Smart materials designer Madison Maxey has created a Textile Touchpad that looks a bit like a tablecloth, but is, in fact, a giant touch-sensitive surface. And you can create one of your own.
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Jupiter’s atmosphere defies all scientific expectations. The post Jupiter’s Super-Weird Atmosphere Is Astonishing Scientists appeared first on WIRED.
Source: Wired
Apple and Microsoft each tout their tablets as “professional,” but only one can reign supreme. We get out the measuring sticks and compare the new Surface Pro with the iPad Pro to see who comes out victorious.
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One of the problems publishers face today in making their content more readable on mobile devices is that there are multiple, competing formats available for this purpose. Facebook has Instant Articles, Google is spearheading the AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) project, and the Apple News Format optimizes content for iOS devices. Facebook is today taking a crack at a solution to this problem… Read More
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Mogees, the London startup behind the Mogees Pro and Mogees Play contact microphone and machine learning-based music and gaming devices, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding — capital it plans to use to embed its “gestural recognition tech” into new devices and applications. Read More
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Talk about the ultimate mobile movie theater. And the price drops even further if you’re an Ebates user. Plus: A rare deal on PlayStation VR!
Source: CNET
Coming this fall, the Belkin WeMo Bridge will plug into your router and let you control all of your switches and plugs using Siri voice commands.
Source: CNET
Bike sharing has taken a turn in the U.S., following trends in China. The new mode is “dockless,” where companies distribute bikes around a city or campus to be rented per trip instead of dispensing them from one station. The bikes are tracked via GPS, and can be located by users, paid for and unlocked using their smartphones. Best of all, whenever riders are done with one of… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
What did movie critics make of the first Star Wars? As the sci-fi franchise turns 40, we revisit the reviews.
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A group of security researchers present the most systematic analysis yet showing Russian hackers mix fakes in with their hacked revelations. The post Russian Hackers Are Using ‘Tainted’ Leaks To Sow Disinformation appeared first on WIRED.
Source: Wired