Stop slouching! Startup scores cash for high-tech posture-sensing waistband

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Now, here’s a product that just seems perfect for desk-bound, laptop-typing geeks like us. Meet the Lumo BodyTech, a device worn around the waist which vibrates when one slouches. Those vibrations are meant as a gentle reminder to sit up straight. (Now, I don’t have to hear it from my mom or wife). Seattle’s Madrona… Read More…

Santa, please bring me an iPad: 48% of kids want Apple’s tablet

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Yesterday, my three-year-old son looked at a review copy of a Surface tablet sitting on my desk and asked this question: ’Hey, what’s that iPad doing?” The comment cracked me up, as it signaled just how deep Apple is entrenched in becoming the Kleenex brand of the tablet market. But it’s no laughing matter for Microsoft…. Read More…

Microsoft Surface: The comeback story begins?

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Two days and counting, my new Surface will arrive.  As an avid gadget guy, I’m pumped about this launch with Windows 8. Could this be the breakthrough consumer product that competes with the iPad?  Maybe. Here’s why: 1.  There’s the USB port, which I plan on using with external drives, scanners, and the like. 2. … Read More…

Battery breakthrough: New technology promises to triple lithium ion capacity

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Remember those Energizer Bunny commercials touting batteries that kept going, and going, and going? Well, researchers at Washington State University have developed a new lithium ion battery that can actually keep going, and going, and going at about three times the current capacity. As part of the Science + Technology Discovery Series of the Technology Alliance Program,… Read More…

Apple’s iOS 6: Here’s what developers love (and hate)

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Apple’s iOS 6 boasts more than 200 new features, many of them small fixes and incremental improvements. Others are bigger and bolder, like maps, turn-by-turn directions and the Passbook mobile wallet. But what’s really inside iOS 6? I reached out to some top Seattle area iOS app developers today to get their take on the… Read More…

Apple stores to begin carrying Contour’s new $399 helmet-mounted camera

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Just two weeks after releasing its new helmet-mounted video camera, Seattle-based Contour is getting another shot of good news. The company is announcing today that Apple plans to begin selling the Contour+2, a video camera that shoots 1080p HD video and allows adventure sports nuts to track speed, distance and elevation. “It is the first time… Read More…

Poll: What do you think of the new iPhone 5?

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Apple’s unveiling of the new iPhone 5 certainly got tech geeks chattering, with social media channels lighting up with hundreds of thousands of comments about the new device. But is it actually a good fit for you? There’s been plenty of criticism that Apple didn’t really show off anything that revolutionary with the device, which… Read More…

What the new iPhone could mean for Apple, the economy and you

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Just how big is Wednesday’s unveiling of the new iPhone? Consider this: J.P. Morgan’s Chief Economist, Michael Feroli, estimates that the new device, which has been dubbed by the tech media as the iPhone 5, could boost the U.S. economy’s gross domestic product on an annualized basis by $12.8 billion. Reuters reports on the analysis,… Read More…

Capture your slips, spills and jumps with the Contour+2 helmet-mounted camera

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I’m not much of a thrill-seeking speed freak. But for those who like to ski, skydive or mountain bike over tough terrain, here’s the latest must-have gadget. Seattle-based Contour today is releasing the Contour+2, a helmet-mounted video camera that shoots 1080p HD video and allows adventure sports nuts to track speed, distance and elevation. The… Read More…