Scientists are set to engage in a frivolous race of single-molecule “nanocars” on, if you can believe it, a solid gold track. It’s the boldest show of academic elitism and greatest waste of taxpayer dollars since the duck penis thing. Oh wait, it’s actually the greatest thing of all time. Read MoreDaily Archives: April 19, 2017
Scientists are set to engage in a frivolous race of single-molecule “nanocars” on, if you can believe it, a solid gold track. It’s the boldest show of academic elitism and greatest waste of taxpayer dollars since the duck penis thing. Oh wait, it’s actually the greatest thing of all time. Read More
Today’s Stories
Juicero users find that man trumps machine
Facebook will license its new 360 cameras that capture in six degrees of freedom
Spotify’s half-priced student pricing expands worldwide
Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do
Planned Parenthood enrolls in 500 Startups’ seed program
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Facebook will assemble an independent Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) panel to oversee its development of a direct brain-to-computer typing interface it previewed today at its F8 conference. Facebook’s R&D department Building 8’s head Regina Dugan tells TechCrunch, “It’s early days . . . we’re in the process of forming it right now.” Read MoreFacebook plans ethics board to monitor its brain-computer interface work
Facebook has been putting lots of resources into improving internet connectivity in rural areas. That may seem like a distraction for the social networking giant, but Facebook takes its mission to connect people pretty literally. To do so, it’s taking a building-block approach that involves many projects that all attempt to solve different issues of this larger technology challenge. Read MoreTalking fiber, drones and open-source hardware with Facebookâs Yael Maguire
More and more devices, from smart dash cams to head-up displays to Bluetooth-enabled diagnostics dongles, are looking to tap your car’s built-in diagnostic (or OBD-II) port for power and data. The problem: this port… really wasn’t built to be used like that. Read MoreThat fancy smart gadget you put in your car could ...
Keeping a forest healthy often means deciding what to do tree by tree and acre by acre. That’s easy enough with a square mile of it, but what about a thousand? The Nature Conservancy is working on tools that will make it easy for park services, fire control, and conservationists to keep entire forests alive, thriving and — you know, not on fire. Read MoreNature Conservancy gives forest management a digital makeover
Twitter is considering localizing the storage of some of its Russian users’ personal data in order to comply with data localization laws, TechCrunch has learned. Read MoreTwitter is reviewing whether to store some user data in ...
Today Facebook revealed its has a team of 60 engineers working on building a brain-computer interface that will let you type with just your mind without invasive impants.
Eventually, brain-computer interfaces could let people control augmented reality and virtual reality expereinces with their mind instead of a screen or controller. Facebook’s CEO and CTO teased these details of this… Read MoreFacebook is building a brain-computer interface for typing
Since its launch in 2013, Figure 1, a photo- and knowledge-sharing app for medical professionals, has focused on “traction” that is winning over new users and keeping them around. The app now boasts registered users in 190 countries, with three-quarters of U.S. med students using Figure 1. Today, the Toronto- and New York-based startup revealed how it has begun to generate revenue. Read MoreFigure 1, a knowledge-sharing app for doctors, launches sponsored content
The Giroptic iO 360 camera was just given out to four thousand attendees at Facebook F8. A flood of spherical selfies will soon hit the web.