From a 9to5Mac report: As the new year begins in Pacific Time, where Apple’s Cupertino headquarters are based, the AirPower charging mat has officially missed its 2018 release window. The charging mat promised to charge iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods on a single compact mat with flexibility on where devices can be placed. However, the…

It is a staple of science fiction to see a brain in a jar or other container, maybe used as some sort of computer device. You are probably imagining a brain-powered supercomputer with a room full of humans with electrodes in their heads, or maybe some other primate. The reality though is it might be…

Happy New Year from the Who, Me? Vultures Who, Me? Happy New Year! Because you’ll all be feeling delicate, El Reg thought we’d ease your pain with some of our other readers’ more technical errors – distraction is the best cure for embarrassment, we’re sure.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Seeking answers about the origins of our solar system, NASA’s intrepid robotic explorer surveys the most distant world ever explored. …read more Source:: CNet

If you stayed up till midnight East Coast time, Netflix delivered some fireworks. …read more Source:: CNet

Prosthetic arms can range from inarticulate pirate-style hooks to motorized five-digit hands. Control of any of them is difficult and carries a steep learning curve, rarely does their operation measure up to a human arm. Enhancements such as freely rotating wrist might be convenient, but progress in the field has a long way to go….

If you stayed up till midnight East Coast time, Netflix delivered some fireworks. …read more Source:: CNet

Seeking answers about the origins of our solar system, NASA’s intrepid robotic explorer surveys the most distant world ever explored. …read more Source:: CNet

Devices and security systems are increasingly using biometric authentication to let users in and keep hackers out, be that fingerprint sensors or perhaps the iPhone’s FaceID. Another method is so-called ‘vein authentication,’ which, as the name implies, involves a computer scanning the shape, size, and position of a users’ veins under the skin of their…

If you have an emergency, you might wait a while in Denver (average police response time of just under 13 minutes), while a serious emergency call in Chicago will garner a response within 3.5 minutes. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine