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What Gadgets Not to Buy ... Yet

Matt Cantor — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:23:05 CDT

Good things come to those who wait, and technology is no exception. At the Wirecutter , Brian Lam lists a few hot items not to buy yet, or you'll be kicking yourself later. TVs and home theater equipment. The reviews for the latest TVs will be available around mid-year, and Samsung's...

Shoot First, Focus Later: Camera Is 'Game-Changer'

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:42:06 CST

The company behind the Lytro camera calls its technology "the first major change in photography since photography was invented," and reviewers seem to agree. By analyzing and storing all the points of light in any given photo, the Lytro allows users to refocus the subject, or focus on an entirely...

Kodak Is Done Making Cameras

Kevin Spak — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:25:45 CST

It's the end of an era: Eastman Kodak, the company that invented the hand-held camera, announced today that it intends to stop making them in an effort to save money—and yes, that includes digital cameras. It will also stop making pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, reports the...

New Camera System Knows When You're Lying

Matt Cantor — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:06:58 CDT

A new camera system can reportedly read lies right off our faces. Scientists in Britain have combined video, thermal imaging, and algorithms to scan faces for signs of lies, the BBC reports. The system gets it right about two-thirds of the time, say its makers. The researchers worked with Britain’s...

Website Can Find Stolen Cameras

John Johnson — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:49:59 CDT

The Consumerist takes note of a nifty website that might help you track down a stolen digital camera. The site, stolencamerafinder.com , works on a relatively simple formula. You drag and drop one of your old photos taken with the camera, and the site extracts signature data from it and...

Cisco Shuttering Flip Cameras

John Johnson — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:29:44 CDT

Flip video cameras were so hot two years ago that Cisco Systems shelled out $590 million to buy the startup that built them. So much for that. Cisco announced today it was shutting down its Flip business, reports the Huffington Post . The easy-to-use gadget had its moment—the Wall Street...

NYU Professor Has to Pull 'Head Cam' After Surgery

John Johnson — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:21:05 CST

The price of performance art: A professor at NYU has pulled out the camera implanted in the back of his head because his body rejected it, reports the Chronicle of Higher Education . The contraption—designed to snap a photo every minute for this website —also caused Iraqi-born Wafaa Bilial constant...

Red-Light Cameras Save Lives

Nick McMaster — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:07:38 CST

Red-light cameras make big money for cities, delivering more tickets at lower cost than human officers ever could. But the cameras also apparently save lives: a 5-year study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that intersections with such cameras had about 25% fewer fatalities, the Washington Post reports....

iPhone Users Have More Sex Partners

Jane Yager — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:19:42 CDT

If you're looking to get laid by a wider range of paramours, maybe you should trade in your Android for an iPhone. A new study shows that female iPhone users have an average of 12 sexual partners by age 30, and male iPhone users 10 partners, compared with six for...