Innovation - Page 243

November 4, 2015

JetBlue becomes first airline to accept Apple Pay in the skies

Apple Pay is all set for lift off with JetBlue next week, enabling iPhone 6-owning passengers to purchase snacks, drinks and other items with a single touch.

November 4, 2015

Twitter can help to predict heart disease

As well as helping you keep up with the news of the day and giving you a place to vent your opinions on just about anything you like, Twitter can also indicate the likelihood of heart disease, according to a new study.

November 4, 2015

Police are using new radar that can track you inside your home

Being used by the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service and at least 50 other law enforcement agencies around the country, the Range-R device provides a way for police officers to track people within a home using a Doppler radar system.

November 4, 2015

Virgin and Qualcomm launch latest broadband-for-the-masses satellite project

Virgin boss Richard Branson said his company is joining forces with Qualcomm to put thousands of Internet satellites into orbit, offering Web access to remote locations that don’t currently have it.

November 4, 2015

Uber agrees to share passenger trip data with Boston; city hopes it will help improve services

Uber has agreed to share trip data with Boston, and city officials hope the information helps them improve services.

November 4, 2015

Steelseries Sentry: Game with your eyes

Talk about hands-off!

November 4, 2015

NYC subways slowly upgrading from 1930s-era technology

The more than 6 million riders who take New York City's subways each day ride trains that still depend largely on a signal system that dates back to the 1930s.

November 4, 2015

Is Skype Translator ready for 'primo tiempo?'

John Brandon tested out Skype Translator, and finds that it may be the biggest advancement in real-time language translation since the babelfish on “Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.”

November 4, 2015

Torn knee joint? Don’t worry, this 3D-printed implant will help you grow a new one

3D-printed prosthetic body parts certainly aren’t anything new at this point, but a team of medical researchers at Columbia University Medical Center has just taken the idea to a whole new level.

November 4, 2015

Gecko-inspired adhesive enables people to scale buildings

Researchers at Stanford have invented a gecko-inspired climbing system that may enable the average Joe to scale walls like Spider-Man. The device, developed by engineer Mark Cutkosky and his team, consists of two hand-sized sticky-pads and foot platforms that are attached by cables. Researcher Elliot Hawkes demonstrated the device’s effectiveness by climbing a vertical glass wall. The team’s findings were published Nov. 18 the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.