Your phone won’t last more than about 5 minutes in weather below -35 degrees Fahrenheit—just long enough for you to also get nibbled by frostbite. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c5203357da0672ca43ed89a/master/pass/vortexgadgets_featured-906965994.jpg
Tag: gadgets
10 of the Coolest Travel Gadgets of 2018
10 of the Coolest Travel Gadgets of 2018 Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include […]
Douglas Adams was right: “Genuine people personalities” are coming to our gadgets
I remember the first time I read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It was back in junior high, around 1982, before I knew about the radio series. I got to the part where the automatic door talks to Arthur Dent, and I remember very clearly thinking: “This is ridiculous. Why would an automatic door need […]
Luxury resort bans gadgets at swimming pool to create guest ‘haven’
Look, as great as it is to have all these fancy laptops and smartphones around us, sometimes we can become too attached to them. And when you’re on vacation, you just have to find a way to break free from technology. That’s why a luxury resort in Bali, Indonesia is banning electronic devices from one […]
Mozilla’s gift guide ranks gadgets by how secure they are
You can always expect to see a bunch of gift and shopping guides pop up in the weeks, even months, leading to Black Friday and Christmas season. Even Mozilla has released its own take, but instead of making it a list of products to buy, the organization has compiled the most popular gadget gifts and […]
Household gadgets set to go plug free
The devices called metaboards can also be used on smartphones, computers, kettles, toasters and televisions through a single unit on a table, desk or wall. And the revolutionary technology could also be used in hospitals and charge electric cars and drones. Metaboards relies on the rearrangement of atoms into new patterns to power devices remotely. […]
Can Your Electronic Gadgets Interfere With Your Compass?
Electric currents have magnetic fields, so the right kind could mess with your navigation. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b4407fdc002fe17d01df6d6/master/pass/compass-594838487.jpg
Dealmaster: 4th of July sales on various gadgets and gear are underway
Greetings, Arsians! Courtesy of our friends at TechBargains, we have another round of deals to share. Because there’s nothing more American than mass consumerism, today’s list is the Fourth of July edition of the Dealmaster. We’ve got a wide variety of discounts to celebrate our national birthday below, including deals on Bose noise-cancelling headphones, desktops […]
Gadgets for Shooting Movies on Your iPhone: DJI, Rode, Joby, Moment
As directors like Steven Soderbergh and Sean Baker have shown, you can conjure movie magic with an iPhone. https://media.wired.com/photos/5aeb93de83a66f652e028662/master/pass/WI060118_2606GL_gearheadmovies_LO_02.jpg
The kitchen gadgets you should buy (and the ones you can skip)
With so many connected devices making their way into our living rooms and bedrooms and onto our persons, it was no surprise when gadgets started making their way into our kitchens. You can buy so many WiFi- or Bluetooth-enabled widgets to help out with your cooking now, from smart Crock-Pots to app-controlled cooktops. Some are […]