Bed company denies it is recording users
I can hear what you are doing Dave and I am telling
Owners of an IoT bed were a little shocked when the company changed its user agreement to effectively allow it to record what they get up to.
Second generation of light IoT networks powers up
LiFi-integrated lighting and networking
First of a new, wider range of LiFi-enabled lights hits the market that its makers claim is faster, simpler and more efficient.
Google patents VR trainers
You can move in any direction without going outside
Search engine outfit Google has patented a pair of trainers which allow you to walk in VR. This means that IT nerds will never have to go “outside” again, with all the attendant dangers that brings.
Google Schafts disaster robot unit
Human Robots not working for Google
Google’s Schaft, which develops bipedal robots to helping in disaster efforts, is being shut down.
A robot is the new super-hod
Can build a house in three days
The days of skilled brick-layers making a fortune are coming to a close after a bricklaying robot named Hadrian was described in 2015 by Australian firm Fastbrick Robotics as capable of building the brick shell of a house in a matter of days, and it has now managed to complete the task.