IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 6/9/2015

Monday, June 8, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 6/9/2015

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How one airline is using drone technology to make its service more efficient
While most news reports involving passenger planes and quadcopters revolve around scary near-miss incidents, a low-cost carrier in Europe has embraced drone technology to help ensure its fleet of aircraft are safe to take to the skies.
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HTC dramatically slashes sales estimates, but it has a plan to get things back on track
HTC has sent out a statement saying it's expected revenue is going to be lower than previously stated, due to demand for its high-end phones not matching up with forecasts. However, it has outlined plans to reverse its fortunes.
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Madcap inventor creates red-hot knife that toasts bread as it cuts
Colin Furze's bizarre inventions and record-breaking feats have won him a huge following on YouTube over the years. His latest effort will delight time-poor toast addicts everywhere: a red-hot knife that instantly toasts bread as it cuts through it.
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A bot called Hubo secures South Korean team top prize in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals
A team from South Korea has won the DARPA Robotics Challenge event held over the weekend. Its winning bot, called Hubo, completed a bunch of tricky tasks in record time to secure its creators $2 million in prize money.
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How to shoot insane action-sports photos (from a guy who has nearly died doing it)
Professional action photographer Michael Clark looks for new ways to capture his extreme shots, sometimes risking his life. What he gets in return is short of stunning.
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30 feature-length movies on YouTube that are totally worth watching
Check out our painstakingly-curated list of the best full movies on YouTube to find 30 feature-length flicks that are actually worht watching.
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Lock and load: Blocks is the Project Ara of smartwatches
The team working on the Blocks smartwatch project have come up with two ingenious methods of solving the challenge of keeping battery life sensible, and securing modular strap parts to the device.
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Shine on, you crazy diamond, with these amazing lights and lamps
Designers are doing amazing things with light these days, including with LED bulbs and connected tech. There are so many cool lamps and lights, we decided to round up 10 of our favorites.
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Here are 5 mobile apps you should download this week
It's more difficult than ever to seek out the best new apps released each week, even if you have the will to trawl through the app store on a regular basis. To make life easier, we've gathered our favorite app picks together in a handy list.
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Top 10 best Android apps of June 2015
The Google Play Store is chock full of great apps, but it can be hard to decide what to download. We browsed through a bunch of awesome apps to find the best ones you should try out in June.
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Bird-watchers, rejoice: Cornell’s new tool can identify bird species in your photos
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Visipedia research project have introduced a new tool called Merlin Bird Photo ID, which can correctly identify the species of a bird by analyzing an uploaded photo.
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Go to the next level with this great glass home elevator
None of us are getting any younger, which is why it makes sense to install elevators for some people who want to age at home. Cheshire-based Terry Lifts has developed the Lifestyle Home Elevator, to help you easily move around the house.
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BETTER RE turns old smartphone batteries into portable power packs
Just because you’re done with an old smartphone doesn’t mean you're done with its battery. A product called the BETTER RE is applying the concept of upcycling to extend the life of discarded batteries by turning them into power packs.
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Is Google planning a Glass relaunch in the near future?
A job role being advertised for Google suggests that version 2.0 of Glass isn't far away — the position requires experience of consumer product launches as well as quality and reliability testing.
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NRAM could bring infinite durability to a hard drive near you
NRAM memory, which is built from carbon nanotubes, promises nearly unlimited read-write durability as well as resistance to temperature, magnetic fields and radiation. Will it be in your next hard drive?
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Passenger jet pilot reports a close encounter with a drone
Before heading out with your drone, you might want to review the FAA's regulations on their use — particularly the section about operating them close to airports and avoiding other aircraft.
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Apple Pay is about to expand outside the U.S.
We should be hearing a lot more about iOS and OS X at WWDC 2015 tomorrow, and reports suggest one of the announcements will be a U.K. launch of the Apple Pay platform — but is it already struggling?
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Bionic hearing earbuds and bladeless wind turbines
Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the Web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!
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