Tag: technology
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iPhone users are unlocking their phone how many times a day?
According to Apple, the average iPhone user unlocks their phone 80 times per day. That means that phones would be checked around 6-7 times an hour in a 12 hour day or in other words, once every 10 minutes. Analyst Ben Bajarin wrote, “Prior to Touch ID for example, many organisations required eight, and sometimes…
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Driverless cars in NSW soon
Transport Minister Andrew Constance said today that he expects that driverless cars will be on NSW roads within five years. Speaking to the Future of Transport summit, Constance said that driverless cars will be tested and developed in research laboratories in Western Sydney. An Innovation Centre test lab will be set up in Huntingwood where the…
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The Gloves That Are Revolutionising the Way We Communicate with the Hearing-Impaired
Two sophomore students at the University of Washington have been granted $10,000 as part of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. The two boys named Navid Azodi and Thomas Pryor, studying business administration and aeronautics and astronautics engineering, respectively, won the prize with ‘SignAloud’, the gloves that will monitor hand movements in sign language and translate it into verbal…
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Uber ordered to pay up $10 million
Uber has been ordered to pay at least $10 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of misleading customers about the safety of its service. Foremost in this lawsuit was the accusation that Uber’s background checks on its drivers were not as thorough as advertised to customers. The conclusion of the lawsuit “sends…
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Nike release first ever self-lacing shoe
In case you thought we all couldn’t get any lazier, Nike has proved us all wrong by releasing their first ever self-lacing shoe. The HyperAdapt 1.0 was unveiled at the Nike Innovation Summit and Nike are calling the concept “adaptive-lacing”. You should be able to simplify your life with these self-lacing shoes as early as the…
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Youtube finds its way to the Oscars thanks to Casey Nesitat
Casey Neistat is a vlogger (daily video diary maker) and movie maker on youtube as well as the creator of Beme (an app that allows you to take short videos without having to remove your eyes from the scene). He was invited to film the Oscars from his point of view using Samsung’s new gear…
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Eero is the solution to your Wi-Fi problems
With multiple routers, Eero aims to eliminate Wi-Fi buffering and dead zones around the house. Wi-Fi has become a way of life and so has the typical frustration caused when the connection drops. Up until now, users have relied on a single hub to provide internet to the whole house. The idea behind Eero is…
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New Samsung Galaxy – Video Leaked
Avid pundits have long predicted the upcoming release of the next-generation Galaxy (S7) Smartphone, with Samsung confirming a ‘special media event’ for the 21st of February 2016. A number of websites have categorically assessed the rumours, developments and probable specs of the new product, which has meant that we already know (fairly well) what to expect.…
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‘Scoping out the Neighbourhood – China relocates 10 000 people
China is said to be relocating as many as 10,000 people in order to complete construction upon the world’s largest radio telescope. The Five hundred metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) is located in the south-western province of Guizhou, Mainland China. The Telescope intends to help humankind search for alien life, with Wu Xiangping, director-general of…
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3D Printing Toys
As a child all you wanted was a long-legged doll with pink hair or a rainbow skeleton with a bow tie but as you skipped up and down the toy aisles you came to the conclusion that it just was not going to happen. Luckily for your children’s sake for a price of $300 their…