May 3, 2016 Internet then and now: A lot has changed The Internet isn’t what it used to be. Not even close. And a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm has the numbers to prove it.
May 3, 2016 Oculus VR’s new tech is the best thing to happen to virtual reality since… Oculus VR Virtual Reality pioneer Oculus VR this week announced its acquisition of Surreal Vision, a company that specializes in recreating actual physical spaces in real time for insertion into a virtual reality environment. In other words, virtual reality just got real.
May 3, 2016 Back to the future! Real-life hoverboard breaks record A hoverboard rider recently soared into Guinness World Records after flying a record distance on the futuristic, flying skateboard
May 3, 2016 How robots are helping Marines save lives on battlefield Marines are known for risking their lives on the battlefield, but more and more, robot technology is helping to avoid those dangers and save lives.
May 3, 2016 Threadflip: 24-hour processing for online consignment shoppers The act of selling last year’s clothing styles for cash or credit is nothing new, but Threadflip now promises to speed up the process for on-demand “thrift shoppers.”
May 3, 2016 5 must-have Apple Watch apps Quick and glanceable. These are the two magic ingredients for a superior Apple Watch app.
May 3, 2016 5 American tech innovations that changed the world America's influence on global consumer technology has been immense - here are 5 U.S. tech innovations that changed the world.
May 3, 2016 Navy develops autonomous air-launched missile for F/A-18 The Navy is working on a deal with Lockheed Martin to integrate its new, autonomously guided Long Range Anti-Ship Missile onto an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft, giving the fighter an increased ability to identify and strike targets at longer ranges from the air, service and Lockheed officials explained.
May 3, 2016 How IBM's Watson supercomputer is battling cancer with advanced genomics Back in 2003, when he was a fourth year medical student at Washington University in St. Louis looking at a career in oncology, Lukas Wartman was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. For Wartman, the diagnosis was bleak – while this type of leukemia, which affects the blood and bone marrow, is very treatable for children, it often proves fatal for adults. Two years of chemotherapy followed and Wartman went into remission and completed his medical studies. The reprieve was short-lived. By 2008, he relapsed again.
May 3, 2016 Interested in Tesla’s Powerwall battery for your home? Here’s what it takes to install Tesla launched its home battery system in a blaze of publicity last month, attempting to change U.S. power usage. But what about the actual nuts and bolts of installing the Powerwall system?