How do you make decisions? By trusting your gut? Or by making lists? David DeSteno, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University is advising us to stop trusting ourselves, so should we put our trust in technology instead? ChoiceMap and Feels are two iphone apps that claim they help us make better decisions.
One of the biggest driving forces in robotics innovation is the manufacturing industry. See, the machinery used to construct cars could easily tear a human apart of miscalibrated. The latest development comes from the Georgia Institute of Technology: a control system developed using the human arm.
As gamers, we’re no stranger to frustration. Whether an incompentent teammate in League of Legends or a particularly brutal segment of Ninja Gaiden, some games can be downright infuriating. The problem is that some of us have no idea how to manage that stress. That’s where Immersion comes in.
Panasonic’s new Toughpad 4K UT-MA6 packs an awful lot of power under the hood, and does so without compromising durability. Think of it as a heavily bumped-up Microsoft Surface 2. Pun intended.
Could eating a diet based on your blood type — O, A, B, or AB — help you shed some LBs while improving your overall health. That’s the idea behind the Blood Type Diet spawned by naturopath Peter J. D’Adamo.
Today at Steam Developer Days, Valve reportedly unleashed a ‘holodeck-level’ virtual reality demo on attendees. The bad news is that this demo won’t be made available to the general public. Instead, Valve will be providing the tech to Oculus, with whom the studio collaborate on future VR hardware.
Good news, everyone: robots are now invading our homes!
Well, sort of. Say hello to Keecker- a robotic entertainment center, butler, and security guard. Developed by former Google Product Manager Pierre Lebeau, this little robot puts Roombas right to shame.
Health and fitness is still going strong in 2014. As waistlines continue
to expand, so does the fitness market. LG wants to enter the foray and
solidify their place in the market, and looks to be doing so with their
Life Band Touch smart watch and fitness tracker. The Life Band utilizes
Bluetooth LE and is compatible with Android operating systems and Apple
iOS. But with so many of these activity trackers on the market, can LG
differenieate themselves enough to stand out from the crowd?
OK, so a $3.2 billion acquisition is nothing to sneeze at! However, when your current stock price on the Nasdaq exchange is trading at $1148 per share, and your coffers are overflowing in excess of $57 billion in cash and marketable securities – $3.2 is more or less chump change. . .
When Suitable Technologies CEO Scott Hassan talked about the Beam at CES 2014, he mentioned that he has one of his own at home which he uses with his kids while away. Not such a bad idea, is it? He thought so too – which is why the Beam + is now available to the general public.
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