Moto X "touchless" Android phone unveiled at exclusive New York event

Mobile Technology Moto X "touchless" Android phone unveiled at exclusive New York event After months of rumors, the Moto X has finally been revealed, and Gizmag was on the scene at the exclusive unveiling to catch all the details. read more Robotics Limbo lower now: 3D-printed STAR bot flattens itself to crawl under doorways Students at UC Berkeley have developed the STAR (Sprawl Tuned Autonomous Robot), a 3D-printed robot that can flatten its legs to slip under small gaps and raises them up again to climb over obstacles. read more Environment Phytokinetic adds a touch of green to public transport In an effort to bring a dash of green to gray concrete jungles, Catalan landscape artist Marc Grañén teamed up with green wall and roof designer Alex Puig.Grañén to perfect his Phytokinetic concept that adds a roof-top garden to public transport vehicles. read more Mobile Technology Motorola Moto X vs. Samsung Galaxy S4 Does a smartphone market dominated by Apple and Samsung have room for a third major player? That's what Google-owned Motorola is hoping for with the new Moto X. Gizmag compares its specs and features, which includes hands-free voice controls, against the popular Samsung Galaxy S4. read more Automotive Lamborghini's most extreme Gallardo comes to the street Lamborghini has announced that the latest model in its Gallardo line-up will make its world premiere at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. Based on Lamborghini's Super Trofeo track cars, the new LP 570-4 Squadra Corse sports a 570 hp, V10 engine that will launch it from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds. read more Science Inception: Artificial memories implanted in mice An ongoing collaboration between the Japanese Riken Brain Science Institute and MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has resulted in the discovery of how to plant specific false memories into the brains of mice. read more Health and Wellbeing Quick Trainer to help toilet train intellectually disabled kids A new toilet-training device combines a wearable sensor pad, Bluetooth technology, an iOS device and accompanying app to help toilet train intellectually disabled children. The device has toilet trained kids who've been wearing disposable underwear for years in under 45 days. read more Architecture World's largest tunneling machine digs in Bertha, the world's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), started digging under Seattle on Tuesday as it chewed through the north wall of the 80-ft (24.3 m) deep trench where it was assembled after being shipped in pieces from its manufacturer in Japan. read more Mobile Technology Video: Motorola Moto X demo Google-owned Motorola is going after the middle of the smartphone market in a big way with its new Android flagship, the Moto X. Check out the features that it hopes to win you over with. read more Electronics Trash Amps Jam jams a speaker and amp into a jar We've seen big glass speakers and we've seen smaller models, but Trash Amps' Jam takes the whole glass speaker thing down to a new level – it's a speaker and amplifier, housed in a Mason jar. read more Mobile Technology iblazr synchronized jack flash nips red-eye in the bud The iblazr team out of the Ukraine has developed a fully synchronized LED flash module that plugs into the audio jack of a phone or tablet. It's been designed to eliminate the white- or red-eye effect, and packs its own battery so it won't leech from the host device. read more Science Give zebrafish some booze, and they stop fearing robots Alcohol appears to diminish zebrafishs' fear of a robotic version of one of their natural predators, the Indian leaf fish. The experiment suggests that robots could be effective in other animal behavioral studies. read more Space Subaru Telescope's HSC captures the Andromeda galaxy in spectacular detail The Hyper Suprime-Cam on Japan's Subaru Telescope has captured a spectacular new image of the Andromeda galaxy. The image is the first part of a "cosmic census" that aims to shed light on the expansion of the Universe and the nature of dark matter and dark energy. read more Robotics IIT's HyQ quadruped robot gets better reflexes Researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology are teaching its resident quadruped robot how to avoid tripping over obstacles in the lead up to more arduous outdoor testing. An animal-like step reflex algorithm has been developed to quickly detect when HyQ's feet run into obstacles. read more Special promotion for Gizmag readers "Getting Started With Arduino: A Beginner's Guide" Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to use hardware and software. Arduino really simplifies the process of building projects on a microcontroller making it a great platform for amateurs. You can easily start working on one with no previous electronics experience. read more UNSUBSCRIBE You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at http://www.gizmag.com. Copyright Gizmag © 2013