Apple's newest handset, the iPhone 4S introduced earlier today, isn't the "iPhone 5" dramatic advancement that some were forecasting. There's no teardrop-shaped thinner form factor redesign, for example, or larger screen, or LTE 4G cellular data support (or WiMAX embrace, for that matter). The handset's improvements from the iPhone 4 predecessor are quite predictable, truth […]

Yesterday I mentioned that the HTC MyTouch Slide 4G's camera facilities included (among many other things) high dynamic range image capture capabilities. If you own an iPhone 4, you've got built-in HDR, too. But if you own an earlier-generation iOS cellular handset, or a latest-generation iPod touch or iOS-based tablet, you've historically been out of

I devoted an airline flight [irony intended: keep reading] earlier this week to catching up on a cache of to-be-read publications, specifically some back issues of National Geographic. One of the many articles that I enjoyed, the September 2011 issue cover story, was entitled "The Daring Dream of Personal Flight". Here's what I found to

Last week, José Alvarez of Xilinx (whose recently published tutorial video I hope many of you have already auditioned) emailed me a heads-up on an online article titled "Make Computers See with SimpleCV — The Open Source Framework for Vision". Authored by Anthony Oliver, Chief Technology Officer at Ingenuitas, the writeup definitely piqued my interest.

A couple of weeks ago, I discussed a mesh networking system employing smartphones' cellular data links, which enabled vehicles to maximize gas mileage and minimize time spent sitting at red lights. Cars and trucks not only go, they also sometimes stop, specifically at parking spots. But finding an available and sufficient-sized spot is often a