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Lego Mindstorms robots have done wonders getting kids interested in science and programming. Now Lego Education is launching a new robot learning system, dubbed WeDo 2.0, to help teach kids about engineering, technology, and coding. The Lego Education WeDo 2.0 system is a combination of hardware and software that gives elementary school children more than […]... →

Posted by wbastianen"Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" is a popular saying that's been around since the 16th century, but is no less relevant today, especially when considered against the backdrop of webspam in Google Analytics. In fact, frustrations caused by the spam issue have led to the loss of genuine data.Spam in analytics could be the single most irritating thing in online marketing. Numerous blog posts have been written on the topic.One particular solution consistently surfaces as the fas... →

Stern Pinball making an appearance at CES seems to be a tradition, so I wasn’t necessarily surprised to see the Chicago based pinball company setting up a booth here. What I didn’t expect was a re-release of Steve Ritchie‘s Spider-Man. Stern Pinball is calling this machine Spider-Man Vault Edition, and features hand drawn artwork from […]... →

Following last year’s Drive CX, Nvidia just announced an updated version of its computing platform for self-driving cars, the Drive PX 2. Compared to last year’s model, this is a much more powerful beast, able to process data from 12 video cameras and other sensors in real time to make educated driving decisions. The company calls it a supercomputer, and it’s the size of a… Read More... →

The 360fly camera, a small, sturdy ball with panoramic views we first discovered at CES 2014, is back again and buddying up with sports brand BRG to bring us live or recorded, 360-degree, stitchless, 4k video for sports enthusiasts – and with all that, a plan to push into virtual reality. GoPro has its own spherical solution, with 4k recording capabilities for those live-action shots… Read More... →

Volvo will purchase several hundred Nvidia Drive PX2 car supercomputers as part of an effort to develop self-driving cars. Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of graphics chip maker Nvidia, revealed the news at the company’s press conference on the eve of the 2016 International CES, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. The new […]... →

Magic, the on-demand human personal assistant provider, will begin charging you to use its service. VentureBeat has learned that the company is providing two payment plans: $100 per hour or $3,000 per month depending on your usage. But instead of a “use it or lose it” policy, the service will only charge you based on the number […]... →

The self-driving car is a huge computational problem. It’s so tough that traditional computer vision techniques don’t work tackling it. So Nvidia has turned to an artificial intelligence technique, dubbed deep learning, to train brain-like computers that can learn how to identify hazards on a road and safely direct a self-driving car. The technology requires […]... →

Ephemerality be damned. Some art deserves to live longer than 24 hours. So rather than just squirrel away your saved Snapchat Stories, you can upload them to Slinger. It’s a new app aiming to be the permanent home for vertical videos. And thanks to its Popular page and the ability to Like videos, it can help you discover content creators to follow in ways Snapchat lacks. You could write… Read More... →

Nvidia announced its Nvidia Drive PX2, a new supercomputer for the connected car. Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, said the supercomputer will be the key to the development of self-driving cars or technology that augments human driving. Huang made the announcement at Nvidia’s press conference at the start of the 2016 International CES, the […]... →

What if your drone could talk to your car? That’s probably not a question you’ve asked yourself all that often, but what if you are the United Nations or a search-and-rescue organization that wants to launch drones from the bed of their pickup trucks? Ford and DJI today announced a new developer challenge that asks developers to create drone-to-vehicle communications using… Read More... →

GUEST: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking intense fire in India over an initiative that his organization Internet.org launched to provide limited Internet access to the masses. He seems genuine in his desire to bring digital equality to the world: In an op-ed for The Times of India, he defended this initiative, called Free Basics, citing the example of […]... →

Withings, the company behind the remarkably sensible Activite smartwatch line, debuted a new product today at CES: a smart thermometer. The doodad, named Thermo, is incredibly anti-climactic. It’s a simple object, easy on the eyes, adorned with a scrolling dot matrix-style display and a single button. It checks your temperature. Then it tells your phone your temperature, and […]... →

Although virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have existed in some form for decades, only recently have they garnered mainstream attention. VR is blowing up right now, and its content and hardware advances have been exciting to watch. VR will gain ascendancy throughout 2016, but my money’s on AR becoming the dominant technology in our daily lives. Read More... →

Posted by randfishIt's that magical time where, once again, I examine my predictions for the year that's just ended, and make new ones for the one ahead. As is my personal tradition, I'm going to first look at the accuracy of what I've suggested would happen in 2015. Based on how I've done, you can get a sense of how seriously to take my ideas for the future. But, if you'd prefer, you can just skip right to the 2016 predictions. For posterity, here's my post from January 6, 2015, but I won't make you go thr... →

Netatmo just announced the Netatmo Presence, a new smart outdoor security camera packed with actually useful features. In particular, this camera can detect if there’s a car in your driveway, a person waiting outside or a pet running around your garden. Read More... →

You may know Withings for its beautiful smart watches, but the company has had a long history of health tracking devices. The $100 Withings Thermo is keeping up with this trend. It’s a smart temporal artery thermometer, and arguably the best thermometer you can get today. Read More... →

Netatmo has revealed the Presence, a smart outdoor security camera that will send you an alert if someone is loitering around your house, if a pet is in the yard, or if a car enters your driveway. The product is one more piece of the smart home, which is expected to become a $71 billion […]... →

Parrot is probably best known for its drones, but the company actually offers a wide range of products that also includes headphones and in-car infotainment technology. Last year at CES, Parrot first showed its robotic plant pot. At the time, that was just a prototype, but now the company is ready to launch this new product line in the first quarter of 2016. Read More... →

Worldwide growth of tech goods is slowing in 2016, thanks in no small part to a slowdown in China. That’s the forecast from a key research analyst in advance of the 2016 International CES. In 2016, global tech spending will be $950 billion, down 2 percent from a year ago, thanks to the strong dollar […]... →