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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.

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. 



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.

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

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 .

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.

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 

Virtual reality glasses used during brain surgery for the first time


In a world first, a patient in France undergoing brain surgery while conscious wore virtual reality glasses as doctors removed a cancerous tumor. 

Oral-B's new smart toothbrush tracks movement with your phone


Oral-B debuted its Smart Series of connected toothbrushes last year, and at Mobile World Congress 2016, the company announced a new model. 

Microsoft Actiongram to allow sharing three dimensional video messages


In June last year, Microsoft reserved Actiongram brand and logo, saying that that the brand will have something to do with the virtual reality. 

People will follow a robot in an emergency – even if it’s wrong


A university student is holed up in a small office with a robot, completing an academic survey. Suddenly, an alarm rings and smoke fills the hall outside the door.

Sweden opens the first unstaffed store


After dropping what turned out to be his last jar of baby food on the floor, Robert Ilijason, who was then home alone with his son

This mask lets you smell the rainbow


What if you could smell fuchsia or taste the sound of a flute? For people who have synesthesia, these types of sensory associations happen every day. 

World Drone Grand Prix debuts in Dubai


The future of high-speed, high-technology racing was on display as 32 teams from 19 countries participated in the World Drone Grand Prix. 

Stanford researchers create tiny synchronized robots that can pull a car


Researchers at Stanford’s Biomimetic Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory over the past few months have made a number of strides 
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