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Social Media for Children – KidzVuz

KidzVuz is an on-line community for children that lets them review and comment on kids' gear. Andy and Don talk with co-founder Rebecca Levey about the site's features and how they're tailored to children. Children are often left out of the on-line world as the major social networking sites such as Facebook enforce age restrictions on their members, and rightly

Silentium Active Noise Cancellation

Silence is golden and Silentium are working hard to achieve this with their active noise reduction technology. Andy and Don keep it down with Yossi Barath. Silentium has developed an active noise reduction system that can be implemented in a single chip. The complex (and proprietary) algorithms programmed into the chip use noise cancellation (destructive interference) to reduce the amount of

nVidia and Windows 8 Tablets

As you have almost certainly already heard, one of the big things coming in Windows 8 will be it's support of ARM processors.  The main feature of the new operating system, though, is the radical new Metro interface.  The Metro Start screen displays a series of "live tiles".  These are the apps, some of which come with Windows 8, and

Verizon Touchscreen Jukebox

This year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Verizon unveiled something cool and unexpected - a touchscreen photo jukebox.  This isn't what you would expect from the words "Verizon touchscreen".  It's actually a touchscreen jukebox with karaoke and a photo booth. all rolled into one large LCD screen.  The whole thing runs on the Verizon 4G LTE network

Samsung SmartCam IP Camera

If you are in the market for a home surveillance camera, or IP camera as they are also known, then Samsung has a new one that is worth checking out.  Last month at the Consumer Electronics Show is Las Vegas, Jeffery Powers stopped by the Samsung booth to get a look at the newest addition to their camera family. The

MWE Lab Emperor 1510 Compresses an Office into One Object

MWE Lab has taken all of the elements of an office and compressed them down into one ergonomic object.  MWE stands for Modern Work Environment and they spent about three years designing the Emperor 1510 to make it a place that, according to their spokesperson, a worker can spend 10-12 hours without feeling any fatigue.  That's a strong statement, so

Siano Brings Broadcast TV To iPhones and iPad

Although not present in the USA and Europe, viewing broadcast TV on mobile phones is very popular in Asian countries and parts of South America. Andy and Don talk to Guy from Siano Mobile Silicon about the technology behind this cultural phenomena. Watching broadcast TV on mobile phones has been very popular in China, Japan and Korea, particularly with people who