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The K5 security robot will begin patrolling one Silicon Valley campus this year
The Knightscope K5 robot’s 5-foot-tall bullet-shaped frame is impressive. Studded with cameras and sensors and colored Stormtrooper black and white, it really is imposing. But that’s the point: It’s a...
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In less than a decade, phone memory cards have grown from 128MB to 128GB
Emerging in 2005 out of the need for a memory card small enough to fit inside a mobile phone, microSD cards have rapidly matured to their current status of global ubiquity and adoption. This year’s...
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The Robot That Makes Virtual Sex Feel Real
Via: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/real-sex-virtual-reality-oculus-rift-tenga Written by BRIAN MERCHANT @bcmerchant In the future, some people will choose to spend Valentine’s Day alone, having...
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This Woman Invented a Way to Run 30 Lab Tests on Only One Drop of Blood
Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos 10 years ago. The company is now bringing its medical testing technology to market—and it’s a game changer. Mathew Scott (hair and makeup by Raina Antle) Phlebotomy....
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Bill Gates: Yes, robots really are about to take your jobs
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates isn’t going to sugarcoat things: The increasing power of automation technology is going to put a lot of people out of work. Business Insiderreports that Gates gave a...
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How a laser beam could quadruple the speed of the Internet
(Barta IV) We’ve heard a lot about how Netflix wants to improve download speeds for viewers by partnering with Comcast and other Internet providers. The central issue is about how to carry large video...
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Space Elevators Are Totally Possible (and Will Make Rockets Seem Dumb)
Via: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/space-elevators-are-totally-possible-and-will-make-rockets-seem-dumb Written by MEGHAN NEAL @meghanneal It’s the scourge of futurists everywhere: The space...
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Welcome to Googletown
Some days it feels like Google is taking over the world. For the residents of Mountain View, California, that feeling is personal. Two weeks ago, Googlesigned a deal for its very own airport just east...
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Hundreds of tiny satellites could soon deliver free internet worldwide
Developers say they are less than a year away from deploying prototype satellites that could someday soon broadcast free and universal internet all over the globe from high in orbit. The “Outernet”...
View ArticleYour Android Phone Can Be Hacked With 1 Text
Android is the most popular mobile operating system on Earth: About 80 percentof smartphones run on it. And, according to mobile security experts at the firmZimperium, there’s a gaping hole in the...
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