After bringing electric cars to the masses and taking people to Mars, Elon Musk’s next goal is to design a robot to do your chores. Musk and some of the other leaders of the nonprofit artificial intelligence group Open AI jointly announced that they are “working to enable a physical robot … to perform basic…
Month: June 2016
This tiny attachment turns any helmet into a speaker
I like cycling while listening to music, but I also enjoy not being run over by cars. This is exactly the kind of problem that the technology industry is primed to “disrupt,” and thankfully, the internet’s legion of startups hasn’t disappointed. Domio is a small device about the size of a hockey puck, which uses…
NASA’s new Apple TV app lets you live stream launches and check on the space station
These days, if you want to watch a NASA-sanctioned rocket launch or astronauts play on the International Space Station, you typically reach for your computer. You can always watch these kinds of space activities on TV with NASA’s cable channel, but for those who don’t want to shill out money for that, online broadcasts through…
Earth’s Third Van Allen Radiation Belt Made By A “Space Tsunami”
Earth’s incredible magnetic field is not only useful when using a compass. It is there to protect us, and life on Earth would not be possible without it. The magnetic field stops energetic particles and it traps them in large swarms around the planet in zones that we call Van Allen radiation belts. Two of…
This Stunning Salt Water Powered Car Is Ready For European Roads
We all know gasoline comes from oil, and we all know that oil is a non-renewable source of energy. Finding a new fuel source that could power our vehicles and also be renewable would be a wonderful invention for our planet. While we have come up with ethanol as a substitute for gasoline, the toxic…
EVE: Valkyrie Carrier Assault out now — experience a VR trench run
EVE: Valkyrie is the game that got me hooked on VR, and while it’s an exceptional game that showcases the immersion VR is capable of, it’s a little light on content. That recently changed, as developer CCP has released the first major, post-release update called Carrier Assault. And it’s 100% free. [wpdevart_youtube]IwznFUJ0ejY[/wpdevart_youtube] Unlike…
Apple’s design guru wants an iPhone that looks like ‘a single sheet of glass’
It’s starting to become clear that the iPhone coming out this fall – presumably the “iPhone 7” – is going to be boring, and the iPhone coming out in 2017 could be a radical departure from previous models. Now we know what Jony Ive, Apple chief design officer, envisions for the radically redesigned “2017 iPhone.”…
Low Fat Chocolate Has Potential To Electrify Production
The application of an electric field helps chocolate flow more easily, removing the need for the world’s favorite treat to be so rich in fat. The effect is not large enough to turn candy bars into health food, even if you ignore the sugar, but could still lead to serious calorie reductions. Has Willy Wonka…
A huge team of Apple veterans is now making smart accessories for your car
Pearl is trying to upgrade older automobiles with connected hardware For a while now there have been rumors that Apple is working on a car. The company still hasn’t publicly acknowledged this project, but a startup coming out of stealth today provides a nice taste of how a car might look and feel if it…
Apple has finished the iPhone 7, factories start production – report
If you’re eagerly awaiting the iPhone 7, we’ve may have some good news for you. Apple has kicked off mass-production of the 4.7-inch iPhone 7, according to a new report. Journalist and reputable leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer – better known on Twitter as @Onleaks – claims the final model manufacturing has “slowly started” at the Pegatron…
Microsoft: Edge Browser More Power-Efficient Than Chrome
As anyone with a battery-powered device knows, every second counts. Not surprisingly, Microsoft says its Edge browser is the most power-efficient browser around. Redmond took four Surface Books and streamed a high-definition video wirelessly on each device using Edge, Chrome, Opera, and Firefox. Average power consumption put Edge in the lead. Chrome, Opera (with battery-saver mode…
Intel Core i7-6950X gets overclocked to 5.7GHz
Intel Core i7-6950X chip has some serious overclocking potential Intel announced its Core i7-6950X at Computex 2016, and it’s a new Broadwell-E processor with 10 processing cores running at a speed of 3.0GHz. It has also have a boost clock speed of 3.50GHz, and what overclockers made us realize is that this chip has some…
