Monday, May 23, 2016

Google's new app lets users conduct scientific research on their phones and other top stories.

  • Google's new app lets users conduct scientific research on their phones

    Google's new app lets users conduct scientific research on their phones
    Google's new Android app revamps the clipboard for scientific field experiments. The app, called Science Journal, measures and records data in real time, and then converts that data into easily readable graphs and charts. Users can store several projects in the app, and use tools like an accelerometer, plus light and sound meters, in order to gather information for their projects. For example, a user could record their running pace everyday for a week, and then chart their progress on a line gr..
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  • Review: Jaybird Freedom

    Review: Jaybird Freedom
    Josh Valcarcel/WIRED A few months ago, we told you about the imminent arrival of Sine, the new compact on-ear headphones from Audeze. They use planar magnetic drivers, not the dynamic drivers found in most headphones. Dynamic drivers are the familiar cone-shaped variety you’ve seen a million times—look inside the stereo speakers in your living room and you’ll see them. Within each earcup of a planar magnetic headphone, however, is a thin, flat (hence “planar”) membrane with conductive material ..
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  • ASUS, Gigabyte tease their aftermarket GTX 1080 designs

    ASUS, Gigabyte tease their aftermarket GTX 1080 designs
    ASUS, Gigabyte tease their aftermarket GTX 1080 designs Posted By Alessandro Barbosa on May 23, 2016 | 20 comments The GTX 1080 is hitting shelves this Friday, but sadly in only one flavour. The anticipated entry into consumer Pascal cards is coming exclusively from Nvidia for the first wave, with the more expensive Founders Edition looking likely to be the only card on sale for a considerable time. The likes of ASUS and Gigabyte (as well as many other manufacturers) are expected to launch the..
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  • Reddit Posts Can Now Be Embedded on Other Websites

    Reddit Posts Can Now Be Embedded on Other Websites
    Reddit has a new tool that helps people embed posts from the site to elsewhere on the Internet. Thanks to new embedding capabilities, the site’s posts and threads are going to get the chance to live beyond the entertainment and social news networking service. The feature will work much the same way that YouTube videos and Tweets are currently embedded in web pages. Reddit Posts Can Now Be Embedded on Other Websites Until now, if Reddit users wanted to share a thread on their own or other sites..
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  • Remember the iBot? It could be on its way back

    Remember the iBot? It could be on its way back
    The iBot had a lot of people excited when it rolled onto the scene around 16 years ago. The motorized wheelchair was quite unlike any other, sporting special features that allowed the user to elevate for easier and more natural communication with those walking alongside, and the ability to competently tackle uneven terrain. The multi-wheel machine could even handle steps, offering users a new level of freedom that many had never before experienced. There was just one snag, though. The cost. The..
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  • Oculus software update breaks Revive hack, locks games down to only Oculus VR hardware

    Oculus software update breaks Revive hack, locks games down to only Oculus VR hardware
    For a while, it looked as if Oculus wouldn’t stand in the way of users hacking Oculus games to run on other hardware. A recent Oculus software update, however, may have put the kibosh on that. According to Motherboard, the new Oculus App 1.4 update breaks a hack that allowed Oculus games to run on VR headsets from HTC. These new measures, according to the Oculus App 1.4 release notes, encompass “bug fixes and security updates, including updates to platform integrity checks.” According to Mothe..
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  • iPhone 7 case leak indicates a total of 4 speaker grilles, new larger rear camera and flash design

    iPhone 7 case leak indicates a total of 4 speaker grilles, new larger rear camera and flash design
    An unusual iPhone 7 leak is making the rounds today, showing some changes that have not be seen before. An Italian case manufacturer is showing a potential chassis design that features ‘four speakers’ and new layout for the rear camera and flash, including a hole for a larger aperture (via NowhereElse). As pictured, there are two speaker grilles cut into the top of the case and another two grilles on the bottom side. This is not corroborating with previous leaks, that showed an iPhone 7 design ..
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  • India's mini space shuttle blasts off

    India's mini space shuttle blasts off
    India successfully launched its first model space shuttle on Monday, a top official said, as New Delhi joined the race to develop a reusable rocket to make space travel easier and cheaper. The winged shuttle blasted off on a rocket from the ...
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  • Japanese startup seeks to create artificial meteor shower

    Japanese startup seeks to create artificial meteor shower
    A Japanese company is looking to combine atmospheric study and entertainment with its Sky Canvas Project, which it hopes can generate a satellite-based artificial meteor shower for the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo.Star-ALE, the developer of the Sky Canvas light show proposed for the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games, hopes its artificial shooting stars will support future astronomical projects in Japan.“This type of project is new in the sense in that it mixes astronomy and the ent..
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Toronto Raptors, led by Bismack Biyombo, take 99-84 Game 3 ... .Inspired by bees, flying robots use static to stick their landing .
Mossberg: Google doubles down on AI .Google's Allo runs on the same encryption tech that powers WhatsApp .

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