In this world of smart gadgets, you can get a message on your cellphone, your laptop, your tablet, or even your watch. Instead of hopping on a call or seeking out a news story, everything conveniently comes to you. But, what about consumers who are visually impaired? A South Korean company called Dot has reinvented tactile communication with the world's very first Braille smart watch.
Like other wearable devices, their new smart watch includes...
Sunday, 9 April 2017
One day in January 2016, the U.S. Air Force decommissioned a single satellite and accidentally uploaded an incorrect time to the clocks aboard 15 others in the process. The time difference was tiny -- only 13 millionths of a second -- but the results were significant. Police, fire, and EMS radio equipment in some parts of North America stopped functioning for more than 12 hours, and BBC digital radio went out for two days in several areas....
Wi-Fi has revolutionized the experience of connecting online, but it has already been one-upped. The radiowave technology may be soon replaced with Li-Fi, the wireless internet alternative that is 100 times faster than the Wi-Fi we use today. The secret behind Li-Fi, which was invented in 2011 by Harald Haas from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, is that it uses light rather than radiowaves to transfer internet data, and the frequency...
IBM Watson is more than just a computer -- it's a supercomputer. More specifically, Watson is a supercomputer designed to process information more like a human than a computer. Watson was named after IBM's first CEO and industrialist, Thomas J. Watson. Originally, the supercomputer was developed to compete on "Jeopardy!" against human opponents. It did just that in 2001, edging out former winners Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter to win the $1 million...