New material harvests energy from water vapor (video)

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/new-material-harvests-energy-from-water-vapor-0110.html / Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT engineers created new polymer film generate electricity ubiquitous source water vapor new material changes shape after absorbing tiny amounts evaporated water repeatedly curl up and down harnessing continuous motion drive robotic limbs generate electricity power microelectronic nanoelectronic micro-electronic nano-electronic devices environmental sensors higher efficiency converting mechanical energy into electricity this material broader applications potential applications include large-scale water-vapor-powered generators or smaller generators to power wearable electronics artificial muscles 3D three dimensional /

Over 100 million Galaxy S series devices sold to date

http://androidandme.com/2013/01/smartphones-2/over-100-million-galaxy-s-series-devices-sold-to-date/ / perspective combining sales original Galaxy S S II S III sales of Samsung S series devices topped 100 million globally impact Android biggest piece market-share profit not including the Note Note II Ace any other Samsung devices sales continue to grow Galaxy S IV /

Minority Report gets real with Displair's multitouch fogscreen (video)

Credit: Displair/ DVICE

http://dvice.com/archives/2013/01/hands-on-with-d.php

Video:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wVAkdyCaKJA

More video:
http://m.youtube.com/user/displair / gestures projection CES 2013 technology potential super advanced humidifier projector infrared camera demo demonstration student dorm Russia Maxim Kamanin track over 10 fingers through 1,500 points multitouch points projects /

The strange maths of Apple's alleged massive iPhone 5 order cuts

http://bgr.com/2013/01/14/iphone-5-analysis-component-cuts-291307/?utm_source=featuredposts-widget-main&utm_medium=home / 4 inch screen retina resolution iPod touch Wall Street Journal WSJ article March quarter planned order of 65 million units display type Nikkei halved half Christmas Xmas /

Microsoft releases emergency update to patch Internet Explorer bug

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/microsoft-releases-emergency-update-to-patch-internet-explorer-bug/ / security vulnerability exploited exploit attacks government contractors targeted organizations fixes fix "use after free" versions 6 7 8 browser automatically installed affected machines automatic updating enabled Dustin Childs Group Manager company Trustworthy Computing program unscheduled release most recent monthly Patch Tuesday batch security updates, but it was pushed out to counter an experienced gang of hackers who have infected infect exploit vulnerability update Oracle release releases released unscheduled patch fix a critical vulnerability Java software framework zero-day Java exploits exploit kits criminals use turn compromised websites platforms silently installing keyloggers malware machines unsuspecting visitors attacks exploiting IE vulnerability, targeted much narrower set people researchers campaigns dubbed "watering hole" attacks /

Radius minimalist case for iPhone (video)

Credit: Radius/ blessthisstuff

http://www.blessthisstuff.com/stuff/technology/cell-mobile-phones/radius-minimalist-case-for-iphone/ / protection protective case Apple /

Drexel University's MacBook vending machine lets students keep their laptop at home

Interesting idea. One more reason to keep data in the cloud.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2025294/drexel-universitys-macbook-vending-machine-lets-you-keep-your-laptop-at-home.html / software late fee /

Eliminate touchscreen lag from the Microsoft Surface with this tiny hack

Warning: this is a registry hack, so backup first & proceed with care.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/01/eliminate-touchscreen-lag-from-the-surface-with-this-tiny-hack/ / hackers RT lag registry edit speed Surface RT eliminate touch lag latency touch experience Surface RT sample time download changes polling screen Registry Editor /

The Internet of things has arrived • and so have massive security issues

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/01/securing-the-internet-of-things/ / magic meme theme hype hyperbole Internet of Things IoT does represent revolution technology telecommunications firms linking cars smartphones household appliances industrial-strength industrial strength sensors intercommunication autonomous machine-to-machine machine to machine M2M data transfer opportunity comes great responsibility conveniences unprecedented security challenges data privacy safety governance trust risk professionals vulnerability-malware-hacktivist R&D research and development unpredictable automated systems digital plane influence adjust physical world without human interfacing loopholes route data takes to the provider store and forward /