Category: Tech News

• Alphabet and Facebook’s Stratospheric Internet Plans Get Tangled in High-Altitude Red Tape
  Plans to use drones and balloons to provide wireless Internet will need considerable help from regulators overseeing airspace and communications satellites.

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• App Spots Objects for the Visually Impaired
  A new iPhone app uses machine learning to identify objects for people with poor eyesight, and it doesn’t need an Internet connection.

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• Ivanpah’s Problems Could Signal the End of Concentrated Solar in the U.S.
  Cancellations of solar thermal projects likely mean the technology’s future is dim in the U.S., so companies are looking overseas.

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• The Race for the Ultra-Efficient Jet Engine of the Future
  Two radically different engine designs aim to make flying cleaner and quieter. Which one will win?

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• Controlling Diabetes with a Skin Patch
  A flexible tattoo senses glucose levels in sweat and delivers a drug as needed.

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• Brain-Zapping Headphones Could Make You a Better Athlete
  But some researchers think it’s irresponsible to market them to consumers.

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• This Factory Robot Learns a New Job Overnight
  The world’s largest industrial robot maker, Fanuc, is developing robots that use reinforcement learning to figure out how to do things.

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• The Feds Are Wrong to Warn of “Warrant-Proof” Phones
  Throughout history, communications have mainly been ephemeral. We need to be sure we can preserve that freedom.

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• Fun (and Some Nausea) with the First Games for the Oculus Rift Headset
  The first games for Oculus Rift are pretty sweet, though some can cause motion sickness.

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• Health-Tracking Startup Fails to Deliver on Its Ambitions
  Quanttus spent several years trying to track blood pressure at the wrist, but doing so appears to be even more difficult than the company thought.

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