Innovation Robotic ‘skin’ transforms stuffed animals into soft bots. And that’s just the beginning. |… Oct 10, 2018 It’s not an idle question. Researchers at Yale University have developed “robotic skins” that can be wrapped around everyday objects to turn them…
Innovation Google Didn’t Report Its Data Leak Till Months Later. Now It’ll Face the Consequences. | Tech Top Oct 10, 2018 Remember Google+? Me neither. But while we were blissfully ignorant of its continuing existence something predictable (and quite commonplace in 2018)…
Innovation Patent talk reveals Walmart’s look at virtual reality system for shoppers | Innovation Oct 10, 2018 If patent applications are anything to go by, then Walmart’s wish list apparently includes a virtual reality shopping system—complete with…
Innovation Google+ is being scuttled following disastrous data breach | Tech Top Oct 10, 2018 Google has announced that it’s kicking its floundering social media platform Google+ to the curb, some seven years after it was first introduced. The…
Innovation Facebook’s new video chat device met with privacy concerns | Innovation Oct 10, 2018 Facebook on Monday launched two in-home video chat devices, moving the company beyond its social network and into the increasingly competitive market…
Innovation Computer Scientists Are Developing A ‘Master’ Fingerprint That Could Unlock Your Phone | Innovation Oct 10, 2018 Aditi Roy, Nasir Memon, and Arun Ross Just how unique are partial finger prints? Fingerprint readers, like the TouchID on an iPhone, exist to…
Innovation Fox in the mouse house — Disney names batch of new executives | Innovation Oct 10, 2018 Disney CEO Bob Iger has formally appointed several key 21st Century Fox executives to leadership positions, as Disney closes its $71.3 billion…
Innovation Unusual magnetic behavior observed at a material interface | Innovation Oct 9, 2018 An exotic kind of magnetic behavior, driven by the mere proximity of two materials, has been analyzed by a team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere…
Innovation Lab unveils the world’s first rollable touch-screen tablet, inspired by ancient scrolls | Innovation Oct 9, 2018 An ipad that fits your pocket: introducing a roll-up tablet with flexible screen real estate. Credit: Queen’s University A Queen’s University…
Innovation Adaptive anomaly detection in traffic surveillance videos | Innovation Oct 9, 2018 Complete Adaptive Anomaly Detection Flow. Credit: Farhadi et al. Researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) have recently developed a new…