HEADLINE:
Could this be the best budget tablet ever? Tesco HUDL 2 hands-on
(As mentioned in Team 5, the HUDL 2 launched last week! – Thanks for the Link below Dan)
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=29801772&m=d
http://www.gizmag.com/tesco-hudl-2/34104/
MOBILE:
Vertu Aster smartphone: High-end specs, slightly less sky-high price tag
(Sinead mentioned this to me a while ago, tis for people with money to burn)
http://www.gizmag.com/vertu-aster-luxury-smartphone/34085/
Honda Connect puts Android and Nvidia tech into dashboards
(Android takes its rightful place in your car)
http://www.gizmag.com/vertu-aster-luxury-smartphone/34085/
Stanford student reveals Facebook Messenger payment feature
(Now I understand why they (annoyingly) wanted me to install that separate app)
http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/05/stanford-student-reveals-facebook-messenger-payment-feature/
Mark your calendars: Apple expected to hold iPad event on Oct. 16
http://www.gizmag.com/new-ipads-release-date/34112/
HEALTH AND WELLBEING:
SmartMat aspires to be a roll-up yogi
(Really nice product but boy is it pricey!)
http://www.gizmag.com/smartmat-yoga-mat/34092/
Making peanuts safe for allergy sufferers
(Hope for all the peanut allergen suffers out there)
http://www.gizmag.com/modifying-peanut-reduce-allergen-proteins/34073/
Glow Gets $17 Million In Series B Funding From Formation 8, Founders Fund And Andreesen Horowitz
(The app that helps women track their fertility cycles)
WEARABLES:
From wearables to … invisibles
http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/05/from-wearables-to-invisibles/
Panasonic’s tiny new battery is destined for the wearables market
(the industry’s smallest cylindrical shaped rechargeable Lithium Ion battery)
http://www.gizmag.com/panasonic-lithium-ion-cg320-battery/34114/
With TinyScreen, you can make your own wearable
(Next evolution of Raspberry Pi type devices)
http://www.gizmag.com/tiny-screen-kickstarter-ken-burns/34078/
Digitsole warms your feet while counting calories
(Toasty Step Counting, an interesting approach)
http://www.gizmag.com/digitsole-warms-feet-counts-calories/34047/
Pavlok wearable shocks you when you’re bad
(For all those who were suggesting the shock terapy in the Innovation Day ideas)
http://www.gizmag.com/pavlok-shock-wearable/34082/
Toshiba shows off glasses with embedded display
(Specs use projector like Google Glass but aren’t wireless)
http://www.techcentral.ie/toshiba-shows-glasses-embedded-display/
FeverSmart
(Fever Smart is an easy and effective way to monitor your child’s health)
Darma smart cushion monitors posture through your butt
http://www.gizmag.com/darma-smart-cushion-posture-health/34055/
GENERAL HEALTH:
Invisaband bracelet claimed to make you undetectable to mosquitoes
(I’m taking one of these with me next time I go away!)
http://www.gizmag.com/invisaband-bracelet-undetectable-mosquitos/34072/
MIT pioneers drug delivery system with the potential to replace injections
(No more needles in the arm, or elsewhere for that matter).
http://www.gizmag.com/drug-delivery-system-capsule-microneedles-mit/34083/
AUTOMATED INTELLIGENCE:
IPsoft’s Amelia AI platform making its way to work
(Could we be all replaced soon?)
http://www.gizmag.com/amelia-artificial-intelligence/34024/
OTHER:
Oxygen absorbing material may allow us to breathe underwater
(This was just a really cool story 🙂
http://www.gizmag.com/crystalline-material-absorb-oxygen-denmark/34064/
HP confirms company to split in two
(CEO Meg Whitman will head Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, while PC and printer business head Dion Weisler will run HP Inc.)
http://www.techcentral.ie/hp-confirms-split/
Microsoft is launching Windows 10
(Thanks Dan)
Stamplay Is IFTTT For Back-End Development
(If you are a front-end developer, setting up signup forms and integrations with popular APIs can be very painful. Stamplay wants to make back-end development as easy as playing with Lego bricks.)
http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/06/stamplay-is-ifttt-for-back-end-development/
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