Usually drones flying in the sky are controlled by a remote. But German manufacturer TobyRich has made a drone called SmartPlane that can be controlled by an iPhone. In fact, this is the “world’s first” smartphone-controlled drone. Lately, this world’s first smartphone-controlled SmartPlane has taken off as a test flight.
Over the last few years, we have seen a number of apps which let you snap shots of a foreign text with a smartphone or tablet and then translate it to whatever language you prefer. This functionality has finally landed on Google Glass, thanks to the Word Lens team.
Apple caused a revolution in the arena of voice-based commands when it unveiled Siri. Since then, other tech giants have been trying to catch up. The new Google Now app has finally matched the competition by offering quality voice-based assistance on Android. Below are 10 awesome things you can get Google Now to do for you.
Most survival kits are all about packing the bare essentials for an emergency situation out in the wild. LifeDisc is a new frisbee-shaped survival kit that takes a different approach. The highlights of this kit include a somewhat advanced fishing gear, a shatter-proof mirror to signal rescuers and many other unique features.
castAR is a projected augmented reality system that displays holographic-like 3D projections right in front of you. In other word, castAR can bridge the physical world with the virtual worlds; 3D holographic like projections in AR and fully immersive environments in VR.
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Naturally, the more electricity you spend to keep your room warm, the more bill you get at the end of the month. But a journalist as well as a boat owner has devised a way of heating a room just by spending 8p per day using tea-lights and & flowerpots.
Apple recently released the latest version of iWork, somewhat to the disappointment of the users because it lacked many regular features. This was because Apple was trying to bring together the iOS 7 and OS X and in doing so, had to rewrite the iWork app entirely. Now, the company has promised that the missing iWork features will return within six months.
When using the desktop version of Google Maps back in the days, most of us dragged around the yellow avatar ‘Pegman’ to access Street View anywhere on our Maps. Later updates removed it from the desktop version and added a more complex method of accessing Street View. But thankfully, Google is now bringing Pegman back.