Oska Pulse pain-relief wearable adds pain-tracking app at CES
Electric and hybrid car sales hit record numbers in 2017
Registrations for EVs and plug-in hybrids increased by more than 27% compared to 2016, up from 36,535 to 46,522.
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Jeff Bezos is the richest person in history
Jeff Bezos is now the richest person of all time. That should put an Amazon smile on his face.
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Old dog, new tricks : Sony unleashes ‘intelligent’ robot pet
As Japan celebrates the year of the dog, electronics giant Sony on Thursday unleashed its new robot canine companion, packed with artificial intelligence and internet connectivity.
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Dutch self-charging solar car wins important CES award
Remember those Dutch solar cars that won the World Solar Challenge car race? The range of those cars powered by the sun was excellent. However, the vehicles themselves were not up to snuff in the design department. In comes Lightyear, a self-charging electric solar car with a sexy design, and recently awarded with the renowned CES Climate Change Innovator Award.
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Pizza Hut is teaming up with Toyota to create self-driving delivery trucks
Pizza Hut has taken its first step toward potentially saying goodbye to the delivery guy.
The pizza chain announced on Monday that it is teaming up with Toyota on a driverless delivery truck that could begin testing by 2020.
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Intel Shows Off Volocopter – A Battery-Operated Flying Car At CES 2018
At Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 in Las Vegas, Intel today showed off its prototype of Volocopter, which according to the company is “essentially a flying car”. However, it is basically a drone that is big enough to carry a passenger.
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Meet the selfie drone that lives in your phone case
Selfly is a cute picture-taking robot from AEE.
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Finally, here’s the ‘Jetsons’ looking robot you’ve always wanted
Sometimes you just want a robot to bring you an ice cold beverage. Or vacuum your house. Or put away all that random shit you left on the floor following an all-night bender precipitated by the realization that you just dropped several thousand dollars on a robot.
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EZVIZ’s ‘Lookout Smart Door Viewer’ turns a peephole into a smart video doorbell
Home security camera maker EZVIZ announced its first product for smart entry security at CES 2018 today, with the debut of the Lookout Smart Door Viewer. The system is designed to work with the company’s new ezGuard security camera, as well as with other EZVIZ products and Amazon Alexa.
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India wants panic buttons on mobile phones to keep women safe—will it work?
The Indian government has a hack for women’s safety: a panic button.
Come Jan. 26, a pilot project to test a panic button feature on mobile phones will be launched in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Maneka Gandhi, the union minister for women and child development, said on Jan. 02.
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Fat fighting drug could let you lose weight without dieting
The drug reportedly increases the metabolism of white fat cells.
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