Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Wanna See a Fighter Jet Fly Through a Rainbow? Of Course You Do

A British photographer captured the moment a Tornado GR4 soared through a radiant band of ROYGBIV.
Source: Wired

All-wheel drive vs. four-wheel drive: What's the difference? – Roadshow

Cooley takes a crack at autodom’s greatest semantic morass.
Source: CNET

Garmin ViÌ�voactive 3 Release Date, Price and Specs – CNET

The third generation of Garmin’s ViÌ�voactive moves to a circular design and has more robust smartwatch capabilities, including Garmin Pay.
Source: CNET

Same-day delivery startup Deliv expands to 1,400 cities, rivalling Amazon’s Prime Now

 As Amazon continues to expand its retail muscle beyond its own e-commerce portal, there’s been some activity among startups and businesses hoping to develop systems that can help others compete better with it. Deliv, a “crowdsourced” same-day delivery startup that currently partners with some 4,000 retailers to help them offer same-day delivery services to rival those of… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Sony’s Xperia XZ1 will ship with Android Oreo and a camera that doubles as a 3D scanner

 It’s hard to shake the feeling that Sony’s Xperia line exists primarily as a method for getting its camera technology out in the world. It’s not that they’re not solid phones, it’s just the company doesn’t seem particularly concerned with selling a lot of them, or doing much innovating outside of the imaging side of things. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Building health AIs should be UK ambition, says strategy review

 A wide-ranging, UK government-commissioned industrial strategy review of the life sciences sector, conducted by Oxford University’s Sir John Bell, has underlined the value locked up in publicly-funded data held by the country’s National Health Service — and called for a new regulatory framework to be established in order to “capture for the UK the value in algorithms… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Garmin debuts three new wearables and a mobile payment solution

 Garmin has three new wearable devices it’s debuting at IFA 2017, including the vivosport GPS-enabled activity tracker, the vivomove HR hybrid touchscreen smartwatch and the vivoactive 3, a smartwatch with Garmin Pay, which supports Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards to enable mobile payments on the go. The Garmin vivoactive 3 includes GPS, a heartrate monitor, and battery life of… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

With Harvey, Addicks and Barker Dams Face a Perfect Storm

If Harvey was the worst storm engineers could imagine, what happens when the next one is even worse?
Source: Wired

Video Visits Could Improve Inmates’ Lives—if They Weren’t Such a Ripoff

New research finds video visits in prisons increase the number of in-person visits inmates receive, but high costs and low quality prevent many from using the service.
Source: Wired

This Month's Best Gear: Phones, Robots, and Watches

Our favorite products from August, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Fitbit Ionic, and Essential 360 Camera.
Source: Wired