Robotics 101 with NASA’s Chris McQuin + Jaret Matthews
A University of Waterloo Robotics Team member tests their robot on the practice field two days prior to the NASA WPI Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls (Phys.org) — When you hear the word “robot,” you might think of Hollywood creations such as the Terminator, C-3PO or…
You Know You Want One: Personal Robots Not Ready For You Yet
Research scientist Leila Takayama poses with a PR2 robot at Willow Garage, a robotics company in Menlo Park, Calif., that produces programmable robots ready for experimentation. Takayama specializes in understanding how people interact with robots. Melissa Block/NPR Research scientist Leila Takayama poses with a PR2 robot at Willow Garage,…
iPhone, iPad iOS 6 news: Apple’s vendetta against Google …
SAN FRANSISCO – Steve Jobs’ vendetta against Google remains alive, eight months after the Apple co-founder died feeling betrayed by a company he once embraced as an ally. Apple is escalating the feud between two of the world’s most influential companies by dumping Google’s mapping service as a built-in feature…
U.S. Twitter war vs. Taliban flares
The Twitter tiff: It’s a realm usually reserved for celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian. On Sunday, though, Twitter yet again became a field in the battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan. In the latest flareup in an ongoing social-media campaign, coalition forces engaged the Taliban in a…
Wolverton: New BlackBerry software could be sour fruit for RIM …
Research In Motion’s new BlackBerry software looks cool, but I don’t have high hopes for it. BlackBerry 10, which is slated to start showing up on RIM smartphones later this year, has some innovative new features that will set it apart from Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. But the update is…
Readers’ Choice: Best WiFi Spot
A quality WiFi connection can mean the difference between staying at home to surfing the web or going out. The best places make it easy to get on, have a fast connection and are consistently working. But in today’s WiFi world not everyone is able to provide those useful characteristics…
Microsoft Windows 8 Tablet Introduction to Be Technology Preview
When Microsoft introduces its new Windows 8 tablet on Monday, June 18 at a media briefing in Los Angeles, the device it presents will be a technology preview device, not a finished product, said Craig Mathias, Principal Analyst for Farpoint Group. The new device will run Windows RT, which is a version…
PayPal, TiVo, Comcast team up for click-and-buy ads
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – PayPal, eBay’s payment service, is partnering with TiVo and Comcast to offer television viewers a way to buy products featured in interactive commercials with their remotes. Scott Dunlap, PayPal’s vice president of emerging platforms and new ventures, said Tuesday that the company hopes to have…
Can HDTV Behemoth Vizio Chart a Similar Course with Its New PCs?
The first TV I ever bought was from Vizio. I was fresh out of college and the relatively young company offered me exactly what I was looking for an attractive HDTV that I could actually afford. To go from a brand-new company in 2002 to an industry behemoth in 2012 Yesterday, Vizio’s…
iPad to Grow Market Share Over Android Tablets: IDC
Apple’s iPad will grow its share of the booming tablet market over its Android-based rivals this year, thanks in large part to new features introduced with the iPad 3 and the company’s decision to reduce the prices further on the iPad 2, according to market research firm IDC. The prediction comes as…
