Technology

Google officially launches Android P – and there’s support for notches
17:30 2018-03-10

Google has officially announced the next version of its mobile operating system, Android P, which you can expect to see on some handsets from later this year. Only a handful of new features have been unveiled so far, but they include support for displays with notches, inspired by the iPhone X. To begin with, Android …

Video: Robot “contraption” smashes Rubik record in 0.38 seconds(VIDEO)
12:04 2018-03-10

A video posted on YouTube on Wednesday appears to show the world record time for a robot to solve a Rubik’s Cube being reduced to fine primary-colored particles. If made official, the time of 0.38 seconds, not much more than the blink of an eye, would resoundingly beat the current holder, Infineon’s Sub1 Reloaded, with …

N-Tech is a cheap, all-in-one, portable, wireless, stackable, smart 4K projector
05:37 2018-03-10

Just a few short years ago, we marveled at the release of the first 4K home theater projector from Sony that carried a retail price of US$26,000. Now, flash-forward to 2018 and we have the release of the N-Tech wireless, portable 4K projector that boasts built-in surround sound speakers and is going for a remarkable …

Segway’s Loomo transporter does double duty as a robot(VIDEO)
05:02 2018-03-10

Since rolling onto the scene in the early 2000s, Segway hasn’t been afraid to make modifications to its self-balancing two-wheelers in search of other practical applications. Loomo is the latest to be wheeled out and sees the Segway take the two-tone form of both mobility option and robotic assistant, with autonomous roaming features and an …

Google’s new quantum processor could soon outperform classic supercomputers
03:36 2018-03-10

With the quantum computing race heating up between Google, IBM and Intel, it feels like we’re hurtling towards quantum supremacy, that milestone when a quantum computer outperforms a classical one for the first time. Bringing us ever closer, Google has now unveiled Bristlecone, a new quantum computer chip with the record-setting power of 72 quantum …