Verizon recently launched 5G in Chicago and Minneapolis. In its race to be “the world’s first 5G-capable phone,” and to beat Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G launch, there are some features missing in this network. ► Subscribe for more tech & culture videos: http://on.mash.to/subscribe◄ MORE FROM MASHABLE • Video – https://youtu.be/6ElleCub6uM • Video – https://youtu.be/jAu1ZsTCA64 …
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A team of researchers at UC Berkeley built a low-cost robotic arm that is safe for humans to work alongside. BLUE’s creators hope that its $5,000 price tag will make it affordable enough so that more and more labs and companies will be able to purchase it and experiment with …
Read More »The Robot that Recycles By Touch, Not by Sight
Developed by MIT CSAIL, RoCycle is a robot system that can automatically identify and sort recyclable materials using pressure sensors. The robot can differentiate between paper, metal, and plastic with an 85 per cent accuracy just by touching them. ► Subscribe for more tech & culture videos: http://on.mash.to/subscribe◄ MORE FROM MASHABLE • …
Read More »World’s Largest Plane by Wingspan Just Made History by Flying for the First Time
Stratolaunch just completed its first test flight over the Mojave Desert in California. The dual-fuselage plane has a wingspan of 385 feet and is now the largest aircraft by wingspan to ever take to the skies. Stratolaunch is designed to function as a launch platform for rockets that will be …
Read More »Hands-on with Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and Its Foldable Display
Our Senior Tech Correspondent, Ray Wong, finally got to play with Samsung’s first foldable phone after much anticipation. He seemed pleasantly surprised, even with the crease. ► Subscribe for more tech & culture videos: http://on.mash.to/subscribe◄ MORE FROM MASHABLE • Video – https://youtu.be/6ElleCub6uM • Video – https://youtu.be/jAu1ZsTCA64 • Video – https://youtu.be/W8T6fYt9-tA Subscribe to Mashable: http://on.mash.to/subscribe Best of …
Read More »This Robot Helped Firefighters Extinguish the Notre-Dame Fire
One of the weapons that the Paris Fire Brigade used at its battle against the Notre-Dame blaze was a firefighting robot. Developed by Shark Robotics, Colossus is designed to be deployed in environments that are too hot and dangerous for human firefighters to operate. ► Subscribe for more tech & culture …
Read More »AI Won’t See You If You Hold This Color Printout
Want to hide from AI-powered surveillance systems? Researchers at KU Leuven generated an image which you can print and hold around your hip to make yourself invisible to a popular object detection algorithm. The technique so far only works if the printout is being held at a certain angle and …
Read More »This Five-seat Flying Taxi Could Take You From NYC to Boston In an Hour On a Single Charge
German air taxi company Lilium unveiled its five-seater, all-electric passenger jet for the first time. The jet successfully completed its maiden test flight, demonstrating its ability to take off and land vertically. The aircraft is powered by 36 all-electric engines and Lilium claims that it can travel up to 185 …
Read More »You Can Control This Robot by Flexing Your Muscles
In a new paper published today, MIT CSAIL researchers Joseph DelPreto and Daniela Rus used electromyography sensors to make communication between a robot and a human a lot more intuitive without the need for verbal cues. Their system, dubbed RoboRaise, is able to mirror the user’s movements by detecting and …
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Joining its self-driving fleet of cars, the Yandex.Rover is a delivery bot that can navigate around objects and obstacles. ► Subscribe for more tech & culture videos: http://on.mash.to/subscribe ◄ MORE FROM MASHABLE • Video – https://youtu.be/1qKfvfFdJqs • Video – https://youtu.be/3XqRJRCSQzA • Video – https://youtu.be/mEmwJzQjwyw Best of playlist: Best of Mashable …
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