Toshiba’s Canvio AeroMobile Brings 128GB of Wireless SSD Awesomness [Review]
Those that have followed me and AndroidSPIN for a while know that I have this crazy obsession, perhaps unhealthy addiction, with storage. Not so much cloud storage, although I do have a number of those accounts spread all over the place as well. More so I have an addiction to physical storage. Be it micro SD […]
Super-sensitive chip can sniff out bombs from 16 feet away
Let’s face it: the theatrical security procedures at airports aren’t going away any time soon. However, they might just get more tolerable if a team of Israeli researchers bring a new, extremely sensitive bomb detection chip to an inspection line near you. The prototype sniffs for explosives by using groups of nano-scale transistors that react to tiny electrical changes when certain chemicals pass by. And we do mean tiny — the chip can raise alarms if there are just a few molecules found out of 1,000 trillion. For those not keeping score, previous techniques will ‘only’ raise a red flag in the molecules per billion range.
The result is a bomb detector that can work in some very, very challenging circumstances. Depending on the material, the component can recognize explosives from as far as 16 feet away; inspectors wouldn’t have to invade your personal space just to give you the all-clear. It can also ferret out the offending substances even when the environment is “highly contaminated” by cigarette smoke. What you’re seeing is very early, and there’s no definite timetable for a finished product. Nevertheless, it suggests that you’ll eventually have one less hassle to deal with when rushing to board a flight.
[Image credit: David Paul Morris via Getty Images]
Filed under: Science
Source: Nature Communications
LG G Watch Now Available for Pre-Order Priced at $255
Google I/O is less than a day away, and already we have an online retailer posting pre-orders for the LG G Watch. Ausdroid stumbled onto mobilefun.com where they have posted the LG G watch pre-orders that will launch in 12 countries between the dates of July 7th-9th. Is your wallet out yet? Tomorrow we will […]
Google steps in to cover Verizons butt with $150 credit on Chromebook Pixel Debacle
Verizon seems to be making the headlines in a negative light quite a bit more often than I am sure they would like. There was a recent public banter between Verizon and Netflix over bandwidth that cause quite the stir. It even pulled out the good old cease and desist letter from the Verizon legal […]
Netflix app updates, reverses white on red logo and changes action bar Color
The Netflix app on Android received an update this evening. It brings the app to version 3.6. There are a whole lot of changes to be had in the update, but there were some visual tweaks that I thought you might to know about. The first thing you will notice is that the app icon […]
Engadget Daily: Google I/O 2014, the deal with Android Wear and more!
Today, we discuss tomorrow’s Google I/O conference, review the Galaxy Tab S, take a look at Misfit’s new Pebble fitness tracking app and explore the potential of Google’s Android Wear platform. Read on for Engadget’s news highlights from the last 24 hours.
What’s on tap for Google at I/O 2014
Design, Develop, Disrupt: that’s the theme for Google I/O 2014. And while that slogan isn’t particularly revealing, we’ve compiled a handy guide of what to expect from this year’s conference .
Android Wear could make or break the smartwatch
Google knows that the smartwatch industry is disjointed, and it’s doing something about it. Read on as James Trew investigates the Android Wear platform and its potential to restructure the world of wearables.
Misfit’s fitness tracker is now available as a Pebble app
Remember the Misfit Shine? Well, this curious little fitness tracker is being reimagined as an app on the Pebble smartwatch — no Shine required. Said app is available in the Pebble appstore today, so download away.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S review: slim design, long battery life, stunning screen
Say hello to Samsung’s latest slate, the Galaxy Tab S. Besides having a beautiful, crisp display and great battery life, this incredibly thin tablet matches the iPad Air nearly spec for spec. Available in 8- and 10-inch versions, the Tab S is up for pre-order at $400 and $500 respectively.
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Filed under: Misc
Students aim to send a time capsule to Mars by 2017
Most people will bury a time capsule, but a group of brilliant young minds will surely find something more exciting to do with it — like sending it off to Mars. That’s exactly what a team of students from MIT, Duke University, Stanford University and the University of Connecticut plan to do. They’re encoding a digital time capsule with audio clips, videos, photos and messages to send to the red planet on a Cubesat-based spacecraft. But, that’s just a small part of what they’re trying to accomplish (even if the project’s called Time Capsule to Mars): they’re also using the opportunity to try out a number of new technologies for space travel. After all, in the words of mission director Emily Briere, the project aims “to remind people we go to space to push forward humanity.”
Obviously, the first thing they’ll be able to test is the vehicle itself and its MIT-developed propulsion engines — flying a spacecraft made out of three 26 1/2-pound Cubesat satellites is their biggest challenge, after all. If and when the vehicle lands on Mars, then the group can start testing a deep space internet system and quartz storage technology, which has the potential to store terabytes of data for millions of years. Also, they plan to perform experiments for a field of study that deals with ensuring astronauts’ good health during lengthy flights for future deep space exploration.
Since this is such a huge project (it’ll cost roughly $25 million to pull off), the students are working with a number of organizations, including NASA, and advisers like Buzz Aldrin. They’re in charge of developing every aspect, though, from spacecraft design and controls to flight communications. If everything goes as planned, the Time Capsule to Mars spacecraft will blast off in 2017 carrying messages from humanity.
[Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech]
Filed under: Science
Via: The Verge, The Boston Globe
Source: Time Capsule to Mars
iWork for iCloud now picks up exactly where you left off
Web-based apps are supposed to let you easily hop between devices without missing a beat, but that hasn’t been the case with iWork for iCloud — you’ve had to open files, tweak settings and otherwise break your flow. The experience should be much smoother after today, though. Apple has updated the online versions of Keynote, Numbers and Pages so that they remember both the last document you were looking at and your settings, such as the last page you were on and the zoom level. You won’t have to spend a few minutes getting everything just so simply because you’ve moved to your laptop, in other words. Although it’s a seemingly small change, it could matter a lot if you’d rather get things done instead of getting fussy.
Source: iWork for iCloud
What’s on your HDTV this week: World Cup, ‘Big Brother’ and ‘The Leftovers’
This week the World Cup moves on from Group play to the Round of 16, and the USMNT can book a trip there with a win or draw against Germany on Thursday (or a loss, if other things happen — futbol is complicated). In other sportsball news, the NBA Draft is on Thursday night, and with a list full of highly touted prospects plus intriguing free agents like Lebron and Carmelo, it could get very interesting. We’re also getting a taste of the rest of summer programming from various networks, but the option we’re most excitedly waiting for is HBO’s The Leftovers. Also, you may be wondering why we mentioned Big Brother so prominently this week. That’s because only now, despite its long run and the wide adoption of HDTV over the last decade, is the voyeuristic reality TV series going to be produced and broadcast in high definition. Check after the break for a list of what’s new this week plus a few trailers, and drop a note in the comments if you see any highlights we’ve missed.
Blu-ray, Streaming movies & Games
- 300: Rise of an Empire (3D)
- Star Trek: TNG (S6)
- A Hard Day’s Night
- Winter’s Tale
- Enemy
- Dragon Ball Z (S5)
- Masters of Sex (S1)
- The Bridge (S1)
- Lost Girl (S4)
- Grid Autosport (Xbox 360, PS3)
- RBI Baseball 14 (Xbox One, PS4)
Tuesday
- America’s Got Talent, NBC, 8PM
- Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family, 8PM
- Rizzoli & Isles, TNT, 9PM
- Chasing Life, ABC Family, 9PM
- Royal Pains , USA, 9PM
- Deadliest Catch, Discovery, 9PM
- Top Gear (US), History, 9PM
- The Wil Wheaton Project, Syfy, 9PM
- Heroes of Cosplay, Syfy, 10PM
- Perception, TNT, 10PM
- Awkward, MTV, 10PM
- The Night Shift, NBC, 10PM
- Tyrant (series premiere), FX, 10PM
- Covert Affairs (season premiere), USA, 10PM
- Sullivan & Son (season premiere), TBS, 10 & 10:30PM
- Freakshow, AMC, 10:30PM
- The Listener, ION, 11 & 11:59PM
Wednesday
- World Cup Group F: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran, ESPN2, 11:30AM
- World Cup Group F: Nigeria vs. Argentina, ESPN, 11:30AM
- World Cup Group E: Honduras vs. Switzerland, 3:30PM
- World Cup Group E: Ecuador vs. France, ESPN, 3:30PM
- Big Brother (season premiere), CBS, 8PM
- Rogue, DirecTV 101, 8 & 9PM
- Young & Hungry (series premiere), ABC Family, 8PM
- So You Think You Can Dance, Fox, 8PM
- Mystery Girls (series premiere), ABC Family, 8PM
- Suits, USA, 9PM
- Dual Survival, Discovery, 9PM
- Wilfred (season premiere), FXX, 10 & 10:30PM
- Taxi Brooklyn (series premiere), NBC, 10PM
- Graceland, USA, 10PM
- Motive, ABC, 10PM
- Catfish, MTV, 10PM
- The Ultimate Fighter, Fox Sports 1, 10PM
Thursday
- World Cup Group G: USA vs. Germany, ESPN, 11AM
- World Cup Group G: Portugal vs. Ghana, ESPN2, 11:30AM
- World Cup Group H: Korea vs. Belgium, ESPN, 3:30PM
- World Cup Group H: Algeria vs. Russia, ESPN2, 3:30PM
- NBA Draft, ESPN & NBA TV, 7PM
- Black Box, ABC, 8PM
- Defiance, Syfy, 8PM
- Hollywood Game Night, NBC, 8PM
- Hey Bartender, Showtime, 8:25PM
- Rectify, Sundance TV, 9PM
- Big Brother, CBS, 9PM
- Rookie Blue, ABC, 9PM
- Dominion, Syfy, 9PM
- The Sixties, CNN, 9PM
- Undateable, NBC, 9 & 9:30PM
- Gang Related, Fox, 9PM
- Anger Management, FX, 9:30PM
- NY Med (season premiere), ABC, 10PM
- Last Comic Standing, NBC, 10PM
- Maron, IFC, 10PM
- Comedy Bang! Bang!, IFC, 10:30PM
Friday
- Creative Galaxy (series premiere), Amazon,
- Turbo Fast, Netflix
- Zapped, Disney, 8PM
- Rake (series finale), Fox, 9PM
- WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
- Cold Justice, TNT, 9PM
- Crossbones, NBC, 10PM
- Continuum (season finale), Syfy, 10PM
- Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO, 10PM
- The Half Hour (Fortune Feimster & Ron Funches), Comedy Central, 12 & 12:30AM
Saturday
- World Cup Round of 16: Brazil vs. Chile, ABC, 11:30AM
- World Cup Round of 16, ABC, 3:30PM
- IndyCar @ Houston, NBC Sports, 3PM
- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series @ Kentucky, TNT, 7:30PM
- Bet On Your Baby, ABC, 8PM
- Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs, Lifetime, 8PM
- Power, Starz, 9PM
- The Assets, ABC, 9PM
- Almost Royal , BBC America, 10PM
- Whitney Cummings: I Love You, Comedy Central, 11PM
Sunday
- World Cup Round of 16: Netherlands vs. Mexico, ESPN, 11:30AM
- World Cup Round of 16, ESPN, 3:30PM
- Indycar @ Houston Race 2, NBC Sports, 3PM
- Wipeout, ABC, 8PM
- Red Sox/Yankees, ESPN, 8PM
- BET Awards 2014, BET, 8PM
- Big Brother, CBS, 8PM
- Last Tango in Halifax (season premiere), PBS, 8PM
- Reckless (series premiere), CBS, 9PM
- Endeavour (season premiere), PBS, 9PM
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, CNN, 9PM
- True Blood, HBO, 9PM
- The Last Ship, TNT, 9PM
- The Musketeers, BBC America, 9PM
- Rising Star, ABC, 9PM
- Catching Hell, Weather Channel, 9PM
- Nurse Jackie (season finale), Showtime, 9PM
- Californication (series finale), Showtime, 9:30PM
- The Leftovers (series premiere), HBO, 10PM
- Falling Skies, TNT, 10PM
- The Hunt, History, 10PM
- Halt and Catch Fire, AMC, 10PM
- Unforgettable (season premiere), CBS, 10PM
- Penny Dreadful (season finale), Showtime, 10PM
- Vicious (series premiere), PBS, 10:30PM
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO, 11:15PM
Filed under: HD
Sit back and watch hacks around the world in real time
Want to feel anxious about your internet connection? The security firm Norse is more than happy to oblige. It’s running a live hacking map that shows the attacks against a worldwide honeypot (that is, purposefully vulnerable) network as they happen. While this isn’t representative of the full internet, it does act like a microcosm to some degree — the bulk of attacks originate from China or the US, while Americans almost always serve as the punching bag. You’ll even see large-scale (and surprisingly pretty-looking) assaults if you tune in at the right time. Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re going to double-check on our firewalls… this map isn’t exactly reassuring.
Filed under: Internet
Via: Smithsonian.com
Source: Norse
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