Amazon’s Echo Could be Conditioning Kids to Be Rude

Two years after the birth of Echo, Amazon’s voice-controlled speaker and smart home device, owners—especially parents—are starting to see its negative side effects. Children have quickly adopted the “Alexa” command, querying the device about anything and everything. More troubling, the kids abandon manners when speaking to Alexa and demand it to fulfill their wishes, and parents are becoming worried their children are learning that it’s …

The EHang Autonomous Passenger Drone Has Begun Testing

A self-piloting passenger drone called the EHang 184 drone, which was initially unveiled at CES, has announced plans to begin testing in the state of Nevada. The pod-like aerial vehicle has the potential to autonomously transport a single person up to 10 miles away—all the passenger needs to do is set a destination point through an app and sit back. EHang is currently working the …

How a Man Lived 17 Months Without a Heart

In December 2014, Michigan native Stan Larkin had his heart removed due to its deteriorating condition. During that time he was outfitted with the very first SynCardia Freedom Portable Driver—a machine that allowed him to live completely heart-free as he waited for a transplant. Some 17 months later, Larkin finally received that transplant—a surgery made possible by the groundbreaking technology of the SynCardia. Read more …