Thursday, 2 May 2013

Google Glass battery life bad according to early reviews

http://bgr.com/2013/05/01/google-glass-battery-life/ / wearable tech is pundits smart eyewear watch watches connected devices future tech smartphone smart phone cell mobile Explorer version Google’s headset battery life longevity problem portable consumer electronics charging laptop tablet battery limitations charging phones normal usage wearable tech battery life smartwatches smartwatch smart watch Pebble low-power E Ink display Apple iWatch days per charge category wearable devices connected eyewear /

7 foods a nutritionist would never eat


Credit: livestrong.com

Few surprises here!  Rice cakes?

http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/7-foods-nutritionist-would-never-eat?utm_source=Taboola&utm_medium=cpc / rice cakes grits corn fibre simple processed carbohydrates refined vinegar oil saturated fat salad dressing diet food low-fat low fat no-fat no fat glycemic index glucose carbs carbohydrate blood sugar weight loss health fat-free fat free plant oils essential fatty acids antioxidants food companies sugar high fructose corn syrup emulsifying agents seitan meat substitute vegetarian dishes soya beans soy wheat gluten highly allergenic protein wheat allergies intolerances allergy intolerance risk benefit fish omega-3 fats mercury omega 3 health effects shark tuna shark tilefish salmon grain grains food chain concentration vitamins minerals pasta rice sugar sweetened beverage soft fizzy carbonated  /

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Saurik gains root acces on Google Glass

http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/saurik-gains-root-acces-on-google-glass#more-36170 / jailbreak root hack Google Glass Explorer Edition unboxing report project Glass jailbroken rooted gain root access godfather iOS jailbreaking Cydia Forbes known exploit B1nary root Android 4.0 fooling emulation hardware emulations used testing permissions granted revolutionary face computer Crack Glass developer Liam McLoughlin device Google X project engineer Stephen Lau Google purposely left Glass unlocked consumer versions developer-friendly Explorer Edition unlocked show me something cool /

Monday, 29 April 2013

GIF optical illusion causes motion-induced blindness


Credit: National Geographic/ Dvice

"Look at the GIF above. Focus intently on the red dot in the middle and try not to move your eyes around too much. The yellow dots on the periphery should fade away and when you begin to shift your sight elsewhere, they have inexplicably returned to the moving orange square."

http://www.dvice.com/2013-4-26/gif-optical-illusion-causes-motion-induced-blindness / optical illusions illusion flaw human eye sight once useful evolutionary trait Geographic Braingames. three yellow dots on the rotating orange square completely disappear right before your eyes and then reappear in a flash /

Researchers propose new shape resolution metric for shape-shifting mobile devices (video)

We've already seen a little of this in mobile devices with slide out keyboards.  Didn't really take on.  Do people actually want this?  It's easy to see flexibility to absorb impacts without damage being popular.

http://www.gizmag.com/morphees-shape-resolution/27304/ / smart phone smartphone mobile portable cell screen resolution touch screen capacitative sphere fold morph morphee shape changer changing fold bend flexible change /

Sunday, 28 April 2013

Link between early baldness & prostate cancer

Baldness is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer.  Early onset, ethnicity & balding pattern are implicated as well.

http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/27/the-link-between-early-baldness-and-prostate-cancer/    / men man lose their hair balding starts early research researchers link between baldness risk prostate cancer studies  inflict conflicting study African-American African American men increased elevated  higher risk prostate cancer results previous study similar results group of Caucasian current study published Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers focused specifically highest rate prostate cancer united states America U.S. US twice as likely die disease participants included  similarly aged controls enrolled Study of Clinical Outcomes, Risk and Ethnicity 1998 2010 diagnosis specific type of hair loss at age 30 none frontal baldness vertex Prostate Cancer Screening any type of baldness greater risk of prostate cancer young men frontal hair loss six times as likely diagnosed advanced prostate cancer by age 60 pattern of baldness frontal hair loss associated pattern of baldness products male hormone testosterone dihydrotestosterone DHT linked higher risk of prostate cancer faster-growing faster growing tumors thinning of hair follicles PSA testing /