May 3, 2016 New app Saloote aims to create digital 'musical community' In an interconnected social media age, one free mobile app is hoping to give musicians access to digital video jam sessions that can take place coast to coast or from around the world. During the 2015 South by Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas, Saloote had its big launch. With access to a catalogue of pre-licensed Sony Music songs, users can collaborate with one another on pop covers like 80s staple “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” to more recent hits like Meghan Trainor’s “All About the Bass.”
May 3, 2016 Apple's streaming music secret weapon When you spend $3 billion on an acquisition, you better have a good idea - a truly brilliant idea - about how you're going to make it work. Now, it's becoming clear how Apple is going to leverage its investment in Beats, with a clever strategy that may simultaneously extend its tightly spun ecosystem and revive its music business.
May 3, 2016 The real 'Terminator?' Chinese scientists create liquid metal machine It’s the rise of the machines – a Chinese research team has developed shape-shifting, liquid metal machines. No, this isn’t the idea for a new “Terminator” sequel. Scientists from both the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University’s medical school discovered that their liquid metal is able to “eat” materials and use energy from that to propel itself forward.
May 3, 2016 5 new laptops to look out for Laptops have become the utility device for getting real work done. The basic formula hasn’t changed in decades: a screen attached to a hinge, a keyboard, and a few ports. Yet, this year, new models pack a few extras that make them more compelling.
May 3, 2016 Bass battles blaze: George Mason students invent sound-based fire extinguisher Two engineering students at George Mason University have created a potentially revolutionary fire extinguisher that uses sound to fight blazes.
May 3, 2016 Facebook touts huge solar-powered drone Facebook gave an update on its ambitious drone strategy Thursday, touting a solar-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with a wingspan similar to a Boeing 767.
May 3, 2016 Sci-fi cloaking device could protect soldiers from shock waves A researcher at the defense company Boeing has filed a patent for a sci-fi-esque cloaking device that would protect soldiers from intense shock waves generated by explosions.
May 3, 2016 Digital lockdown: Startup Canary pushes high-tech home security Digital home security system maker Canary is in the catbird seat for a startup, announcing its debut product will be sold starting Wednesday by some of America's biggest retail outlets.
May 3, 2016 New de-icing system for planes takes cue from poisonous frogs Although spring is finally here, the nightmare of winter flight delays is still fresh in many frequent flyers’ minds. However, these delays could soon become a thing of the past, and we have poisonous frogs to thank. Researchers from Arizona State University believe they have found a way for plane wings to de-ice themselves by secreting anti-freeze, much in the same way a poisonous dart frog’s skin secretes a toxin when threatened.
May 3, 2016 IBM hopes Watson will lead the way in 'Silicon Alley' When Ed Harbour, vice president of the IBM Watson Group, looks out the window of his New York City office, he can stare straight across at Facebook’s East Coast base and see the bright green-painted bars outfitting its walls.