Now playing: Watch this: Aura is a drone you fly with hand gestures 1:03 Toy drones continue to get smarter and more stable. Their controllers, on the other hand, remain a mess of sticks, buttons and switches that take a lot of practice to master. The Aura drone from KD Interactive, on display this weekend …
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21 February
Magic Leap’s mixed reality future is blurrier than ever
“Hi everyone — the photo you are all excited about is NOT what you think it is.” So said Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz on Twitter earlier this month, responding to the latest PR crisis embroiling his Florida-based augmented reality (AR) startup. Days before, Business Insider published what it said was the first photo of Magic Leap’s secretive, never-before-seen hardware. …
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21 February
Doppler Labs’ Here One headphones put my ears in the uncanny valley
My work colleague in the elevator sees what’s in my ears, barely. More discreet than AirPods, he says. Black, plug-like, they nestle in and keep a low profile. But he notices them. Wearing them, I notice them too. Putting regular earphones in your ears may not be enough. Soon, maybe, we might get “always-in” earbuds. Something like the Here One, …
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21 February
Disney develops room with ‘ubiquitous wireless’ charging
Disney Research is taking wireless charging to a whole new level. The scientific and tech arm of the entertainment giant has built a prototype room with “ubiquitous wireless power delivery” that allows several devices to be charged wirelessly in much the way we get internet access through Wi-Fi. By tapping quasistatic cavity resonance, researchers discovered they could generate magnetic fields …
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21 February
Spot fake Amazon and Yelp reviews on the go with Fakespot for iOS
User reviews are the internet’s gift to consumerism. When you want to know if a product or destination is worth your time and money, you can see what others had to say about it. That kind of crowdsourced opinion-sharing simply wasn’t available pre-internet. Just one problem: Not all user reviews are legitimate. A restaurant owner, for example, might try to …
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21 February
‘Leaked’ Samsung Galaxy S8 pic shows on
Now playing: Watch this: Is this the Samsung Galaxy S8? 1:15 Enlarge Image This phone has no physical home button. Via SamMobile The rumor that the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 will ditch its physical home button for on-screen controls gains more credence with a new image — supposedly of the flagship phone in question. The picture, which comes our way …
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21 February
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21 February
iPhone 8 camera overhaul could 3D scan your face, says report
Now playing: Watch this: Apple iPhone 8 could include facial recognition, Amazon… 1:30 The hardware that allows the iPhone 8‘s rumored facial recognition capability could consist of a “revolutionary” new camera system for its front-facing camera. The camera module that exists in current iPhones will be augmented by a pair of depth-sensing infrared modules, according to a report at MacRumors …
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21 February
Facebook reportedly in talks to stream MLB games
Mark Zuckerberg probably hopes Facebooking is America’s new favorite pastime. In the meantime, his social network could become a home for America’s actual favorite pastime. Facebook is in talks to stream one Major League Baseball game a week during the upcoming season, according to a report Tuesday by Reuters. The talks are in advanced stages, but it’s unclear which games …
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21 February
Air Hogs racing drone lets you experience crashes first
Now playing: Watch this: Air Hogs introduces FPV flying to its DR1 racing drone… 1:00 Air Hogs’ next line of toy drones will lower the price and difficulty barriers for racing drones. The $100 DR1 FPV Race Drone (about £80 or AU$130) is a palm-sized quad with a camera in front that will live stream video to a phone you …
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