Dave Cherry1 day agoBatteries Used in Space Now Available for Household Use, NASA Saysgreekreporter.com - Hadia ZahidBatteries first designed for NASA space missions are now helping households store clean energy. Originally used to support equipment in space, this …
Dave Cherry2 days agoApple is launching 15+ new products later this year, here’s what’s comingverified_publisher9to5Mac - Ryan ChristoffelApple has already launched five new products this year, but the company has much more in store for users. In addition to major software changes like iOS 19’s redesign, there are 15+ new Apple products in the pipeline that we’re expecting to launch before the year ends. Here’s everything that’s …
Dave Cherry3 days agoToday in Apple history: App Store hits 1 billion downloadsCult of Mac - Luke DormehlApril 23, 2009: Less than a year after opening its virtual doors, the App Store reaches 1 billion downloads. Peer-to-peer file sharing app Bump becomes the 1 billionth app to be downloaded. As a result of his purchase, 13-year-old Connor Mulcahey of Weston, Connecticut, wins a “1 Billion App …
Dave Cherry1:403 days agoChina: Chinese tech firm develops hyper-realistic robot 'e-skin'StringersHubChina - April 23, 2025 Storyline: Chinese tech firm develops hyper-realistic robot 'e-skin' [Voice_over] In the rapidly evolving humanoid robotic market, a company in China has created an e-skin that gives AI embodied robots tactile abilities similar to humans. This highly flexible, lightweight material can be stretched and squeezed to mimic the subtle functionality of human skin. It detects the slightest touch, sensing pressure as small as a single gram. [Sound_bite] Lai Jiancheng, founder, Tujian Technology: "We achieved compatibility between each material at the chemical level, allowing them to integrate seamlessly, layer by layer. The resulting device is just a few dozen microns thick, with a multi-layer structure. This structure deforms under pressure, causing changes in its electrical properties. By examining these electrical properties, we can determine the corresponding force applied -- similar to how human skin transforms pressure into bioelectric signals.” [Voice_over] Lai explains that the e-skin can be stretched to cover irregular surfaces, like robot fingers. The material is durable and if part of it gets damaged, the rest keeps working, like real skin. [Sound_bite] Lai Jiancheng, founder, Tujian Technology: "As you can see, this is a crisscross structure, and at each intersection of the cross lines lies a sensor. You can regard it as similar to the pixels on a phone screen -- each point is like a pixel that can sense changes in pressure, temperature, and even proximity. These variations can all be detected." [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]
Dave Cherry3 days agoIntel to adopt TSMC's next-gen 2nm process for upcoming Nova Lake CPUsTechSpot - Daniel SimsSomething to look forward to: Upcoming chips from Intel, Apple, and AMD will utilize next-gen semiconductors featuring gate-all-around (GAA) …
Dave Cherry4 days agoTesla's next big unveil reinvents an American classicTheStreet - Colette BennettBut can it solve the brand's problems? Whether you're a fan of Elon Musk's projects or you've had enough of him mucking around with the U.S. …
