Restoring eyesight by means of a bionic eye implant is not the stuff of science fiction. Ray Flynn, an 80 year-old man from the UK, is the newest affected person to have his vision partially restored by way of a bionic eye implant, in line with the BBC. … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Latest Mail App Strips Out Everything You Hate in Email
The staff behind Microsoft Outlook has a brand new email app that makes it so much simpler to disregard your inbox. Send, launched on iOS Wednesday, is an email app that takes an immediate messaging-style strategy to your inbox by stripping out virtually each facet. … [Read more...]
Live Instagram Thread Screen An Engineering Work of Art
There’s something axiomatic in our need to take what was once analog, make it digital and then make it analog again. It was all I could think as I stared, transfixed, at a giant, analog-screen comprised of 6,400 spools of colored fabric, which were aligning themselves into the simulacrum of an Instagram photo I’d posted moments before. … [Read more...]
Sony’s Phone Arm Is Working on Drones
Sony is teaming up with with a robotics company it's already invested in, and it's looking to get on board with that whole drone thing. ZMP (which aims to make the "robot of everything") develops automated driving technologies -- although they've stuck to solid ground until now. … [Read more...]
Watch Dogs Complete Edition Releasing for PC, PS4 and Xbox One
A listing from Amazon France has surfaced for a game called “Watch Dogs Complete Edition”. The listing was first spotted by 1080Players and the game will be available for the PC, PS4 and Xbox One. It currently has a release date of September 3, 2015 in France. … [Read more...]
Airbnb Seeks More Business Travelers
Airbnb is expanding its program for business travelers in a big way. The company opened its Business Travel program worldwide and added new tools for businesses to manage how their employees use Airbnb. … [Read more...]
iPhone 7 Slim Design Features Virtual Home Button
Despite the fact that the iPhone 7 isn’t likely to release until 2016 (iPhone 6S should be this year), we’re already seeing plenty of design ideas for the future smartphone. Some are more realistic than others and the concept design we’re sharing today looks more futuristic than we would expect. … [Read more...]
Motor City Backs Test Course for Self-Driving Cars
Right in Motor City’s yard, the University of Michigan opened a brand new street course on Monday the place researchers have begun testing self-driving cars. … [Read more...]
Ahead of Earnings, Some Apple ETFs See Outflows
Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL), the world’s largest company by market value, is slated to report fiscal third-quarter earnings after the close of U.S. markets Thursday with analysts forecasting a record $29.9 billion in iPhone sales. … [Read more...]
New Security Service Helps Protect the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is growing fast, according to Gartner around 4.9 billion devices will be in use this year, up 30 percent on 2014, and there could be 25 billion IoT devices by 2020. … [Read more...]