Relaxnews With only a few days to go before the international Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas (January 5-8, 2017), South Korean manufacturer LG has caused a stir with a surprising bluetooth speaker that ‘hovers’ in midair. No, it’s not just a vision statement but an actual object. LG plans to mesmerize visitors to the next CES with …
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Echo devices best-selling holiday products this year: Amazon
Relaxnews E-commerce giant Amazon has revealed the best-selling products across Amazon this year, boasting record-setting sales of its Echo gadget line. According to the company, customers “gifted a record-setting number of devices from the Amazon Echo family, with sales up over 9x compared to last year’s holiday season and millions of Alexa devices sold worldwide this yearâ€. The Echo …
Read More »Samsung hints new feature for Galaxy A(2017) series
Relaxnews Samsung Malaysia released an image via the social media network, with water droplets which read “IT ALL BEGINS WITH A. HOLD YOUR BREATH” — hinting that the Galaxy A(2017) will be able to survive being dropped in water. If the teaser rings true, the Galaxy A(2017) will boast an Ingress Protection rating of IP68, and will follow in …
Read More »Ten minutes of play sums up Super Mario Run
Bloomberg Nintendo Co.’s debut game for smartphones is turning out to be anything but super. Since its release, Super Mario Run has shot to the top of download charts in more than 100 countries as tens of millions celebrated the iconic video game character’s arrival on iPhones. Yet problems emerged almost immediately, with thousands vigorously complaining that the three …
Read More »Internet usage at its peak in Finland
Helsinki / AFP On the crowded morning metro in Helsinki, silence prevails. Everyone is hunched over their smartphone screens, reading the news, checking emails or watching videos. A loud “yeah!†breaks the quiet, along with delighted screech from a toddler whose mother has just handed him her smartphone to calm him down with a video. Finland, once a world …
Read More »Artists to exhibit ‘virtually real’ works
Relaxnews From January 11 to 14, 2017, the Royal Academy of Art in London will present the first ever 3D-printed artworks in virtual reality, produced in collaboration with HTC Vive. Artists from the Royal Academy and its alumni will create artwork using the virtual reality platform HTC Vive, creations that visitors to the exhibition will be able to experience …
Read More »Avatar-style S Korean manned robot takes first baby steps
Gunpo/ AFP A giant South Korean-built manned robot that walks like a human but makes the ground shake under its weight has taken its first baby steps. Designed by a veteran of science fiction blockbusters, the four-metre-tall (13-foot), 1.5 ton Method-2 towers over a room on the outskirts of Seoul. The hulking human-like creation bears a striking resemblance to …
Read More »The best engine innovations of 2016
Relaxnews From an engine that says goodbye to cams to a diesel that does away with turbolag, 2016 has produced more than its fair share of engineering innovation and ingenuity; here are three of the most impressive feats. EASY CAM, EASY GO The cam and the camshaft have been mainstays of the internal combustion engine since it moved beyond …
Read More »Is Apple alienating Mac loyalists?
Bloomberg To die-hard fans, Apple Inc.’s Macintosh sometimes seems like an afterthought these days. Mac upgrades, once a frequent ritual, are few and far between. The Mac Pro, Apple’s marquee computer, hasn’t been refreshed since 2013. The affordable and flexible Mac mini was last upgraded in 2014. And when a new machine does roll out, the results are sometimes …
Read More »Italian eyewear firm Safilo moves into wearable tech
Relaxnews Italian eyewear company Safilo has announced they are teaming up with Interaxon Inc. to create the first ever brain sensing eyewear, SafiloX. A world leader in sparse EEG (electroencephalography) brain sensing technology, Canadian firm Interaxon is known for its signature product, the Muse headband. A sensory headband that helps the wearer to relax and reduce stress through meditation, …
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