Pencil: the coolest, natural iPad stylus

Meet Pencil: The Best iPad Stylus Yet, From the Makers of ‘Paper’
Kyle VanHemert, wired.com

As Georg Petschnigg, one of FiftyThree’s founders, puts it, a stylus gives you the chance to “think with your hands.”

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David Hockney paints on iPad

David Hockney’s iPad drawings go big, 12 feet big
by Leslie Katz, cnet.com

A giant exhibit at San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum highlights the influential artist’s foray into iPhone and iPad art, as well as films he made using multiple digital cameras.

There are iPad draw­ings you look at on a screen, and there are iPad…

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Live scribe 3 is best tool for field based research note capture

Livescribe 3 sends handwritten notes straight to your iPhone or iPad
by Rick Broida, cnet.com

This pen is definitely mightier than the stylus, as it gives you real-world note-taking coupled with mobile device world syncing.

The Live­scribe 3 is a wire­less ink pen that auto­mat­i­cal­ly syncs your hand­writ­ten notes with your iPhone or…

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The future of biometrics is personalization and experience

The future of biometric data tracking isn’t about devices, it’s about experiences
Ki Mae Heussner, gigaom.com

Every­where you look these days, there seems to be yet anoth­er sensor-enabled device or mobile app that wants to mon­i­tor every­thing from your heart rate and pos­ture to your brain waves and breath­ing pat­terns.

Dr. Leslie Saxon is the found…

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iDoorCam wifi door bell and camera on Indiegogo

Why The iDoorCam Is An Indiegogo Sensation
BY NEAL UNGERLEIDER, fastcompany.com

Investors are going gaga for a smartphone-integrated doorbell that lets anyone screen visitors on a video app integrated into their iPhones or Androids.

iDoor­Cam is that rarest of things: A bona fide Indiegogo phe­nom­e­non. The Wi-Fi– enabled…

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Mysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech

Check out this interesting article

Mysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech | Apple – CNET News.

Why health care needs Apple

Why health care needs Apple | VentureBeat.

Amazing Maps of 3 Billion Tweets Reveal iPhone vs. Android Neighborhoods

Amazing Maps of 3 Billion Tweets Reveal iPhone vs. Android Neighborhoods | Wired Design | Wired.com.

Share-brained idea: Adventures in car sharing

Share-brained idea: Adventures in car sharing, part 1 | Grist.

Family planning as fertile ground for startups? Clue is the latest entrant

Family planning as fertile ground for startups? Clue is the latest entrant — Tech News and Analysis.

Kreyos smart watch

Kreyos Meteor smartwatch – Cell phone and smart phone accessories
cnet.com

CNET Editors’ Take

July 25, 2013 11:51 AM PDT

What does it take to make a great smart­watch? The Kreyos Mete­or is an effort to at least outdo the Peb­ble. Based on fea­tures, I’m inclined to agree it does…but is that enough?

I got a chanc…

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Pivot head video eyewear

(via Pivothead review: video recording eyewear for (reasonably) discreet POV clips)

The life of a data scientist

The Examined Life of Rachel Kalmar: Data Scientist
D.C. Denison, makezine.com

Rachel Kalmar will be easy to spot at the Hard­ware Inno­va­tion Work­shop next week. She will be the one wear­ing eleven health mon­i­tor­ing devices: three on each wrist, four on her belt, and one on her upper arm.

That ele­gant alu­min…

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Your digital footprint

5 Places to Look for Your Digital Footprint
TechNewsDaily, mashable.com

Recently, many iPhone and iPad users were incensed to learn that Siri — the personal digital assistant for iOS devices — has an eerily long memory. Unbeknownst to Apple customers, Siri sends all your queries directly to Apple’s company’s servers,…

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BioAid app turns iPhone into hearing aid

BioAid app turns the iPhone into a hearing aid
Ben Coxworth, gizmag.com

It’s so obvious when you think about it. The iPhone has a microphone, a computer that can process audio, and earphones – why not use it as hearing aid? That’s just what a group of scientists from the University of Essex have done, with their BioAi…

BioAid app turns the iPhone into a hearing aid http://flip.it/338O1 http://flip.it/Fvv5b

iBeetle: Apple meets Volkswagen

Volkswagen and Apple come together in the iBeetle
David Szondy, gizmag.com

With the burgeoning Chinese car market seeing a large percentage of cars being snapped up by younger people, it’s no surprise Volkswagen chose the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show as the location for the world première of its iBeetle – a marriage of…

Volkswagen and Apple come together in the iBeetle http://flip.it/JjdoZ http://flip.it/MeQa5

ProScope micro mobile iPhone mega close ups

ProScope Micro Mobile lets your iPhone get mega-close-ups
Ben Coxworth, gizmag.com

Optics manufacturer Bodelin is no stranger to hand-held microscopes, having previously brought us a series that can be connected to the USB port of a laptop. Given that smartphones are in many ways replacing laptops, however, it shouldn’t come as …

ProScope Micro Mobile lets your iPhone get mega-close-ups http://flip.it/HRAep http://flip.it/EaqyQ

Best grad degree programs in big data analytics

(via Institute for Advanced Analytics | Dr. Michael Rappa · Survey of Graduate Degree Programs in Analytics)

Virgin mobile overdrive 4g mobile hotspot is best deal

Get a Virgin Mobile Overdrive Pro 3G/4G mobile hot spot for $83.99
by Rick Broida, cnet.com

That’s the lowest price to date for this no-contract hot spot, which offers unlimited 4G service (where there’s coverage) for as little as $35.

Remem­ber back on Mon­day when I said I was the vic­tim of flaky hotel Wi-Fi? It’s true: I couldn’t…

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Samsung’s WiFi Home Security SmartCam — Easy Setup, Works Great | GeekDad | Wired.com

On sale a BJ’s

Samsung’s WiFi Home Security SmartCam — Easy Setup, Works Great | GeekDad | Wired.com

How much does T-Mobile’s contract-free iPhone plan save over two years?

en Lovejoy, 9to5mac.com

Now that T-Mobile offers the iPhone, how do the four nation­al car­ri­ers com­pare in terms of costs? A cou­ple of web­sites have done the sums.

Our friends over at Zagg did a blog post that sug­gest­ed three of the four net­works come out at…

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How much does T-Mobile’s contract-free iPhone plan save over two years?