Magellan’s Echo is a remote control for your smartphone
Magellan is a company known for its GPS products, so it might surprise you to learn that its latest smartwatch doesn’t contain any mapping hardware whatsoever. Instead, the Magellan Echo works more...
View ArticleUK travellers set to get 3G and LTE services inside the Channel Tunnel
For more than a year, the Channel Tunnel (a 32-mile mile underwater tunnel connecting England and France) was regarded as French territory, as far as the mobile industry was concerned. Three major...
View ArticleHow to Become a Paramedic
Paramedics have a very rewarding and coveted job that has a 33% job growth predicted by 2020.[1] However, to be a paramedic, you have to put in long hours during training, be quick on your feet, and...
View ArticleAmazon offers another chance to pick up a white PlayStation Vita
Fancy a limited edition Crystal White PS Vita bundled with Assassin’s Creed III Liberation for just $180? Well, sorry old bean, but you’re too late. That particular deal ended ages ago and the...
View ArticleSamsung promises a ‘back to basics’ rethink for the Galaxy S5
Samsung has admitted that the public didn’t see much difference between the Galaxy S III and S4 smartphones and said the S5 would likely pack a substantially different design. Exec Lee Young Hee told...
View ArticleHow to Dual Boot Windows and SteamOS
Valve’s SteamOS is a living-room gaming operating system based on desktop Linux. It’s currently in beta, but you can install it yourself on almost any computer thanks to Ye Olde SteamOSe, a...
View Article3D-printed images help the blind ‘see’ Hubble’s photos of space (video)
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced some of the most spectacular images known to man, but there’s a large segment of the population who’ve been unable to enjoy them: the blind. A pair of...
View ArticleWowWee’s MiP revisited: the dance of the robot fairies
You might remember the MiP from such posts as Meet WowWee’s MiP: A gesture and app-controlled robot with moves like Jagger and Live from the Engadget CES Stage: WowWee CTO Davin Sufer. Well, if you...
View ArticleHot Watch about to ship to Kickstarter backers, here’s the (almost) final...
The last time we saw the Hot Watch, the wristband was held together with a temporary strip of Velcro. To be sure, it was in good enough shape for us to test its voice-calling feature, but it was...
View ArticleSamsung leak points to cut-down Galaxy Note 3 ‘Neo’ with six-core CPU
If you like the idea of a big old pen-equipped Samsung handset but don’t want to spend a bundle on a Galaxy Note 3, you might soon be in luck. GSM Arena has unearthed a sales document that spells out...
View ArticleNew Battery Material Could Help Wind and Solar Power Go Big
Liquid energy: Novel energy storage materials flow from the white containers shown here into a fuel-cell like device in the foreground, where they generate electricity. Utilities would love to be able...
View ArticleSnapchat responds to privacy scares by letting users unlink their phone number
Snapchat has just taken its first steps toward addressing the exploits that led to a leak of 4.6 million phone numbers late last year. Updates to its Android and iOS apps now let you opt out of...
View ArticleSocial calendar app Sunrise finally comes to iPad
Launching on iPhone in February 2013, Sunrise changed our perception of calendar apps with its ability to provide more context to daily events. By connecting to Google, iCloud, Facebook, LinkedIn and...
View ArticleNew Form of Spacecraft Propulsion Proposed For Uranus Mission
Humankind has sent only handful of spacecraft to the outer Solar System beyond the asteroid belt. There were the Pioneers and Voyagers that left Earth in the 1970s. The Galileo mission headed to...
View ArticleHow to Tune a Saxophone
When playing a saxophone, whether in a small ensemble, full band, or even solo, tuning is very important. Good tuning makes for a clearer, more beautiful sound, and it is essential for every saxophone...
View ArticleGmail now lets you email Google+ users directly, still keep your email...
Even though the rest of the tech world is preoccupied with a little trade show in Vegas, the folks in Mountain View are still working hard. Today, Google has rolled out a nifty new feature for Gmail...
View ArticleLive from the Engadget CES Stage: Wacom CEO Masahiko Yamada
Wacom’s been long known for offering up a different sort of tablet than the consumer models that tend to flood the CES show floor. And while the Cintiq marks a bit of an experimental step in that...
View ArticleLive from the Engadget CES Stage: Formlabs co-founder Maxim Lobovsky
The 3D printing field is a big enough story at this year’s show to justify its own section on the CES floor. And while plenty of companies have thrown their hats in the consumer ring, Formlabs has...
View ArticleLess than 6 hours left to vote for your favorite gadget of CES 2014!
If you haven’t voted for your personal best of CES yet, get on it now! We have a healthy list of our own top choices, but one of our 15 Best of CES Awards will be decided by you. Head to the poll now,...
View ArticleLive from the Engadget CES Stage: Stern Pinball CEO Gary Stern
It wouldn’t be Vegas without some pinball. For the second year in a row, Stern Pinball CEO Gary Stern will be hitting the stage to talk about building machines in the age of the video game. January 9,...
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