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Newly sworn in FCC chair Tom Wheeler is planning to reboot a three-year-old plan to crowdsource mobile broadband speed tests. To do this, the FCC will be releasing an app that will let users test and report their mobile broadband speed. After being sworn in earlier this week, new FCC chair Tom Wheel
The positive effects that 3D organ printing would have on the medical industry are innumerable. Researchers across the globe have been tirelessly trying to turn 3D organ printing into a reality, but progress is slow. Organovo has managed to keep a 3D-printed mini-liver alive for 40 days. This may no
One of the biggest concerns that consumers had when the Xbox One was first announced were about the privacy risk that the Kinect 2 presented. Microsoft eventually managed to stifle those concerns but news about the Kinect 2’s ability to see through your clothes may reignite the flames. While t
Heart disease often leads to heart attacks, and hearts attacks kill heart muscle cells, this is why half of the people who survive heart attacks die within 5 years. For years researchers have been trying to find a way engineer heart tissue that they could use to patch up damaged hearts, but theyR
The Gramohorn II is a new dock and speaker that is specially designed for the HTC One. The 3D printed device uses acoustics instead of electronics to amplify the HTC One’s already stellar speakers. It seems like a great dock until you see the $8,000 price tag. From its very debut, the HTC One
Panasonic is going to be releasing a 20-inch 4K tablet in January. The high-end tablet will boast specs equal to that of a decent computer, although at several times the price. The tablet will have a launch price of $5,999. We got our first peek at Panasonic’s 4K Toughpad tablet last January a
IK Multimedia has launched a new high-end bluetooth speaker called iLoud. The company claims that their new device is 2 to 3 times louder than speakers of comparable size. You’ve seen IK Multimedia’s gear grace the pages of this site before — the company is at the forefront of popping out music-maki
Users of China Telecom’s mobile IM product Yixin can get 300MB of free data simply by registering on the app. They can also acquire an extra 60MB each month by sending a mere 5 messages that month. Customers with China Mobile and China Unicom can also get the free 300MB of data by inviting six frien
A team at the University of Bristol has created and EcoBot that is power by a microbial fuel cell. The fuel cell contains microorganisms that digest urine and generate electrons which are then harvested to produce an electrical current. There’s a new use for artificial hearts, and it involves
A town in the United Kingdom is launching a $2.4 project that will introduce 20 driverless cars to the city by 2015 and will later expand to 100 cars by 2017. Passengers will be able to book the 2-person “pods” through an app on their smartphone. The British town of Milton Keynes will ge
By cannibalizing its 2G and 3G networks, AT&T hopes to boost LTE capacity in order to better compete with other mobile service providers. AT&T has been laying the groundwork for its this move since early 2012. Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile are all turbo-charging their 4G networks, but AT&
All the apps that are currently available on the PS3 will be available on the PS4 at launch. Netflix. Hulu. Crackle. Crunchyroll. Sound familiar? Well they should. Sony announced today that the PlayStation 4 will receive eleven apps on launch day – basically the same apps found on your PS3.
