Daydreaming May Be Sign of Intelligence
New research suggests that daydreaming, or being off in your own little world, may not be an example of inattentiveness or disrespect, rather a sign of enhanced intellectual capacity. …
What Are Google Pixel Buds?
The Headphones Can Translate 40 Languages In Real Time!
On Wednesday, Oct. 4, Google’s 2017 launch event introduced a whole slew of new products — but that one that’s undoubtedly making the most waves are the Google Pixel Buds headphones, which are capable of translating 40 different languages directly into your earholes. Everyone is making the exact same joke about it, so you’ll forgive me if I do as well… but you guys. This means that Douglas Adams’ Babel fish is finally real. And you don’t even have to jam an actual fish into your ear to use it! …
Why Don’t We Have Princess Leia Holograms Yet?
It’s one of the most iconic scenes in all of science fiction: In the original Star Wars, the droid R2-D2 projects a 3-D image onto a tabletop. Princess Leia, projected as a tiny hologram, desperately asks the semi-retired Jedi master Ben Kenobi for assistance: “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.” …
New app locks your kid’s phone until they reply to your texts
It can be frustrating to send a text and not get a reply, especially for parents trying to reach their kids. …
Techrens Alert – part 5
We are making good progress, so for this step will will send a text message with the information we have. …
You’ll need to sell a kidney for Intel’s new 28-core Xeon CPU
PC hardware is rarely on the cheap side, but be thankful you don’t have to shell out for the uber-expensive new Platinum Skylake-SP CPUs. …
Raspberry Pi, a cyber ‘immune system’ and real-time radiotherapy vie for top engineering prize
Three of the UK’s most exciting engineering projects have been shortlisted for the coveted MacRobert Award. …
Techrens Alert – part 4
So we are making good progress with the application. Now that we are able to get the location to display on the map, we now need to get a normal address for those coordinates.
FCC Officially Votes to Gut Net Neutrality Rules
As expected, the FCC today voted to move ahead with a plan that would dismantle net neutrality rules put in place by the previous administration. …
Techrens Alert – part 3
So now we move on to the next stage of this project. So what we have now is the longitude and latitude of our current location we need to be able to view it in a read able format. …