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December 16, 2016 Microsoft Says MacBook Pro Disappointment Helped Trigger Surface Sales
Microsoft Says MacBook Pro Disappointment Helped Trigger Surface Sales HIGHLIGHTS Microsoft claims that November saw the best Surface sales Users are switching from MacBooks to Surface devices more than ever It attributes the growth in sales to MacBook Pro’s ‘disappointment’ The MacBook Pro 2016 has been attracting a lot of complaints from early users, including […]
ELECTRONICS October 3, 2016 How a Computer Helped a Paralysed Chimp Walk Again
How a Computer Helped a Paralysed Chimp Walk Again In a first, Japanese researchers have rehabilitated a paralysed chimpanzee through interaction with computers and touch screens. The case of Reo, a male chimpanzee that learned to walk again after being paralysed due to illness, shows how much can be done to rehabilitate animals injured in […]
ELECTRONICS October 3, 2016 Star Trek at 50: A Look Back at How It Helped Inspire Todays Tech
Star Trek at 50: A Look Back at How It Helped Inspire Todays Tech HIGHLIGHTS The show was one of the influences behind the creation of mobile phones The PADD looks similar to today’s tablet computers Digital sImulation seen in The Next Generation similar to virtual reality Star Trek first took viewers on a voyage […]
COMPUTERS September 23, 2016 How a Computer Helped a Paralysed Chimp Walk Again
In a first, Japanese researchers have rehabilitated a paralysed chimpanzee through interaction with computers and touch screens. The case of Reo, a male chimpanzee that learned to walk again after being paralysed due to illness, shows how much can be done to rehabilitate animals injured in captivity, said lead author Yoko Sakuraba of Kyoto University. […]
COMPUTERS September 23, 2016 Star Trek at 50: A Look Back at How It Helped Inspire Todays Tech
HIGHLIGHTS The show was one of the influences behind the creation of mobile phones The PADD looks similar to today’s tablet computers Digital sImulation seen in The Next Generation similar to virtual reality Star Trek first took viewers on a voyage to the Final Frontier 50 years ago on September 8, 1966. That’s when the […]
COMPUTERS August 2, 2016 How a Computer Helped a Paralysed Chimp Walk Again
In a first, Japanese researchers have rehabilitated a paralysed chimpanzee through interaction with computers and touch screens. The case of Reo, a male chimpanzee that learned to walk again after being paralysed due to illness, shows how much can be done to rehabilitate animals injured in captivity, said lead author Yoko Sakuraba of Kyoto University. […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 How a Computer Helped a Paralysed Chimp Walk Again
‘ In a first, Japanese researchers have rehabilitated a paralysed chimpanzee through interaction with computers and touch screens. The case of Reo, a male chimpanzee that learned to walk again after being paralysed due to illness, shows how much can be done to rehabilitate animals injured in captivity, said lead author Yoko Sakuraba of Kyoto […]
ELECTRONICS May 26, 2016 Oculus’ DRM could have unintentionally helped VR piracy
Oculus’ latest software program update that locked exclusive video games to its hardware has already been circumvented. On Friday, Oculus implemented adjustments that — amongst other things — delivered“platform integrity checks.” these checks disabled use of a popular device called Revive that let Rift-handiest titles play on HTC’s Vive. Over the weekend, the crew at […]
