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Tech Tuesday: Solar powered tents and open your door with your phone
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Tech Tuesday: Solar powered tents and open your door with your phone

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Eddie Bauer Katabatic 2 Solar Tent: Coming next spring, geeks will have a new reason to go camping when Eddie Bauer releases their Katabatic 2 solar tent. It features interior wiring that can work with battery packs to store from 50Wh up…

Tech Tuesday: curved touchscreens and a 3D display that’s watchable without glasses
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Tech Tuesday: curved touchscreens and a 3D display that’s watchable without glasses

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these topics: Plastic skin lights up on contact, may lead to touchscreens everywhere: Engadget is reporting that researchers at UC Berkley have found a way to make very thin pressure sensitive displays that can used as a touchscreen. By laminating pressure sensors with an organic…

Tech Tuesday: Canada’s 1st digital classroom & highspeed internet from a ceiling lamp
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Tech Tuesday: Canada’s 1st digital classroom & highspeed internet from a ceiling lamp

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Port Coquitlam gets Canada’s first Digital Classroom: Last week, Samsung Canada unveiled their pilot program, “Samsung Class”, the first digitally connected classroom in Canada. Using 31 Galaxy Tab 10″ tablets, a 65″ digital e-Board and custom software, the program at Riverside Secondary…

Tech Tuesday: Ubuntu Smartphones & Slingshot water treatment device
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Tech Tuesday: Ubuntu Smartphones & Slingshot water treatment device

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Ubuntu based smartphones are coming: Later this year, a new smartphone platform is expected to debut. Smartphones running on the Linux based Ubuntu operating system will be available. Basically a desktop computer in a handheld form factor, you’ll be able to dock…

Tech Tuesday: Tagging felons with DNA & Predicting the future with Software
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Tech Tuesday: Tagging felons with DNA & Predicting the future with Software

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: DNA Gun will tag felons for weeks: The UK based Selectamark has created a DNA gun that is being used by law enforcement and the military to tag felons using non-lethal pellets that are similar to paintball rounds. These pellets will leave specifically…

Tech Tuesday: A Smartphone on your wrist & RIM’s launch of BlackBerry 10
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Tech Tuesday: A Smartphone on your wrist & RIM’s launch of BlackBerry 10

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: Neptune Pine Smart Watch: Smartwatches have been around for awhile now but have always been used as an extention to your smartphone. The Neptune Pine wants to be the watch that replaces your smartphone with it’s integrated Android operating system, wifi, built in…

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Tech Tuesday: 3D Printed Buildings & Using Your Face as a Remote

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: 3D printed building: Coming in 2014, 3d printing goes to a whole new level as Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars plans to make the worlds first 3d printed home using the Italian designed DShape printer. This is the same printer that made the Rygo…

Tech Tuesday: MeterPlug and the Blip wifi blood pressure monitor
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Tech Tuesday: MeterPlug and the Blip wifi blood pressure monitor

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: MeterPlug: A simple, tiny, $45 device that you plug into the wall and then plug any appliance or device you’d like to monitor it’s usage for. By using a database of location based electricity prices, the MeterPlug can tell you in real…