Google has two new projects aimed at giving us new ways to interact with our devices. One is a radar-powered system for using 3D gestures to control wearables and other gadgets. The other is a wearable technology called Project Jacquard which literally weaves touch sensors into fabric. That means your next shirt, sport coat, or pair […]
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Google Project Soli: Tiny radar brings gesture support to wearables
Smartwatches and other wearable devices promise to deliver info-at-a-glance on a tiny display. But that small screen can be hard to interact with. So Google is looking for new ways to control wearable devices and other products that don’t involve touching a screen. Project Soli is one an experimental project to use radar technology to […]
The Humane Ai Pin is a $699 screen-free wearable designed to replace your smartphone
Human beings have developed a love/hate relationship with smartphones over the past two decades. They’re devices many of us can’t imagine living without… but they’re also frustrating gadgets that demand too much of our time and attention. A startup called Humane has been teasing a smartphone alternative for much of the year, and now the […]
Lilbits: Humane’s wearable Ai Pin, Google’s next foldable, and a cheap micro server with speedy wired connectivity
Earlier this year a startup called Humane demonstrated an upcoming device that’s expected to be a screenless wearable AI assistant. But when the company didn’t actually show us what it looks like or tell us when it would arrive. Now we have answers to both questions… kind of. The company partnered with Paris-based fashion house […]
MOZI concept notebook has a built-in projector and retractable keyboard
A Lenovo subsidiary has designed a “smart notebook” concept called MOZI that packs a PC, projector, and keyboard into a compact. While it’s unclear if MOZI will ever see the light of day, the project did recently win a Red Dot Design Award, and it’s an interesting take on what a portable computer could look like […]
M1 Windows project aims to bring Microsoft’s desktop OS to Apple Silicon (unofficially)
Back when Apple’s Mac computers had Intel processors, it was pretty easy to install Microsoft Windows on an Apple laptop or desktop computers using Apple’s Boot Camp feature which allowed users switch between macOS and Windows on startup. But that ended when Apple began shipping Macs with Apple Silicon processors because Windows doesn’t include native […]
Lilbits: Maybe a wearable air purifier that sprays your breath outward isn’t such a great idea in 2022?
Dyson, a company known for its high-performance (and high-priced) vacuum cleaners, hair care products and fans has entered the wearable space with the introduction of Dyson Zone, which the company describes as “air purifying headphones.” Basically, they’re a set of wireless noise-cancelling headphones with a built-in air purifier that covers your nose. And while they […]
Kobo Clara HD becomes an E Ink Linux tablet with the help of postmarketOS
The Kobo Clara HD is an eReader with a 6 inch E Ink display and Kobo’s software designed for reading eBooks. But thanks to a new work-in-progress port of postmarketOS for the device, you can now use the Kobo Clara HD as a Linux tablet with an E Ink display. That could make this device, which […]
This DIY cyberdeck is a retrofuturistic wearable workstation for hacking on the go
Cyberdecks may have begun as a fictional type of portable computer that hackers could use to “jack in” to cyberspace, but now that technology has caught up to science fiction in a lot ways, there’s a thriving scene of makers who create real-world cyberdecks. The Кибердек RA01 is one of the more impressive models I’ve […]
Lilbits: Intel’s 10nm Ice Lake Xeon server chips, Google’s wearables/hearables, and Lenovo’s next weird phone
Intel’s had a hard time ramping up production of 10nm chips, but after delivering two generations of laptop processors manufactured using a 10nm process, the company is finally introducing its first 10nm server chips. The new 3rd-gen Xeon Scalable processors feature Sunny Cove CPU cores based on the same technology as the 10th-gen “Ice Lake” […]