Peer into the eyes of Cyberdog
When someone mentioned to me that Xiaomi was launching its own “robot dog,” my mind immediately went to Sony’s Aibo. And honestly, it would have been difficult to be more wrong. Now that the news has been out for a few days, the company’s hea.....»»
iPad plus NFC could be the ultimate payment terminal with rumored Apple Pay upgrade
Apple has been investing in payment technologies for a long time. Since Apple Pay was introduced in 2014, the company has also launched a peer-to-peer payment platform and even its own credit card. Now the company is reportedly working to enter the.....»»
NASA, NOAA to get new weather eyes in the sky with March launch from Cape Canaveral
Soon, weather scientists will have an even stronger pair of eyes in the sky once a new advanced weather satellite launches this March......»»
Zuckerberg Tells Staff To Focus on Video Products as Meta"s Stock Plunges
An anonymous reader shares a report: Mark Zuckerberg quipped that if he started to cry, it wasn't because of the day's news. His red, teary eyes were the result of a scratched cornea, the Facebook founder said Thursday, attempting to lighten the mood.....»»
Anthony Levandowski"s Latest Moonshot is a Peer-to-Peer Telecom Network Powered by Cryptocurrency
A new mobile data network -- accompanied by the quinfecta of a website, Medium post, white paper, dedicated subreddit and Discord channel -- quietly launched late Tuesday evening in San Francisco, promising a new way to exchange data anonymously and.....»»
How your culture informs the emotions you feel when listening to music
I open my eyes to the sound of a voice as the twin-engine Pakistan Airlines propeller aircraft flies through the Hindu Kush mountain range, west of the mighty Himalayas. We are cruising at 27,000 feet, but the mountains around us appear worryingly cl.....»»
Comparing preprints and their finalized publications during the pandemic
Preprinting, the sharing of freely available manuscripts prior to peer-review, has been on the rise in the biosciences since 2013 and experienced a surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, expediting the dissemination of timely research. But how do prepri.....»»
Generating therapeutic high-energy proton radiation using laser-plasma interaction
Proton therapy is a precise and effective treatment for tumors in sensitive areas of the body, such as the brain or the eyes, with the advantage that it spares healthy tissue. In this procedure, protons (positively charged particles) are strongly acc.....»»
Morphological fingerprinting could help identify side effects and new bioactive compounds in drug discovery
Pharmaceutical researchers speak of a hit when they come across a promising substance with a desired effect in early drug discovery. Unfortunately, hits are rarely bull's-eyes, often showing undesirable side effects that not only complicate the searc.....»»
How Anonybit plans to crack honeypots storing identity data
Anonybit dices up sensitive identity data into anonymized bits that are distributed throughout a peer-to-peer network of nodes. Anonybit dices up sensitive identity data into anonymized bits that are distributed throughout a peer-to-peer network.....»»
Google"s got AR glasses in the works. Here are 6 things you need to know.
If you’ve ever wanted to Google search with your eyes, we’ve got great news.The Verge reported on Thursday that Google is in the early stages of development on Project Iris, the codename for an upcoming augmented reality headset with a pl.....»»
Astronomers focus robotic eyes on the Milky Way, our cosmic home
Thanks to a breakthrough robotic innovation, an international collaboration that includes the University of Toronto has advanced the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), a 20-year-long research project that has been investigating the structure and evolut.....»»
Coinbase teams with Mastercard to make it easier for people to purchase NFTs
The exchange announced plans to open a peer-to-peer NFT marketplace back in October. Like it did with crypto, Coinbase wants to help make NFTs easier to mint, purchase, showcase and discover. The company said the initial launch will support Ethereum.....»»
Hypersonic Weapons Can"t Hide from New Eyes in Space
Tracking the missiles is like picking out one light bulb against a background of light bulbs, but new technology aims to see them more clearly -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Something In Your Eyes May Reveal If You"re At Risk of Early Death, Study Shows
A quick and pain-free scan of the human eyeball could one day help doctors identify "fast agers," who are at greater risk of early mortality. ScienceAlert reports: A machine learning model has now been taught to predict a person's years of life simpl.....»»
Europe narrows hunt for next astronauts, eyes crewed flights
The European Space Agency has narrowed the candidate list for its next generation of astronauts, including dozens who have a physical disability......»»
The "Platypus" of the crab world was an active predator that lurked the Cretaceous seas
Eyes are crucial players in the evolution of organisms. They allow an animal to find food, a mate, potential prey, to avoid predators and aid in regulating the internal clock by differentiating day from night. Eyes are also delicate features that ten.....»»
Google blasts Apple over bullying, peer pressure tactics keeping users on iMessage
Google has accused Apple of weaponizing social pressure to market iMessage to keep users locked into its ecosystem. There's some history to the whole saga......»»
Google alleges Apple of bullying and peer pressure tactic to sell iMessage
Google has accused Apple of weaponizing social pressure to market iMessage to keep users locked into its ecosystem. There's some history to the whole saga......»»
How animals repurpose genes to develop both limbs, eyes
The last common ancestor of cephalopods and vertebrates existed more than 500 million years ago. In fact, a squid is more closely related to a clam than it is a to a person. Even so, the two lineages independently evolved camera-lens-style eyes with.....»»
Cryptocurrency Investors Try To Turn Private Islands Into Blockchain Utopias
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: For as long as cryptocurrencies have existed, libertarians have dreamed of using them to create communities, seasteads, and cities free from the prying eyes of the state and its tax collectors. We.....»»