If Apple has its way, your entire home will someday be Siri-enabled. Between its various hardware options like the iPhone, Apple Watch and (soon) HomePod, the underlying software that is HomeKit can make your entire home controllable via voice. For many of us, the garage is a daily use portal, which makes it ripe for disruption via Siri. The underlying … Continue reading
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If there is one thing parents probably lament on, it is probably how fast children grow up, and how clothes for kids definitely do not last as long due to the rate that children grow. This means that in terms of spending, it can get pretty expensive. However 24-year old designer Ryan Yasin might have an answer to that problem.
Using his background in aeronautical engineering, Yasin applied certain scientific principles and came up with a series of clothing designed for kids that would actually “grow” with them, thanks to its origami-like design. The clothing lineup, dubbed Petit Pli, works by employing the Poisson ratio. When the clothing is stretched, the material that uses this ratio will become thicker and expand in two directions at the same time, which is actually a similar concept used in stents and biomedical implants.
What this means in terms of clothing is that as a child grows, the material will be able to stretch and “grow” with the child, meaning that the clothing worn when the child was 1 year old would still be fitting when they reach 2 years old. Are these the most fashionable children’s outfits we’ve seen? Based on the current designs they do look rather plain, but if it saves parents money, and since kids don’t really care about looking trendy, we guess maybe it’s a non-issue.
Yasin has since won himself the Dyson Award along with £2,000 in prize money, and has revealed that he is working with a major retailer in the UK and hopes to bring the clothing lineup mainstream in a few months.
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If the rumors are to be believed, the upcoming iPhone 8 is expected to sport an OLED display, the first of its kind as far as iPhones are concerned (the Apple Watch uses an OLED screen). However given that these are just rumors it’s hard to say if they are real, but the iOS 11 GM release seems to hint at that.
iOS 11 has yet to hit GM status officially, but it seems that the GM copy was recently leaked and according to the leak, it has revealed several new wallpapers which is what we typically expect from Apple with every major iOS update, however what’s interesting about these wallpapers is that they seem to have been designed for OLED screens in mind, thanks to the use of the deep blacks which is one of the signature features of an OLED screen versus LCD.
If you’re viewing the wallpapers on an LCD smartphone or monitor then maybe the effect might not be quite as obvious, but if you were to view them on an OLED screen then you can probably tell the difference. Of course this is by no means confirmation of any kind, but it does seem to hint at the possibility. In any case Apple will be officially taking the wraps off the iPhone 8 come 12th of September, so check back with us then for the details.
iOS 11 GM Seemingly Confirms iPhone With OLED Display , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
The idea of registering drones with the government isn’t new, and in fact the idea was implemented by the US a couple of years ago, with similar ideas being considered by Russia, and alternative concepts being looked at by countries such as the UK, all of which suggests that drones need to be regulated somehow.
Now the United Nations’ aviation agency is looking into creating a global drone registry in a bid to come up with a common set of rules to help government the use and tracking of unmanned aircrafts. The International Civil Aviation Organization came up with the proposal during a Montreal symposium this month, with the hopes that the data can be accessed in real time.
However as Reuters notes, the ICAO cannot impose these regulations on countries, which means that for now it could merely be seen as a suggestion, and that not all UN member nations have to take part if they do not wish to. However a global drone registry does sound like it could be a more efficient way of handling drones in the skies, versus multiple databases operated by individual countries/governments.
It will also help make the work of drone makers easier, because according to Stephen Creamer, director of ICAO’s air navigation bureau, “They (drone makers) are worried that Europe might create one set of standards, United States might do a second and China might do a third. And they’ve got to build a drone differently in these different environments.” Whether or not this is actually implemented remains to be seen.
UN’s Aviation Agency Looking To Establish Global Drone Registry , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
There are many ways in which one can stream Spotify from, such as their mobile devices, computers, connected speakers and so on. Even on the computer, there are a couple of options, such as using the dedicated Spotify desktop app or streaming via their computer’s browser.
However it seems that if you are a user of Apple’s Safari browser, it looks like you will no longer be able to stream Spotify via the browser anymore, or at least for the foreseeable future unless something changes, either on Spotify or Apple’s end. This was initially discovered and posted on the Spotify forums by user riegelstamm, who complained that he/she was unable to use Spotify in Safari despite Spotify initially stating that browser playback was supported in Safari 6 or higher.
Spotify has since issued a statement on the matter and has confirmed that Safari support is no longer available (for now). “After taking a look backstage, we can confirm that after recent updates Safari is no longer a supported browser for Web Player. We’re always testing things by adding or removing features to make Spotify better overall. We’re sorry that this means you’re not able to use the Web Player like you could before. We can’t say if or when any specific features will be back. But as soon as we’ve got anything to announce, we’ll let everyone know via the Spotify Community.”
As iMore notes, the system requirements page for Spotify no longer lists Safari as one of the supported browsers, so macOS users who want to keep streaming via their browsers will have to rely on Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or download the desktop app.
Spotify Can No Longer Be Streamed Via Safari , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
“We have not confirmed it, and that’s that. I’ll let you know when we’re ready.”
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