This hospital is using Microsoft video chat to protect doctors fighting coronavirus
StandardVideo chat has changed the way we work during the pandemic. It’s changing medicine too.
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Microsoft’s new Xbox Adaptive Controller puts disabled players back in the game
StandardThe $100 Xbox Adaptive Controller lets you plug in the gadgets you need. It’s all about accessibility.
Chicago maps its underground maze
StandardThe Windy City‘s smart city efforts include scanning its vast network of pipes. Mayor Rahm Emanuel sees an opportunity to focus on the future.
Can tech help Alzheimer’s sufferers?
StandardFrom CNET Magazine: Brain-training apps might one day help the millions of Americans living with Alzheimer’s.
It’s 2014. Why is my battery stuck in the ’90s?
StandardThe devices we all rely on continue to evolve radically. So why has the battery industry failed? Here’s how you can take charge.
Driverless Cars Move Closer to Reality
StandardDriverless cars are no longer the domain of science fiction.
Take Zap! Tech Geeks, Starved for More Battery Power, Give Themselves a Charge
StandardAny geek can tell you that battery life hasn’t kept up with gadget innovations. But not to worry: Inventors are figuring out how to turn geeks into batteries.
While most gadget lovers hunt for empty wall sockets to charge their devices, Kevin Bartholomew just plugs his cellphone into his hip. That is where he keeps a nine-inch device looped around his belt that converts the kinetic energy of his motion into enough power to keep his devices running.
Mr. Bartholomew’s tube-shaped personal energy generator, called the nPower PEG, can turn 15 minutes of walking into a minute of phone talk time.
NASA lands cosmic first with ‘tweets’ from Mars
StandardSAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – If the Phoenix Lander comes back to life on Mars, Twitter users could be among the first to know.
NASA gave the historic Space Age mission an Internet Age spin by adding a Twitter page, enabling the robotic interplanetary explorer to answer the hot micro-blogging website’s trademark query: “What are you doing?”
Skepticism as US hunters claim ‘Bigfoot’ find
StandardPALO ALTO, California (AFP) — Two US men on Friday claimed to have found the body of “Bigfoot,” the legendary ape-like creature that has been the subject of decades of hoaxes and dubious sightings.