Today’s Tech Sightings: Mind-Controlled Bionic Hands Are Medical First No, it’s not science fiction. There are already three men in the world today outfitted with bionic arms that they control with their minds. The patients, who suffered nerve damage in climbing and motorcycle accidents, had their hands amputated and replaced with robotic hands in a […]
Mobile in 2015; Bionic Arms; Printed Leaves; Rise of China’s Brands
Posted February 25th, 2015 at 2:47 pm (UTC-4)
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Tech Sightings, August 20, 2014
Posted August 20th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
BrightSource Solar Plant Sets Birds on Fire Federal investigators are urging a California company to put on hold its plans to expand an energy plant that concentrates solar energy to produce steam after watching birds caught between the plant’s mirrors and boilers ignite in mid air – on an average of one every two minutes. […]
Tech Sightings, May 13, 2014
Posted May 13th, 2014 at 2:31 pm (UTC-4)
Ransomware Gang Targets Android Phones The Reveton Gang that pioneered the idea of locking up a victim’s computer and demanding a ransom to unlock it is now targeting the mobile market. Once Reveton mobile infects a phone, it will display a bogus warning that will hold the phone hostage until the extortionists get payment. One […]