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Coin: An all-in-one credit card
I love the idea of Coin, a device that is aimed at replacing all the credit cards in your wallet with one very cool smart credit card. It has the strip that you swipe on the back and looks like any other credit card, except instead of colorful logos, it’s sleek and black and has a little display screen in a corner. Coin, though, is really a connected device that can hold and behave like the cards you already carry. Coin works with your debit cards, credit cards, gift cards, loyalty cards and membership cards. Instead of carrying several cards you carry one Coin. Multiple accounts and information all in…
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First video with Google Glass
I’m really having fun experimenting with Google Glass. Yesterday, when it was -12F outside my snowy Michigan home, I put on my boots, parka and fur hat with earflaps and wore Glass out in the elements to see how it did recording video. Here’s a video I did for my RV travel blog shot entirely with Glass. http://roadtreking.com/rv-heater/ I was anxious to see how Glass video looks and put this together in just a few minutes. So it’s nothing very creative but does, I think, show that Glass has some great possibilities for journalists looking to incorporate POV video into their films. I plan to use it a lot on…
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Unboxing Google Glass; Now what?
I’ve got Google Glass. Now what? I’m anxious to learn because this is the year Google Glass gets released to the general public. I’m not sure when, though most of those who have been invited into the Explorer program made up of so-called tech influencers are guessing by spring. Google Glass costs $1,500. It is not cheap. But it is much more than a Sci-Fi-looking pair of spectacles. It’s a small computer with its own trackpad, wi-fi, Bluetooth and apps that just happens to rest on your face instead of your desktop or lap. As such, it’s the first major wave of wearable computers. I’ll have a series of reports…
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Here comes the connected home
It’s looking like this will truly be the year of the connected home. We’ve been hearing this for years, of course, at least a decade by my count back when Bill Gates was the Microsoft keynoter at the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. At this year’s CES – set to open Tuesday – the gauntlet will be tossed out first by Samsung, which is set to announce a system that will link everything from home air conditioning to lights and security and work with its tablets, smartphones and the Samsung Gear watch, Rival LG is set to demo a system called HomeChat that controls appliances and househi=old gadgets…
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Keep track of your pet
We all love our pets. Our dogs and cats are important members of the family and keeping them safe and in our yard is a top priority. New technology can help us keep better track of our furry friends. One of every pet owner’s worst fear is having to put up one of these signs. But now, with a pet tracking gizmo on your pet’s collar, you can keep track of them on your iPhone, iPad or Android device. The TAGG Pet Tracker uses advanced GPS tracking technology that allows you to see where their dog or cat is and receive a notification if it wanders off. You use your…
