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Augmented ride
Get ready to upgrade your cycle ride. Chinese start-up InSenth is developing augmented reality glasses specifically for use while cycling. Arrows projected onto the road avoid the need for a map, and the glasses display relevant statistics such as speed, distance covered and calories burned. They also have an inbuilt camera. InSenth is crowdfunding the development of the glasses, and has almost met its $40,000 goal.
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The number of times US pilots have seen drones while airborne this year. There were only 214 sightings in all of 2014, according to the Federal Aviation Administration
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Apple鈥檚 self-drive car
Apple or Android? We鈥檙e all familiar with making this choice for smartphones, but it鈥檚 about to take on a new meaning. A public records request by The Guardian newspaper in London confirms that Apple is working on an autonomous car, following in Google鈥檚 footsteps. The firm aims to test its Project Titan vehicles at the GoMentum facility in Concord, California, which is specially designed for the purpose.
