CES 2016: EyeForcer helps keep your gadget-obsessed kids in check

An eye-catching (pun unintended) device unveiled at CES hopes to help you and your children out to combat what has been called GameBoy disease. The illness is said to cause headaches, blurred vision, as well as neck and back pain associated with too much time playing or using electronic devices. The solution? EyeForcer from Vancouver-based Medical Wearable Solutions. It all started with one parent and doctor, Medical Wearable Solutions Co-founder Dr. Vahid Sahiholnasab, and how he got frustrated with how his children spent too much time using gadgets.

The EyeForcer keeps track of kid’s posture and how long they spend time staring at a screen. If it deems your kid has been on it for too long or they start to slouch, it will shut down your device. While it can improve their health, we can’t say if it’ll do the same for your children’s moods. No word yet though on how much the device will cost or when it will be available.

Source: Cult of Mac

Netflix promises to restore missing ‘Lost’ finale footage

(Mario Perez/ABC)

You can stop with your conspiracy theories. The missing footage (around 18 minutes worth) of Lost’s series finale didn’t disappear inside the baffling universe of the TV show when you rewatched it on Netflix. The current hypothesis is Netflix may have gotten a version cut down for syndication. But they plan to rectify this problem. The show’s creator Damon Lindelof expressed his “beffudlement” over the issue during an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

“Something tells me that this isn’t Netflix’s fault … that it’s an honest mistake and something got miscommunicated — I seem to remember ABC had to make an edit for rerun airings that tightened the show into ‘format’ (42 minutes to accommodate commercials), and somehow that [version] mistakenly got sent to Netflix," Lindelof said. "This sometimes happened with our finales—we’d ask for extra time and ABC would agree to air, but then we had to do another tighter version for subsequent airings and/or international [markets]. We usually left these (painful) cuts to the discretion of our editors… but as the show lives on in DVD form and on Netflix, there is ZERO reason to have the shorter version out there.” So, just hold off watching the finale again until Netflix fixes the issue.

Source: Entertainment Weekly + TV Guide

Bye-bye Motorola?

It looks like we will be losing one of the pioneers of the wireless technology industry—at least in name. Lenovo plans to phase out the Motorola name and integrate it more as a division under its brand, keeping their phone business under the Lenovo name. The Chinese tech company bought Motorola Mobility back in 2014. According to Motorola’s Chief Operating Officer Rick Osterloh, they will instead focus on the brand Moto. So, prepare to see Moto products with Lenovo’s logo on them. The iconic M “batwing” logo though will remain.

Osterloh told CNET that their business will keep the name organizationally with Motorola but they will eventually take over mobile operations of Lenovo. Moto products will also be marketed in areas where Lenovo is known as the more high-end products. On the opposite end though, Osterloh said they had plans to introduce Lenovo’s affordable lines, like the Vibe, to the US in the coming years.

Source: CNET

Update - January 8, 2016 - 5:00 PM -Motorola has issued a statement regarding their branding below.

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Mockery is a form of flattery for Swiss Alp Watch, a $25,000 mechanical take on Apple Watch

Swiss watchmaker H. Moser & Cie thought it was a clever idea to mock the Apple Watch (complete with an Apple-esque intro video), as well as copy the look and design of Cupertino's popular wearable, but put a mechanical movement. The Swiss Alp Watch is going to be made available in limited series of 50 units which will be sold for US $24,900. I wonder if they will earn enough to cover their legal costs.

Source: 9to5Mac