Using ambient backscatter, these devices can interact with users and communicate with each other without using batteries. They exchange information by reflecting or absorbing pre-existing radio signals (Credit: University of Washington) A team of engineers from the University of Washington ...
Wireless SD Card Reader With USB Storage Support
Wi-Fi Data Reader with an iPad A card reader and wireless router German company Hama developed a unique card reader which can send the content of any SD card wirelessly to an iPad or iPhone. The Wi-Fi Data Reader from ...
Satechi Develops Bluetooth Trigger for Canon DSLRs
Smart Trigger with on a Canon with an iPhone and the app for the trigger Smart Trigger let you do time-lapse videos San Diego based company Satechi recently announced a series of inexpensive Bluetooth wireless shutter triggers for Canon and ...
Find Your Keys with the Next Gen of Wireless Tags
The wireless tag The wireless tag system A new generation of wireless sensor tags that can notify your smartphone each time your front door is open or make your keychain beep when you think you lost your keys again. With ...
Next Gen WIFI First Products Reach the Market
Buffalo Technology – WZR-D1800H – one of the two 802.11ac rist routers A new WIFI standard known as IEEE 802.11ac has just seen its first supporting commercial products reach the market. Both Netgear and Buffalo Technology released wireless routers supporting ...
Toshiba FlashAir: Wireless Photography Revolution
Toshiba FrashAir Wireless SD card Toshiba is looking to bring its FlashAir – wireless SD card technology to the U.S. later this spring. The entry of the memory giant into the wireless card business is just another sign of a ...
UA600EX – Powerful WiFi for Land and Sea
California based Amped Wireless recently introduced the new Wireless High Power Wireless-N 600mW Pro USB Adapter providing Mac or Windows computers to connect to WiFi networks from extreme distances. High Power Wireless-N 600mW Pro USB Adapter UA600EX The UA600EX is ...
TI Wireless Charge Technology Ready for Action
Texas Instruments (TI) recently introduced its next generation wireless power technology – 80% smaller than the previous generation with high efficiency – the technology will be able to charge cell phones, cameras and other mobile electronics using simple touch with ...
First Wireless USB External Hard Drive
Minnesota-based company Imation has recently unveiled the world’s first external hard drive that connects wirelessly via USB. The new product, dubbed Pro WX, offers users a fast, large and portable storage solution which can be used either for backup purposes ...
Europe’s First Mobile Robotic Bin-On-Call
European researchers have collaborated to create the first robot ever to collect waste on demand. The new unit, dubbed “DustCart”, could be useful for the Old Continent’s narrow streets, as it can go through almost every passage and automatically clean ...