Day: September 7, 2020

It generates all the power it needs from the sun and button taps. Igor Bonifacic, @igorbonifacic1h ago 1Comments 161Shares  Northwestern University The original Game Boy was no slouch when it came to battery life. With four simple AA batteries, you could play games like Tetris and Super Mario Land for about 10 to 15 hours. That was something that made the Game Boy so much more appealing than its contemporaries. But as it turns out, it's possible to improve even on a classic.   A team of researchers made up of computer scientists from Northwestern University in Illinois and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has developed a Game Boy that uses no batteries at all.    Instead, all...

It packs ECG and SpO2 sensors alongside the usual tools you'd expect from a Withings hybrid. Daniel Cooper, @danielwcooper16h ago 16Comments 881Shares Steve Dent Withings’ latest smartwatch is the first to offer a complete suite of health-monitoring tools inside a watch. Announced in January, the ScanWatch replaces the Steel HR as the French company’s new flagship timepiece. Or, it will, since it’s still working its way through the FDA for clearance in the US. It’s not a radical departure from its predecessor, but there are some differences. The ScanWatch offers a built-in ECG and SpO2 (blood oxygenation) sensors. This means it can monitor for atrial fibrillation and sleep apnea, two subtle but often impactful health condition...

PIERPAOLO FIGUCCIASEPTEMBER 7, 2020 Tablets and laptops maker – Chuwi – is back with yet another very interesting 13-inch laptop that goes by name of GemiBook. The laptop appears to look like the previously launched CoreBook Pro from outside but there are some upgrades such as the 13-inch 2K full screen, 3:2 aspect ratio, full-size keyboard and so on. CHUWI GEMIBOOK ARRIVES WITH 13-INCH 2K DISPLAY AND AFFORDABLE PRICE TAG As for the hardware inside, the laptop adopts an Intel J4115, along with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage which should bring a great user experience in the daily office tasks. Thus, the GemiBook will be a practical in performance and wonderful in the appearance. The Chuwi GemiBook will officially go on sale in the middle of September at the surprisin...

MARCO LANCASTERSEPTEMBER 7, 2020 POCO’s revival seems to be getting on track at last. After some rebrandings, the company finally is pushing new smartphones that aren’t just rebranded Redmi phones. This applies to the POCO X3 NFC launched today. It’s the first POCO handset released in 2020 to feature an original design and specifications. Tomorrow, the company will reveal the POCO M2 to sit alongside the already unveiled POCO M2 Pro. We have a feeling that this one will not be so original, but a close sibling to the Redmi 9. Today, the company confirmed the presence of a 5,000mAh battery inside the new mid-range. This capacity is becoming a standard among Xiaomi’s mid-range phones. The company already confirmed that the new phone will pack a FullHD+ display an...