Articles by Peter Grad
Tech Xplore / Impulse Neuro-Controller executes game moves with thoughts instead of mouse clicks
George Will, a political commentator for nearly half a century at The Washington Post, is known to also enjoy weighing in on sports on occasion, most notably baseball. He is fond of repeating the simple but critical observation ...
Tech Xplore / Samsung robot feeds you and helps with the laundry
AI is making stunning inroads in the fields of medicine and science. It is helping to cure disease, combat global warming, grow crops and provide cleaner, cheaper energy.
Tech Xplore / Looking Glass converts any photo into 3-D image
On the first day of a popular psychology course in the 1970s at City College of New York, students were told the story of how a remote South American tribe that was never exposed to technology or even electricity reacted ...
Tech Xplore / Apple proposes new wireless charging ecosystem
Apple is eyeing a better way to charge your devices.
Tech Xplore / Qualcomm's Snapdragon 480 SoC to bring 5G to low-cost phones
As 5G-enabled phones secured their spot as major players in smartphone technology in 2020, access to this latest functionality has been limited to higher-end phones. But things are about to change, as Qualcomm announced today ...
Tech Xplore / Apple patents keyboard with dynamically changing key functions
Apple may be preparing to reinvent the keyboard.
Tech Xplore / AI-controlled vertical farms promise revolution in food production
When you think about it, early civilizations had a rough time when it came to dinnertime. With no supermarkets, McDonald's, or Cheesecake Factories, you pretty much had to find and prepare your own meal every day. And since ...
Tech Xplore / DeepMind's MuZero conquers and learns the rules as it does
Albert Einstein once said, "You have to learn the rules of the game, and then you have to play better than anyone else." That could well be the motto at DeepMind, as a new report reveals it has developed a program that can ...
Tech Xplore / OnePlus 8T Concept phone has color-shifting, camera-camouflage features
As smartphone manufacturers race to reach faster transmission speeds, greater storage capacities and quicker charging times, it's a change of pace to find a new phone that ignores all of those pursuits.
Tech Xplore / Satellite uses SAR imagery to capture world's sharpest images
A satellite carrying a camera that is so powerful it can capture an image of virtually any object on Earth with crystal-clear resolution is now offering its services to the public.
Tech Xplore / Fujifilm, IBM unveil 580-terabyte magnetic tape
When it comes to magnetic tape storage capacity, smaller is larger. That is, as the magnetic particles that store data become smaller, more data can be stockpiled in the same amount of space.
Tech Xplore / Google, Harvard unveil Android medical research app
Google has partnered with Harvard Medical School to launch an app that allows anyone with an Android phone to participate in medical studies.
Tech Xplore / Chrome 88's Manifest V3 sets strict privacy rules for extension developers
The mid-January release of the Chrome 88 browser will include privacy and security measures that raised concerns among some developers during recent months of testing.
Tech Xplore / Solid-state automotive battery could transform EV industry
More powerful, longer lasting, faster charging.
Tech Xplore / Huge drone set to launch satellites in mid-air
We all have images in our mind of rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station hurtling astronauts into space and satellites into orbit.
