by The Curious Technologist | Sep 10, 2020 | Tech
Palmer Luckey rose to tech fame for inventing the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset that helped generate interest in the technology. Now he’s got a different type of tech product to show off: the Ghost 4 military drone. Built by Luckey’s new...
by The Curious Technologist | Aug 25, 2020 | Tech
A team of researchers from the University of Southern California have created a miniscule autonomous robotic beetle, RoBeetle, that can travel for more than two hours without a battery. The 88-milligram, insect-inspired robot runs on liquid methanol, which powers its...
by The Curious Technologist | Aug 24, 2020 | Tech
Think of the Ghost Pacer as your own personal carrot on a stick. Nothing makes a person more competitive than seeing that they’re actually losing to a competitor. It’s why multiplayer games are infinitely more fun and fast-paced than solo gaming. The Ghost Pacer...
by The Curious Technologist | Nov 26, 2019 | Tech
They hit its steel alloy body with a sledgehammer. They shot it with a 9-millimeter handgun gun. They showed off the toughness of its glass by dropping weights on it from a decent height. And they did it dressed as macho cybergoths. This was the Tesla Cybertruck...
by The Curious Technologist | Mar 3, 2018 | Gear, Tech
TechRadar has a review of Apple’s foray into the smart speaker / home assistant fray. Lots of mixed feedback on this – win or miss? It seems that it really depends on whether you care about being locked into the Apple ecosystem or not. “With the...
by The Curious Technologist | Jul 21, 2017 | Raspberry Pi, Tech
Gigabyte’s GA-SBCAP3350 is compact, but at 146 x 102mm is quite a bit bigger than the 85 x 56mm Raspberry Pi. That increased size provides quite a lot of flexibility, however. Buyers can customize memory and storage at time of purchase, and can upgrade those...
