• Toyota's new self-driving test car can better recognize small objects

    Toyota Research Institute (TRI) will debut the latest version of its automated driving research vehicle at CES next week. TRI had three major goals with this latest model and Platform 3.0 incorporates them all into a car with more perception capabili… Source: Engadget | Toyota's new self-driving test car can better recognize small objects

    January 4, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Lea’s live event assistant for Messenger makes buying tickets easier

     Buying event tickets online isn’t a great experience. Sites like Ticketmaster are the default, but are difficult to use and expensive. A startup called Lea wants to offer a more modern experience by combining event search, discovery, seat selection and payment all in a single application that works right in Facebook Messenger. Read More Source: …

    January 4, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Lea’s live event assistant for Messenger makes buying tickets easier

     Buying event tickets online isn’t a great experience. Sites like Ticketmaster are the default, but are difficult to use and expensive. A startup called Lea wants to offer a more modern experience by combining event search, discovery, seat selection and payment all in a single application that works right in Facebook Messenger. Read More Source: …

    January 4, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Evaporation transforms these pieces of paper into tiny ballet dancers

    Thomas Kovachevich is a retired physician and incredible artist that focuses on the invisible and mundane in his paintings and sculptures. Inside his studio in Downtown Manhattan, he demonstrated one of his most touching performances involving tiny pieces of tracing paper that curl, leap and move as they respond to water vapor. Read more… More …

    January 4, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Amazon Alexa now controls your microwave

    Alexa's smart home skills aren't just for turning on the lights or locking your door these days — now, they can help fulfill your culinary ambitions. Amazon has added cooking abilities to its Smart Home Skill framework, letting you control microwav… Source: Engadget | Amazon Alexa now controls your microwave

    January 4, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Sessions rescinds Obama-era directive for feds to back off marijuana enforcement in states with legal pot

    Sessions rescinds Obama-era directive for feds to back off marijuana enforcement in states with legal pot  Washington Post Sessions to end legal marijuana policy from Obama era  NBCNews.com Sessions announces end to policy that allowed legal pot to flourish  Politico Sessions ending federal policy that let legal pot flourish – AP News  AP News A new US attorney for …

    January 4, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Yes, Golden Globes host Seth Meyers will take on Hollywood's sexual harassment problem

    If this year’s Golden Globes represent a unique challenge (how does a glitzy awards show deal with a horrifying sexual harassment crisis?), it also offers a rare opportunity.  At least, that’s how this year’s host, Seth Meyers, sees it – as a chance to “be able to say some things that you wouldn’t be able …

    January 4, 2018 | by Raheel
  • What sparked the 'bomb cyclone'? Huge temperature contrasts, jet stream energy

    It all started innocently enough.  Shortly before New Year’s celebrations kicked off in the Southeast, a record-cold air mass blew in from the north. This air had a direct connection to the Arctic, spilling out as if someone left the Northern Hemisphere’s refrigerator door open. This frigid air oozed across the Gulf of Mexico, into …

    January 4, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Trump: Border wall must be part of any DACA deal

    Trump: Border wall must be part of any DACA deal  NBCNews.com The government-shutdown fight is about to get nasty over Democrats’ key issue  Business Insider Congress to Seek US Debt Limit Measure in February, Source Says  Bloomberg The Health 202: There are plenty of health-care issues at stake in the government spending fight  Washington Post Full coverage Source: Google …

    January 4, 2018 | by Raheel