As EasyJet looks to find the next big thing in travel technology, the company has made a “multimillion pound” investment into a start-up accelerator and incubator created by the founders of Lastminute.com. Alongside Founders Factory, an accelerator and incubator created by Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, the five-year deal will see the U.K. airline…
The bike sports a neat, sleek yet rugged design. The way BMW has designed the bike without an ever present instrument panel is intriguing as is intelligent. While autonomous self-driving cars are likely to be the future of public transport, for those who prefer to add more oomph to their means of transportation, BMW’s…
Germany isn’t the only one who has come down auto manufacturers who use the word ‘Autopilot’ or its equivalent or one(s) with similar meaning, including but not limited to “self-driving” or “autonomous” in advertisements. A draft regulation by California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has also taken a similar view. A couple of days ago, Germany’s…
Security by obscurity is outdated. Not only can this under reporting be exploited by organized crime groups but the health of companies are at risk since stakeholders are not in the know of the impact of the cyberattacks. British banks are not reporting the full extent of cyber attacks from hackers in fear of punishment…
Two students from Columbia University have come up with a simple and elegant solution to stop the spread of epidemic diseases in their tracks. It turns out a blue dye can save lives. If you, your friend or a member of your family is at the hospital with a dangerous bedfellow like Ebola, do keep…
UK customers aren’t so lucky. They will have to contact the retailer from whom they bought the phone. The Royal Mail had banned the parceling of the device entirely. When returning your Galaxy Note 7 in a store make sure to ask for Samsung’s fire-proof box to pack it in. U.S. couriers, including UPS and…
Although the results of their paper, published in Nature is promising, the researchers are yet to publish any test result on actual computer memory cells. Although the premise is very promising, it will take some more time to be operational in our computers. While CPUs and GPUs speeds have increased considerably, one area in personal…
The former director of the Center for Advanced Batteries at the Korea Electronics Technology Institute, has said “I think there was nothing wrong with them (batteries) or that they were not the main problem.” Although Samsung has stopped the manufacture of its Galaxy Note 7, the more important question of how and why the phones…
When an all-meat based company invests in a plant-based alternative, it sure is a head turner. Although Tyson Foods, known for its beef, pork and chicken nuggets, has been all about meet, the fact that it invested monies in a competitor, to own 5% of Beyond Meat, is telling. Beyond Meat is a California-based company…
Not only is the Arlos Pro wireless, it has an ultra-wide coverage, is weatherproof, has infrared motion sensors, connects to Apple TV, has a built-in two-way radio, and is scheduled for an update which will give it machine learning capabilities. The only thing it doesn’t do is shoo-off aliens. The home security camera market is…
