[ad_1] Walker’s updated software is the result of continued AI training on its original hardware — including the same optical sensors across its body, along with 36 high-performance actuators in its limbs. The focus had been on the robot’s sense of gravity and naturalness of its walking motion, before the team could boost the walking […]
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Presenting the Best of CES 2020 winners!
[ad_1] Best Accessibility Tech Phonak Virto Black James TrewManaging Editor Hearing tech has been a strong category at this year’s CES, but Phonak came with a particularly compelling offering with the Virto Black. It’s a good hearing aid in and of itself but we were also impressed by the modern design that strikes a good […]
A closer look at Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘next decade’ manifesto
[ad_1] Generational Change Zuckerberg began with a section talking about how Facebook hasn’t “yet brought about the generational change in addressing important issues [he] had hoped for.” He goes on to say that many important institutions aren’t doing enough to address the issues facing young people. That includes climate change and the skyrocketing cost of […]
Watch us reveal the official Best of CES Award winners today at 8 PM ET
[ad_1] We came, we saw, we got hands on. By Thursday, January 9th, CES 2020 will be winding down and Team Engadget will getting ready to pack up and go home. But before we do, we need to unveil to the world the winners in the official Best of CES Awards, which Engadget has been […]
Panasonic’s compact VR glasses see the future in HDR
[ad_1] Another part of the demo showed a CG recreation of a temple in Japan, including areas where visitors aren’t allowed to go. The high quality of the scans used to create the temple combined with the goggles to make one of the more real-feeling virtual experiences I’ve ever had. That came despite the glasses’ […]
Google’s CES booth was more show than substance
[ad_1] And as usual, Google had a handful of enhancements to Assistant to announce, from making it easier to protect your privacy and natural language reading of websites to sticky notes and speed-dial contacts on Assistant smart displays. But despite the long lines to get on Google’s slide (where I lost my wallet in a […]
MSI’s GS66 is a more tasteful thin and light gaming laptop
[ad_1] The GS66 features Intel’s latest 10th-gen H-series CPUs (which aren’t shipping yet), all the way up to the most powerful Core i9 model, and NVIDIA’s latest RTX graphics. (The company is being a bit ambiguous about which NVIDIA GPUs will be included, unfortunately.) You’ll be able to choose from 240Hz and 300Hz 1080p IPS […]
Playing ‘NBA Jam’ on a 16-foot cabinet at CES 2020
[ad_1] The giant cabinet was fully playable for up to four people, with massive buttons, joysticks and all. The game itself was straight out of 1993, and it was surprisingly responsive, considering the unwieldy controls. Two colleagues and I had to jump up and dangle off the edge of the controller in order to hit […]
The teenager that’s at CES to network
[ad_1] “I’m really interested in meaningful work and I think the best way to do that is in a startup,” Imran says. Eventually she wants to run her own company, perhaps serving the developing world. College may or may not be part of the equation, at least not before a gap year. This is Imran’s […]
Eargo’s next hearing aid promises improved sound in the same tiny size
[ad_1] As with all hearing products, it’ll depend on your personal needs as to whether the Neo HiFi is suitable for you. Eargo states that it’s aimed at people with “mild-to-severe, high-frequency hearing loss.” When I tried the original Neo last year, I found it to be helpful for my own hearing loss, if not […]