Consumer & Gadgets
Amazon's voice assistant Alexa to start seeking doctor help
If there is no doctor in the house, Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to summon one.This post was originally published on this site
Month: February 2022
Consumer & Gadgets
Families count the costs as big tech fails to offer cheap phone, laptop and fridge repairs
Each year 50 million tons of electronic and electrical waste is produced globally. A big part of this waste results from “product obsolescence”—the term used for phones, computers, fridges and other goods becoming unusable because […]
Consumer & Gadgets
Flying joysticks for better immersion in virtual reality
To interact with elements in the virtual world, common VR headsets usually come with controllers. Users hold these in their hands as they interact with all elements of the virtual user interface. However, the controllers […]
Consumer & Gadgets
End of 3G service: AT&T will shut down its 3G network Feb. 22. How will it affect you?
AT&T is about to take the first step toward the end of 3G service.This post was originally published on this site
Consumer & Gadgets
Apple-backed Kickstroid app gives sneakerheads the lowdown on those rare LeBron James kicks
Around this time two years ago, David Alston was running around the frigid streets of Chicago attending sneaker release pop-up parties during NBA All-Star Game weekend, trying to get some exposure for his upstart app, […]
Consumer & Gadgets
China strives to flex its tech innovations to worldwide audience at Olympics
An automated basket tips frozen wonton into boiling water. Within minutes, the dough-wrapped bits of pork are cooked, deposited into a black plastic bowl and transported onto a conveyer belt, untouched by human hands. Pink […]
Mathematics
More accurately capturing data on crime using surveys
As part of the ESRC research grant Recounting Crime, Alexandru Cernat, David Buil-Gil, Ian Brunton-Smith, Jose Pina-Sánchez, and Marta Murrià-Sangenís have published a new article in the journal Crime & Delinquency.This post was originally published […]
Mathematics
Spatial training of youth with blocks and puzzles could unlock the UK's mathematical potential
A sustained focus on spatial reasoning training could turn the UK into a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) powerhouse by improving young people’s mathematics skills, according to new research from the University of Surrey.This […]
Mathematics
New discovery may revolutionize decades-old understanding of integrable hierarchies
Processes in nature can often be described by equations. In many non-trivial cases, it is impossible to find the exact solutions to these equations. However, some equations are much simpler to deal with because of […]
Consumer & Gadgets
Money can’t buy me love: what Valentine’s Day means for retailers
Love is big business. In the UK alone last year, total retail spending on Valentine’s Day was estimated at £980m on cards, gifts, flowers, food and drink. We’ve come a long way from Lupercalia, the fertility festival of ancient […]