[ad_1] I recently received a review unit of the Embrace Smart Mirror . It’s essentially a 24-inch Android tablet mounted behind a roughly 40-inch mirror. It works well when 3rd party software is installed. Here’s what I learned. It’s impossible to get a good photo of the smart mirror I ...
Read More »Smugglers used aerial drones to sneak $80 million in iPhones into China
[ad_1] Legal Daily Chinese authorities have arrested 26 people who were part of an iPhone smuggling operation between Hong Kong and the mainland city of Shenzhen. The criminals used aerial drones to connect two 660-foot cables between two high-rise buildings, and then passed as many as 15,000 iPhones per night ...
Read More »The best smart smoke alarm
[ad_1] Who this is for Among all the smart-home devices available today, a smart smoke alarm is probably the most important—even smart-home skeptics should consider getting one. Whether you’re across the street or across the country, a smart alarm will let you know (via your smartphone) when it detects smoke ...
Read More »China’s 9-ton Tiangong-1 space station will burn up tonight, but no one knows quite where
[ad_1] What goes up must come down. That’s generally the rule, anyway, certainly for spacecraft that have fulfilled their purpose and have no way to stay in orbit. Such is the case of Tiangong-1, China’s first space station, which after nearly 7 years in space is making an uncontrolled descent ...
Read More »Scoot your commute! Here are the 9 best electric scooters on the market
[ad_1] As of now, the grid and recharging stations needed to support tens of millions of electric cars on our highways and byways is years away. In the meantime, however, there is a wealth of electric scooters available to help you minimize your carbon footprint and reduce your greenhouse emissions. Plus, unlike electric ...
Read More »Huawei's P20 Pro rivals the best smartphone cameras out there
[ad_1] First, let’s summarize some of the major camera specs. All the fun is centered around the “Leica Triple Camera.” That includes an 8-megapixel telephoto shooter with an f/2.4 lens and optical image stabilization and a 40-megapixel camera with an f/1.8 lens. Oh, and there’s an extra 20-megapixel monochrome sensor ...
Read More »How Facebook Can Better Fight Fake News: Make Money Off the People Who Promote It
[ad_1] More posts by this contributor Why The Internet Needs IPFS Before It’s Too Late Facebook and other platforms are still struggling to combat the spread of misleading or deceptive “news” items promoted on social networks. Recent revelations about Cambridge Analytica and Facebook’s slow corporate response have drawn attention away ...
Read More »Scientists hunt meteorites in Antartica with metal-detecting snowmobiles
[ad_1] University of Manchester On the hunt for lost meteorites in Antarctica (which totally sounds like a mission straight out of Tomb Raider), researchers from the U.K.’s University of Manchester have turned to innovative metal-detecting technology to help them. With that driving mission, they have developed a purpose-built detector unit ...
Read More »Ascape Audio and the economics of making headphones in America
[ad_1] Just outside Ann Arbor is Saline, where a few electronics manufacturers in Michigan reside — but they exclusively make medical devices. Schrems also reached out to shops in Tennessee and California with little success. Within a month, he realized that to bring Ascape’s product to market as envisioned, he’d ...
Read More »Tesla voluntarily recalls 123,000 Model S vehicles
[ad_1] If you own a Model S built before April 2016, you’re probably going to want to swing by a dealer and get it checked out… Tesla has just issued a voluntary recall for 123,000 Model S vehicles, having found that the power steering bolts in some were displaying “excessive ...
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