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How to stream the NBA Finals for free, thanks to Dish’s Sling TV

Posted on June 3, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

Sling_Television_New_RGB Sling TV is coming up clutch for basketball fans who also happen to be cord cutters.

The DISH-owned streaming service announced Thursday — just as Game 1 of the NBA Finals started on ABC — that it is offering a free preview of its “Broadcast Extra”...

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Amazon’s Alexa gets Washington State Ferry smarts, thanks to new third-party skill

Posted on May 30, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

“Ahoy there,” says a playfully nautical Alexa when you ask her for information about the Washington State Ferries. It’s a skill that Blink UX, the Seattle-based user experience firm, developed for Amazon’s...

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‘House of Cards’ is the world’s most pirated show, thanks to Netflix global streaming rights

Posted on March 15, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

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Netflix is currently streaming in 245 global regions (countries and territories combined), which makes for some very complicated distribution rights discussions. Just because a show is available to stream in Canada, doesn’t necessarily mean Netflix subscribers in the U.S. will have access.

Disney builds robot car that climbs walls, thanks to consumer drone technology

Posted on December 30, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Drones are so popular they’re starting to get boring. But the technology that keeps drones aloft is helping Disney build a car that climbs walls. The VertiGo is the result of a collaboration between Disney Research Zurich and ETH, a Swiss university,...

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X-ray vision devices coming soon, thanks to MIT researchers

Posted on December 24, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

It’s one superpower that’s been envied throughout the ages, but a new spin-off company of MIT researchers might be bringing X-ray vision devices to the consumer market in just two years. As PC World reports via IDG New Service, the new X-ray devices, called “Emerald,” might...

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Amazon Echo gets customizable voice commands thanks to deeper IFTTT integration

Posted on November 23, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

While Amazon’s Echo can tell you about traffic and control your smart-home devices, users haven’t had much ability to develop their own commands for Alexa. But thanks to an improved integration with IFTTT, users can start building their very own voice commands to do everything from sending emails to finding a lost phone. IFTTT (which stands for “if this, then...

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Virtual car shopping on a HoloLens? Volvo says it’s coming next year thanks to Microsoft partnership

Posted on November 22, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Microsoft and Volvo have created a virtual showroom using the HoloLens augmented reality headset.

Volvo says I saw the future of car dealerships earlier today. I was invited to sit on a sofa in a virtual showroom. I was wearing Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality headset with a small hologram of the never-before-seen Volvo S90 floating in front of me....

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See how the world turns on Pluto and Charon, thanks to NASA’s New Horizons

Posted on November 21, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

The bright heart of Pluto has been burned into our consciousness, thanks to scads of high-resolution pictures. But a new set of images from NASA’s New Horizons mission provides an all-around view of the dwarf planet, including the splotchy shapes that went out of view days before the time of closest approach on July 14. Another 10-picture set shows Pluto’s biggest moon,...

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