MacGyver is alive and well and living in Austin Texas, where researchers have come up with a simple and affordable chemical weapons detector, made out of an iPhone, a UV lamp, a standard 96-well test plate and … a bunch of Lego bricks.
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You may know that “HDR” stands for High Dynamic Range, a term with origins in photography. Now, it’s a buzzword that’s popping up on more mobile displays and is being touted as a selling point. What exactly does HDR mean for tablets, phones and laptops?
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HTC has been as clear as mud on whether the new U Ultra is considered the company's main 2017 flagship, or just an experimental offshoot of its primary high-end line. Either way, let's see how the Ultra stacks up next to the firm's unquestioned 2016 flagship, the HTC 10.
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So you’ve decided to abandon the iPhone in favor of an Android. What should you expect? How do you migrate your accounts and content from the iOS ivory tower? New Atlas is here to help.
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The SmartUV is a ultraviolet-imaging camera that can be plugged into a smartphone, allowing users to see beneath the surface of their skin.
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Our smartphones already do a lot of things. The just-announced Changhong H2, however, does something that none of the others can. According to its makers, it's able to tell us what things are made of.
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Enjoy the iPhone 7's portrait mode, but don't want to shell out for a premium smartphone? Huawei's budget brand Honor is bringing a new dual-camera Android handset to the US and Europe that can give you a similar blurred-background bokeh effect for just US$250.
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Which of 2016’s mobile technology innovations have the most staying power? Let’s cut through short-lived fads and gimmicks and identify which of the past year's mobile trends have long-term implications for the way we engage with our devices every day.
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Costing less than the average monthly cellphone bill, the EyeQue Personal Vision Tracker lets users get their eyes checked as often as they want, without leaving the house.
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If you look through our picks for the best smartphones of the year, you'll see familiar names like Apple, Samsung and Google. Unless you're a mobile junkie, though, you might not recognize the maker of the single best value of 2016: OnePlus.
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