Moon-Landing Equivalent for Robots: Assembling an IKEA Chair
Robots are poor at many activities that humans find simple. Now roboticists are making progress on a task that exemplifies them all: the automated assembly of an IKEA chair.
September 30, 2015 at 12:54AM
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“Spending today complaining about yesterday won’t make tomorrow any better.” -unknown
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By PAUL MOZUR
The official, Hao Yeli, said removing developing countries’ ability to control public opinion through Internet controls and surveillance would not result in more openness.
Published: September 29, 2015 at 07:00PM
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Everybody is talking about digital, but there’s really no consensus on what a digital organization should really look like. Nor is it clear what advantages are gained.
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Do earth-like planets in close orbits around low-mass stars have magnetic fields strong enough to shield them from both their own star’s incoming radiation and galactic cosmic rays?
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The TiVo Bolt is still a TiVo at heart, but it also supports 4K streaming from Netflix and YouTube.
The post TiVo Enters the 4K-Streaming Arena With Its New Bolt Box appeared first on WIRED.
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The world’s first electric SUV is gorgeous. It’s futuristic. And once again, Tesla Motors is redefining the electric vehicle.
The post Tesla’s Model X Is Here, and It’s as Awesome As We Hoped appeared first on WIRED.
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In-flight WiFi tends to be somewhere between unusable and downright terrible, especially when it comes to streaming video. Most airlines, in fact, block streaming video altogether. The reasons why are fair: Airplanes rely on expensive and slow Internet-via-satellite connections that they then have to share to several dozen cranky, bored passengers. Streaming video takes far more bandwidth than, say, updating a Facebook post. It’s a numbers game, and the services that hog the most data are the first to go.
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It’s 2015 and Twitter is reportedly finally doing something many assumed it wouldn’t ever do – expanding the 140 character-per-tweet limit. If true, this is a move that could fundamentally change how Twitter works, but it’s to be seen if that change would be good or bad for the company.
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Earlier today, Google officially announced the Nexus 6P in Aluminum, Graphite, and Frost color options. If you’ve been paying attention to the Nexus 6P leaks, you know that a fourth color — Gold — was rumored for the 6P as well. Turns out that it exists, too, but it’s a bit more exclusive.
The Nexus 6P Special Edition is now live on the Japanese Google Store. It’s largely the same as the regular Nexus 6P, packing a 5.7-inch AMOLED display, Snapdragon 810, and 12.3-megapixel rear camera. The one difference is that its anodized aluminum backside is gold rather than white or black.
If you’re looking at the Nexus 6P outside of Japan, Google throws up a message that reads “This product is unavailable in your country.” If you are located in Japan, Google invites you to join a waiting list for the golden Nexus 6P. There’s no word on how much the Nexus 6P Special Edition costs, and what’s more, it’s unknown if or when this golden Nexus 6P will ever be released outside of Japan.
Gold phones seem to be all the rage in the mobile world nowadays, so it’s kind of strange to see Google offer the golden Nexus 6P to Japan only. Here’s to hoping that Google offers the gold Nexus 6P to the rest of the globe after it spends some exclusivity time in Japan.
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