[ad_1] “It is early days for this technology but we are very bullish on how augmented reality and virtual reality are going to be key technologies in the operating room of the future,” says Touch Surgery co-founder Dr Jean Nehme (pictured). 8vc, the US VC fund which backed Oculus Rift, led the new funding round.Read more about AR surgery start-up raises $30m[…]

[ad_1] After failing to deliver on the advertised speeds of its high-end NBN plans, Telstra will be compensating roughly 42,000 of its unhappy broadband customers. According to The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Australia’s biggest telco has offered to reimburse NBN customers who were promised speeds that were simply unattainable on their fibre-to-the-node (FTTN)Read more about Telstra will compensate thousands of customers for broken NBN promises[…]

[ad_1] The unit supports 1080p Full-HD image projection up to 100 inches, aiming to “deliver realistic colours and sharp cinematic images”. W1050 It has three dedicated picture modes: Sport Mode, Vivid TV Mode and Cinema Mode, each calibrated in terms of brightness, contrast and colour. Combined with a new simplified user interface design, BenQ says itRead more about Gadget Watch: BenQ W1050 Home Cinema Projector[…]

[ad_1] We all knew there would eventually come a day when self-driving cars would start roaming US streets without someone in the driver’s seat for safety, but you still might be surprised that the day has come this soon. In fact, that day passed a couple of weeks ago. As The Verge reports, Waymo, theRead more about Waymo's autonomous cars are already on public roads without safety drivers[…]

[ad_1] This one is the good old two transistor multivibtrator (pictured), where you can watch voltages change and blobs of current run around – obviously in the opposite direction to any electrons that might be making that current work 🙂 While I can find a way to observe the base voltages go negative (mouse-hover overRead more about A nice way to teach how a circuit works[…]

[ad_1] There’s a confidence to the next wave of games being developed for the PlayStation VR headset that transcends the limitations of the hardware they’re running on.  Sony’s PlayStation 4 VR gamble was one that put accessibility and price (pairing a relatively affordable, low-res virtual reality headset with a relatively underpowered console) over a ‘money-is-no-object’Read more about These PSVR games prove Sony's PS4 virtual reality headset is here to stay[…]

[ad_1] The first hint of Android’s new mobile operating system “Android 8.0 Oreo” was brought to us in March, and it was finally unveiled last August as the competitor for Apple’s OS iOS 11. However, far from simply being a product for the general public, Google has shown that this phone is for the businessRead more about Comment: Three Ways that Android 8.0 Oreo aims for the Enterprise[…]

[ad_1] UPDATE: The Xbox One X has sold out, but there are still plenty of other consoles and bundles on offer, so scroll down for more info. Although The Gamesmen’s eBay store already has decent prices on a lot of their items, you can take an extra 20% off thanks to an eBay discount codeRead more about Switch, PS4 and Xbox consoles are super-cheap on eBay AU right now[…]

[ad_1] “Broadcom’s proposal is compelling for stockholders and stakeholders in both companies,” says Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. “Our proposal provides Qualcomm stockholders with a substantial and immediate premium in cash for their shares, as well as the opportunity to participate in the upside potential of the combined company. This complementary transaction will position the combined companyRead more about Broadcom bids $130bn for Qualcomm[…]

[ad_1] If you’re going to buy one of the best 2-in-1 laptops, you’ve picked the perfect time to do just that. After all, the market reached several milestones in 2017, working out kinks in the process. In 2017, we saw the Google introduce the Pixelbook, the company’s first foray into converging Chrome OS with aRead more about The 10 best 2-in-1 laptops of 2017: the best hybrid laptops ranked[…]