Amazon shop problem?!

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Amazon shop – Amazon Go is in a spot of bother. A report out of seattle claims that Amazon Go is encountering some pretty big technical issues. It gets confused when people shop – more than 20 people to be exact.

Which puts the whole ‘just walk out’ theory into chaos. An unnamed source told the Wallstreet journal that:

Amazon has run into problems tracking more than about 20 people in the store at one time, as well as the difficulty of keeping tabs on an item if it has been moved from its specific spot on the shelf. For now, the technology functions flawlessly only if there are a small number of customers present, or when their movements are slow.

Well. It’s not a great start. If this comes from concept to reality we may have to wait a bit longer.

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Apple iPhone Laptop!?

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Apple have probably thrown the laptop world into a frenzy with a patent filed in September late last year. A laptop/notebook chassis that docks a phone which in turn becomes a high tech track pad which acts as a touchscreen – which works:

 

An electronic accessory device, comprising: an operational component that provides an output to a user; a housing carrying the operational component, the housing having a recess; and a control interface coupled to the operational component and configured to receive a control signal from an electronic host device when the electronic host device is positioned within the recess and coupled to the control interface, wherein the electronic accessory device is inoperable without the electronic host device being coupled to the control interface.

 

The patent is basically just a shell with a screen, with the phone providing all of the power. Yet the chassis according to the patent is a lot more than just a shell:

 

In various embodiments, the electronic accessory device can be considered a “thin” device, in that it extends the functionality of another device but is inoperable by itself as a stand-alone device. As such, the accessory device can have little or no independent processing resources in the form of a CPU or similar comprehensive processor. The accessory device, however, can provide auxiliary processing resources, such a graphical processing unit, or GPU, or other processing resources that can support the functions of the portable computing device.

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Withings Steel HR

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We tried out some amazing smartwatches this past week, the Withings Steel HR!

  • HR Monitor with automatic exercise detection.
  • Activity Tracker
  • Design First, Substance hidden.
  • Battery up to 25 days
  • Water resistant to 50m
  • Smart wake up w/vibrating alarm

 

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Internet Lemonade!

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Researchers have found an ingenious way to send the taste of lemonade through the internet! It looks like lemonade too! The researchers first used sensors to get the characteristics of lemonade which was then sent to a smart tumbler of water where LEDs replicated colour. Electrodes in the tumblr then reproduced the sourness by stimulating a users (drinkers?) tastebuds.

Whilst it isn’t really sending lemonade through the internet as testers have said that the taste wasn’t as sour as the real thing it goes a long way to sending drinks across the web. Researchers have even said that they’re working on developing a cock tail that would even mimic the smell of a drink.

 

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Spinach Heart

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Scientists have found a way to turn spinach leaves into human heart cells that function. Yes. Spinach Leaves.

Scientists pump a detergent through the spinach which strips it of all of its plant cells, turning it into a clear shell made of cellulose. The scientists then culture the heart cells by sending both fluids and microscopic beads through the spinach’s veins to feed the new cells.

It’s safe and potentially a great way to grow new heart tissue. Other methods such as 3D printing aren’t as good as Spinach as printing can’t replicate a complex network of veins which are needed to grow cells. What’s incredible is that the cellulose in the Spinach is bio compatible so you won’t have to worry about your body rejecting it (If it was 3D printed)

It is just research at the moment and is a long way off but if this happens it could be HUGE and not just for other body parts too.

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Smove!

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Recently we got to try a really cool iPhone stabilizer and got some really cool shots! (See below)

More information:

SMOVE is the only smartphone stabilizer that doubles as a charger for your phone of any size: automated 360 degree panorama shots, auto face follow, 1/4″ mount, easily portable, fits in your pocket. SMOVE PRO 3-axis stabilizer supports both smartphones and GoPro/action cameras. (info credit)

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Elon Musk’s BrainPlug

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Well Matrix is about to become reality…if Elon Musk has his way.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, Elon Musk has started a company called “Neuralink” to develop a “neural lace: that would allow humans to communicate with machines without a physical interface. By implanting electrodes into a brain so that we could upload or download thoughts to a computer – thus possibly allowing us to achieve higher levels of cognitive function. (all sounds X-Men like doesn’t it!)

Musk touched upon a Neural Lace like implant at Vox Media’s Code Conference in 2016, stating it could allow humans to achieve “symbiosis” with machines, preventing them from becoming “house cats” to AI.

Though the WSJ is reporting that Neuralink’s first products could use implants to treat disorders such as epilepsy.

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Zerotech Dobby Drone!

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We recently checked out the Zerotech Dobby Drone and boy does it fly!!

The Zerotech Dobby Drone is a drone so small it will fit into your pocket and weighs only 200g!

  • Take an aerial selfie with auto take off from your hand.
  • Automatic Pull Away and Fly back! (10/30/60second videos)
  • 13 Megapixel Photos
  • 1080p Videos
  • 75 degree field of view
  • Includes a built in tutorial right in the app
  • Active target tracking
  • Advanced Positioning for Safe Hassle-Free Flying
  • GPS+GLONASS Dual Satellite for outdoor positioning
  • Sonar + Optical Flow for indoor positioning
  • 2.4GHz/5GHz Dual Band Wi-Fi
  • Withstands wind speeds of up to 28km/h

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Drone Near Misses!

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Heathrow is apparently a hive for people flying their drones near planes. According to the latest report from UK’s Airprox Board, 3 planes narrowly missed drones last year.

Two of the three were classified as “category A” – one incident, the drone was below the plane’s right wing at 10,000 feet (9,600 feet above legal altitude for drones in the UK)

Second incident, a pilot taking off from Heathrow saw a drone 150ft away from his wing at 3,000ft.

Third incident was less dangerous but still came within 200 ft of an aircraft.

According to investigators, the drones in these incidents are custom made and not able to be bought off the shelf.

Overall the report discusses 70 near misses in 2016 up from 29 in 2015.

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UPRIGHT Pro

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It’s never good to slouch and have we come across one of the greatest wearables available on the market today?

It’s called the UPRIGHT Pro and this is how it works:

  • Worn directly on the spine for immediate posture feedback
  • Medical grade silicone and adhesives
  • Get custom training program for building posture habits in 2 weeks, starting from only 5 min a day
  • First-ever “Learning Mode” for a posture wearable – runs in the background while you train and adapts to your back and movement

Click here to learn more!

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