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Researchers bring smartwatch innovations to CHI2018

Researchers from Dartmouth College will unveil developmental smartwatch technology at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI2018). The watch innovations will be demonstrated during the event in ...

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Apr 19, 2018
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Tiny, light-sensitive chips could one day restore sight to the blind

Age-related macular degeneration, a disease that slowly degrades light-sensitive cells in the retina, is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

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Apr 18, 2018
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Driverless cars give hope to blind—are automakers onboard?

In 2012, Steve Mahan, who is blind, climbed into the driver's seat of a self-driving car and rolled up to the drive-thru of a Taco Bell in a video that's been viewed more than 8 million times online.

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Apr 13, 2018
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Zipline's delivery drone system redesign boosts capabilities

A delivery drone company that has helped Africans in dire need of emergency blood supplies is widening its vision. The California-based company is Zipline and its autonomous planes are making news closer to its home in the ...

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Apr 05, 2018
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The everyday ethical challenges of self-driving cars

A lot of discussion and ethical thought about self-driving cars have focused on tragic dilemmas, like hypotheticals in which a car has to decide whether to run over a group of schoolchildren or plunge off a cliff, killing ...

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Mar 27, 2018
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Five water XPRIZE finalists named in search for solution breakthroughs

Teams who are coming up with proposed solutions to a global water crisis have moved up to the next stage of the $1.75 million Water Abundance XPRIZE, and the grand prize winner will be made known on August 18.

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Mar 25, 2018
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The LSEV: 3-D printing for automobiles on a bolder scale

Are you ready for a future car-buying option of picking out a 3-D printed, cozy, inexpensive automobile? The day is not far, considering the recent announcement by an Italy-based company along with a company based in China.

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Mar 24, 2018
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Ready Player One—we are surprisingly close to realising just such a VR environment

I was fortunate enough to catch a preview screening of Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Ernest Cline's futuristic novel. It blew me away. What really caught my attention wasn't just the awesome references ...

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Mar 23, 2018
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Stephen Hawking warned about the perils of artificial intelligence – yet AI gave him a voice

The late Stephen Hawking was a major voice in the debate about how humanity can benefit from artificial intelligence. Hawking made no secret of his fears that thinking machines could one day take charge. He went as far as ...

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Mar 22, 2018
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Uber patent application discusses intention signaling system

Reaching the highest levels of safety for self-driving cars will depend on how well the cars are engineered to know when communications are needed, and to be able to communicate with other cars, with bikes, with people on ...

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Mar 18, 2018
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Lunavity device to allow wearer to defy gravity

A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo has developed a gravity-defying backpack that enables its wearer to jump much higher and farther than normally—similar, perhaps, to a giant leap on the surface of the moon. ...

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Mar 15, 2018
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Canetroller for visually impaired is designed for exploring virtual worlds

Oh the wonder of it all. Virtual reality is opening us up to experiences that set our imaginations and curiosity on fire to explore the unknown, the untried, in full motion.

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Mar 14, 2018
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Apple patent talk: Keyboard users can have their work and muffins too

Dust and crumbs: Two keyboard imps that could make you a victim of a stuck key just when you need to finish work most.

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Mar 11, 2018
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Flow Hive 2 sees sweet success in offering new features for honey on tap

People are talking about the whopping amount of money an innovative beehive has raised on Indiegogo. The beehive is actually a redesign of a once popularly crowdfunded beehive concept but now has gone through some redesigns.

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Mar 10, 2018
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Scientist developed 3-D scans of beetles for Blade Runner 2049

BUF, one of the main visual effects companies behind Blade Runner 2049, sought the collaboration of Javier Alba-Tercedor, a Professor of Zoology at the University of Granada, to obtain scans of different species of beetles ...

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Feb 28, 2018
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Our future air taxi? Vahana self-flying machine takes off, hovers, lands

What was that hovering, helicopter-like, over the tarmac in Pendleton, Oregon? A flight test of sorts has transportation watchers wondering if we are looking at a significant new chapter in personal transportation, especially ...

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Feb 23, 2018
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Silicon Valley is winning the race to build the first driverless cars

Henry Ford didn't invent the motor car. The late 1800s saw a flurry of innovation by hundreds of companies battling to deliver on the promise of fast, efficient and reasonably-priced mechanical transportation. Ford later ...

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Feb 23, 2018
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Before hitting the road, self-driving cars should have to pass a driving test

What should a self-driving car do when a nearby vehicle is swerving unpredictably back and forth on the road, as if its driver were drunk? What about encountering a vehicle driving the wrong way? Before autonomous cars are ...

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Feb 23, 2018
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Samsung patent talk: Flying display right before your eyes

A display that can fly and be controlled by your eyes: Can the idea fly its way into a product of the future? Think drone with display that can detect a person's face, pupils, hand gestures and position.

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Feb 22, 2018
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Startup wants to sequence your genome and let you own the data so you can sell it

A new startup called Nebula Genomics has released a white paper on its website offering people a way to cash in on their own genomes. Customers would pay to have their genome sequenced, (under $1000) but in return, would ...

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Feb 09, 2018
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Deep neural network trained to detect early signs of diabetes

Your watch's heartrate data can alert you to signs of diabetes thanks to a diabetes detection algorithm. A study shows heart rate sensors like the Apple Watch, Android Wear, Garmin, or Fitbits can detect early signs of diabetes.

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Feb 09, 2018
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Eye tracking might help reduce driver drowsiness

A new way of detecting driver drowsiness by tracking eye movement could help reduce the road toll, a world-first study has found.

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Feb 06, 2018
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Patent talk: Amazon eyes workers' bands, tracking

A tisket a tasket, want a green and yellow basket? In 2018, Amazon, kingpin of fulfillment orders, would have to answer, you're kidding. They need to have systems that ensure accuracy, efficiency and leverage the best of ...

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Feb 02, 2018
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Are autonomous cars really safer than human drivers?

Much of the push toward self-driving cars has been underwritten by the hope that they will save lives by getting involved in fewer crashes with fewer injuries and deaths than human-driven cars. But so far, most comparisons ...

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Feb 02, 2018
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Airbus tests self-flying taxi

Airbus said Friday that it had successfully held the first test flights of the Vahana, an electric, pilotless flying vehicle that it hopes will be able to ferry people around cities.

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Feb 02, 2018
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