Escondido school robotics team to compete in Toronto
ESCONDIDO A team of robotics students at Bear Valley Middle School is on track for a trip to Toronto for an international competition in June after capturing the regional championship. The NanoBots, one of the teams from Stephen Tillinghast’s advanced robotics class, took the top spot Dec. 7 at the FIRST…
Android-x86 4.4 release candidate: Run KitKat on your PC
Google Android may be designed for smartphones and tablets, but for the past few years a team of developers has been porting the open source operating system to run on just about any computer with an Intel or AMD processor. Now they’re just about ready to launch a version of…
The future of robotics is soft and squishy
Soft robotics is ready to enter the spotlight. These robots are built with soft materials like silicone and powered by the flow of fluids. This allows for unique kinds of movement, with the automatons often taking locomotive cues from the animal kingdom. As recently as 2010, when the video below These…
5 things you missed: Faults with iOS 7.1, improve your WiFi, more
- Hate to break it to you, but iOS 7.1 has some problems When Apple released an updated iOS 7.1 to users, there were some noticeable changes Siri is a little more human, the icons are different and your weather and calendar apps are easier to use. But there were also some Read…
Asus Transformer Book T100: Light on wallet, not on performance
Asus Transformer Book T100: Though a known name among tech enthusiasts, Asus is yet not that popular among general consumers in India. To shed that image, the company has gone into an overdrive, releasing a slew of pocket-friendly but extremely good looking devices. Right from its range of budget-to-premium laptops…
Apple iPhone 6 rumors: the good, the bad and the wacky
Analysts have their money on Apple boosting the size of its iPhone screen. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images) The iPhone 5s and 5c have only been out for about six months — but the rumor mill is moving fast and furious on what the next version of Apple’s flagship phone…
Web to Watch: The epic tale of a Wi-Fi hero
Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutWeb to Watch: The epic tale of a Wi-Fi hero It’s the classic tale of good versus malfunctioning wireless internet.Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed." Sent! A link has been sent to your friend’s…
An MIT Fish Tale: Inventors Conjure a Softer Robot
To watch the specimen gracefully cavort in its element brings to mind Thoreau’s phrase for the emerald-colored pickerel of Walden Pond: animalized water. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., say they have invented a robotic fish with qualities like no other aquatic automaton to date. Two…
Groups Protest Chemicals Used in Apple’s iPhone
Apple’s labor practices are under attack by two activist groups who contend the company makes its iPhones with a hazardous mix of chemicals that threaten the health of factory workers assembling the devices in China. The campaign began Wednesday with an online petition put together by China Labor Watch, a…
Microsoft Said To Drop Windows Phone Fees For Some Smartphone OEMs
Microsoft has dropped its licensing fees for at least two smartphone OEMs, according to a new report from The Times of India (via Verge), making it much easier for those competing in low-cost markets to build devices sporting Redmond’s mobile OS. The manufacturers are Karbonn and Lava, both partners announced…
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