Day: February 28, 2021

AI moves beyond physical security to patient care

Repurposing video surveillance and artificial intelligence and analytics traditionally used for security initiatives within the healthcare space can increase positive patient interactions and bring additional value to your current electronic physical security solutions. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine


WandaVision episode 8 recap: Marvel show dives into Wanda’s painful past – CNET

It’s time for some heart-wrenching exposition. And you should stick around for the credits again. …read more Source:: CNet


iPhone 13 release date: When can we expect to see the new phones? – CNET

It may seem like the iPhone 12 just came out, but Apple is already looking towards the iPhone 13. Here’s what we know about a potential release date. …read more Source:: CNet


I wanted to love foldable phones, but the novelty got old fast – CNET

Phones have gotten boring, but foldables offered a glimmer of excitement. It didn’t last. …read more Source:: CNet


A PCB for a Quarter?

As time has gone by and PCB assembly companies have reached further into the space of affordability for our community, the available types of board have multiplied. No longer are we limited to FR4 with a green solder mask, we can have all colours of the rainbow and a variety of substrates. The folks at…


Dropping Nearly 20%, Bitcoin Suffers Worst Weekly Drop in a Year

“Bitcoin’s rally this year has hit a speed bump, putting it on track for the worst weekly slide in almost a year amid wider losses in risk assets,” reports Fortune: The largest cryptocurrency slumped as much as 20% this week, the most since March, and was holding at about $46,925 as of 10:22 a.m. in…


Pool Noodle Robot Shines A Light On The Pros and Cons Of Soft Robots

[James Bruton]’s impressive portfolio of robots has always used conventional rigid components, so he decided to take a bit of a detour and try his hand at a soft robot. Using a couple of few inflatable pool noodles for quick prototyping, his experiments quickly showed some of the strengths and weaknesses of soft robots. Most…


FDA authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use – CNET

It’ll join two other coronavirus vaccines — Pfizer’s and Moderna’s — on the US market. But unlike those vaccines, Johnson & Johnson’s requires only a single dose. …read more Source:: CNet


Can ‘Ready’ Crowdfund a Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck Enclosure for Cyberpunk Enthusiasts?

There’s 29 hours left in a Kickstarter campaign to fund “an open source, Linux-based, highly modular, customizable portable computer kit that accommodates anything from a Raspberry Pi to a Ryzen x86 4×4 single-board computer and more,” writes READY!100: Reminiscent of 1980s executive portable computers, the READY! 100 is fully modern with 12 input output ports…


Brave Privacy Bug Exposed Tor Onion URLs To Your DNS Provider

Brave Browser had a privacy issue that leaked the Tor onion URL addresses you visited to your locally configured DNS server, “exposing the dark web websites you visit…”, writes Bleeping Computer. Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo quotes their report: To access Tor onion URLs, Brave added a “Private Window with Tor” mode that acts as a…