Oakley unveils Airwave ski goggles equipped with Recon’s MOD Live heads-up display, iOS app
By Joe Pollicino posted Oct 27th 2012 9:44AM Remember late last year when Recon Instruments introduced its MOD Live Android-enabled heads-up display for the likes of ski goggles?Joining the ranks of other optics makers, Oakley’s partnered with the company to seamlessly integrate the unit into its own goggles, dubbed Airwave. It’s not just another shell for the system, either, as Oakley will be providing a companion app...
Apple Unveils New iTunes
Apple today announced the new iTunes for Mac and PC, featuring a redesigned player, seamless integration with iCloud, and a new look for the world’s most popular online music, apps, TV, and movie stores. The new iTunes features a simpler, cleaner interface that keeps your favorite iTunes content at the forefront. With iCloud integration, music, movie, and TV purchases made on any of your iOS devices or computers is displayed in your...
Introducing Engadget’s next giveaway: Five iPhone 5s in five days!
By Brad Molen posted Oct 27th 2012 11:21AM A lot of you out there have been anxiously awaiting the holidays, and — more importantly — an excuse to get your hands on the latest iPhone. In fact, the demand is so high that Apple is still experiencing inventory shortages. We don’t want that little niggle getting in your way, of course, so we’ve teamed up with five different companies to get you set up with an...
Microsoft starts $40 Windows 8 upgrade sales
Microsoft today opened its virtual store and began selling upgrades to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99, making good on a promise made last summer. The upgrade, which must be downloaded and installed via a utility called “Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant,” can be applied to Windows XP-, Vista-, and Windows 7-powered systems. Microsoft announced the upgrade in July, a bit more than a month after it issued the last of three public...
Butlers, lunar rovers, snakes and airboats: the best of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute
By Brian Heater posted Oct 27th 2012 12:45PM How was your week? We got to spend a couple of days trekking around the Carnegie Mellon campus in Pittsburgh, PA to check out some of the latest projects from the school’s world renowned Robotics Institute — a trip that culminated with the bi-annual induction ceremony from the CMU-sponsored Robot Hall of Fame. Given all the craziness of the past seven days, you might have missed...
