THE SCIENTISTS WHO MAKE APPS ADDICTIVE
Tech companies use the insights of behavior design to keep us returning to their products. But some of the psychologists who developed the science of persuasion are worried about how it is being used. In 1930, a psychologist at Harvard University called B.F. Skinner made a…
A robot can print this house in as little as 8 hours
Building a house by hand can be both time-consuming and expensive. Some homebuilders have chosen to automate part of the construction instead. A new Ukrainian homebuilding startup called PassivDom uses a 3D printing robot that can print parts for tiny houses. The machine can print…
Drone Footage Shows Just How Huge Tesla’s Gigafactory Really Is
It looks like there is a lot of action going on at Tesla‘s giant Gigafactory. The factory, which is located in Sparks, Nevada, is where Tesla is producing the battery cells for its electric cars and drive trains for its Model 3, the company’s first mass-market…
Did NASA Find Alien Life?
NASA is set to make an important announcement about a new discovery made by the Kepler space telescope, which has been searching for alien worlds since 2009. The U.S. space agency will hold the news conference on Thursday, Dec. 14, and the scientists who have…
Walmart Has Ordered 15 Tesla Electric Tractor Trailers
Earlier this week, we took a look at Tesla’s introduction of its soon-to-come Semi Truck vehicle, which to the surprise of many, will not only tackle efficiency agendas, but speed, power and style ones to boot. According to a report from CNBC, Walmart is already seeing the value…
FDA approves pill with digital tracking device you swallow
A psychiatric medication system in the form of a pill with a built-in digital tracking device gained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Monday. Abilify MyCite, a form of aripiprazole and a first-of-its-kind product, has an embedded ingestible sensor that records when the medication…
Scientists Believe A.I. Will End Mankind
Computers and machines are becoming increasingly sophisticated as advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) start to come through thick and fast. But some of the most intelligent people in the world are deeply concerned that one day in the not-so-distant future the robots…
Nintendo Will to Create 30 Million Switch Units in 2018
Following reports of supply shortages for the fledging Switch device, Nintendo is presumably planning to produce a huge amount of units in 2018. How many? The electronics giant is expecting to produce approximately 30 million units for its next fiscal year starting April 2018 until March 2019. Currently, Nintendo…
Apple releases iOS 11.1.1 to fix annoying I autocorrect bug
iOS 11.1.1 is here, and it comes with a small but important update: a fix for the strange autocorrect bug in iOS 11.1 that has been automatically changing the letter “I” to “A [?]” for some users. Apple had previously recommended using Text Replacement as a manual…
Snapchat Plans a Complete Redesign
This past Tuesday saw Snapchat deliver its recent public earnings report and the results weren’t great. The image messaging and multimedia mobile app continues to add daily active users (DAU) at a disappointingly slow rate of 3 percent — approximately 4.5 million actual new users. The slow…
