The inherent risk of controlling all your home appliances over the Internet is that a hacker could potentially wreak havoc with your thermostat and coffee maker, so it's simultaneously unnerving and comforting that Belkin has patched up several vulnerabilities in its WeMo home automation system that could have allowed for such a scenario.
Jared Newman | 19 Feb | Read more
For months, Google has steadfastly maintained that it will not allow facial-recognition apps onto Google Glass. No problem. A third-party developer, Stephen Balaban, will merely offer his own FaceRec app for sideloading onto Glass devices.
Mark Hachman | 19 Dec | Read more
After eluding the police in Belize and being arrested in neighboring Guatemala in late 2012, McAfee antivirus founder John McAfee is ready for his next adventure. This time around, McAfee is taking on a far more difficult adversary than Central American law enforcement: the U.S. National Security Agency.
Users have been able to unlock notebooks and other devices using fingerprints and other biometric methods for years now. Bionym Tuesday unveiled a wristband that the company says can identify you from your heartbeat alone.
Mark Hachman | 03 Sep | Read more
Contrary to what you might think, higher-income households are actually less likely to be burglarized, according to an analysis by the Department of Justice. So folks of lesser means are not only at greater risk of being ripped off, they're also less able to afford a home-security system. The team at Canary doesn't think that's fair, and they're working on a device that could level the playing field.
Michael Brown | 22 Jul | Read more
Google Glass may be a new and innovative product with the potential to change the world, but one thing that won't change because of Glass is the search giant's unified privacy policy.
A gadget has been created to help motorists communicate their angst toward other drivers without using the ubiquitous hand gesture. But you might want to watch what you say because you never know who is in the other car.
Christina DesMarais | 23 Oct | Read more
I’m constantly amazed by the creativity that goes into the random things I find on the Internets, and <a href="http://beatty-robotics.com/?p=434">this bad-ass robot</a> built by the <a href="http://beatty-robotics.com/?page_id=193">Beatty Family</a> is no exception. This isn’t your ordinary security bot, no sir; rather, it's an armored beast weighing in at 45 pounds that can defend itself with a mounted turret capable of firing 1,000 plastic or metal pellets a minute.
Albert Filice | 23 Sep | Read more
It's been a good year for tech toys, and it'll probably get better, but here are some of the best gadgets we've seen in the first half of 2011.
Jared Newman | 27 Jun | Read more