After more than two years of landing its rockets after launch, SpaceX finally sent one of its used Falcon 9s back into space. The rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, this evening, sending a communications satellite into orbit, and then landed on one of SpaceX’s drone ships floating in the Atlantic Ocean. It was…
Month: March 2017
Elon Musk Reveals Neuralink that Connects Brains and Computers
Neuralink is pursuing what Elon Musk calls ‘neural lace’ technology, implanting tiny brain electrodes that may one day upload and download thoughts. Building a mass-market electric vehicle and colonizing Mars aren’t ambitious enough for Elon Musk. The billionaire entrepreneur now wants to merge computers with human brains to help people keep up with machines. The…
Video Of Steve Jobs Warns Apple To Focus More On Great Products Than Profits
One of more prevalent narratives currently surrounding Apple is that the company has lost its innovative edge. Indeed, many critics look at products like the iPhone 7 and the new MacBook Pro and quickly dismiss them as incremental but ultimately unimaginative upgrades. Getting to the root of the problem, some place the blame for Apple’s…
Sony’s New Patent Helps You Steal Battery Power From Other Phones
You’re probably already accustomed to mooching free wi-fi whenever you visit a friend, but according to a new patent Sony filed just last Friday, the company wants you to be able to steal power from a friend’s phone as well, without having to connect a single cable. Before you get too excited about the prospect…
Jeff Bezos Wants to Set Up Amazon on the Moon
In September 2016, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced his grand ambitions to colonize Mars. Earlier this week, he doubled down on that promise by announcing SpaceX’s plan to launching two private citizens in a tour around the Moon in late 2018. Not to be outdone by his billionaire competitor, this week, it was revealed that…
Cloudbleed Is the Latest Internet Problem and It Gets Worse
Huge security disasters like Cloudbleed are never fun. However, as more information about the newly reported vulnerability becomes available, we can understand how dangerous bugs stand to screw up the internet. Luckily, in the case of Cloudbleed, it’s not as bad as it could have been. But it’s not good, either. Cloudbleed, if you hadn’t…
The Samsung Note 7 Batteries Factory Caught On Fire
Samsung just can’t catch a break. Last year, its flagship Note 7 smartphones started exploding — and now one of the factories responsible for making them has caught fire. Waste products, including faulty batteries, caused the fire at the Chinese factory, owned by Samsung affiliate company Samsung SDI. It described it as a “minor fire,”…
Rumors: iPhone X is The Next iPhone This Year
We’ve heard a ton about what might be coming in the next iPhone — but until now, none of the sources leaking potential design specs have gone so far as to call the upcoming device “yuge.” But if the phone actually hits the market with a wraparound screen, facial sensor technology, wireless charging capabilities and…
Make Your Own Augmented Reality Web App With This Javascript Library
Augmented reality is a neat concept. We take a view of the world around us and supplement it with images, text, sound and video. Tech companies are starting to explore the possibilities of AR with devices such as the Meta Glasses, Microsoft HoloLens and Magic Leap. These very exciting AR headsets are not quite ready…
SpaceX successfully lands its third Falcon 9 rocket on solid ground
SpaceX pulled off another successful rocket landing this morning — and this time during the day on the coast of Florida. A Falcon 9 rocket successfully touched down at SpaceX’s ground-based landing zone at Cape Canaveral after launching to space. It’s the third time that SpaceX has landed its rocket on solid ground post-launch, but…
Augmented Reality Is The Next Big Idea After The Smartphone Thinks Tim Cook
It’s no secret Apple CEO Tim Cook is bullish on augmented reality. He has shared his belief that AR, and not VR, has the potential to change the world. In a new interview with The Independent, Cook reiterated his optimism on augmented reality’s future, even going as far to say it’s a “big idea like…
A Man Destroyed His Tesla To Save Unconscious Driver, Tesla Covers Repair Costs
It feels good to be the hero, and for the driver that exposed his Tesla (and himself) to danger in order to save another driver, it won’t even be very costly. A 41-year-old Manfred Kick was driving his Tesla Model S when he noticed a man in a Volkswagen driving erratically on the Autobahn near…