| Insert Coin: Node helps your smartphone monitor pretty much everything Feb 23rd 2012, 20:49 In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line.  Fallen out of love with sensor? Don't worry, Variable Technologies is here to help. The company's working to bring the world Node, a project aimed at helping smartphone users "explore the fun and power of sensors." The "Swiss Army knife-sized" modular device communicates with the iPhone 4S and Android devices via Bluetooth. It has a built-in accelerometer, magnetometer and gyroscope and can detect physical motion and space, temperature and elevation, to name but a few. It also has a game control module and eight LEDs that can double as a camera flash, with carbon monoxide and radiation detection on the way. The Node will be compatible with Arduino devices and will have an open API, firmware and source code. There's a month left to help Variable hit its lofty $50,000 goal. Click the source link for more info. Continue reading Insert Coin: Node helps your smartphone monitor pretty much everything Insert Coin: Node helps your smartphone monitor pretty much everything originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Kickstarter | Email this | Comments | | ASUS MWC teaser video hints at possible hi-res tablet display? Feb 23rd 2012, 20:15 What's not to love about a short video insinuating something marvelous may be coming soon -- especially if it means a hi-res screen on a tablet, à la that purported Retina Display we saw a few days back. We have to give ASUS credit for this one, as it's teasing us with a clip titled "Twice the Detail, Twice the Fun." The vid's lead actors are a plethora of colorful marbles and a beige box that's very reminiscent of the form factor we're used to seeing on slates. And, let's not forget to mention the quick cameo by the famed Google search bar, a weather widget and a few other walk-in icons like YouTube's own. Could it be a case of the "Mo Pixels, Mo Problems Detail?" It may be a teaser for that Transformer Prime TF700T we saw carrying a 1920 x 1200 LCD at CES, but then again, it might not. Either way, we'll find out for sure when we arrive in Barcelona for MWC. In the meantime, take a virtual jump past the break to check out the full 17-second clip.Continue reading ASUS MWC teaser video hints at possible hi-res tablet display? ASUS MWC teaser video hints at possible hi-res tablet display? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  Android Community | ASUS (YouTube) | Email this | Comments | | NVIDIA's quad-core Tegra 3 chips get LTE support, radio makers GCT and Renesas on board Feb 23rd 2012, 20:00  After yesterday's clarification that Tegra 3's architecture will now be known as 4-PLUS-1, NVIDIA's got something a little meatier to share. The outfit just announced that its quad-core chips are getting LTE support, with modem makers GCT and Renesas pledging support right off the bat. In a way, it's hard to believe Tegra 3 didn't already support 4G officially, given that the chip was detailed a whole five months ago. In any case, these partnerships feel somewhat transitional, given that NVIDIA's "Project Grey" Tegra chips will get integrated, NVIDIA-made modems in 2013, though it might be an exaggeration to say these current partnerships will be moot then. In the meantime, we'd love to get our hands on some quad-core, LTE handsets, but something tells us we'll get our fill in Barcelona. NVIDIA's quad-core Tegra 3 chips get LTE support, radio makers GCT and Renesas on board originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | NVIDIA | Email this | Comments | |
