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While everyone's talking about the strides Tesla and Terra are making in transportation, there are plenty of startups working on electric vehicles, too. One of these innovative companies is Japan's Whill, which makes an e-wheelchair that promises to be...

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Tag(s) : #electric vehicles, #health-fitness, #JAPAN, #Japanese, #Startups, #Tech, #transportation, #Vehicles, #wheelchair

Apple customers test out iPads and accessories.Image: Jeff Pachoud/Getty Images Apple is reportedly working on a battery for its not-yet-announced iWatch that could be charged both wirelessly and from the sun. According to a New York Times report, the...

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Tag(s) : #Apple, #Apple Watch, #battery, #gadgets, #health-fitness, #iPhone, #ipod, #mobile, #Tech

In 1998 - eight years before Sony introduced the Sony Reader, and nine years before Amazon introduced the Kindle - Microsoft founder and then-CEO Bill Gates was shown a prototype e-reader. He rejected it. 'He didn't like the user interface, because it...

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Tag(s) : #Bill Gates, #gadgets, #Microsoft, #Steve Ballmer, #Tech

When Oscar Pistorius fought successfully to compete in the 2012 London Olympic Games with his two artificial legs, he became the most visible challenge to many people's Olympian ideal of celebrating human athletic performance without technological tweaks...

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Tag(s) : #fitness, #Olympics, #sports, #Tech

Everyone knows how to do a simple Google search, but do you know how to read pages in languages you've never studied or track down the location of a friend's picture they took on vacation ages ago? Google wants to show you more tips on how to get the...

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Tag(s) : #Dev & Design, #Google, #Google Hangouts, #google search, #mobile, #SEO, #Startups, #Tech, #U.S., #World

John C. Havens is the founder of The H(app)athon Project and author of the upcoming book H(app)y -- The Value of Well Being in a Digital Economy (Tarcher/Penguin, 2014). He can be reached @johnchavens. Big data is getting personal. People around the globe...

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Tag(s) : #Apps and Software, #contributor, #Tech

Microsoft's Holoportation is a new type of 3D capture technology that allows high-quality 3D models of people to be reconstructed, compressed and transmitted anywhere in the world in real-time. When combined with mixed reality displays such as HoloLens,...

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Tag(s) : #3D, #gadgets, #Hologram, #Microsoft, #real time, #Tech, #virtual reality

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler speaks at a hearing in Washington D.C. in Dec. 2013. Image: Susan Walsh/Associated Press Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler announced on Tuesday an iOS version of the organization's Speed Test app at Mobile...

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Tag(s) : #Apps and Software, #FCC, #iOS, #Tech

Image: mashable composite UPDATE: Nov. 11, 2016, 3:39 p.m. EST We've learned from listeners that there's some skipping on this week's podcast that omits chunks of audio. After taking a look at the original recording, it looks like an equipment failure...

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Tag(s) : #election, #gadgets, #mashtalk, #podcasts, #Tech, #Trump

With its strong curves and Lotus-style doors, BMW's first hybrid, plug-in electric vehicle, the i8, makes a striking first impression. Unveiled at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday, the two-seater features both an array of technology and...

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Tag(s) : #BMW, #gadgets, #i8, #mobile, #New York Auto Show, #Tech