Build a Raspberry Pi GoBot With Your Kids
by Matt Timmons-Brown | May 20, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
With just $60 worth of hardware and 10 lines of code, you and your kid can build a simple wheeled droid that can drive around your house. It might even be your youngling's first step toward starting their own DIY robotics channel on YouTube.1. Get the PartsThe...Can Baze’s Blood Test Tell You Which Vitamins to Pop With Just a Prick?
by Christopher Null | May 20, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
Around these parts I’m known as a bit of a vitamin junkie. While I’m not choking down a dozen vitamins a day like you get in those gas station packets, I do use myself as a bit of a wide-eyed guinea pig to see if supplements can improve my life. Over the years...Huawei to support its devices after Google Android bar
by The Editor | May 20, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
LONDON (Reuters) - Huawei will support its smartphones and tablets by providing security updates and services, it said, after Google barred it from updates to the Android operating system. A 3-D printed Android logo is seen in front of a displayed Huawei logo...GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe – TechCrunch
by Natasha Lomas | May 20, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
It’s a year since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force and leaky adtech is now facing privacy complaints in four more European Union markets. This ups the tally to seven markets where data protection authorities have been urged to...Ingenious Audio Designs From Audeze, Bang & Olufsen, Devialet, and Cambridge Audio
by Michael Calore | May 20, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
Wireless technology is helping audio gear explore new horizons in form and functionality.Stephanie Gonot1. Devialet Phantom ReactorIf I close my eyes and listen, I almost forget that this wireless speaker is no bigger than a pineapple. But I keep my eyes wide...A Food Pyramid for Kids’ Media Consumption
by Caitlin Harrington | May 20, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
In this hyper-personalized, autoplaying, all-you-can-eat mediascape, it helps to distinguish the healthy stuff from the junk. Fortnite? Probably not a great form of screen time. Video chatting with grandma? What family-unifying wonders hath Jobs wrought! Screen...Smartphone maker Xiaomi’s first-quarter revenue jumps 27%, beats estimates
by The Editor | May 20, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Xiaomi is seen inside the company's office in Bengaluru, India, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEADSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp reported better than-expected...Vote now in #TheEuropas Awards to find its hottest startups, and join Europe’s key players – TechCrunch
by Mike Butcher | May 20, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
In partnership with TechCrunch, The Europas Awards, recognising the hottest tech startups in Europe since 2009, is now open for its public vote. We’ve sorted and sifted through a record number of entries this year to compile an editorially driven long list of...Q Acoustics’ Concept 300 Speakers Kill Sound-Smearing Vibrations
by Liz Stinson | May 20, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
With their lacquered bodies perched atop elegant tripod stands, Q Acoustics' Concept 300 speakers are visually arresting. They impress the ears as well; the British audio company's newest bookshelf speakers pump out up to 200 watts of glistening audio. But with...Inside Facebook’s New Robotics Lab, Where AI and Machines Friend One Another
by Matt Simon | May 20, 2019 | News | 0 Comments
At first glance, Facebook’s nascent robotic platform looks a bit … chaotic. In a new lab in its palatial Silicon Valley HQ, a red-and-black Sawyer robot arm (from the recently defunct company Rethink Robotics) is waving all over the place with a mechanical...