The day before he was set to address thousands of developers, Apple CEO Tim Cook walked into a cavernous conference space at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. The room was empty except for a few reporters, some Apple execs and about a dozen students who'd won scholarships to attend the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference.Cook was there to surprise the students -- and that he did. He worked the room, talking to the burgeoning developers and getting quick demos of projects they'd developed using Apple's Swift coding tools. And he posed for selfies. So many selfies. "He's really cool," said Kirill Averianov, a 17-year-old developer who's been writing iOS apps in his native Russia for nine years. "It was quite an experience," added Will Bishop, also 17, who'd journeyed from Australia. "I've only ever seen him on stage. They didn't tell us he'd be here." Now playing: Watch this: Everything Apple announced from its WWDC 2019 keynote 1:26 Cook is part of a … [Read more...] about At Apple WWDC, taking stock of Tim Cook’s hits and misses
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Sony’s new Aibo robot dog can be yours for a whopping $2,899
Sony on Thursday announced it's bringing its refreshed Aibo robot dog to the US.The new gadget will use sophisticated cameras and sensors to map your house, so it can easily move around and go to its charging station on its own. It will also recognize up to 100 faces and remember interactions with people, allowing its artificial intelligence engine to develop a unique personality that changes over time, according to Sony. Now playing: Watch this: Aibo, fetch! We play with Sony's $2,899 robopup 3:48 "No two Aibo companion robots are the same," Sony said Thursday.But those features won't come cheap: A bundle package for the robot dog will cost $2,899, around the same price as some purebred puppies or two midrange MacBook Pro laptops. Presales start in September, with deliveries expected in time for the holidays. The new Aibo -- sleeker than its boxy ancestor -- will be on exhibit to the US public in one place only before it goes on sale: at Sony Square in Manhattan from Friday … [Read more...] about Sony’s new Aibo robot dog can be yours for a whopping $2,899
By Working With Juan Manuel Fangio, Ana Delfosse Became One of Motorsport’s First Female Mechanics
Ana Delfosse’s rebellious spirit was visible from the time she was a child. With a father who was always joking about how men can do anything, young Ana would reply that she was “going to show that a woman can do it, too”. Growing up on a sheep farm in Argentina, Delfosse was no stranger to getting her hands dirty. She was out there with her sister each day, putting in long hours taking care of animals. Her spare time was punctuated with riding her black horse, Blitz, around the large farm as fast as she could and ogling the even faster cars that would speed down the road. See, her family lived in Balcarce—the town where Fangio was born. It was on the quiet highways through the farmland that Fangio would test his race cars. It just so happened that that highway bordered Delfosse’s family farm. Intrigued, Ana made her way into town to check out Fangio’s General Motors dealership. She’d peek through doors and windows (it was improper for a … [Read more...] about By Working With Juan Manuel Fangio, Ana Delfosse Became One of Motorsport’s First Female Mechanics
How I Saved My Project BMW E30 From Rust Oblivion by Learning to Weld
You may have noticed I’ve been silent about my recent BMW E30 purchase. The fanfare of buying an elderly autobahn cruiser has been met with months devoid of updates. I can tell you it’s not because I’m having the time of my life driving it. It’s because I found something catastrophic within. You can’t deny E30s have that classic BMW panache, but all the character comes at a cost. I’m talking about old car issues: Leaks, squeaks, and general disrepair are par for the course in a machine that’s three decades from new. It’s no secret that the 1989 BMW 325i I bought certainly had its fair share of mechanical and cosmetic ailments. While the list of needed repairs was long, it certainly wasn’t an impossible hurdle to overcome. That is, until I started digging deeper. The bad news began to unfurl the moment I removed the right rear wheel. As I peered into the dimly lit wheel well, my heart sunk like a pair of tied-up cinder blocks … [Read more...] about How I Saved My Project BMW E30 From Rust Oblivion by Learning to Weld