[ad_1] The 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata is, in a word, better. More power, more features and smarter option packages improve on what was already one of the best cars you can buy today. Individually, most of these changes aren’t dramatic, but together they make the 2019 model more fun to ...
Read More »This happy robot helps kids with autism
[ad_1] A little bot named QTrobot from LuxAI could be the link between therapists, parents, and autistic children. The robot, which features an LCD face and robotic arms, allows kids who are overwhelmed by human contact to become more comfortable in a therapeutic setting. The project comes from LuxAI, a ...
Read More »DeepMind AI matches health experts at spotting eye diseases
[ad_1] At the moment, hospitals and clinics use flesh-and-bone specialists to dissect OCT scans. The sheer volume they have to process, however — Moorfields Eye Hospital analyzes over 1,000 every day — means there can be substantial delays between the initial scan, diagnosis and treatment. Occasionally, problems are caught too ...
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Watch smartwatch is coming Aug. 24, starts at $330 – CNET
[ad_1] Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung introduced a new Galaxy Watch at its Galaxy Note 9 event on Thursday morning in New York. And while it could end up being one of the best smartwatches Samsung has ever made, let me tell you one thing: You may want to hang tight and see ...
Read More »New material design stores energy like an eagle
[ad_1] Auxetics are materials that store energy internally rather than bulging out. In this way they can store more energy when squeezed or struck and disperse it more regularly. Historically, however, these materials have had sharp corners that could break easily with enough pressure. Now researchers at Queen Mary University ...
Read More »The Morning After: Weekend Edition
[ad_1] The Parker Solar Probe will help us better understand solar winds and space weather.NASA will try to launch its solar probe again on Sunday The Parker Solar Probe will go closer to the massive ball of gas and plasma keeping our solar system together than any other spacecraft has ...
Read More »Acer Swift 7 (2018) review: The 'world's thinnest laptop' is surprisingly packed with extras – CNET
[ad_1] Pulling out the Acer Swift 7 is like doing a great party trick at a bar. Do you want to see just how thin a laptop can get? Everyone nods and you reveal the 8.98mm-thick (at these sizes, you really do have to split hairs) laptop, which looks even ...
Read More »NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launches tonight to ‘touch the sun’
[ad_1] NASA’s ambitious mission to go closer to the Sun than ever before is set to launch in the small hours between Friday and Saturday — at 3:53 AM Eastern from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to be precise. The Parker Solar Probe, after a handful of gravity assists and ...
Read More »Anonymous deals with its QAnon branding problem
[ad_1] Take me down to the Virus City The branding problem is real. QAnon insists they are the “real” Anonymous, all but encouraging public confusion as they’ve co-opted the hacktivist group’s name, tags, phrases, and terms, like calling their members “anons” and saying “[we] are legion.” Calling QAnon “a deformed ...
Read More »Galaxy Note 9 starts at $1,000 with new Bluetooth S Pen, AI camera, giant battery, 128GB storage – CNET
[ad_1] Sarah Tew/CNET I was going to start by saying that the Galaxy Note 9 would be nothing without its pen. I was going to tell you that Samsung’s Note family has always been defined by its S Pen tool, and that this year the slim digital stylus matters more ...
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