tech
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A New Fitness Tracker Sensor Can Learn and Recognise Almost Any Activity
Depending on the sport, different athletes rely on different exercises during their fitness routines and while fitness trackers have gotten smarter, they can generally only recognise a handful of motions like swimming, riding a bike, or running. Bosch has developed a new self-contained chip that can be taught to recognise any activity using AI, so…
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One of the First Computer Mice Ever Built Is Going Up For Auction
On December 9, 1968, Douglas Engelbart and 17 other researchers from the Stanford Research Institute gave a 90-minute demo of groundbreaking technologies that provided a startlingly accurate glimpse of a future that was still decades away. One of those technologies was a computer interface navigated with a mouse: a device Engelbart had invented and patented.…
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Apple’s AirPods Max Go Over Your Ears and Carry a Very Apple Price
As one of the most prolific headphone makers in the world (just think of how many sets of earbuds the company has shipped with iPhones over the years) it’s surprising that it’s taken this long for Apple to release its own over-the-ear headphones. Today the company quietly released its new AirPods Max headphones — but…
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This Game Boy-Inspired Handheld Is Exactly What I Wish Nintendo’s New Handheld Had Been
The release of the Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. seems to confirm that Nintendo has no plans to revive or revisit the Game Boy as it did with its NES and SNES throwback consoles. It’s time to move on because there are other companies happy to indulge your Game Boy nostalgia. With a matching…