Canada Funds Space Robot Projects Amid Competition
Canada’s government will chip in $5 million to help its space experts compete for robotics contracts, according to an announcement made in Montreal today (Feb. 8). Scientists developing planetary rovers and other types of space robotics will receive the grant money over five years from the government’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research…
White Hill Robotics Team Nabs Honor for Lost-and-Found System for Seniors
From self-driving cars to drones of every stripe, robots seem to be ubiquitous these days. Wired magazine gave its Jan. 2013 cover story the simple tagline, “The Robots Take Over.” The popularity of robotics made its way to Marin long ago, as more than a half-dozen local middle and high schools…
Wikipad Android Gaming Tablet Respawns With New Size, Lower Price Tag
Things were going well for Los Angeles-based Wikipad, Inc. until late 2012. The creators of the Wikipad gaming tablet had distribution agreements with major retailers like Best Buy, Amazon.com, and Gamestop. The unique piece of hardware was garnering positive press from IGN, GT.TV and other gaming enthusiast sites. The company…
The Peculiar Twitter Tactics of Leading Social Media Influencers
I got talking recently to Scott Levy over at Fuel Marketing and in a fascinating discussion about SEO (it’s really about social now) Scott made a chance comment that seemed to suggest there’s a new trend out there. Yes, marketing online is all about social but it’s also about inspiration…
Sceptre 32-inch LED HDTV sports MHL technology
So, you are thinking that it is time you ditched that first generation LED TV in your living room, and move on with the times to one of those svelte and nearly bezel-less TVs from the likes of Samsung and LG? Perhaps, but then again, budget is always a constraint,…
Plex unveils ‘massive’ Plex/Web update, Windows 8 app tweaks and more
Plex’s busy bees have sweetened the media server / client honeypot again with new updates, including a “giant, thundering” update of the Plex/Web UI featuring a redesigned home screen and easier navigation. It also has a new version of its next-gen transcoder for the Windows 8 and PlexSync apps –…
Twitter to update smartphone app to make links quicker to open
Twitter plans to release an update for its Apple and Android apps Wednesday that will make it easier for users to open links from the apps’ Timeline. The update would fix an annoying feature of the app that required users to go through two separate pages to open up a…
Fragmentation leaves Android phones vulnerable to hackers
But for most Android phones, the fix never arrived. For many, it never will. That’s because it’s not clear which company Google, the smartphone makers or the wireless carriers who sell them bears ultimate responsibility for the costly process of getting security updates to Android devices. Fixes to known security…
Texas Legends roll out new HD production trailer
The Texas Legends’ new HD production trailer features an internal green screen studio and a game-day studio with 200sq-ft fold-out stages. The Texas Legends, an NBA D-League team based in Frisco, TX, have built the ChyronIP real-time HD/SD 2-D and 3-D character and graphics generator into a new best-of-breed mobile…
Facebook to take on Foursquare with location tracking app?
Facebook stalking could take on a whole new meaning if reports prove true that the social media giant is developing its own user location tracking app. According to a Bloomberg report, Facebook is developing a location tracking app for smartphones that would help users keep tabs on where their friends…
