Robotic vines illustrate chaos theory and the Butterfly Effect
We've
seen capacitive-touch-enabled plants before, but the robotic vines and
leaves of Branching Systems are something altogether different. And,
perhaps craziest of all, they respond to your presence. The leaves react
to your inputs, and then nearby... Read More ...
Tougher encryption guidelines close a back door for NSA spies
The
US' National Institute of Standards and Technology is more than a
little worried that its encryption guideilnes have been creating back
doors for spies, and it's changing its tune in order to plug those
security holes. The agency is no longer rec... Read More ...
Samsung tech would nearly double your phone's battery life
Don't
like that your Galaxy S6 conks out before you're finished for the day?
Samsung might offer some relief in the future. Its scientists have
developed lithium-ion battery technology that promises much
longer-lasting power packs. They use a silicon... Read More ...
E.Dams-Renault wins Formula E's first team title
The
all-electric Formula E racing league is on the cusp of finishing its
inaugural season, and it's already handing out the first prizes. The
E.dams-Renault team has clinched the Formula E's first-ever team title
after drivers Sebastien Buemi and Nic... Read More ...
Resupply mission to ferry a meteor shower camera to the ISS
There's
a lot at stake with Falcon 9's June 28th launch. SpaceX plans to use
the opportunity to test if its rocket can successfully land on a barge,
and the ISS crew needs all the supplies Dragon is carrying, including a
camera designed to watch mete... Read More ...
Asteroid-bound spacecraft gets its first scientific instrument
NASA
has begun attaching scientific instruments to the OSIRIS-REx probe,
just over a year before it starts making its way to asteroid Bennu. The
first instrument to arrive at Lockheed Martin's HQ is Arizona State
University's microwave-sized device c... Read More ...
For post-Snowden cloud startups, privacy proves a hard sell
In
the two years since Edward Snowden's revelations about pervasive
government monitoring of the Internet first made the news, developers
have worked to build hardware and software to help Web users reap many
of the benefits of cloud-based services w... Read More ...
Apple reportedly starts making force-sensitive iPhones
Those
rumors of a pressure-sensitive iPhone just gained a little more weight.
Bloomberg sources claim that Apple has begun "early production" of
iPhone models that incorporate Force Touch input. Full-scale
manufacturing would start as soon as July, i... Read More ...
Watson's spicy, ginger-laced gazpacho
'Cognitive
Cooking with Chef Watson' is a collaboration between IBM and the
Institute of Culinary Education in New York City. Once a week, as part
of an ongoing series, we'll be preparing one recipe from the book until
we've made all of them. Wish us... Read More ...
The photos you (probably) won't find on Instagram
Photography
reached the mainstream early on; Kodak's Brownie made daily snapshots
accessible and Polaroid's Instamatic provided instant gratification. Now
we can capture and share moments on a whim with smartphones packing
high-resolution optics. Ove... Read More ...
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Microsoft plugs OneDrive storage into your Chromecast
In
case you needed another way to beam photos and videos to your
Chromecast, the Android OneDrive app has you covered. The latest update
for Microsoft's cloud-storage service will take all those gorgeously
arranged images from your device running Goo... Read More ...
BBM's $1 privacy add-on offers private chat, message editing
BlackBerry's
introducing a $1 privacy subscription for folks who continue to use
Messenger on iOS, Android and its own platform. It will totally replace
the old "timed and retracted messages" option, with "private chat"
feature as its main draw. Priv... Read More ...
Self-assembling gauss gun idea would heal patients from the inside
A
research team from the University of Houston and Boston Children's
Hospital debuted a novel new approach to internal medicine: using a
swarm of tiny, noninvasive robots as a gauss gun to shoot medicine or
clot-busting needles directly at the afflic... Read More ...
'Shenmue 3' creator Yu Suzuki is taking questions live on Twitch
Whether
you've already eagerly thrown money at the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter or are
skeptically viewing the explanations, you can hear more directly from
the man in charge tonight. Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki will hop on Twitch
live at 10PM ET to talk abou... Read More ...
Samsung PCs will unblock Windows Update 'in a few days'
Looks
like Samsung is finally getting around to patching the SW Update
software that has been disabling Windows Update. The company has issued a
statement on the issue, which was initially discovered earlier this
week, and vowed to correct the proble... Read More ...
All-in-one camera ball scouts dangerous locations
Imagine
how much easier it would be if first responders could search inside
collapsed buildings, or if police could scope out a suspect's room for
danger before breaking in. That's the driving force behind the Explorer,
a tactical ball equipped with ... Read More ...
Yahoo's redesigned mobile search looks a lot like Google's
Yahoo
has been pushing hard to be people's default search engine on every
device. Before it can make that happen, though, the company knows its
product must be improved drastically. As part of these efforts, Yahoo
Search is getting an overhaul on mob... Read More ...
Google offers a way to check your Project Fi invite status
If
you signed up for Google's Project Fi phone service, Mountain View now
offers a way to check your invite status. TechCrunch reports the company
alerted those who signed up via email about the new feature that
displays an estimated wait time after ... Read More ...
Mythbusting with 'Mr. Hyperloop'
Dirk
Ahlborn is two hours behind schedule, and it's no surprise, since the
project that he represents has the potential to change the world. He's
the CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, one of the firms
that's dedicated to building those hi... Read More ...
Meerkat's embeddable player puts your streams all over the web
Want
people to see your Meerkat streams in more places? Well, you're in
luck. The company announced an embeddable player today, a feature allows
you to place your channel on the web so that folks don't have to
venture too far to find your video. If y... Read More ...
SiriusXM will pay $210 million to use songs recorded before 1972
Before
now, satellite radio company SiriusXM wasn't paying royalties on the
catalog recorded before 1972 that it beamed to customers. Today, the
company agreed to pay $210 million for those songs, compensating both
independent and major record labels... Read More ...
Can technology solve America's literacy problem?
Roughly
36 million adults in the United States read English at or below a
third-grade level. For a predominantly English-speaking country, that's a
massive problem. Without an elementary knowledge of the language, this
huge portion of the adult popul... Read More ...
Facebook lets users 'celebrate pride' with rainbow filter
If
you're a fan of the Supreme Court's ruling today that same-sex marriage
is legal in all 50 states, Facebook has your profile-pride needs on
lock. While logged into Facebook, head to facebook.com/celebratepride to
superimpose a rainbow banner over ... Read More ...
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