The Japan Times has a video demonstrating some of the cool robots that Japan has to offer at the Japan Robot Week 2014 exhibition in Tokyo this week. Many of the robots are focused around nursing care for the aging population but there are still a wide variety of robots. Robots can be involved in all sorts of activities including education or training, entertainment, rescue, … [Read more...]
Intel tries to train against clicking bad links
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month. Intel has a campaign called #ClickSmart where they are trying to educate people about bad links that can lead to them becoming victims of cybercrime. They use examples of phishing emails, scams on social networks, bad texts, search results, and other places for dangerous links. This video shows a few Californians taking the … [Read more...]
Adobe on the creative future
Adobe released this video to demonstrate the Adobe Creative Cloud on a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and what they picture the future to look like for creators. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlLR9ANGsOo … [Read more...]
The drone threat is real enough
The popularity of drones, any unmanned aerial vehicles, have skyrocketed (pun intended). Simple remote toy helicopters, quadcopters, and even larger military-grade drones could be used to invade your airspace or privacy. This could be particularly important for airports wanting to prevent collisions or movie studios wanting to keep leaks to a minimum as many of these vehicles … [Read more...]
Security weaknesses in smart homes
Kaspersky created this image to illustrate how even a secure home network can be foiled by insecure endpoints. People may be well versed in keeping their networks secure, using strong passwords, and updating their computers but as the Internet of Things connects more devices, you may also need to update your TVs, printers, tablets, NAS, and other devices so they are not … [Read more...]