Apple’s iPad for Education Program Set for Revamp

Medicine & Technology Mar 10, 2015

Apple plans to make extensive changes to its iPad for Education deployment program during the upcoming school year, with the hopes of removing many of the hurdles facing school districts when adopting iPads for use in the classroom.

Apple Watch: Details, Dates, Delivery and Pre-Ordering

Mar 09, 2015

With the reveal of Apple’s newest venture into an entirely wireless world, the tech super-giant announced today all of the details about their upcoming Apple Watch and all three collections that it will feature. Expecting great quality for the price, analysts and techies alike have been watching the live press conference all morning and afternoon, but lucky for you Apple has been updating us with all of the brief vitals you need to know about their new product. And while you may have to wait a couple more weeks to get your hands on your very own Apple Watch, here’s everything that you need to know in order to pick the right model for you.

Apple's Big Unveil of the Apple Watch

Mar 09, 2015

Ever since Apple gave the world a short glimpse of the Apple Watch, we have been waiting with bated breath to learn more about this latest gadget. Today during the Apple event in San Francisco, Apple CEO Tim Cook lifted the veil of the device revealing many of the details so many have waited anxiously to see.

Designers Hope 2015 Is the Year for Wireless Charging

Mar 08, 2015

Everyone has felt the stress of a dying mobile phone battery and the hassle of carrying around a bundle of wires everywhere you go. In an effort to end this stress, designers are hoping to make 2015 the year of the wireless charger.

What We Think We Know About the Apple Watch

Mar 07, 2015

The wait is almost over as Apple plans to unveil the highly anticipated Apple Watch on Monday, March 9. Apple gave the world a glimpse of the watch back in September, but Apple's event entitled "Spring Forward" is believed to focus on the Apple Watch revealing the final details about what people can expect from it when it is released in April.

Self Driving Cars Could Gear Up Internet Revenue

Mar 06, 2015

According to a new study by McKinsey and Company, self-driving cars could drive up Internet revenue by billions of dollars per year.

Military Satellite Explodes in Space

Mar 04, 2015

An aging United States military weather satellite dubbed Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 13 (DMSP-F13) exploded in orbit on February 3. The explosion occurred after the 20-year-old satellite experienced a sudden spike in temperature, producing at least 43 pieces of debris.

Apple And Google Prepare to Patch the FREAK

Mar 04, 2015

Technology companies such as Google and Apple are scrambling to create a patch that will fix a major security flaw that for more than a decade has left their devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited websites that were considered secure.

Google Reverses Android Lollipop Security Decision

Mar 04, 2015

New phones and tablets featuring the latest version of Google's Mobile Operating System, Android 5 "Lollipop," will not have device encryption enabled by default despite earlier promises made by Internet giant.

Stop Drones and Cameras From Spying On You With Cyborg Unplug

Mar 03, 2015

Stop drones and cameras with Cyborg Unplug device

VIDEO—Watch How Researchers Tricked Light Into Revealing Its Paradoxical Nature

Mar 02, 2015

If you ever thought that you were alone in not understanding how light could both be a particle and a wave, you need not worry because you weren’t. In fact, for the better part of a century since Einstein theorized the dual nature of light, even researchers have had a tough time digesting the out-of-the-box quantum physics that this notion required to be true. Many researchers simply assumed that since the math checked out, and Einstein being the brilliant genius that he was, that the theory was right. But now, with some clever experimental design and a super-powered electron microscope, researchers are putting the doubts to rest and proving Einstein’s theory once and for all.

Apple Loses Patent Case Against Smartflash And Is Asked to Pay $532.9 Million in Fines

Feb 25, 2015

Though many believed that technology powerhouse Apple would prevail against what the company is calling a “patent troll”, this week Apple was ordered to pay $532.9 million in fines as a result of patent infringements. And while the petitioner, Smartflash won’t receive its full $852 million in damages, the ruling is setting a pretty hefty precedent for future lawsuits against the technological innovator.

Apple May Be Tabling Health-Monitoring from its Watch, But It’ll Still Pack a Punch

Feb 20, 2015

While other wearable tech may be ahead of the curve, Apple continues to miss the mark when it comes to the development of its upcoming watch. While other models offered by competitors boast the ability to monitor heart-rate, amongst a myriad of other important vitals, Apple has announced that they are scrapping the health-monitoring tech from its upcoming product on account of problems with sensors and their regulators.

VIDEO—Unboiling the Mystery: UC Irvine Researchers Discuss New Discovery of Unboiling Eggs

Feb 03, 2015

While articles this week have pointed to the potential implications of UC Irvine’s newest research, be it in the pharmaceutical or the food industry in spite of its current limitations, now lead author Gregory Weiss is stepping up and answering the question of: Why would we want to unboil an egg?

Watch This Spider Spin a Web That Makes Tech Designers Envious

Jan 30, 2015

Looking to boost the integrity of nanofilaments, important in commercial manufacturing and technology, researchers from Oxford University recently investigated how the filaments are spun in nature. Pulling inspiration from outside in their gardens, the researchers from the UK captured female Uloborus plumipes commonly known as “feather-legged lace weavers” and watched them spin their webs.