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12/15/2023
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By Belle Carter
Chilling report: Smart toys pose privacy risk to children and families
The 2023 “Trouble in Toyland” report, which focuses on safety hazards in traditional children’s toys and is annually produced by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), emphasized warning parents of new threats on smart toys that pose a privacy risk to children and families. According to the 38th yearly report, toys with microphones, cameras […]
02/06/2023
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By Belle Carter
DEAD RISING: AI-powered ChatGPT to connect the living and the dead
Artur Sychov, founder and CEO of Somnium Space, has claimed that an artificial intelligence chatbot will soon allow the living to converse with people who already died. Somnium Space is a virtual reality world and open-source platform where players can buy land, build, explore and trade. In an interview with Motherboard, Sychov said a user […]
10/27/2022
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By Mary Villareal
Mission failed: Microsoft’s Army goggles can cause mission-affecting physical impairments
American soldiers who used Microsoft goggles in a field test have suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments,” including headaches, eyestrain and nausea. This was according to a summary of the exercise compiled by the testing office at Pentagon. The googles used what is called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), which allows soldiers to see through smoke and around […]
09/09/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Crime scenes will be scanned and modeled in 3D to create interactive virtual crime scenes “within minutes”
The 2014 remake of Robocop showed the titular protagonist getting security camera footage of the car bomb that maimed him and turning it into a computer model. An Israeli company developed the real-life version of that technology, allowing police to create 3D models of a crash or crime scene within minutes. Called 3D-Hawk, the tool […]
11/16/2018
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By Mary Miller
Virtual dog could soon be used as an educational tool to prevent dog bites
There is a reason why dogs make such good guards. As natural carnivores, their jaws are capable of exerting immense pressure on anything they bite. Even friendly dogs have been known to bite small children who don’t know how to properly handle them. Thankfully, new developments in technology may help teach people how to prevent dog […]
07/29/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Next-gen contact lenses designed to be “wearable holograms”
In the near future, contact lens might become self-powered wearable tools that can diagnose your health based on your tears. That is because U.K. researchers have found a way to print nanostructure “holograms” on their surface that turns the lenses into “smart” electronics, an article from Nano Werks states. Human tears contain biomarkers that provide data […]
06/06/2018
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By David Williams
New bizarre ChameleonMask device allows you to send someone to an event in your place – wearing your face
When science fiction stories of the past first brought up the idea of being able to “upload” your consciousness into a separate, fully remote body, they usually meant something a little less organic than the human body. However, one Japanese firm has gone ahead with the rather bizarre idea of letting people use other actual […]
02/11/2018
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By Rhonda Johansson
Newly created “e-skin” allows you to manipulate virtual objects without seeing or touching them
German and Austrian researchers have developed the smallest form of electronic skin to date. The e-skin device is about three micrometers thick, making it thinner than an average piece of human hair. The technology adds to the ever-growing industry of electronic devices set to merge robotics with humans. This new e-skin device can be placed […]
01/31/2018
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By David Williams
Smart contact lenses could serve as window to the future and offer Augmented Reality applications
If you thought that the pinnacle of contact lens technology has already been reached, think again. A group of researchers from South Korea has now shown — through a new paper published recently in the journal Science Advances— that it may be possible to bestow simple augmented reality (AR) functionality and other neat little tricks […]
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