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• IBM's Watson looks for a role in the home

  03-09-2016 18:15
  
  Not content with helping cure cancers and winning Jeopardy, Watson wants to get inside our heads and our homes, whispering instructions into our wireless headsets and helping us do our laundry.That's the message from IBM's global head of Watson IoT, Harriet Green, in a keynote speech here at IFA in Berlin.IBM will work with appliance maker Whirlpool, TV and camera company Panasonic, wireless headphone designer Bragi and Withings owner Nokia to add Watson's cognitive computing capabilities to the
  
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• LG's smart fridge has Windows 10 on a transparent display

  03-09-2016 17:37
  
  In the short history of Internet-connected refrigerators, LG's latest is the boldest and craziest yet.
  The company has put a 29-inch Windows 10 Surface computer on one of the doors and, as if that's not enough, made the screen transparent so users can see inside the fridge.
  It's the transparent display that sets the Smart InstaView apart from other connected fridges, although the idea is still far from perfect.
  The view you'll get through the door is of the products filling the shelves on the i
  
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• Sony previews prototype Xperia gadgets

  03-09-2016 17:26
  
  Sony is looking at taking the Xperia brand beyond smartphones and is showing off some prototype gadgets at the IFA trade show in Berlin.
  It was keen to underline that not all of them might make it to manufacturing, but those on display were fully working prototypes with hardware and software stable enough that the company let a reporter test them out.Xperia Projector
  Magdalena PetrovaSony's Xperia Projector on show at IFA in Berlin on September 1, 2016.To read this article in full or to leave a
  
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• Sam Labs shows off a new educational electronics kit -- with no wires

  03-09-2016 16:45
  
  Perhaps you're old enough to remember when building interactive electronic devices involved breadboards, soldering irons and assembly code.Tell young people today that, though, and they won't believe you -- especially if they've used one of the educational electronics sets Sam Labs is showing at IFA in Berlin.The components in these sets are the same as you would find in beginners' electronics kits of the 1970s and 80s: lamps, photo sensors, pushbuttons, potentiometers, tilt switches and DC moto
  
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• Here come 'Awareness of Things' gadgets

  03-09-2016 13:00
  
  While nobody was paying attention, a wonderful new class of mobile gadget emerged.
  These devices aren't wearables because you don't wear them. They're not "Internet of Things" devices because they don't have IP addresses. And they don't enhance the normal functionality of a smartphone like, say, Bluetooth earbuds or a tiny projector. Even more intriguing is that the actual functionality of these gadgets is very specific, but can be applied creatively to a huge number of jobs.
  So what are they?
  
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• Don't worry Europe, you too will know when your lemons expire

  03-09-2016 11:49
  
  We do a lot on our phones: email, online banking, navigation; and now add to that checking the content of the fridge! I'm not kidding. Samsung unveiled the European version of its newest smart refrigerator, the "Family Hub," at IFA in Berlin this week, and it's filled with features fit for the most advanced of smart homes. Its biggest selling point are the three cameras inserted on the back of the door, which take a picture of the contents of the fridge every time the door is closed. This
  
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