This $40,000 Robotic Exoskeleton Lets the Paralyzed Walk

Paralyzed from the waist down after a BMX accident, Steven Sanchez rolled into SuitX’s Berkeley,

 California, office in a wheelchair. A half-hour later he was standing and walking thanks to the Phoenix—a robotic exoskeleton now available for around $40,000.

The suit returns movement to wearers’ hips and knees with small motors attached to standard orthotics. Wearers can control the movement of each leg and walk at up to 1.1 miles per hour by pushing buttons integrated into a pair of crutches.

Use your TV as a computer monitor: Everything you need to know

A couple of months ago, I took a good, hard look at my dual-screen setup and thought-–Hmm. Maybe I should get another monitor. A bigger monitor. Then, after an hour or two of researching 27-inch monitors online, I walked into my living room and was struck with a brilliant idea: Maybe, instead of purchasing an entirely new monitor, I should just move my 32-inch HDTV into my office and call it a day.

What Exactly Is Quantum Computing?

BY AASHISH SHARMA 

Image: codelyoko.net

Quantum computing is hailed as the future. Many companies are putting plausible efforts to make quantum computers a reality. But, what is quantum computing and what are quantum computers? Read the article to know.

How to create an insane multiple monitor setup with three, four, or more displays

by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal @geeklil

Studies have shown that dual monitors can increase productivity, but the jury’s still out on whether adding even more monitors means even more productivity. That aside, having multiple monitors (and I’m talking three, four, five, or even six) is just…awesome, and something you totally need in your life.

Here is why Linux is much better than Windows 10

     BY VIJAY PRABHU

Here are a few reasons why Linux is still better than Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 operating system

The Windows vs Linux fight has been going on ever since Linus Torvalds build the first version in collaboration with the University of Helsinki in October 1991. And every time, Microsoft launches a Windows version this question gets shriller. The same has happened now when Microsoft released the latest Windows 10 operating system.

As The PC Industry Plummets, Intel Manages To Beat Estimates In Fourth Quarter Earnings

by Aaron Tilley

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich delivers a keynote address at CES 2016 in Las Vegas (Photo credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Chip maker Intel INTC +2.58% on Thursday reported financial results that beat Wall Street estimates.

THIS FULLY AUTONOMOUS DRONE TAXI IS YOUR TRAFFIC-JAM DREAM COME TRUE

By Drew Prindle

Yup, you read that headline right. A Chinese UAV company named Ehang just unveiled the world’s first autonomous flying taxi.

The plainly-named 184 drone is essentially a giant quadcopter designed to carry a single passenger — and it needs no pilot. Inside the cockpit, there are absolutely zero controls. No joystick, no steering wheel, no buttons, switches, or control panels — just a seat and a small tablet stand.

Chinese cities are using this “mist cannon” to shoot pollution from the sky Take that, smog.

BY May Shi

With many cities in northeast China smothered by thick smog in recent months, the widespread use of face masks and air purifiers comes as no surprise. But some local governments have turned to a less familiar tool for combating air pollution: the mist cannon.

“How Do Gun Silencers Work?”

Josh explains the design process behind gun silencers and how they suppress lethal weapons.

Japan’s population is so old that elderly workers are getting robot exoskeletons so they never have to retire.

Thomas Peter/ReutersA man wears the new HAL device during a presentation at Haneda airport.

What do you do when all the young, capable airport staff disappear and no one can help you with your luggage?

Give the aging employees artificial super strength, Japan says.

Android Software development in Nigeria

Top Nigerian Android Apps you will Love

by Kelvin Ogwu 

Android is the Leading Mobile Operating system in Nigeria but Sadly , Nigerian Apps are not popular. If I should conduct a survey , I wouldn’t be surprised to know that 70% of Nigerians don’t use local apps.

Inspite of this , there are still some awesome Nigerian Apps that deserve your attention. I have combed the web for local apps and I bring to you , Top Nigerian apps you should download.

Drone: Meet lily

Throw the drone in the air like you just don't care.

What your IT guy doesn't want you to know

HOME WIRELESS NETWORKING

 by Edward Majeks 

A secure wireless network makes sharing files between computers and devices (like a printer or phone) easy. WiFi lets you surf the internet using a modem and router, without messy cables. We look at how Wi-Fi works and the gear you'll need.

WHAT IS A WIRELESS NETWORK?

A wireless network connects multiple computers and devices (printers, phones, tablets etc) together, without using cables. The devices "talk" to each other through a central hub called a router. This

HOW TO TRACK A PHONE THROUGH GPS (MULTIPLE METHODS)

TRACK YOUR IPHONE THROUGH ICLOUD

Did you know that your phone can be used as a real-time GPS location-tracking device, giving the (near)

exact location of the phone (or the car, or purse that it is in) in near-real time? You can watch on your PC 

or Mac as the location is pinpointed on a map, and updated every several seconds, accurately to within 

just a few feet! The person holding the phone doesn’t even have to do anything, and won’t even know they

DJI’s Inspire 1 hand-held gimbal

       

     BY CHARU 

New police radars can 'see' inside homes

               
                 Brad Heath, USA TODAY

At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies quietly deployed radars that let them effectively see inside homes, with little notice to the courts or the public.

(Photo: L3 Communications

WASHINGTON — At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped their officerswith radar devices that allow them to effectively peer through the walls of houses to see whether anyone is inside, a practice raising new concerns about the extent of government surveillance.

Those agencies, including the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service, began deploying the radar systems more than two years ago with little notice to the courts and no public disclosure of when or how they would be used. The technology raises legal and privacy issues because the U.S. Supreme Court has said officers generally cannot use high-tech sensors to tell them about the inside of a person's house

Hackers created a drone that can steal What’s inside your phone

At this point of time, most of smartphones are loaded with an important function that requires WiFi service to
be activated. Taking advantage of this, Hackers of London have created a drone that is proficient in taking data consists of locations and passwords directly from your smartphone.

Oh great, humans taught a robot how to do karate

• By James Plafke

The Institute for Human Learning and Machine Cognition (IHMC) — which sounds like a facility where robots reprogram rebel humans to become sympathetic with the machine plight — taught its humanoid robot Atlas to mimic The Karate Kid’s famous crane kick. Standing 6-foot-2 and weighing a bulky 330 pounds for its height, the robot — named Ian —

Sci-Tech & Solution

   Brain plane simulator

German scientists from Munich and Berlin universities have been working on Brainflight, a system which allows a plane to be steered using the power of thought only. Scientists showed how seven pilots – some with no previous experience of flying – used mind control to fly aircraft with astonishing accuracy. Particiapnts wore a cap containing dozens of electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes, which could read electrical signals from their brains. A specially-formulated algorithm then converted those signals into computer commands. So to turn left the pilot simply images the making the manoeuvre. Scientists are already thinking up other possible uses of this technology.

Thorsten Zander is a researcher on the project, and is excited by the possibilities: “One goal of this research is to help people who are paralysed and cannot physically steer things. So we hope, in the future to help them steer a computer mouse, a car, a plane. But I see it could be used by able people too. Perhaps it could help surgeons interact with a computer during an operation, when their hands are fully occupied! Perhaps it could help in situations like these.”

According to the researchers, using brain control could make flying easier. It could reduce the workload for pilots and thereby increase safety. It could also give pilots more freedom of movement to manage other manual tasks in the cockpit. This isn’t the first time mind control has been used to fly an object. Last year in the US a remote controlled helicopter was flown through a series of hoops using the power of the human mind.

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Sci-Tech & Solution

A single keyboard allows you to type on anything! The Bluetooth® Multi-Device Keyboard K480 is a unique keyboard for your Windows, Mac or Chrome computer…that also works with your Android or iOS mobile devices. With a flick of a switch, you can change typing from one device to the next. (Bluetooth wireless device required)