Innovation - Page 259

November 3, 2015

Tech startup Cruise offers autonomous driving package for $10,000

Start up company Cruise is offering a system that retrofits Audis into autonomous cars for just $10,000. It sounds great, but there is more to it than that. Legal only in California the Cruise system works only on highways and can only be installed on new A4s.

November 3, 2015

iPhone 6 production may start next month: Reports

Rumors are swirling that key Apple partners will start iPhone 6 production next month.

November 3, 2015

Amazon launches Fire Phone, takes personal shopping mobile

After months of rumor and speculation, Amazon has jumped into the smartphone market with the launch of its eagerly-anticipated Fire Phone.

November 3, 2015

Betting with bitcoin: Site lets Americans gamble on elections, sports with online-only currency

The digital currency bitcoin -- once used to facilitate online drug deals -- now appears to be enabling people to get around regulations banning online betting.

November 3, 2015

A chip and a PIN: The future of credit cards

U.S. retailers and banks, motivated by massive fraud over holidays, now embracing double layer of security technology

November 2, 2015

Top tech to go ride a bike

Before the snow starts to fly, there's still time for you to fly on two wheels - and lots of tech gear to help you. There's a new emerging mountain bike style for taking in the last of the autumn leaves, better helmets to protect your noggin, and a safety conscious gadget to strap onto your bike.

October 30, 2015

Watchmaker Citizen harnesses space technology

Watchmaker Citizen is harnessing the power of space technology with its new Satellite Wave F900 watch, which was launched earlier this month.

October 29, 2015

iPhone 5C? Everything we know about Apple's big announcement

At an event today, Apple is expected to reveal a new batch of iPhones, new iPads -- and hopefully a few surprises as well. Ahead of the Tues. conference, we round up the rumors on what Apple might announce.

October 28, 2015

Harvard engineers develop swimming 'RoboBee'

Researchers at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have built an insect-size robot that is capable of flying and swimming.

October 28, 2015

Robot swarms will explore the waterways of Venice

Forget the gondola – researchers have found a new way to see Venice. An international team of scientists is planning to explore the waterways beneath the historic city with swarms of autonomous underwater robots.