Smart mattress will out your lying, cheating spouse. If you suspect that your significant other is bringing others into your bedroom, you could have an adult conversation about it or seek couple's counseling.
Alternatively, you can buy a $1,700 smart mattress called the Smartress that will tell you when your partner is having sex with someone that isn't you. Credit: BlueSkyImage/Shutterstock Smartress is the invention of Durmet, a Spanish mattress company that was inspired by the fact that Madrid has the highest number of cheating spouses in Europe. It features 24 sensors within the springs, which the company calls the "Lover Detection System.
" These sensors know which areas of the mattress are receiving pressure and make a 3D map of the bed. The problem with forced tech obsolescence. Image copyright Getty Images The Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) network links San Francisco with nearby cities such as Oakland and Berkeley.
It's been running since the 1970s, but is, like transport in many places around the world, struggling a bit under the pressure of a booming population and ageing infrastructure. And so, right now they're busy upgrading various parts of the network, and making adjustments to trains so more people can get on during rush hour. But there's a problem - some of the components that need replacing are obsolete.
And so Bart engineers are searching on eBay to pick up what they need. eBay! "It's like buying a computer in 1980 and trying to keep it alive today," Bart worker Richard Severo told NBC Bay Area. What’s trending in the IoT space. Our team has been active as investors in the Internet of Things and hardware space over the past two years.
We have read pitches from hundreds of companies, met with dozens, read hundreds of research reports and spoken with various experts. We have invested in six IoT/hardware companies from our global seed fund and seven from our startup accelerator. With this accumulated knowledge, we decided to create an easy to read overview for others to get up to speed on this trending space of IoT. Here is our full report; the following is a summary of what we learned.
Our view is that there are five major battlegrounds for IoT and hardware innovation and market growth in the consumer space: connected homes, wearables, healthcare, robotics and drones and transportation. Smart Luggage. Losing your luggage is a major headache.
Finding (and fighting over) power outlets in the airport terminal isn't fun, either. The good news is you can now squash both problems with one purchase, thanks to a number of "smart luggage" startups that popped up in 2015. Today, another company called Raden joins the fray with the announcement (and release) of what is the most slickly-designed smart suitcase yet. The world's cheapest smartphone is cheaper than expected, launches in India f... A little-known Indian company is launching the cheapest smartphone in the world today.
The Freedom 251, manufactured by Ringing Bells, is priced at just Rs 251 (under $4). Affordable and feature-rich, it could play a significant role in connecting India, where smartphone usage and Internet connectivity still remain a work in progress. The Freedom 251 has a 4-inch display, 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, and a 1,450 mAh battery. It comes with a 3.2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front camera. The phone also comes with 8GB of internal storage, which can be expanded by another 32GB using a microSD card. Surprisingly for its price, the Freedom 251 will run on Android Lollipop 5.1 and comes pre-installed with several apps. ThingMaker Hands-On 3D Printing from Mattel. 3.57 degrees of separation - Facebook. 5 Open Source Predictive Analytics Tools. Sometimes data scientists want to model Big Data from within Microsoft Excel and RStudio.
One favorite tool for this is H2O. They can connect Big Data from HDFS, S3, SQL and NoSQL data sources, and then compare the resulting predictions. Java is required to run H2O on Windows 7, OS X 10.9, Ubuntu 12.04 or RHEL/CentOS 6. One tutorial video demonstrates installation with command lines in Ubuntu. To unzip in Windows, the downloaded H2O file can be right clicked.
Java browser plug-in to be retired, says Oracle. Image copyright Oracle The technology company Oracle is retiring its Java browser plug-in.
The software is widely used to write programs that run in web browsers. Widow wins battle with Apple over deceased husband's password. A widow in Canada has won her battle with Apple after the tech giant demanded that she get a court order to obtain her deceased husband’s Apple ID password.
CBC reports that 72-year-old Peggy Bush ran into difficulties getting the password from Apple after losing her husband David to lung cancer in August. Bush wanted to retrieve her husband’s password so that she could play games on an iPad – she knew the iPad’s login, but not the Apple ID password. US plans $4bn for self-driving rules. Image copyright AP A 10-year, $4bn (£2.8bn) proposal to bring self-driving cars to roads across the US has been announced by the Department of Transportation.
The plan's stated aim is to implement consistent laws across all states and eventually to eliminate human error. The internet - not an equaliser. Image copyright iStock Here's the story about the global impact of the internet.
In the last 20 years, the digital revolution and its leapfrog technologies have allowed developing countries to close the gap with richer nations, and have brought huge advances in health, education and transparent government. Well, not quite, according to the World Bank. Its annual World Development Report, this year entitled Digital Dividends, pours some cold water on that utopian view. The Leap Motion Hackathon’s Augmented Reality Workspace. Early last month, Leap Motion kicked off our internal hackathon with a round of pitch sessions. This basically involves everyone bouncing crazy ideas off each other to see which ones would stick.
One of our tracking engineers suggested using our prototype Dragonfly module to augment a physical display with virtual widgets. Our team of five ran with this concept to create AR Screen. Project management triangle. The Project Management Triangle The Project Management Triangle (called also Triple Constraint or the Iron Triangle) is a model of the constraints of project management. It is a graphic aid where the three attributes show on the corners of the triangle to show opposition. It is useful to help with intentionally choosing project biases, or analyzing the goals of a project.[1] It is used to illustrate that project management success is measured by the project team's ability to manage the project, so that the expected results are produced while managing time and cost.[2][3][4] Alphabet Inc. To Launch New “Screenless” Google Glass Wearable. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) plans a new makeover for Google Glass, after the technology didn't attain the heights that the company hoped for.
Latest rumors suggest the project has been re-initiated under the new name “Project Aura.” It will launch up to three new wearable devices, one of which will not incorporate a display screen. The new devices will follow a more enterprise-focused approach, with more importance placed on core functionality and user applications, as opposed to fashion alone. Cord-nevers could be bigger threat to TV than cord-cutters.
Viewers continue to flee traditional television. Canada's top TV providers have lost almost seven times more customers so far this year compared with the same period in 2014, according to research from the consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services. The Best and Worst Places to Grow Up: How Your Area Compares. How much extra money a county causes children in poor families to make, compared with children in poor families nationwide. Manhattan is very bad for income mobility for children in poor families. It is better than only about 7 percent of counties.
Location matters – enormously. If you’re poor and live in the New York area, it’s better to be in Putnam County than in Manhattan or the Bronx. Wordsmith - Automatically generate natural language reports. System that replaces human intuition with algorithms outperforms human teams. Solu: A flawed attempt to reinvent the PC - BBC News. Ada Lovelace: Letters shed light on tech visionary. Image copyright Science Photo Library.
5 tips on cloud migration from those who know (with video) LAS VEGAS -- For enterprises considering a move to the cloud, or even in the middle of a move right now, the transition can be daunting -- even a bit overwhelming. Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2015 - Smarter With Gartner. Page Ranking and Search Engines - Computerphile. Google’s Demis Hassabis – Misuse of artificial intelligence 'could do harm' The search for a thinking machine. Computational Hydrographic Printing (SIGGRAPH 2015) Canon develops 250 megapixel camera sensor. Image copyright Canon. Polaroid's Latest Instant Camera Doesn't Need Ink. For a Silicon Valley gadget designer, Robert Brunner can get surprisingly nostalgic.
“Very few people print pictures anymore,” says the founder and president of design firm Ammunition. Creative Mobile Service Ideas. Introduction. Will machines eventually take on every job? For the lazy - Japanese mini Segway "WalkCar" Here’s What’s Different About Windows 10 for Windows 7 Users. Supercomputers: Obama orders world's fastest computer - BBC News. China sets up first unmanned factory; all processes are operated by robots. Canon Camera Can Film at ISO 4,000,000. Killer robots: Tech experts warn against AI arms race - BBC News. 3D Xpoint memory: Faster-than-flash storage unveiled - BBC News. The Death of Reddit - How not to build a community. Hyperloop. Google’s “Sidewalk Labs” applies moonshot thinking to city design. Internet 'Magna Carta' vote launched by British Library - BBC News. Pulse laser projects 3D image into mid-air - Fut-Science. Coding the future: What will the future of computing look like? - BBC News.
Da Vinci Robot Stitches a Grape Back Together. IBM Watson - A dinner date with a supercomputer. New HTTP/2 protocol to speed up the web is approved. 7 Hot IT Skills: DevOps, Infosec and More. Drone waiters. Google Search Will Be Your Next Brain — Backchannel. Experts pledge to rein in AI research. Web founder says Internet should be human right, criticizes government surveillance. How will the 5G network change the world? Smartphone app to be used as hotel room keys. Is the traditional metal key becoming obsolete? Walter Isaacson on the traits of "Innovators" The Physics of Fake Videos. You don’t want your privacy: Disney and the meat space data race. Inside Google, Microsoft, Facebook and HP Data Centers. Dark Patterns: inside the interfaces designed to trick you.
Rise of the new geeks: how the outsiders won. Mputational photography: the snap is only the start. Land Rover Invents the Invisible Hood. 50 Years of visionary computer interfaces. Reference App. Android On Any Windows PC: Console OS Trying. Wisee uses wi-fi signals to recognise body gestures. Nasa buys into 'quantum' computer. Medicus: Five guilty in Kosovo human organ trade case. Twitter launches #Music service with artist recommendations. Leap Motion seals HP deal to embed gesture control technology. How HD Voice Works to Make Your Calls Sound Better. To Grow Or Die In The Cloud. BVP 10 Laws of Cloud Computing 2012 Release.pdf - File Shared from Box. Why Technology Is The Special Sauce In Growth Planning.
IBM Suits Up Watson to Tackle Thorny Customer Service Problems. IBM Opens Up Its Watson Cognitive Computer For Developers Everywhere. IBM's Watson Gets A 'Swear Filter' After Learning The Urban Dictionary. How Future Cameras Will See In The Dark. Touchscreen that reacts without touching. TI-84 calculators getting color screens. Gif inventor says pronounce it 'Jif' Harvard Professor To Send The World's First "Scent Message" Across The Pond. Data Storage in DNA. 1TB flash drive. EMC morphs Hadoop elephant into SQL database Hawq. SQL to Hadoop Architecture. Box launches new service for security-conscious enterprises. 62 things you can do with Dropbox. Apple releases Mac app to store photos in iCloud - BBC News. Wall sockets from all over the world. Donkey Kong: Pauline Edition. How Search Works - The Story – Inside Search – Google. Google Street View Hyperlapse.
Google+'s Best New Unadvertised Feature: Photo Search With Visual Recognition - Try It On Your Own Pictures And Be Amazed.