Innovation - Page 235

November 4, 2015

This homemade, sci-fi style propane-powered cannon can shoot golf balls 600 feet in the air

There's something about mad scientist types making sci-fi style weapons in their backyards.

November 4, 2015

Apple acquisition could give next iPhone DSLR-like camera

The next iPhone's camera could rival your DSLR, thanks to a new acquisition made by Apple.

November 4, 2015

Apple Watch pre-orders reach almost 1m in US on first day, data firm says

With the first Apple Watch weekend now done and dusted, you can be sure company executives will be poring over the pre-order sales figures on Monday, searching for clues as to how its first ever wearable might fare in the long term.

November 4, 2015

Apple retail employees to be trained to give fashion advice for Apple Watch launch

The job description of Apple retail employees will soon change.

November 4, 2015

Huawei TalkBand N1 tracks exercise with your ears

BARCELONA - As more smartwatches hit shelves, some companies are taking wearables off your wrists.

November 4, 2015

Meet Robear, Japan’s robot nurse with the face of a bear

Japan has long been looking at how it might use robots to provide care for the elderly, and with a rapidly aging population, and a birth rate that continues to fall, the issue has taken on growing importance in recent years.

November 4, 2015

Apple’s Oscars ad shot entirely with an iPad Air 2

Apple rolled out its Oscars ad on Sunday, a one-minute piece titled "Make a film with iPad."

November 4, 2015

New tech job titles you might need to learn for 2015

Your job title says a lot about what you do. Most of us work in well-established professions. We’re accountants, doctors, lawyers, real-estate agents, and journalists. You can read a name and title on a business card or on LinkedIn and easily grasp the role. Yet, in 2015, you might be surprised to come across a few unusual job titles. Could anyone have imagined there would be an Intelligent Textile Designer even a few years ago? Here are a few to track.

November 4, 2015

UK shifts up a gear with its driverless car ambitions

Believing the driverless car industry could be worth as much as $29 billion by 2025, the U.K. government said Wednesday it wants to go easy on regulating the testing of such vehicles in the hope of pushing research forward at a faster pace.

November 4, 2015

Ferguson police testing new device aimed at reducing fatal police encounters

As police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson seek alternatives to the sort of lethal force that led to Michael Brown's death, they're testing a new device that attaches to a handgun barrel and is designed to turn a bullet into a projectile intended to stun but not kill.