Hey food fans, GE wants to get into calorie tracking too
Measuring what’s happening with your body has never been easier, but measuring what goes in, is still an analog process of journals and maybe photos. A GE researcher wants to change that.
Don’t eat that! SRI built a calorie-counting food app that works via a photo snap
Meal logging and calorie counting is still a pretty painful process, but SRI is working on an image recognition technology that could change that.
Is a natural gas car revolution coming in the U.S.?
Cheap, abundant natural gas is changing the game for energy in the U.S., and that means a renewed push for natural gas cars.
How video chat on Android tablets is about to improve
As we migrate away from stationary computing, new software solutions are needed for mobile activities. SRI’s latest development brings image stabilization to Google Talk users with Honeycomb tablets. Along with an improved experience, SRI’s video-stability solution could improve battery life for heavy video chatters.
Can This Bomb-Defusing Robot Take Care of Grandma, Too?
Be it defusing car bombs or programming old people’s VCR’s (so their displays finally stops blinking 12:00), the grabby little Taurus has the makings of a real renaissance robot.