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Hands-on with Google Photos: Brand new app is impressive, but the service is not unique

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by on May 29, 2015 at 6:39 pm
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One of the more popular announcements of yesterday’s Google I/O keynote was the immediate launch of Google Photos. This online photo service, which the company severed from its Google+ social network, was rolled out as a brand new photo app for Android, iOS and the Web. It is designed to provide a place for all your photos and videos to reside, help you organize and get creative with your photos and share and save the ones that are meaningful to you. An auto backup and syncing option is also available. With Google Photos, you can back up and store an unlimited number of high-quality photos and videos for…

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This robot detects obstacles and jumps them like a cheetah

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by on May 29, 2015 at 6:01 pm
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Robots are becoming more and more sophisticated, and now can mimic the movements of animals. Researchers and developers at MIT have developed a robot that acts like a cheetah. Not only does it look somewhat like a cheetah and run like a cheetah, it can also now jump over obstacles in its path like a cheetah. This means they have successfully developed the first four-legged robot that can do this autonomously. Their robotic cheetah can currently run an average of 5 mph and jump obstacles up to 18 inches tall. The researchers have developed and use three different algorithms to allow the robot…

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This robot detects obstacles and jumps them like a cheetah

May29
by on May 29, 2015 at 6:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

MIT-Jumping-Cheetah-1
Robots are becoming more and more sophisticated, and now can mimic the movements of animals. Researchers and developers at MIT have developed a robot that acts like a cheetah. Not only does it look somewhat like a cheetah and run like a cheetah, it can also now jump over obstacles in its path like a cheetah. This means they have successfully developed the first four-legged robot that can do this autonomously. Their robotic cheetah can currently run an average of 5 mph and jump obstacles up to 18 inches tall. The researchers have developed and use three different algorithms to allow the robot…

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Google Photos behind the app — scanning makes it special

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by on May 29, 2015 at 5:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

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If you’ve been using the new Google Photos app announced yesterday at Google I/O, you may be impressed with how smooth the interface is, or how easily the service indexes your photos. There’s a lot happening behind the scenes to make the magic happen; things you’re never supposed to see, but will nonetheless make you a happy Photos user. After the keynote address, Google went into more detail about what makes Photos special to a small group of media folk. While our review will give you some insight on Photos’ forward-facing performance, we now know what makes the app so uniquely…

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This smart robot learns to ‘heal’ itself after damage

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by on May 29, 2015 at 5:27 pm
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The appeal of using robots resides firmly in the fact they’re far more efficient at most tasks than a human. On the other side of the coin, what keeps them from becoming more of a fixture in our modern lives is their lack of adaptability and the need for constant maintenance. When a robot breaks, it is no longer capable of doing its job and to keep it from breaking, it requires regular maintenance from a human. Efficiency gains are then minimized, which is exactly why there isn’t a robot serving your frappuccino at the local Starbucks. This could soon change. Researchers at…

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