Be Your Own Hotspot
I love the fact that more and more devices are sporting built-in Wi-Fi--the Sony PSP, smartphones, even Kodak's EasyShare-One digital camera. The lone hitch: Wi-Fi is useless without a hotspot. Sure,...
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by Oliver WolfsonOliver WolfsonDept.: Tech LessonTech.: Community InternetCost: $60 plus monthly cost of Internet accessTime: 1 hourPractical | | | | | PopcornWhen Tony Guagliardo moved to Manhattan´s...
View ArticleGull-Wing Firefighting ATV Could Operate in the Middle of Inferno
ATV FirefighterLiam FergusonGot to get tough to fight those firesGet ready for a firefighting vehicle that might have arrived from your old Saturday morning GI Joe cartoons. Yanko has showcased an ATV...
View ArticleRCA Airnergy Pulls Power From Thin Air, Charging Your Phone With Ambient...
RCA's Airnergy Wi-Fi Powered ChargerRCACES may be over, but in our post-technalia hangover we're still discovering a few small wonders that flew under the radar last week, not least of which is this...
View ArticleWi-Fi-Equipped School Bus Sedates Rowdy Teens With Their Favorite Opiate: The...
Rolling Study HallJoshua Lott/NYTimesHomework for the roadPutting a mobile Internet router on a yellow school bus has transformed a crowd of rowdy, bored teens into a quiet and well-behaved flock of...
View ArticleStop Rummaging for Your Phone and Check Texts, Emails on Cell-Connected Watches
Allerta inPulsePaul WoottonThe days of rummaging for your cellphone may be over. Bluetooth-enabled timepieces now pull all your phone alerts right to your wrist. Eventually, these watches will...
View ArticleKarma Review: Finally, A Wi-Fi Hotspot That Isn't Trying To Screw You
Karma Hotspot 1Dan NosowitzThe Karma is a very small revolution in tech: it's a gadget with a data plan that makes sense, is transparent, and doesn't try to screw you. This should not be a crazy great...
View ArticleBe Your Own Hotspot
DIY Turn a backpack into a portable, solar-powered Wi-Fi hotspot, and share a high-speed connection anywhere I love the fact that more and more devices are sporting built-in Wi-Fi--the Sony PSP,...
View ArticleFree Neighborhood Wi-Fi
DIY Get to know your neighbors by giving them a way to connect to the Internet and to one another Dept.: Tech LessonTech.: Community InternetCost: $60 plus monthly cost of Internet accessTime: 1...
View ArticleGull-Wing Firefighting ATV Could Operate in the Middle of Inferno
Technology A designer proposes a military-style vehicle that can fight and survive fires Get ready for a firefighting vehicle that might have arrived from your old Saturday morning GI Joe cartoons....
View ArticleRCA Airnergy Pulls Power From Thin Air, Charging Your Phone With Ambient...
Gadgets CES may be over, but in our post-technalia hangover we're still discovering a few small wonders that flew under the radar last week, not least of which is this RCA Airnergy,… CES may be over,...
View ArticleWi-Fi-Equipped School Bus Sedates Rowdy Teens With Their Favorite Opiate: The...
Technology Beep beep, here comes the Internet Bus Putting a mobile Internet router on a yellow school bus has transformed a crowd of rowdy, bored teens into a quiet and well-behaved flock of studious...
View ArticleStop Rummaging for Your Phone and Check Texts, Emails on Cell-Connected Watches
Gadgets Oh, and they tell time The days of rummaging for your cellphone may be over. Bluetooth-enabled timepieces now pull all your phone alerts right to your wrist. Eventually, these watches will…...
View ArticleKarma Review: Finally, A Wi-Fi Hotspot That Isn't Trying To Screw You
Gadgets The best-looking, simplest Wi-Fi hotspot we've ever tested also carries a dose of good karma. The Karma is a very small revolution in tech: it's a gadget with a data plan that makes sense, is...
View ArticleHow to find free Wi-Fi when you really need it
DIY Without compromising your security. Free Wi-Fi is everywhere, yet it’s hard to actually find a hotspot when you really need one. Here’s how to do just that—without compromising your privacy.
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