Source: BBC Technology News Date: March 17th, 2023 Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63595481 Discussion
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Is your supermarket ‘climate-friendly’? Here’s how to tell
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Date: January 27th, 2023 Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-grocery-store-refrigerants-1.6727066 Discussion
23 BEST Things I saw in Vegas at CES 2023!
Source: Smart Home Solver Date: January 27th, 2023 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAJ1LCO4cV4 (15 minute video) Discussion
EU Parliament approves common charging cable from 2024
Source: BBC Technology News Date: October 4th, 2022 Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63132831 Discussion Apple says of this new law: “”Strict regulation mandating just one type of connector stifles innovation rather than encouraging it, which in turn will harm consumers in Europe and around the world” In what way does requiring a phone or tablet to use a… Read more »
Japan’s push into ‘deep tech’ innovation
Source: BBC Technology News Date: September 30th, 2022 Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62719774 Discussion “deep tech…are small firms who are merging high-tech engineering innovation with scientific discovery. The hope is that it will lead to the development of transformational products.” What other types of “deep tech” are around right now? One of the best ways to find out… Read more »
Tiger Woods & Rory McIlroy launch ‘high-tech golf league’ aimed at younger fans
Source: BBC Sports news Date: September 1st, 2022 Link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/62665874 What do you think “a data-rich, virtual course” in a stadium setting will look like, and what sort of “data” will likely be provided? Are there other sports that might be able to copy this approach using this sort of technology?
Bionic eyes: Obsolete tech leaves patients in the dark
Hundreds of people who had retinal implants to improve their sight face an uncertain future as the technology they rely on is now obsolete. Second Sight stopped making its Argus II bionic eyes several years ago to focus on a brain implant instead. According to IEEE Spectrum, which broke the story, it is now hoping to… Read more »
Why can’t we make good quality Zoom calls or easily program our smart TVs? Because big tech is fixated on novelty
Two years into a pandemic, with a new variant whittling away what little hope anyone had left, and it’s hard to find reason for cheer, even in December. Still, we can at least find solace in how good Zoom calls are. Right? Forgive me: I shouldn’t poke at a sore spot. But as a COVID-weary… Read more »
Can technology help authors write a book?
Celebrated American author Mark Twain was very dismissive of people who think it is possible for someone to learn how to write a novel. “A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a novel,” he said. “He has no clear idea of… Read more »
How hologram tech may soon replace video calls
When Swiss watch boss, Christoph Grainger-Herr, was unable to fly to a global trade show in China because of Covid-19 restrictions, he decided to beam in Star Trek-style instead. Mr Grainger-Herr, the chief executive of luxury brand IWC, had been due to travel to the Watches and Wonders event in Shanghai back in April. When… Read more »
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