The Curious Technologist
The DJI Spark is fun, but not the mainstream drone we were promised
Great write-up over at TechCrunch: The Spark is, at once, an impressive feat of engineering and a reminder that drones are a ways from being true mainstream devices. It’s DJI’s smallest and cheapest drone by far, and the company also has tossed in some neat gesture...
Doomsday Seed Vault Receives Protective Upgrades
When melting permafrost poured into the entrance of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, there was an understandable worry. What good is safeguarding the world's crops in the Arctic if even that area isn't immune to the threat of climate change? Well, you can relax....
Privacy Focused Browser Brave Raises $30m in 30 Seconds
Ready to get all inspired again to quit your job and go all Silicon Valley? Brendan Eich, the former CEO of Mozilla, is back, and he has cash to burn: His new browser startup, Brave, raised $35 million in under 30 seconds, reports TechCrunch. He was able to accomplish...
Review: Audeze iSine 20
THE LATEST RELEASE from Audeze, the iSine 20, takes technology typically found only in over-ear headphones and squeezes it into a pair of ultra-portable earbuds. While that’s certainly commendable, people accustomed to regular earphones—which comfortably envelop...
Google’s huge 4K touchscreen whiteboard is now on sale for $5K
Google’s Jamboard is not a kitchen app for curating PB&J recipes – it’s a 55-inch digital whiteboard, with pen and touch input, companion iOS and Android apps, an Nvidia Jetson TX1 processor on board and 4K resolution. The behemoth is an enterprise-focused...
Amazon’s Alexa adds support for iCloud calendars
Alexa can now remind you about arrangements from yet another timetable administration: iCloud. Gadgets including the Echo lineup and other Alexa-empowered devices have included support for iCloud logbooks starting today. Amazon says that iCloud date-books have been a...