Added 13 January, 2014
For centuries, coffee was the main delivery system for caffeine. Then, in the late 20th Century came Red Bull, followed by myriad energy drinks that brought that drug to teens and others who prefer sodas to brewed beans. Last year we wrote about caffeinated soaps, energy sprays, edible energy gels and a new chewing gum called Alert Energy Caffeine...
Added 13 January, 2014
GE knows that the future of our homes is a wired world in which our appliances can wirelessly connect to the Internet and interact with us in ways that will, supposedly, add convenience and joy. That is the promise of the much-vaunted Internet of Things, a trend that will have our refrigerators, toasters and more connecting with us, and with each...
Added 13 January, 2014
Facebook and other companies already employ facial recognition technology to identify and tag people in photographs, but, until now, companies have withheld the tech from users for fear that it will undermine privacy rights. Of course, it's just been a matter of time that someone somewhere would put out an application that could let any user...
Added 12 January, 2014
Regular WikiTrend readers know about the Internet of Things, the concept that everything in our homes will be connected to one another on a network that will work seamlessly with our lives. Many products already exist including "smart" smoke detectors that alert you by mobile phone when they are triggered or need new batteries, and smart...
Added 12 January, 2014
Major American cable TV companies are losing customers at a record rate. The latest figures show that the companies lost about 113,000 subscribers in the third quarter of 2013, which is the beginning of a trend that is sure to accelerate over the next decade. The reason is that people are gravitating towards video on demand, rather than the old...
Added 8 January, 2014
There are lots of new brainwave-reading devices coming to the market that allow wearers to manipulate external objects just by thinking about it. We have already covered some of these, like the headset with furry "ears" that you can move just by thinking about it, the video game controllers that can your thoughts to moves to the screen, and the...
Added 7 January, 2014
Personal unmanned vehicles are getting a lot of buzz lately, trending upward with each day. But, until recently, drones have been flying machines, taking to the air to take video images and deliver payloads across challenging terrain. It is only rational that the next step for drones is the water. But what makes an aquatic drone different, say,...
Added 6 January, 2014
We are entering a new world in which unmanned flying vehicles, also known as drones, will soon become commonplace. They are currently being used by military and law enforcements, as well as various hobbyists and the occasional paparazzi. And DHL and Amazon.com have famously talked about using drones as package delivery devices. But what about the...
Added 4 January, 2014
We've seen a lot of brain wave-reading technology lately. Some has been frivolous, like the headset with furry "ears" that you can move just by thinking about it. Some has been fun, like the video game controllers that can "read" your mind and translate your moves to the screen. And some have been jaw-droppingly transformative, like the wearable...
Added 4 January, 2014
This week the Ford Motor Company announced a new concept car powered by rooftop solar cells that, eventually, might be able to operate completely off the grid. Called the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, the car is a first-in-the-world sun-powered electric vehicle that never needs to be plugged in. The challenge with solar cell technology is that you...