Research links Facebook’s extended use with … misery

American scientific research has managed to link Facebook’s extensive use with … misery. In particular, Holly B. Shakya of the University of California, and Nicholas A. Christakis of Yale, have been able to prove what previous investigations have failed to do. The studies so far have managed to partially link Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Garmin Speak combines the features of navigator and digital assistant

© Provided by: pestaola.gr Garmin, a company well-known for the navigation solutions it has presented from time to time, attempts to re-change the rules of this market by introducing Garmin Speak. It is essentially a navigation device in which the large touchscreen for input and display of data is replaced Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

PostBOT: Robots for postmen

© naftemporiki.gr PostBOT: Robots for postmen The city of Bad Herzfeld was selected by Deutsche Post as a robot test site designed to accompany postmen on their routes, transporting package loads for delivery. Residents of two areas of the city will soon see the self-propelled Electric PostBOT accompany the postmen. Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Digital “city of the future” in Canada by Alphabet

© naftemporiki.gr Digital “city of the future” in Canada by Alphabet A digital “city of the future” is to build in Toronto, Canada, the Sidewalk Labs, which is part of the Alphabet – the umbrella company that Google also belongs to. The goal is to transform a waterfront area into Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Shopping List? Never again! Came out, the refrigerator that sends “selfies”

© Provided by: PROTO THEMA S.A. Shopping List? Never again! Came out, the refrigerator that sends “selfies” At a time when everything is changing and technology is evolving, a new trend, apparently, is going to be part of our everyday life. The new high-tech refrigerator models will be equipped with Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Vulnerable to hackers all Wi-Fi’s

Wireless connections for home and business Wi-Fi networks around the world are exposed to violations by hackers, because of a security vacuum, with the name ‘Crack’ (Krack), which was just discovered by Belgian specialists, who “broke” protection protocol WPA2. Experts believe that most of the connections using  widespread WPA2’s security Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Microsoft ends Groove for Spotify’s sake

© Provided by: pestaola.gr Microsoft has decided to stop its music streaming service and intensify its collaboration with Spotify. It is true that Microsoft’s Groove Music has never been successful and can compete with other music and streaming services, so Microsoft’s decision to stop it is not a big surprise. Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

“Smart” pedestrian crossing: Understands the danger to pedestrians and reacts accordingly

© naftemporiki.gr “Smart” pedestrian crossing: Understands the danger to pedestrians and reacts accordingly The unveiling of the “pedestrian crossing of the future”, which is capable of adapting and reacting quickly to large numbers of pedestrians and dangerous situations, was made in London. As the BBC says, this prototype uses built-in Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Flexible new transistor for high performance electronics

© naftemporiki.gr “This industry standard is very good,” said Zenchiang (Jack) Ma, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University. “Now we can do the same thing as our transistor …” Engineering team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has created the most cost-effective transistor in the world – Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Any object can be turned into a remote control!

© www.cnn.gr Tech The end in the quest for the remote control of television, which everyone is constantly losing is here. After the gestures and body movements that can interact with a screen, a new even more revolutionary technology turns any object, such as an ashtray or a cup, into Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Drone “reads” from a distance the heartbeat and the rate of breath

© naftemporiki.gr Drone “reads” from a distance the heartbeat and the rate of breath Researchers at the University of South Australia have developed drones that are capable of measuring heart rate and rhythm of breathing remotely. As the BBC says, image processing / analysis systems, coupled with specialized algorithms, allow Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Computer “recognizes” beauty through the “Golden Section” of the ancient Greeks

© naftemporiki.gr As Reuters reports, this is a work by Julian da Silva, a plastic surgeon in London, using the “Golden Section” (1.618 – represented by the letter “φ”) of the ancient Greeks. They say beauty is subjective, however, perhaps a new computer-based face-mapping technique -based on an ancient Greek Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Apple removes the Bing search engine from its devices

© Provided by: pestaola.gr Apple chooses Google’s search engine against Microsoft for its iOS and MacOS devices. At the same time, Siri will no longer cooperate with Microsoft’s Bing search engine, according to Apple. Google is the main mechanism for online searches on Apple devices. Apple’s move, according to TechCrunch, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

A Greek engineer at MIT has developed a method that predicts extreme events

© www.cnn.gr Tech A new computer algorithm that helps predict extreme events of land, sea, and air, has been developed by a Greek researcher at the US MIT University. Many extreme events seem to happen without warning, whether it be a monster wave that from nowhere appears in the ocean Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

August’s smart lock understands when the door is open

© Provided by: pestaola.gr August’s proposal in the category of smart locks uses Doorsense technology that brings a small revolution to the smart home. More specifically, August introduced two new smart locks –August Smart Lock Pro and August Smart Lock– which are equipped with Doorsense technology, which offers quite clever Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Seven digital “sins” to be avoided!

© Provided by: pestaola.gr Digital technology is gaining more significance in our lives, making the personal data of a user as important as the material goods it holds. At the same time, it makes them equally vulnerable in terms of attacks, with criminals flooding beyond the real world, and cyberspace. Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …