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5 hours agoCutting-Edge Robot Mowers Are Getting Really Good
Lidar and AI vision enhance robot mowers' ability to navigate and cut grass in challenging environments.
Narwal's mattress vacuum cleaner not only sucks up all that ick, it heats up to 137 degrees and shines a UV light for sterilization. Then it uses high-speed tapping to dislodge what's living in your bed before sucking it up with 16.000 Pa of suction power. The dust bag seals itself so all the bad stuff stays put before you throw it away.
Reading remains one of humanity's most fundamental activities, yet millions of visually impaired people face significant barriers when trying to access books, magazines, or educational materials that rely heavily on visual content. Current solutions like audiobooks handle text well but completely miss images, diagrams, and visual elements that often carry crucial information. E-readers with Braille displays exist but remain expensive, limited, and unable to convey the rich visual content that makes many books complete experiences.
The cap integrates -powered vision technology capable of detecting when a smartphone camera is directed toward it. Once identified, a built-in mechanism deploys a cover that drops over the wearer's face, concealing their identity and preventing unwanted appearance in social media content. Importantly, the system only interacts with mobile phone cameras and does not interfere with security infrastructure such as CCTV.
Samsung announced today that the company is unifying all of its smart products under the One UI software. That includes devices such as washing machines and refrigerators, not just smart home products. Similar to Huawei and its Harmony OS. The Korean tech giant aims to improve the way you interact with its products, provide a familiar experience and bring new features.