Flir made the news at CES with its personal thermal imaging device for the iPhone but the company does a whole range of imaging devices, including the Flir FX, a portable interchangeable wi-fi video camera. Todd gets further illumination from John Distelzweig of Flir. The Flir FX is a fundamentally a webcam running 1080p over wi-fi, but that's largely where the
As widely rumoured, the Motorola Moto X is coming to the UK and the rest of Europe. The specs and features seem as per the US version - touchless control for Google Now, Active Display, Connect extension for Chrome and twist to start camera. KitKat will be on the Moto X out of the box and as expected, it looks
Imagine being 30,000 feet in the air and doing wireless business, watching a Netflix movie or even downloading and installing updates to your computer. With new initiatives, that could happen very soon. Gogo In-flight wireless - a leader in in-flight connectivity - announced a new program called Ground to Orbit (GTO). This combines satellite feeds with Gogo's air-to-ground Wifi capabilities.
Great news for people who love to hang out in Starbucks, or who are using the local Starbucks as their “office”! Google has teamed up with Starbucks in order to bring a faster WiFi connection to all 7,000 company owned Starbucks stores that are located in the United States. Best of all, you will be able to use the newer,
Remote control vehicles are fun and remote control aircraft doubly so. Imagine then how much fun a remote control quadricopter is, especially when it's controlled by wifi from your smartphone. Todd takes flying lessons from Parrot's Julian. The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 is an update of the original AR.Drone, with the main difference being an HD camera on the drone which
At this year's CES, Pure launched Jongo, the world's most affordable (and colourful) multi-room music system. Vicky tells Todd all about it. The Jongo range will shortly include a couple of wireless speakers and a hi-fi adaptor, all with both Bluetooth and wi-fi built-in. Music can be streamed using the Pure Connect app via wi-fi to any speaker in range
Wireless extenders are not new and tiny ones that sit right in your wall outlet are not even new. However, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, networking company TP-Link unveiled its latest -- the TL-WA850RE. It brings a sleek look and a bit more functionality to these tiny extenders. This one packs in wireless "n" which is