WinPlayBox: GET A PIZZA DELIVERED BY A DRONE

Friday, 23 December 2016

SEX OR CYBERSECURITY? NEARLY FOUR IN 10 SAY THEY’D RATHER BE SECURE

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Ever wondered what kind of amenities you could expect if you rented a luxury apartment for $25,000 per month? California-based robotics company Savioke has your answer — and it’s a smart robot butler called Charley. Charley is a “Relay” model room service robot, capable of delivering everything from mail to takeout meals directly to your door. From next year it will be servicing the wealthy patrons of Los Angeles’ new upmarket Crescent Heights Ten Thousand building.

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LUXURY APARTMENTS IN LOS ANGELES COME WITH SMART ROBOT BUTLERS

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Does the idea of a snake robot that enters your body via your nose or urethra — i.e., the duct in the end of the penis through which fluids are conveyed — sound like the stuff of nightmares? Well, forget any temporary thoughts of discomfort because such a robot may just save your life one day. A bioengineering professor at Vanderbilt University, Nabil Simaan, has been busy developing snake-like robots for more than a decade.

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IT ONLY TOOK 30 SECONDS FOR WHITE HAT HACKERS TO CRACK A GOOGLE PIXEL

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Looking for a way to swagger down the street like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, while silently informing your fellow citizens that you’re a tech-savvy early adopter? If this oddly specific fantasy happens to be one you share, you may want to check out a new Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign that offers what its creators claim are the “world’s first customizable mid-top E-sneakers.”

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40 TECH COMPANIES SEND LETTER DETAILING THEIR POLICY PRIORITIES TO PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP

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A coalition of 40 companies, called the Internet Association, have sent President-elect Donald Trump a 12-page letter detailing a road map and policies for his administration to consider. The policies highlight key areas the association, which includes companies like Facebook and Google, believe Trump should focus on in regard to the internet sector.

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USERS CAN NOW DONATE TO THEIR FAVORITE NONPROFITS THROUGH APPLE PAY

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Apple Pay has supported consumerism for the last couple years, but now it’s supporting a different kind of spending — that of the charitable nature. With the holiday season, #GivingTuesday, and goodwill all right around the corner, Apple has announced that its mobile payments platform now supports instant donations to nonprofits. So now, in addition to buying yourself that new winter coat, you can help keep someone else warm this holiday season, too.

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SEVENHUGS’S SMART REMOTE IS A MAGIC WAND FOR YOUR SMART HOME

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It’s happening. It’s really happening. Drones are starting to deliver goods in real-life commercial settings. In New Zealand, that is. In a move that will have Amazon’s Prime Air team looking on with envy, and possibly salivating as well, a branch of Domino’s Pizza about 10 miles north of central Auckland has sent out its first drone carrying piping hot pizza to an actual paying customer.

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