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Numerous ride-hailing cars have open safety recalls, says CR
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/05/21/ride-hailing-cars-open-safety-recalls/ It’s one thing to be alarmed by the surprising amount of germs to be found in a ride-share car , but there’s another health and safety aspect to jumping into an Uber or a Lyft . As Consumer Reports … Continue reading
Stanford students’ robot dog does backflips for (relatively) cheap
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/20/stanford-doggo-robot/ Robots with dog-like talents are nothing new, but it’s not exactly practical to buy one that can do more than the basics. The new Aibo is cute, for instance, but not very athletic. A group of Stanford students might … Continue reading
Android’s Live Transcribe gets sound alerts and transcript saving
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/16/android-live-transcribe-sound-alerts/ Google is making Live Transcribe, its Android app for easy voice transcription, a lot more useful. Now, in addition to jotting down spoken words, it’ll also make you aware of things like a dog barking or audience clapping. It’ll … Continue reading
Black Hawk helicopters have a flight plan to go autonomous
https://www.popsci.com/autonomous-black-hawk-helicopter?dom=rss-default&src=syn Technology Self-flying helicopters could be in the Army’s future. A Black Hawk down to fly itself. via Popular Science – New Technology, Science News, The Future Now http://bit.ly/2k2uJQn May 16, 2019 at 10:16AM
Here is the world’s first 3D printed hypercar
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/05/15/here-is-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-hypercar/ Transcript: The world’s first 3D printed hypercar. This sleek looking vehicle could be a glimpse at the future of manufacturing. Blade is a four-wheel drive hybrid that was made using 3D printing. Divergent 3D designed the hypercar to showcase … Continue reading
Tonight’s SpaceX Starlink Launch Could be the Start of a New Internet
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=34508 Tonight, SpaceX will launch the first flock of their Starlink satellites to space. These are the vanguard of what CEO Elon Musk hopes will eventually become a network of 12,000 orbiting devices providing cheap, global internet coverage. The launch … Continue reading
Scientists Say They’ve Created a Smartphone App That Can Hear Ear Infections
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-say-theyve-created-a-smartphone-app-that-can-1834762852 Photo: University of Washington Wondering if your kid is dealing with an ear infection? Soon, according to researchers at the University of Washington, there’ll be an app for that. They claim to have created a simple test that uses … Continue reading