Meeting with your banker has taken on a whole new meaning at UMB Bank's Kirkwood, Mo. branch, where a robot and computer monitor are used to conduct some account services. UMB is one of a handful of national banks that are investing in ...
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New research by two John Hopkins University students showed older Apple Mac's cameras, iSight, can be hacked to covertly monitor users. John Hopkins University students turn Apple MacBook webcam iSight into covert surveillance camera ...
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Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has received renewal of a two-year regulatory exemption for its lane-departure warning system from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The Elyria, Ohio, company’s AutoVue LDW system ...
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Consumer electronics manufacturer and AV specialist,Hannspree,is introducing a new model into its 2nd generation HANNSpad Tablet PC series.The new SN14T71 offers users a big screen mobile computing experience with a significant ...
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Taking a picture on Google's smart glasses is now as easy as winking.The newly official feature allows Google Glass wearers to capture images without resorting to the drudgery of pressing a camera button above the right eye or speaking the ...
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From noodle bars to housekeeping services, personal spending is spreading cheer to the nooks and crannies of the Japanese economy. The Bank of Japan's December Tankan survey of business sentiment showed a major improvement in confidence ...
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Throughout 2013, we've enjoyed the incredible support of our loyal readers from the retail consumer electronic industry and the team here at Appliance and Digital Retailer thank you, one and all, for your readership. On our final day of ...
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Mint Technology has scored a coup: its new iStyle Smart Button accessory for iPhones, iPads and some Samsung Galaxy smartphones is set to be sold through Apple's online store. Connecting via Bluetooth, the Smart Button gives users remote ...
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Since launching in the Ultra High Definition Television space in 2012 with an extravagant 84-inch panel, Sony has been making solid in-roads to this segment of the premium TV market. Referred to as 4K by the brand (to indicate a horizontal ...
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Last we heard from Anybots was back in February of last year, when they were offering a robotic receptionist service called AnyLobby. Since then, it's been fairly quiet over there, but apparently, this is why: they've been working on a new ...
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This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. The recent robot-related news from Apple, Amazon, and Google shows serious momentum for the ...
A true Tier-1 WCS must be equipped to handle 2D barcode and RFID data for individual unique SKU track and trace requirements.Multi-channel order fulfillment, referred to in the logistics industry as omni-channel fulfillment, is increasingly ...
Cornell University engineers have developed a new Smartphone Cholesterol Application for Rapid Diagnostics, or ‘smartCARD’, that employs the Smartphone’s camera to read the cholesterol level. With this lifesaving app, ...
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The game consoles have landed. Millions of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners are getting their first taste of what to expect from this new generation of high-powered video games. Perhaps you weren't one of those eager fans who waited in ...
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U.S. and European researchers say they may be able to explain the biological mechanism resulting in the therapeutic effects of meditation. Study author Richard J. Davidson, founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the ...