Starfish, a wireless network that can link street devices such as parking meters, was adopted last month by San Jose, California – although the city does not yet know which uses it wants to enable.
As the narrator and his grandson walk the streets, devices implanted in the sidewalk mine digital information from strips in their shoes.
According to new research commissioned by Sesame Workshop, producer of PBS's "Sesame Street," mobile device ownership is booming as TV set ownership declines.
On Jan . 6 Motorola announced disappointing fourth-quarter earnings, telling Wall Street that device sales were down and that its financial results missed analysts' expectations.
After a two-month test period on 77th Street, the device will be sold citywide, said Richard Soloway, chief executive of Napco Security Systems, which makes it.
The PS-83 Taser was retooled from its consumer-focused design into a more rugged, street-ready device.
But two decades after the immobilizing wheel clamp all but disappeared from the city's streets, the device, known as a boot, is coming back.
It may come to be remembered as the year that tablet computers found the mainstream, but 2013 has seen a new wave of affordable, high street touchscreen devices that have sold in their droves this Christmas.
The X100 cameras have been stalwart travel and street photography devices, with a 35mm equivalent F/2.0 lens, and this new generation gets a bunch of new features including improved AF with more autofocus points across the sensor, as well as better boot-up time and time between shutter activations.
If you want to look like you know where you're going, but you don't want to deal with jocks making fun of your GPS-enabled street-walking device, you'll soon be able to let a pair of ladylike purple rings be your guide.
