Amazon has breathed new life into the Echo Spot: a bedside table with Alexa and a colorful display that shows the weather forecast, what songs or podcasts are playing, the latest news and, of course, the time. Echo Spot can display the time, forecast, or currently playing songs, audiobooks, and podcasts through its enhanced 1.73” … Read more
A VIDEO showing the world’s first robot face carved from human flesh, with a very sinister smile. Japanese scientists have found a way to attach engineered skin tissue to humanoid robots. Scientists from the University of Tokyo put a creepy smile on this robot faceCredit: 2024 Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND This creepy shot shows a … Read more
Imagine a future where your phone pings with the message that your late father’s “digital immortal” bot is ready. This promise of chatting with a virtual version of your loved one – perhaps through a virtual reality (VR) headset – is like stepping into a science fiction movie, both thrilling and a little creepy. As … Read more
THE SAME sunspot that produced Earth’s most spectacular display of solar energy in decades has created another record-breaking storm on Mars. A fascinating video taken by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft shows an X12 solar flare – the strongest type – kicking up debris across the Red Planet’s arid landscape on May 20. Video taken by … Read more
Published 12:33 June 4, 2024 GMT+1 An explorer has revealed whether his journey to see a ‘bizarre’ Google Maps structure was as ‘treacherous’ as he first predicted A YouTube explorer has revealed what it was like to travel to a geological feature ‘on Google Earth that no one has seen before’. While searching Google Maps, … Read more