Jul 29
“Are you climate change? Because when I look at you, the world disappears.”
Jul 29
Montage Of News Anchors Trying To Cover Scaramucci's Rant Is Bleeping Funny
Posted in: Today's Chili“We’d have to delete so many expletives you would not understand what the quote meant.”
Jul 29
The Tesla Model 3 is unique in a lot of ways, but one of the more interesting is its use of your smartphone as the only key – there’s not fob, even, let alone an ignition for a traditional key. The vehicle uses the Tesla app on your smartphone to communicate your identity, unlock the vehicle, and know when it’s ready to start and turn off. The Model 3 uses Bluetooth LE to talk… Read More
Jul 29
After celebrating the delivery of its first 30 Model 3’s to eagerly awaiting pre-order customers, Tesla invited attendees at Friday night’s event to take a spin in the brand new vehicles. So of course, we took them up on the offer.
Jul 29
For those who are on a diet and are calorie counting, then you know that being precise with your food is key to maintaining that diet, especially for those who might be bodybuilding are looking to eat more of a certain nutrient. This is why you do notice that there are times when people actually weigh their food.
Now if you’re looking for a more hi-tech way of maintaining your diet, then the MACROPACK could be what the doctor (or nutritionist) ordered. This is basically a lunchbox with modular components and also a weighing scale. The scale also comes with buttons shaped according to the various compartments so that you can weigh your food and calculate your macros.
So for example if you’re trying to maintain a low-carb diet, then you can use the scale to measure your carb intake. You can also use it to keep track of other nutrients like vitamins, protein, fat, and etc. The best part is that it fits all inside a single box, which means that you’ll be able to keep your food separate (and fresh) inside a convenient package that you can bring to school or to work, or even to the gym if you want.
The MACROPACK is currently on Indiegogo seeking funding, although at this time of posting it has managed to raise over $16,000 which is $6,000 over its goal of $10,000, so it looks like it will be funded. If you’d like to learn more you can check out the video above, or head on over to its Indiegogo page for the details and to pledge your support.
MACROPACK Is A Lunchbox With A Weighing Scale , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jul 29
For iPhone/iOS users, there is an app called “Find My Friends” which basically allows friends and family members to keep track of each other’s movements and locations. This can come in handy for those who are travelling and want to keep their families apprised of their location, and recently it seems like the app was used to help save an injured climber’s life.
In a report from the Daily Mail, a man from the UK was seeking a famous hillside cave called the “Priest’s Hole” in Dove Crag when he lost h is footing and fell 60 feet, suffering a serious head injury in the process. Despite being able to call 999 (the emergency services number for the UK), the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were unable to find out where exactly he had fallen.
So what they decided to do was to use the Find My Friends app on the iPhone and used the GPS location to pinpoint where he was. While the rescuers ultimately managed to find and bring the man back to safety, it seemed like for a moment things could have taken a wrong turn as the man started to share his rescue story on Facebook while it was taking place.
This led to his phone’s battery going flat meaning that the rescue team were no longer able to contact him, but luckily for everyone things ended well, but Patterdale MRT leader Mike Blakey was quoted as saying, “This was unhelpful and a distraction for all concerned during what was a complex rescue.”
‘Find My Friends’ App Helps Save Injured Climber’s Life , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jul 29
Fitbit is probably best known for their fitness trackers, which over time have evolved in terms of design and functionality, which is why when we heard that Fitbit was planning a smartwatch of their own, this progression made complete sense. However since the announcement, we have been hearing quite a few troubling reports regarding the development of the watch.
One of it being that the smartwatch could launch without support for third-party apps, but thankfully it seems that the rumors weren’t true. Speaking to The Verge, Fitbit’s CEO James Park reassured customers that the smartwatch will be launching with a number of apps from specific partners, and that they will also be rolling out an SDK that will allow other third-party developers to create apps for the device.
Unfortunately Park did not provide any specifics as to what kind of apps we might be able to expect from their partners, or when the watch will be launched. Earlier this month we had heard rumors that the watch could be further delayed, but the company had stated back then that things were on track.
Either way we suppose the only thing we can do is wait and see when the device launches, whenever that might be, and hopefully for the sake of the company whose shares are down nearly 60% this year, it will be able to live up to the hype.
Fitbit’s Smartwatch Will Launch With Support From Third-Party Apps , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jul 29
Recently the makers of the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner have come under fire based on a quote that its company’s CEO made to Reuters, in which according to iRobot’s CEO Colin Angle, he seemed to suggest that the mapping data of your home collected by the Roomba could be sold to other companies.
Unsurprisingly given how privacy is taken extremely seriously, this was alarming news to Roomba owners and potential owners who might have been put off by the idea. However iRobot and Angle have since clarified their stance on the matter in a statement that was released to the folks at ZDNet.
The company basically stated that they will under no circumstances sell your data. The statement (in part) reads, “Information that is shared needs to be controlled by the customer and not as a data asset of a corporation to exploit. That is how data is handled by iRobot today. Customers have control over sharing it. I want to make very clear that this is how data will be handled in the future.”
iRobot also clarified that the report from Reuters was a misinterpretation of Angle’s comments, and that iRobot never had any conversations with companies about possibly selling the data that it has collected, so hopefully with this cleared up, Roomba owners can continue using their devices in peace.
iRobot’s CEO Says They Will Not Sell Your Roomba’s Mapping Data , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jul 29
Image credit – Windows Central
The way computers “see” images differs from how we as humans see images, which means that when you’re trying to describe a photo to a friend, you can describe how it looks and depending on how good their memory is, they may or may not be able to recall what you are talking about.
For example you could describe a photo taken 5 years ago at a specific location where you were wearing a yellow colored shirt with pink polka dots, and they might know what you’re talking about, and it is these kinds of descriptions that Microsoft is hoping its Photos app on Windows will be able to understand, or at least that’s what they’re aiming for in an update.
In a report from Windows Central, it seems that Microsoft is slowly rolling out a smart search feature to its Photos app, where the app will now rely on AI to identify photos and catalog them based on things like color, month, faces, and so on. Microsoft is definitely not the first company to try and organize photos this way as we’ve seen Google and Apple offer up similar “smart” organizational features.
Users will also be able to search for photos based on those categories, so if you’re searching for photos that were taken at bars, you can try searching for it based on that keyword. According to Windows Central, the feature is pretty fast. Right now the feature is available for Windows Insiders, which means that for the rest of us it will most likely be rolled out as part of the Fall Creators Update.
Microsoft’s Windows Photos App Gets A Smart Search Feature , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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