As electric cars become increasingly popular worldwide, there’s one renewable source of energy that could make them even more convenient and environmentally friendly: the Sun. Japanese auto giant Toyota has partnered with a local energy…
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Cambridge engineers have developed a new augmented reality (AR) head mounted display (HMD) that delivers a realistic 3-D viewing experience, without the commonly associated side effects of nausea or eyestrain. The device has an enlarged…
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Bathroom Break In the future, airplane bathrooms will never run out of toilet paper again. At least, that’s Airbus’s excuse for a cursed-sounding new Internet of Things platform that collects a large amount of data about passengers,…
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Once upon a time, fingerprint sensors were only associated with law enforcement and corporate security. Now, they’ve become so commonplace that they are even used in mobile phones. The biometric technologies found in such sensors are…
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Big Brother Taylor Swift may be fine with having her fans’ faces scanned at concerts, but Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello sure isn’t. On Monday Morello started, uh, raging against the machine that is Ticketmaster by joining…
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EPFL scientists are developing new approaches for improved control of robotic hands in particular for amputees that combines individual finger control and automation for improved grasping and manipulation. This interdisciplinary proof of…
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With Boeing still struggling to get its embattled 737 Max planes back in the air and rebuild the damage done to its brand, its main rival, Airbus, potentially has a big opportunity in the market. And apparently Airbus want to use that…
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It might not be long before you can place a McDonald’s drive-through order by talking to a machine. The burger chain announced Tuesday that it is acquiring a Bay Area voice-recognition startup called Apprente, with an eye toward using it…
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“The design is more than just a shape, it’s an attitude,” said Marc Lichte Audi’s head designer. No word on things like range or battery size. Of course, it’s a concept car, so none of these numbers really matter all that much. What’s…
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