DVICE Atom Feed tag:dvice.com,2012:/3 Copyright 2012 Syfy, all rights reserved. 2012-05-24T22:05:02Z We love technology. We want to know about it, write about it, and shake it till it breaks. Part of the Syfy Network, DVICE has a worldwide team of writers who constantly immerse themselves in the tech world, distilling the sometimes-excessive information out there to bring you only what you need to know. Movable Type 4.33-en First impressions of Facebook's Instagram camera app clone tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88650 2012-05-24T23:18:17Z 2012-05-24T22:05:02Z As Facebook gets larger, the amount of spin-off apps grow, too. Released today, Facebook Camera is the social network's third iPhone app. Facebook Camera borrows heavily from Instagram, despite the fact that it was created before the now infamous $1 billion acquisition. So, how does it stack up? Raymond Wong http://dvice.com/ ]]>As Facebook gets larger, the amount of spin-off apps grow, too. Released today, Facebook Camera is the social network's third iPhone app. Facebook Camera borrows heavily from Instagram, despite the fact that it was created before the now infamous $1 billion acquisition.

So, how does it stack up?

]]> The nightlight reborn: consider the toilet light sensor tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88632 2012-05-24T22:32:10Z 2012-05-24T21:48:06Z As you know we are always on the lookout for the most cutting edge, useful devices to bring to your attention. Surely a light-up sensor, that comes on in a gentle, non-judgmental glow when you have to hit the bathroom at two in the morning, fits this description perfectly. Eileen Marable http://dvice.com/ ]]>As you know we are always on the lookout for the most cutting edge, useful devices to bring to your attention. Surely a light-up sensor, that comes on in a gentle, non-judgmental glow when you have to hit the bathroom at two in the morning, fits this description perfectly.

]]> MIT invents painless, programmable hypospray tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88651 2012-05-24T21:47:47Z 2012-05-24T21:49:03Z We've got phasers. We've got tricorders. And now, thanks to MIT, we've got a hypospray that works just like the real thing, delivering programmable doses of drugs painlessly right through your skin without any needles. Evan Ackerman http://dvice.com/ ]]>We've got phasers. We've got tricorders. And now, thanks to MIT, we've got a hypospray that works just like the real thing, delivering programmable doses of drugs painlessly right through your skin without any needles.

]]> ISS crew spots Dragon stalking them from low orbit tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88646 2012-05-24T21:03:20Z 2012-05-24T22:35:39Z The tiny little black dot in the lower left of this picture is the SpaceX Dragon capsule with its solar panel unfurled, performing a "fly-under" about a mile beneath the International Space Station. After Tuesday's flawless launch, Dragon is now maneuvering for berthing with the station on Friday. Evan Ackerman http://dvice.com/ ]]>The tiny little black dot in the lower left of this picture is the SpaceX Dragon capsule with its solar panel unfurled, performing a "fly-under" about a mile beneath the International Space Station. After Tuesday's flawless launch, Dragon is now maneuvering for berthing with the station on Friday.

]]> Sony might announce cloud gaming service at E3 gaming convention tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88643 2012-05-24T20:18:48Z 2012-05-24T18:21:58Z E3 is just around the corner and you know what that means! Game publishers and developers are prepping all of their new gaming announcements. With no PlayStation 4 announcement expected, a new rumor suggests Sony could be preparing to bet big on cloud gaming. Raymond Wong http://dvice.com/ ]]>E3 is just around the corner and you know what that means! Game publishers and developers are prepping all of their new gaming announcements. With no PlayStation 4 announcement expected, a new rumor suggests Sony could be preparing to bet big on cloud gaming.

]]> Getting started with crowdfunding for the average geek tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88580 2012-05-24T19:34:26Z 2012-05-24T18:53:55Z Editor's Note: Author Rusel DeMaria recently turned to Kickstarter to fund the third edition of his book, High Score: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games. Here, we turn to him as co-author of The Crowdfunding Bible for tips on how geeks without funding from Silicon Valley can make their dreams come true through crowdfunding. "Simply put, crowdfunding is the process of asking the general public for donations that provide startup capital for new ventures." — The Crowdfunding Bible Speaking as a grateful recipient of crowdfunding and contributing author of "The Crowdfunding Bible," I want to speak to you directly. My name is Rusel DeMaria. I had an idea. I needed money. I turned to Kickstarter and I got the money I needed and more. How did I do it? I'll offer some hints on how I did it, but first, let's talk about you. What's your idea? Do you have a product, invention, event or vision you want to realize, and all you need is money to make it so? If your answer is no, read on anyway. You might get inspired to change your answer. Rusel DeMaria http://dvice.com/ ]]>Editor's Note: Author Rusel DeMaria recently turned to Kickstarter to fund the third edition of his book, High Score: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games. Here, we turn to him as co-author of The Crowdfunding Bible for tips on how geeks without funding from Silicon Valley can make their dreams come true through crowdfunding.

"Simply put, crowdfunding is the process of asking the general public for donations that
provide startup capital for new ventures." — The Crowdfunding Bible

Speaking as a grateful recipient of crowdfunding and contributing author of "The Crowdfunding Bible," I want to speak to you directly. My name is Rusel DeMaria. I had an idea. I needed money. I turned to Kickstarter and I got the money I needed and more. How did I do it?

I'll offer some hints on how I did it, but first, let's talk about you. What's your idea? Do you have a product, invention, event or vision you want to realize, and all you need is money to make it so?

If your answer is no, read on anyway. You might get inspired to change your answer.

]]> Here are two Apple patents we hope never see the light of day tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88638 2012-05-24T18:49:57Z 2012-05-24T19:51:10Z Well, looky here: Apple, the company that's been so adamant about the stylus being a symbol of why past tablets have failed just received two patents for a pair of styli that work in conjunction with the iPhone and iPad. Take a deep breath, and click in for the full explanation. Raymond Wong http://dvice.com/ ]]>Well, looky here: Apple, the company that's been so adamant about the stylus being a symbol of why past tablets have failed just received two patents for a pair of styli that work in conjunction with the iPhone and iPad. Take a deep breath, and click in for the full explanation.

]]> Gallery: Hong Kong's colorful high-rise apartments captured as patterns tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88637 2012-05-24T18:03:55Z 2012-05-24T18:17:59Z Hailed as the most business-friendly city in the world, Hong Kong is also one of the densest places man's ever built. With a population of 7.07 million people, where do they all live? The answer: in the sky (sorta). Raymond Wong http://dvice.com/ ]]>Hailed as the most business-friendly city in the world, Hong Kong is also one of the densest places man's ever built. With a population of 7.07 million people, where do they all live? The answer: in the sky (sorta).

]]> Teens achieve awesomeness as detailed BSG Viper sim takes off tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88631 2012-05-24T17:18:05Z 2012-05-24T17:44:35Z At the end of March we reported a story about a bunch of teens that got together to build a Battlestar Galactica Viper simulator. Okay, that's a bit of an undersell considering these guys weren't building some desktop cardboard cut out or Lego model. Theirs is a serious full-size, 360-motion sim. Eileen Marable http://dvice.com/ ]]>At the end of March we reported a story about a bunch of teens that got together to build a Battlestar Galactica Viper simulator. Okay, that's a bit of an undersell considering these guys weren't building some desktop cardboard cut out or Lego model. Theirs is a serious full-size, 360-motion sim.

]]> Print a barcode on every baby, sci-fi author says tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88636 2012-05-24T16:34:56Z 2012-05-24T16:45:04Z As part of the BBC's "60-second idea" series, science fiction author Elizabeth Moon is making a case for slapping a barcode on every person at birth. In a digital world where a good majority of our interactions are anonymous, it's a stifling thought. So, why's she for it? Kevin Hall http://dvice.com/ ]]>As part of the BBC's "60-second idea" series, science fiction author Elizabeth Moon is making a case for slapping a barcode on every person at birth. In a digital world where a good majority of our interactions are anonymous, it's a stifling thought. So, why's she for it?

]]> Steve Jobs at the Smithsonian: 312 amazing patents on display tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88554 2012-05-24T15:49:00Z 2012-05-24T16:01:45Z This May, the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center opened up "The Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs: Art and Technology that Changed the World." The traveling exhibit, which features the many, many patents of Steve Jobs, was designed by the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum and is fairly breathtaking for being 312 pieces of paper. Consisting of 30 display panels that are each four feet wide, eight tall and shaped like the face of an iPhone, the exhibit displays facsimiles of 312 of the 317 different patents that Steve Jobs acquired. It also has a case with an a 1984 Apple Macintosh Computer; a 1992 NeXT monitor, sound box, microcomputer, keyboard and mouse; and a 2003 Apple iPod, which was the first to feature a discrete touch-sensitive click wheel as opposed to one with distinct mechanical buttons. We chatted with Richard Maulsby, Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development at the U.S. Patent and Trade Office, who told us: "I think what we endeavored to do with the exhibit is capture not just the quality but the breadth of this man's innovation genius." Travis Andrews http://dvice.com/ ]]>This May, the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center opened up "The Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs: Art and Technology that Changed the World." The traveling exhibit, which features the many, many patents of Steve Jobs, was designed by the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum and is fairly breathtaking for being 312 pieces of paper.

Consisting of 30 display panels that are each four feet wide, eight tall and shaped like the face of an iPhone, the exhibit displays facsimiles of 312 of the 317 different patents that Steve Jobs acquired. It also has a case with an a 1984 Apple Macintosh Computer; a 1992 NeXT monitor, sound box, microcomputer, keyboard and mouse; and a 2003 Apple iPod, which was the first to feature a discrete touch-sensitive click wheel as opposed to one with distinct mechanical buttons.

We chatted with Richard Maulsby, Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development at the U.S. Patent and Trade Office, who told us: "I think what we endeavored to do with the exhibit is capture not just the quality but the breadth of this man's innovation genius."

]]> Warehouse-sized sculpture weighs just under ten pounds tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88626 2012-05-24T14:45:39Z 2012-05-24T16:40:23Z This massive bench now on display at the Industry Gallery in Washington, D.C. stretches over the warehouse space like an oversized coiled snake. Incredibly, the sculpture — called "Spun" — weighs just under ten pounds thanks to a unique carbon fiber construction process. Eileen Marable http://dvice.com/ ]]>This massive bench now on display at the Industry Gallery in Washington, D.C. stretches over the warehouse space like an oversized coiled snake. Incredibly, the sculpture — called "Spun" — weighs just under ten pounds thanks to a unique carbon fiber construction process.

]]> Video of the Day: Marvel Comics creates superhero for 4-year-old tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88625 2012-05-24T14:00:00Z 2012-05-24T13:27:47Z New Hamphire 4-year-old, Anthony Smith, has a hearing disability that requires the use of a blue hearing aid. When Anthony decided that he didn't want to wear it anymore because, "Superheroes don't wear blue ears," his mother contacted Marvel Comics. And Marvel did something pretty incredible: they created a superhero just for Anthony. Megan Wollerton http://dvice.com/ ]]>New Hamphire 4-year-old, Anthony Smith, has a hearing disability that requires the use of a blue hearing aid. When Anthony decided that he didn't want to wear it anymore because, "Superheroes don't wear blue ears," his mother contacted Marvel Comics. And Marvel did something pretty incredible: they created a superhero just for Anthony.

]]> Touchscreen kiosk can duplicate your keys in just one minute tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88627 2012-05-24T12:06:15Z 2012-05-24T13:23:47Z File this one under devices that make so much sense we thought they already existed. Someone finally invented what might be the most practical kiosk ever: an automated key duplicator. Adario Strange http://dvice.com/ ]]>File this one under devices that make so much sense we thought they already existed. Someone finally invented what might be the most practical kiosk ever: an automated key duplicator.

]]> Maglev bed lets you sleep on a cushion of air tag:dvice.com,2012://3.88624 2012-05-24T11:23:25Z 2012-05-24T22:09:37Z Lots of mattress advertisements talk about their beds as feeling like you're floating on air, but they're all just pretenders compared to this maglev bed that really does keep you up above the ground. Michael Trei http://dvice.com/ ]]>Lots of mattress advertisements talk about their beds as feeling like you're floating on air, but they're all just pretenders compared to this maglev bed that really does keep you up above the ground.

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