Created by former Gmail and iPhone team members, the Electric Imp is a tiny processor with industry-standard wi-fi that allows you to control any appliance over the Internet. Keywords: tech,gadgets,wifi,diy,dist-youtube,hardware,sd,newsy,appliance,connected devices
Researchers have created a small recording device that can be placed inside a paralyzed patient’s brain. Using brain signals the patient can control a robotic appendage. Cather Hutchinson used it to take a sip of coffee. Keywords: control,dist-youtube,newsy,tech,brain,robotics,signals
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The tablet craze is sweeping the animal kingdom, thanks to a little nudging from industry types. See which animals like what and why. Keywords: ipad,animal ipad,animal communication ipad,ipad apps for animals,tech news,animals using ipads,communication with animals,tech news,friskies apps
Google Street Maps, which has long provided 360 exterior images, has started a pilot project where it provides similar shops inside public buildings such as shops and businesses. Unlike the Google street view shots, the interior shops are on a strictly voluntary basis.
A software update for the Blackberry PlayBook, originally scheduled to be released this month, has been delayed until February 2012. Blackberry announced that the revision will better enable the company to craft an update to allow Blackberry phones and PlayBooks to work together. Analysts predict that this will hurt the sale of Blackberry PlayBooks as [...]
John McCarthy, creator of the LIP programming language, which went on to become the programming language of choice in the AI community, and coining the term “artificial intelligence.” His early work helped shape the direction of AI research basically ever since people began exploring the concept of artificial intelligence. In 1971, he was awarded the [...]
The original idea behind technological patents, which give innovators a limited monopoly over the use of their creations, was to spur technological innovation. With cell phones, however, patents seem to be having the opposite effect. As cell phones become more and more advanced, incorporating ever-growing numbers of new features and capabilities–let’s face it, the line [...]
During the riots that rocketed London earlier this year, two men (Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan and Jordan Blackshaw) got on Facebook in an attempt to convince other people to join the riots. Both men were given four-year prison sentences, and despite their attempt to appeal and have their sentences reduced, their jail terms were upheld by the [...]
SSL technology is used to keep online commercial transactions safe, but, according to its creator, Taher Elgamal, the technology is no more secure that it was prior to the attacks earlier this year. In September, hackers stole credentials that allowed them to pose as almost any web firm of their choosing, and then used this [...]
