Sci-Tech

As Apple plots India push, Samsung stakes turf with revamped phones

MUMBAI/SEOUL | BY HIMANK SHARMA AND SE YOUNG LEE (Reuters) — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd  is regaining smartphone share in India with a revamped line-up packed with special features including a safety mode for motorcyclists, as rival Apple Inc readies a renewed push into the world’s fastest-growing market. Long the leader in price-conscious India, the South Korean giant had been losing ground to local rivals such as Micromax and Lava, as well as Chinese brands. […]

UAE mobile app helps children with autism

UNITED Arab Emirates (Reuters) — A mobile app developed in the United Arab Emirates is hoping to help children with autism and other developmental disabilities better communicate with their parents and teachers. The Babnoor app is an Arabic language app that developers say is the first of its kind in the Middle East. Autism, formally known as autism spectrum disorder, is a disorder that affects how the brain processes information. Children with autism usually suffer from […]

A smart patch for diabetes

  Reuters – In the future, diabetics may be able to replace finger prick tests and injections with this non-invasive smart patch to keep their glucose levels in check. “The device is a type of patch which enables diabetic patients to monitor blood sugar levels via sweat without taking blood samples and control glucose levels by injecting medication,” South Korean Researcher at Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Professor at Seoul National University, Kim Dae-Hyeong said. […]

NASA releases image of a half-lit Saturn

    Reuters – In the latest image released by NASA on Monday (April 4), ‘a half-lit’ Saturn sits askew as the planet’s moon Dione (698 miles or 1,123 kilometers across) looks on from lower left,’ Nasa said. The picture was taken using the Cassini spacecraft wide angle camera at a distance of approximately 1.2 million miles (1.9 million kilometers), NASA said. “The terminator, which separates night from day on Saturn, is also askew, owing […]

Blue Origin rocket completes successful third launch-and-land

  NEAR VAN HORN, TEXAS, United States (Reuters) — Jeff Bezos’ space transportation company Blue Origin successfully launched and landed for the third time a suborbital rocket capable of carrying six passengers, taking another step on its path in developing reusable boosters, the company said on Saturday (April 2). The New Shepard rocket and capsule blasted off from a launch site in West Texas on Saturday at an undisclosed time, and landed minutes later back […]

Tesla racks up 276,000 Model 3 orders in just days

SAN FRANCISCO, United Sates (AFP) — Orders for the much-hyped Tesla Model 3, a cheaper version of its electric car aimed at the mass market, have surged to 276,000 in just three days, company founder Elon Musk said Sunday. Orders are piling up fast and exceeding the expectations of the company for its Model 3 — which will have a base price of $35,000 — even though it won’t be available until late next year. […]

High-tech headsets improve hearing on the battlefield

  REUTERS — This headset turns the vibrations from your jawbone into sound. Swedish company Invisio says it allows wearers to communicate clearly even if they were standing in front of a roaring jet engine. The in-ear device is positioned so it just touches the jawbone, with user’s voice transmitted up the bone to the microphone and then sent to the radio. “It’s a bone conduction technology that we use for voice pick-up and we […]

#businessbytes: Globe launches Asia’s first Disney smartphone; holds One Digital Nation event

By Robert Capistrano     Eagle News (Manila, Philippines) — Globe Telecom recently held its One Digital Nation event at the Marriot Hotel Manila introducing its partnership with the Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia and formally launching Asia’s first Disney smartphone. With the Disney Fan in mind and themed around the latest and most popular Disney franchises, these smartphones embody the Disney lifestyle with its lively colors and trendy themed accessories. Classic themes like Mickey […]

NASA releases latest images of the dwarf planet Ceres

IN SPACE – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory uploaded a video last Tuesday (March 22) showcasing the rich-in-detail images captured by the Dawn spacecraft while orbiting above dwarf planet Ceres over the last year. The “Unveiling Ceres” video reveals detailed sights of Ceres highest mountain Ahuna Mons and the Haulani, Oxo and Urvara Craters, as well as the dwarf planet’s brightest region, the 80-million-year-old Occator Crater, as explained by Dawn Chief Engineer and Mission Director Marc […]

German students play Tetris on university facade

KIEL, Germany  (Reuters) — Four German Computer Science students fulfilled every gamer’s dream this week by playing their favorite games at large scale on the facade of their university’s main building. The young scientists transformed the front of the Christian Albrechts University’s 14-floor main building into a big light show and were able to play Tetris, Breakout, Snake and Pong. The project, called Project Lighthouse, included 57,000 LED lights placed on the 392 windows of […]

Final Fantasy XV finally unveils game information

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Japanese company Square Enix decided to hold the unveiling of details surrounding their much anticipated console game ‘Final Fantasy XV’ at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Wednesday (March 30). While fans – some of which dressed in cos play for the event – arrived in their thousands to the free ticketed event called ‘Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV’, many were unaware that the game’s director Hajime Tabata […]

Google asked to help access devices

Apple is not alone in getting government requests to unlock phones. The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, says, Google has also been asked to help the government access locked devices in investigations. “All of these orders that we found involved unlocking the devices through capabilities that Google possessed, but, as far as we can tell, Google complied with them. There is nothing in the publicly available information to suggest anything different”, ACLU Staff, Attorney […]