Date: 15/02/16 UBC researchers discover new glass technology
Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus in Kelowna, led by Associate Professor Kenneth Chau, have found that coating glass with thin layers
Date: 26/01/16 Microsoft Research working on hologram video calls
Microsoft wants to use augmented reality to put a life-size virtual copy of the person you're talking to on a video call with you in the room.
Date: 25/01/16 Experts: “The market of anthropomorphic robots will grow 14-fold to $ 200 million in the next five years”
The humanoid robots market will grow 14-fold in the next five years, and its volume will reach at least 24 billion yen .
Date: 22/12/15 Robots to replace staff of cruise lines
Pepper, the emotion-detecting humanoid robot from Aldebaran, will be joining the staff of two Carnival Corporation cruise lines, Costa Cruises and AIDA, in the spring of 2016
Date: 17/12/15 Google to Make Driverless Cars an Alphabet Company in 2016
Google Inc. plans to make its self-driving cars unit, which will offer rides for hire, a stand-alone business under the Alphabet Inc. corporate umbrella next year, a person briefed on the company’s strategy said.
Date: 14/12/15 Five major technology trends of 2015
This year was a turning point in many areas of technology. Here are five major trends in 2015 by expert laboratories of innovation CommBank Innovation Lab.
Date: 26/11/12 Uproar over Saudi women's 'SMS
A discovery that Saudi male guardians are automatically getting text messages about cross-border movements of female dependants has caused a Twitter uproar. "Hello Taliban, herewith some tips from the Saudi e-government!" read one post, while another suggested microchips, the BBC reported.
Date: 16/10/12 Skydiver Baumgartner sets YouTube live view record
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner smashed a number of records with his "edge of space" stunt - including for live streaming. More than eight million people flocked to their devices to watch the 43-year-old break the speed of sound live on Google's YouTube site.
Date: 21/09/12 Bitcoin thieves yet to spend stolen hoard
Cyberthieves who stole more than $250,000 (£158,000) in digital money are still sitting on the cash. The haul, in what is known as bitcoins, was stolen in a raid on the Bitfloor online currency exchange this month. Bitfloor boss Roman Shtylman said transaction-tracking
Date: 19/09/12 Happy 30th birthday emoticon!
To some, an email isn't complete without the inclusion of :-) or :-(. To others, the very idea of using "emoticons" – communicative graphics – makes the blood boil and represents all that has gone wrong with the English language. Regardless of your view, as emoticons celebrate
Date: 31/08/12 China smartphone market to overtake U.S. in 2012: research firm
China will overtake the United States as the world's biggest smartphone market this year, according to research firm IDC, which expects demand to grow for lower-priced smartphones based on Google Inc's Android software. IDC forecast that China's share of the smartphone
Date: 28/08/12 LG tackles 3D TV games with new Game World portal, launching later this year
Moving beyond its smartphone and tablet offerings, LG has today unveiled its new Game World portal for its 3D Smart TV lineup, offering a selection of 2D and 3D titles that can be played with either the company’s Magic Remote or any third-party gamepad.
Date: 06/08/12 Facebook bans Selena Gomez
Life can be tough when you have the same name as a celebrity.Do you remember when Facebook banned Mark Zuckerberg last year? Well, here we go again. This time it's Selena Gomez's turn. No, not that Selena Gomez. A girl in New Mexico with the same name tried to sign in to her Facebook
Date: 06/08/12 Visualized: Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine erupts in a web of lightning
Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine sounds like it belongs in a James Bond movie more than it does an Alberquerque research facility. Based on what it can do, that's not as far-fetched as it seems. What you see isn't the handiwork of some electric spider -- it's what you witness
Date: 31/07/12 Steve Jobs biographer fights subpoena in e-books case
Judge says Walter Isaacson, the man who quoted Jobs allegedly throwing consumers under a bus on e-book pricing, doesn't have to turn over unpublished tapes or notes for now. A federal district judge has ruled that Steve Jobs biographer doesn't
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