Michael Franco

Headphones deliver 3D cinema sound that changes as you move

Watch out behind you! The Neoh headphones put movie and game action all around you. 3D Sound Labs When it comes to audio experiences, few things can compare to being in the middle of a movie theater with sound blasting all around you. A just-launched crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for headphones called Neoh is promising to re-create that very experience …

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Not even my car tire could kill this tough phone cable

The MOS Spring cable gets its name from the spring casings at either end of the cord that are meant to prevent fraying. MOS As a guy who regularly picks up his phone by its cord despite common sense, when I was offered the chance to try out a cable billed as “indestructible” by the MOS folks, I couldn’t resist …

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Where did your iPhone 6 come from? An origin story

Despite heavy use of overseas manufacturers, the US still has a big hand in iPhone 6 production. CompareCamp Ask consumers where their shiny new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus came from and you might get “the Apple store,” or “China” as an answer. But the origin story for the bigger ( and bendier) phones is a bit more complex, …

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5 reasons my phablet is fabulous

The Note 3. Yeah it’s big, but that’s the point. Sarah Tew/CNET Not long ago, I wrote about some trepidation I was having about giving up my iPhone and switching to an Android device for the first time. That hesitation largely disintegrated once I held my new phone in my hand. It was the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and it …

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iPunch smart combat gloves power up your fist

iPunch, hoping to have a fighting chance on Indiegogo. Responsive Sports You know that carnival game where you hit a pad with a big sledgehammer to see if you can shoot a metal weight up a pole to ring a bell? In my world, that’s known as “the one game I avoid” at amusement parks, but for other, more burly …

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