[ad_1] Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics makes some of the most badass robotic beasts around. Launched in 1992 as a spin off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the company has created some remarkably sophisticated machines, especially when it comes to replicating animal movements. It took more than a decade for the ...
Read More »OnePlus 6 review: A big step closer to the perfect smartphone
[ad_1] I got the Mirror Black with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Unlike with the ceramic OnePlus X, from 2015, or the more recent Xiaomi Mi Mix series, OnePlus chose to mimic the special material using glass. The company managed to achieve the same elegant look, but without ...
Read More »Nvidia’s researchers teach a robot to perform simple tasks by observing a human
[ad_1] Industrial robots are typically all about repeating a well-defined task over and over again. Usually, that means performing those tasks a safe distance away from the fragile humans that programmed them. More and more, however, researchers are now thinking about how robots and humans can work in close proximity to ...
Read More »Surgery-free ‘nasal airway remodeler’ boosts airflow in congested patients’ noses
[ad_1] Tens of millions of Americans suffer from sinus pain and inflammation due to obstruction of the nasal cavity. This can cause chronic congestion, fatigue, and difficulty breathing. While it’s possible to temporarily alleviate some of these symptoms with medication, in the long term, the only proven solution is for ...
Read More »Google Duo can share your Android phone's screen
[ad_1] Unfortunately, the feature still seems pretty buggy and wouldn’t work properly when I tried it out. All the person I was calling could see was a gray frame instead of my screen — in Android Police’s case, though, the recipient only saw a frozen image of the caller’s display. ...
Read More »‘My Data Request’ lists guides to get data about you
[ad_1] GDPR is right around the corner, so it’s time to prepare your personal data requests. If you live in the European Union, tech companies have to comply with personal data requests after May 25th. And there’s a handy website that helps you do just that. My Data Request lists ...
Read More »The Internet is sick. Here’s how Mozilla is making it healthy again
[ad_1] Mozilla The suggestion that the internet is unwell sounds a bit goofy, but according to the Mozilla Foundation — a non-profit Silicon Valley organization which believes the internet should be a public resource that is open and accessible to all — that’s exactly the situation we find ourselves in here ...
Read More »Bank of America's AI assistant is ready to help with your finances
[ad_1] Bank of America customers can use Erica to search for past transactions across all their accounts, navigate the mobile app to find routing numbers or the closest ATM, view bills and schedule payments, lock (and then unlock) debit cards and transfer money between accounts (or send money to others ...
Read More »What we know about Google’s Duplex demo so far
[ad_1] The highlight of Google’s I/O keynote earlier this month was the reveal of Duplex, a system that can make calls to set up a salon appointment or a restaurant reservation for you by calling those places, chatting with a human and getting the job done. That demo drew lots ...
Read More »You won’t even need to dress yourself in the future — thanks to robots like this
[ad_1] Chalk it up to a misspent youth watching The Jetsons if you want, but we’ve always kind of liked the idea of a home robot that can dress you in the morning. Forgot the mundane chore of pulling on our own pants and shirt; this is one job we’d ...
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