Uber-cute robot dino Pleo is back in business with a new owner and a second generation robot called the Pleo rb. Sadly, that meant the leaf-munching bot has to be put through its paces by the FCC in the US in the digital equivalent of a living autopsy.
If your memories of the Land Before Time allow it, you can see Pleo rb’s electronic guts in all their glory in the gallery above. Read on for details on what they do…
Apple has snagged another NFC patent for an RFID reader incorporated into the screen of a portable touchscreen device which obviously once again points to the potential for an iPhone 5 NFC future.
The new Apple patent, entitled “Touch Screen RFID Tag Reader” lays out a plan for “the efficient incorporation of RFID circuitry within touch sensor panel circuitry”. In layman’s terms? It would allow you to put your phone against a reader to share and retrieve information…
The next-generation of 3D glasses are upon us. Today, Dolby Laboratories unveiled its new line of 3D glasses for use with Dolby 3D Digital Cinema systems. Complete with a 3M multilayer scratch resistant optical film lens and anti-reflective coating, these bad boys are every moviegoer’s dream.
Your iPhone could become an RFID-enabled holiday organiser if Apple follows through on a newly revealed patent. The iTravel app would do for the airport check-in desk what the iTicket app which emerged earlier this week could do for concert tickets but also allow you to book and manage trips all from your iPhone. Is Apple really going to use iTravel to take on travel?
iKey apps could turn your iPhone, iPad or iPod into a replacement for your humble door key if an Apple patent becomes reality. The patent appears to be an extension of an earlier application related to iPhone NFC features but the iKey plans go even further with a motion-sensitive onscreen dial to enter your lock code.
Apple patents suggest its next iPhone, iPod Touch and next generation Macbooks and Macbook Pro models could incorporate near field communication (NFC) technology. That would allow you to quickly move data from your Macbook to your iPhone simply by touching them together and even to use your iPhone to open doors.
Apple has filed patents for three new features that may end up in future iterations of the iPhone. Haptic feedback, fingerprint scanning and an RFID reader maybe coming to iPhone 4.0.
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