Saving Google Maps destinations for easy navigation

Saving a destination in Google Maps makes it easier to navigate to and also lessens the chance for error when entering or trying to remember an address.

By Nick Barber | 22 May, 2013 17:54

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, applications, Google, Maps, software, internet

Video: Yahoo redesigns Flickr, offers a terabyte of free storage

Yahoo rolled out a new design for its Flickr photo sharing service

Video: Low cost autonomous car technology aims to reduce deaths, pollution

A 19-year old from Romania won top honors and $75,000 at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix last week.

Video: World Tech Update, May 17, 2013

Coming up on WTU this week sending cash via Gmail and more at Google IO, BBM coming to iOS and Android and Windows Blue to restore some missed features.

Video: TechTip, google search tips and tricks

Search smarter on Google using more than just basic keywords. In this TechTip IDG News Service's Nick Barber shows you how to find more meaningful search results

Tech Tip: Advanced Google search functions

Searching Google is a quick way to find information, but more advanced functions can help users find more helpful information faster.

By Nick Barber | 15 May, 2013 17:10

Tags: Google, internet, search engines

Kinect sensor modified for wheelchair gaming

By modifying a Microsoft Kinect sensor, a research project at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference demonstrated how gamers in a wheelchair could interact with motion games.

By Nick Barber | 06 May, 2013 15:13

Tags: game software, popular science, Game platforms, Microsoft, games

Electricity zaps gamers' muscles for force feedback

A research project on show at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Paris uses a small electrical current to give the sensation of force feedback while gaming.

By Nick Barber | 01 May, 2013 07:46

Tags: popular science, game software, CHI, gaming peripherals, games, Components, Hasso Plattner Institute

Microsoft turns room into video game with IllumiRoom project

The IllumiRoom project from Microsoft Research turns a living room into a video game with projected images that extend and complement the main television screen. The realistic effect, if commercialized, could propel Microsoft's gaming business far beyond its competition.

By Nick Barber | 30 April, 2013 13:52

Tags: game software, CHI, Game platforms, gaming peripherals, games

Gaming prototypes on display at computer interaction conference

Gaming research and prototypes have created a lot of buzz at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Paris this week.

By Nick Barber | 30 April, 2013 09:59

Tags: game software, popular science, CHI, gaming peripherals, games

Flexible, networked e-ink displays mimic physical documents

Researchers demonstrated flexible, networked e-ink displays that behave like papers on a desk at a conference in Paris. The displays can be used separately or in tandem, opening up new possibilities for a paperless office.

By Nick Barber | 30 April, 2013 08:31

Tags: CHI, consumer electronics, robotics, Components, e-readers, displays

Slice wood with laser pointer and imagination

Using a laser pointer as a knife, a project at the Computer Human Interaction conference lets users make custom creations out of wood and plastic without spending hours designing.

By Nick Barber | 29 April, 2013 14:44

Tags: popular science

Computer interaction conference promises cutting-edge demos

There will be a ton of interesting research and prototypes on display at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference in Paris this week.

By Nick Barber | 29 April, 2013 09:00

Tags: popular science, CHI, Components, Hasso Plattner Institute

Future of computer interaction on display in Paris

The future of computing comes to Paris this week with the annual Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference, which showcases new approaches to the way users connect with electronics.

By Nick Barber | 28 April, 2013 19:37

Tags: popular science, Components

Health care robot brings experts to bedside

A health care robot developed by iRobot and InTouch Health allows doctors who may be thousands of miles away to interact with patients at their bedsides.

By Nick Barber | 22 April, 2013 20:57

Tags: iRobot, InTouch Health, robotics, health care, industry verticals