Evidently Forgetting...
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins seems to be among the most transparent executives in tech in terms of showing his hand regarding future product plans, which may be partly because he doesn't have much to lose at this point. In an interview yesterday, he downplayed tablet computing in what looks to be an indicator that...
techcrunch.com (19 days ago)
Your Jawbone Up Just Became Far More Useful
Jawbone Up, an always on activity and sleep tracking bracelet, just became far more useful thanks to a new ability to work with many other fitness applications and devices. It dramatically improves Up’s ability to track things beyond simple movement ...
wired.com (19 days ago)
DIY HAL Replica Wants You To Close The Pod Bay Doors, Dave
Everyone's favorite electronics hobby shop, Adafruit has posted instructions for building your own HAL 9000 replica out of a big red button, an Arduino board, and some cleverly cut plastic. Best of all? With the press of a button you can make HAL tell you what to do - until you kill it.
techcrunch.com (19 days ago)
Jawbone UP Becomes A Platform With New Partners, Open API Coming Soon
Jawbone is doing something a lot of developers will probably be interested in, by opening up the UP fitness tracking wristband as a platform play, with an open API coming soon. Jawbone's new version 2.5 update for the iOS UP app allows you to integrate with IFTTT, MapMyFitness, Withings, Sleepio, Wello, RunKeeper,...
techcrunch.com (19 days ago)
What to Do (If Anything) About a Cluttered OS X Desktop
For better or worse, my digital file organization and storage strategy mimics what you’d find on my desk in real life: Clutter. Luckily, technology has made it such that it doesn’t really matter if my MacBook Pro’s desktop is littered ...
wired.com (19 days ago)
Keen Home Launches Crowdfunding Campaign For Its Connected Central Heating And Cooling Vents
Disrupt NY 2013's Startup Battlefield competition is now well underway, and now New York native Keen Home is taking the stage to present its first-round pitch. Keen Home is a home automation startup, which aims to follow in Nest's footsteps by building remote vents for your central air conditioning and heating...
techcrunch.com (19 days ago)
Chris Dixon: 3D Printing Will Transform Manufacturing, Social Media Startups Are Facing “General...
Chris Dixon, the entrepreneur-turned angel investor-turned general partner at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, today said that he believes the 3D printing movement has the potential to revolutionize manufacturing and that it is an area where he would like to make multiple investments in the future. In contrast, he...
techcrunch.com (20 days ago)
Samsung Announces The Underwhelming Galaxy Tab 3
Samsung introduced its latest tablet today, the Galaxy Tab 3, and it's clear that the Tab line is destined to play a distinct second fiddle to the Galaxy Note brand. The Tab 3 sounds like it could've been released a year or two ago, with a 7-inch 1024x600 display at just 169 PPI, a 1.2GHz dual core processor and a 3...
techcrunch.com (20 days ago)
Leap Motion Hack Brings A Facebook Home Experience To The Desktop
One of the hacks at Disrupt NY's Hackathon this year employed hardware startup Leap Motion's new 3D gesture controller, which unfortunately just ran into a delay. Leap Motion's issues aside, this project, the combined effort of Chao Huang, Cedrich Pinson and Jorge Martinez, brings a Facebook Home-style experience to...
techcrunch.com (21 days ago)
NY Disrupt Hackathon Hardware Find: Robots!
The floor at Disrupt's NY Hackathon is filled mostly with people working on software projects, but there were also some interesting hardware endeavors underway. One in particular caught my eye: a robot built from open-source components build to help anyone subject their app or device to strenuous, physical testing...
techcrunch.com (21 days ago)
More Google Glass Specs Revealed As Android Tinkerers Look For Ways To Root It
Google felt it appropriate to highlight some of Glass' specs earlier this week, but there's much more to the company's wearable display than just the 5 megapixel camera and its 16GB of internal storage. In case you were hankering for a taste of what else makes Google Glass tick, Android developer (and Glass...
techcrunch.com (22 days ago)
This Week On The TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast: The Q10 Vs. The One And The Fitbit Flex
This week on the TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast we talk about the Blackberry Q10, The HTC One, and the Fitbit Flex. This time we're joined by Matt Burns, Darrell Etherington, Chris Velazco, and a tiny thinger that won't fit into the bracelet. Enjoy!
techcrunch.com (22 days ago)
How to Make iTunes Awesome Again
A decade ago, iTunes was amazing. Now the music/app/video/iOS wrangler is a bloated mess.
wired.com (23 days ago)
The Tesla Model S' Battery Is Now Covered By A Nearly Unconditional Warranty
Without proper care batteries can wither and die like a delicate tulip roasting in the bright sun from an unseasonably warm spring day -- a fact made exponentially worse when the battery in your $60k vehicle no longer functions properly. With that in mind, Tesla just unveiled an impressive new warranty for the Model...
techcrunch.com (23 days ago)
Designer Builds 3D-Printed Headphones That Use No Manufactured Parts
If the whole of human knowledge were to be wiped out tomorrow, how would you recreate the consumer electronics industry so you can jam out to some rockin' tunes? Why you'd build these unique 3D-printed headphones. Except for some twists of wire, these cans consist of thin pieces of printed plastic and the speakers...
techcrunch.com (23 days ago)
The MTM ‘Rad' Watch Can Be Helpful In Fallout-Like Situations
Whether you're fighting mutant cyborg dogs in a hellish, post-apocalyptic wasteland or, more likely, dealing with potentially radioactive substances on a daily basis, the MTM 'Rad' watch may be the wrist droid you're looking for.
techcrunch.com (23 days ago)
How Apple’s Developer Conference Grew Too Big for Its Own Developers
WWDC is to Apple Developers as Coachella is to filthy hipsters: It’s the year’s must-attend event. Except the World Wide Developer Conference is way harder to get into. There are more than 275,000 iOS developers registered in the U.S. alone–and ...
wired.com (23 days ago)
As Smartphones Reach A Global Tipping Point, Leader Samsung Shipped 71M Devices In Q1, Nearly 2X...
IDC is the first of the big analyst companies to come out with quarterly mobile device shipment numbers that indicate Q1 as the first quarter where smartphones have outnumbered more basic feature phones in worldwide shipments: in a total market of 418.6 million devices, 216.2 (51.6%) were smartphones. But it is was...
techcrunch.com (23 days ago)
