Glasses have a habit of not staying put. They slide down your nose, and you have to push them back, then they slide back down again—it’s an unending game of cat-and-mouse that gets even worse if you’re doing anything remotely active, like running. A new…
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Right now, staring at the walls is synonymous with boredom, but what if technology could transform them into more than just load-bearing structures?A patent awarded to Google on April 21 suggests that day is coming. The search-engine giant has outlined a projection system that can…
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It’s something we’ve all felt. The low, sinking kick in the metaphorical groin when you’ve read some asshole’s tweet or post, expounding on some previously unknown spoiler. But maybe, social media doesn’t need to be such a minefield of potential despair. Baik, it seems Google…
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Do you like your robots subservient and complimentary, atau fasih dan sedikit nakal? A patent that has just been awarded to Google suggests that either could be possible and that we could potentially download different personality types from the cloud. Faktanya, jika…
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Much of today’s wearable gadgetry is designed to track activity and movement for fitness purposes. Berikut ide yang lebih asing, courtesy of a new patent awarded to Google on Feb. 10: A movement-tracker that activates a web-connected air freshener to emit a fragrance to mask any offending…
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