Bluetooth LE Standard Gains Mesh Networking for Improved Smart Home Connectivity
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group today announced that its Bluetooth technology has been updated with support for mesh networking , designed to create…https://www.macrumors.com/2017/07/18/bluetooth-standard-mesh-networking/

Google Glass Is Officially Back, Doing Something It Doesn’t Suck At
Agco Google has officially announced what we’ve known for two and a half years—Google Glass isn’t dead, the company has just been redeveloping the… http://gizmodo.com/google-glass-is-back-with-a-new-trick-it-doesnt-suck-at-1797017601

Scientists Just Observed an Effect of Gravity on Tiny Particles For the First Time
Bad news: Humans will probably never explore the area around a black hole, at least while you’re alive. That’s mostly because most…  http://gizmodo.com/scientists-just-observed-an-effect-of-gravity-on-tiny-p-1797057322

Disney is opening an immersive Star Wars Hotel where each guest gets a storyline
AHHHHHHH. Disney just announced something that’s potentially so damned cool that I hardly need complete sentences here: Immersive. Star Wars. Hotel. Details are… http://social.techcrunch.com/2017/07/15/disney-is-opening-an-immersive-star-wars-hotel-where-each-guest-gets-a-storyline/

This famous roboticist doesn’t think Elon Musk understands AI
Earlier this week, at the campus of MIT, TechCrunch had the chance to sit down with famed roboticist Rodney Brooks, the founding director of MIT’s Computer… http://social.techcrunch.com/2017/07/19/this-famous-roboticist-doesnt-think-elon-musk-understands-ai/

GoldieBlox Releases New Video Series to Get Girls Tinkering
Getting girls into STEAM* activities has been a big deal in the last few years. GoldieBlox is an engineering construction set based on fairy-tale-esque stories…  https://geekdad.com/2017/07/goldieblox-releases-new-video-series-to-get-girls-tinkering/

Intel reportedly disbands wearables division as it focuses on AR
Intel reportedly disbands wearables division as it focuses on AR Intel has reportedly laid off the few employees working in its health wearables division, which… http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/07/20/intel-reportedly-disbands-wearables-division-as-it-focuses-on-ar

US House Panel Approves Broad Proposal On Self-Driving Cars – US House Panel Approves Broad Proposal On Self-Driving Cars (reuters.com) An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A U.S. House panel on… https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/07/19/2249224/us-house-panel-approves-broad-proposal-on-self-driving-cars

Neuroscientists find new way to make lab equipment on the cheap
Neuroscientists from the Universities of Tubingen and Sussex have created a budget-friendly imaging and microscope system for research, training and teaching… http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/cheap-lab-equipment-1.4212166

Westworld: Where Technology and Ethics Collide
HBO’s Westworld , a reimagining of Michael Crichton’s 1973 feature Gunslinger film debut, is quickly gaining a cult following akin to Lost , The Walking Dead… http://www.mouser.com/blog/westworld-where-technology-and-ethics-collide

Lawbreaking Particles May Point to a Previously Unknown Force in the Universe
A diagram of two protons colliding inside the LHCb experiment. Credit: CERN For decades physicists have sought signs of misbehaving particles—evidence of subtle…  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lawbreaking-particles-may-point-to-a-previously-unknown-force-in-the-universe/

The Moon’s Interior Could Contain Lots of Water, Study Shows
Ancient volcanic deposits on the moon reveal new evidence about the lunar interior, suggesting it contains substantial amounts of water. Using satellite data,…  https://www.space.com/37596-moon-interior-could-have-water.html

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