Tag: Tech Innovations

The new Mojave version of the Apple MacOS operating system is available

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Available now, the new version of the operating system for Apple computers, “MacOS 10.14” or “Mojave”, as it has become more widely known. The “Mojave” version brings to “Mac” users a number of features that were long awaited. These include the option “Dark Mode”. The “MacOS 10.14” will also allow users to alternate between “windows” and “backgrounds” that is in “Dark Mode” but “light” text. A new feature is also the “Stacks”, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Firefox browser enters the Virtual Reality era

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Firefox browser shows the tools it will use to enter into the era of Virtual Reality, as is the so-called Firefox Reality browser. “Firefox Reality browser” can work in “virtual” and “augmented“ reality hardware, supporting “voice navigation features”. With the help of the “Firefox Reality browser”, one can see in other “interface” the classic content we encounter on the “World Wide Web”, as well as the content created Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Even “smarter” speakers and home appliances with “intelligence” from Amazon

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The new, even more “intelligent” speaker Echo, with the voice of “Alexa”, presented by Amazon, and other devices with “intelligence”, such as the first “smart” microwave and more “gadgets”, in an effort to keep in the forefront in this area compared to competitors “Apple” and “Google”. All devices are controlled by the voice of the embedded personal digital assistant “Alexa”.  The objective of Amazon is -as the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Microsoft brings Skype to digital assistant Alexa

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It only took a few days since the launch of Amazon ‘s new “Alexa” devices and Microsoft has rushed to announce the full integration of “Skype” into them. More specifically, according to a company blogpost, it became known that the “Skype” application will be available for Amazon products with built-in “Alexa” Digital Assistant for making voice calls and video calls. Obviously, the integration of Skype will be entirely voice-based, that is, the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Soft, “smart” exoskeleton tailored to the needs of the user

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Exoskeletons are one of the sectors that are of great interest to the industry, as well as other areas, as they are offered for use-by workers in factories, soldiers, elderly people, etc. In this context, there are many players in the industry; including Connor Walsh ‘s team at the “Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering” Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Twitter changes: Returns a function that users “required” to have again

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The moment Twitter users waited arrived: The chronological order of the posts on the home page came back! The company decided to remove this feature in 2016 by replacing it with an algorithmic selection of posts that the system believed to be the “best tweet“, judging from your interactions on the platform. A result Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Elon Musk: The innovative product that will connect the brain to the computer

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Elon Musk may have talked at times about the plans to construct a car battery that can supply the entire house and cheap trips to Mars, but is also a leader in technological innovation. So now that science evolves to such a degree, even our most incredible fantasies could become reality. One Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Xbox Skill brings Cortana and Alexa to the Microsoft console

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“Xbox Skill” allows owners of Microsoft’s console to give voice commands with the assistance of appropriate digital assistants. With “Xbox Skill”, one can instruct “Xbox One” to start a recording for the “Mixer”, to activate “start” or “pause” mode, while all devices incorporating Amazon’s “Alexa” Digital Assistant will be able to handle the Microsoft console through voice Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Flying robot mimics the way insects fly

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Inspired by some species of insects is a flying robot developed by researchers of the “Micro Air Vehicle Laboratory” of “TU Delft” in the Netherlands. According to its creators, experiments with the first autonomous, free-flight and fast-blowing robot wings – carried out in collaboration with “Wageningen University & Research”– have greatly improved the level of knowledge Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Apple is working on a specific technological tool for the police

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A special technological tool by the end of the year seems Apple to plan for the police. More specifically, according to “Reuters”, and as reported by “reporter.com”, it is a tool whereby an Apple team can respond to the police whether or not they can use data related to “iPhone” users. Apple may also provide Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

New version of the PayPal mobile app

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The new version of its application for mobile devices was presented by PayPal. In order to facilitate the use of the app, the new version emphasizes the features most commonly used by customers. As noted in a company’s announcement, among other things, the following are included:   Optimized application design to make it easier for customers Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

An artificial intelligence system detects obesity from… space!

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Does Nea Smyrni or neighboring Kallithea have the most obese? One could try to answer this question by analyzing recorded statistics. Or it could do something more original: put an artificial intelligence system to analyze satellite images of Google Maps. This is what the US scientists have imagined, opening a new way, far cheaper than on-site Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Some things you can do on Google and you do not know them

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For everything you use google, from fun to research, even to find -literally- your way with Google Maps. But there are some tricks and little secrets you might not know. Here are some of them: You can turn the screen 360 degrees You just need to write “do a barrel roll” on the search bar and press enter: Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

“Art Selfie”: A new Google app “finds” your “double” in artworks

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Google announced that makes available worldwide the new application “Art Selfie”, which analyzes the user’s ‘selfie’ photos and discovers their doubles by searching in thousands of artworks in the collections of museums around the world. The “Art Selfie” app is based on visual computing technology and machine learning. By taking a “selfie”, the user’s photo is Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

MagicScroll: The first tablet-roll that resembles papyrus! (Video)

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Researchers in the UK have created MagicScroll, the first touch-screen tablet computer, folding like a roll, reminiscent of an ancient papyrus (hence its name). The new invention is pushing even more beyond the boundaries of flexible device technology, opening up a new range of capabilities. The device, creation of mechanics from the University of Queen’s, has a 7.5-inch flexible display Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Video: This robot has the most expressive and realistic eyes you’ve seen in… robots!

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The eyes always tell the truth and by looking at someone in the eyes you can understand a lot about his personality and his psychology, or so it is called more or less. At the same time, their eyes and movements are one of the most difficult obstacles in Robotics and 3D Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …