When Mark Zuckerberg built the first version of Facebook in his college dorm room at Harvard, he imagined it as a window that would allow people to look in on the lives of other users. If Google was a search engine for information then Facebook, by contrast, was a search engine for people. Fifteen [...]
So you’ve chosen everything that gives you joy and now you have all those bags of tech, clothing, books, and other stuff that you need to get rid of. Where do you go from here? First, keep in mind that just dumping it isn’t an option. Reusing and recycling old and unneeded stuff has become an [...]
Just in time to ride Super Bowl buzz, Carbon today announced that it’s teaming up with sports equipment giant Riddell to 3D print customized football helmet padding. Referred to as “Diamond technology,” the collaboration creates lattice design pads of resin that are custom built to a [...]
Who wouldn’t want their own personal desktop robot arm to do everything from laser engraving to competing against you in a game of chess? That’s what Hexbot, a new Kickstarter project from Chinese robotics firm Hexbot Robotics, promises to deliver. Boasting a modular design, the robot arm [...]
Are you a parent or teacher investigating robot kits for children? If do, you likely don’t want a simple solution with a single purpose — you want the child to experience science, technology, engineering, and math? We get it. You want a kit that teaches all four categories, from piecing [...]
Imagine a future where you are never truly alone. Even when your spouse is on a business trip or your children are away at summer camp, you will always have someone (or something) to talk to. In the morning, you could ask the microwave to heat up a bowl of oatmeal. In your car, you could tell your [...]
Every January, more than 150,000 people make a pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the annual event known as CES. Organized by the Consumer Technology Association, CES is one of the world’s largest technology trade shows. It’s an exhilarating and nauseating display of gadgetry, a kaleidoscope eye [...]
CHROMECAST AUDIO ($35) Do you have an older stereo that isn’t compatible with all this newfangled streaming tech? Are you fed up with leaving your phone tethered to an auxiliary port? Not to worry — Chromecast Audio is here to save the day. Just plug it into the aforementioned auxiliary port on [...]
On Cyber Monday, Amazon had one deal for its customers that was a little unexpected. The company just announced that it has made available, for free, the same machine learning courses that it uses to train its own engineers. It’s a lot of information to digest — from a programming [...]
At its Max conference in Los Angeles, Adobe today announced a number of new products in its Creative Cloud suite. Among those is Project Aero, a new tool that allows for building new AR experiences, and Project Gemini for painting and drawing on the iPad. The ‘Project’ moniker is Adobe’s way [...]