Category: tomorrow

Gene-modified viruses rescue patient from drug-resistant ‘superbug’

[ad_1] The team found three bacteriophages that could be useful (including one from a rotting eggplant) and modified them to maximize their ability to target and wipe out the bacteria strain. Once this was ready, they gave the teen twice-daily infusions as well as surface treatments on the skin lesions resulting from the infection. The […]

Autonomous cars will do more than drive you around

[ad_1] Robot, Take the Wheel: The Road to Autonomous Cars and the Lost Art of Drivingby Jason Torchinsky Our self-driving future is coming, whether we’re ready for it or not. With everybody from Apple to Uber scrambling to earn a piece of the self-driving pie, it’s only a matter of time before our roads and […]

How Android Q supports 5G apps and why you should care

[ad_1] What he didn’t expect, back when he was helping define 4G, was that video streaming would explode in popularity the way it did and become the most obvious benefit of the new network technology. “4G made it possible to do video streaming, which was not conceivable before,” Grilli told Engadget at Google I/O this […]

The Morning After: Reviewing Mercedes’ tech-filled A220

[ad_1] You just found the fastest way to catch up on what happened.Here’s all the important stuff Google announced at I/O 2019 It’s not all Pixel, Nest and Assistant, even if it seems that way. Hit our roundup of the high-profile updates from Google’s keynote, including Incognito Mode for Maps, Google Lens upgrades, Android Q […]

Virgin Galactic is moving its spaceship and crew to Spaceport America

[ad_1] The corporation conducted VSS Unity’s first test flight with a passenger onboard back in February, two months after its first ever flight to space. It will now complete the vehicle’s final tests from New Mexico after the company relocates it and its carrier aircraft, VMS Eve, over the summer. One of the flights could […]

Celebrity holograms sketch me out, but are they the future?

[ad_1] The holographic entertainment industry is surprisingly young. Neither Pulse Evolution, which owns the rights to Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and Selena’s holographic likenesses, nor Hologram USA, which owns Billy Holiday, Patsy Cline, and Buddy Holly (as well as Whitney Houston before a contentious 2016 lawsuit), are more than 5 years old. BASE Hologram, which […]

Lyft just started experimenting with car rentals in San Francisco

[ad_1] “We’re constantly adding multimodal options so people can use Lyft for any kind of trip,” said a spokesperson in an email confirming the program. “We’ve added bikes, scooters, and public transit info into the app in cities across the country, and we’re currently testing a small-scale rental option for long-distance trips, like a weekend […]

Jeff Bezos reveals his ‘Blue Moon’ lunar lander

[ad_1] Blue Origin says the cargo variant it has just revealed can carry 3.6 metric tons to its destination. It’s also working on another variant that’s capable of carrying a “6.5-metric-ton, human-rated ascent stage.” While Bezos didn’t mention particular dates, the company believes it can meet the government’s goal of putting Americans back on the […]

Ever quietly trained facial recognition AI using its photo storage app

[ad_1] Ever hasn’t kept its facial recognition component a secret, at least from potential buyers or government agencies. Ever’s facial recognition tool was even applauded by NIST, the U.S. agency which sets standards for technology, back in November. Ever placed number one in the US in a ranking of facial recognition vendors by NIST, scoring […]