The team at iFixit has been tearing down smartwatches like clockwork lately. Its latest endeavor is LG's latest smart watch, the LG Watch Urbane. At first glance, it looks like a regular, albeit sharp-looking wristwatch; will we be disappointed by what's inside? Let's find out, shall we? Click on...

Maker Faire celebrated its 10 th anniversary recently with familiar celebrities and top chip companies, its youthful energy and do-it-yourself values intact. The gathering on the doorstep of Silicon Valley will spread to nearly 200 events attracting as many as a million people this year. "I believe...

A startup inspired by Nikola Tesla -- in name and in engineering -- is about to launch an energy-harvesting smartphone case that can charge your phone on the go. Nikola Labs has developed a smartphone case that, like the original Tesla battery, works with radio waves. In the case of the technology...

Backpacks have long been handy for taking books and other essential items with us when we're on the go. Now, thanks to a team of Australian researchers, a backpack also lets you carry around with you a complete charging system for all your mobile devices. A team at the Commonwealth Scientific and...