Google patents pedestrian flypaper for self-driving cars and other top stories.

• Google patents pedestrian flypaper for self-driving cars

  

  Google knows that its self-driving cars are going to get into accidents — maybe even accidents involving pedestrians — and so the company has patented a unique solution to minimize injuries if this happens: human flypaper. The patent, granted earlier this week, describes "an adhesive layer positioned on the front end of the vehicle" that pedestrians will simply stick to "in the event of a collision." "The adhesive bonds the pedestrian to the vehicle" "The adhesive bonds the pedestrian to the ve..

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• IMAX to open 'VR experience' centers worldwide and develop its own VR camera

  

  IMAX, one company that has more than done its part to push cinema technology forward, is preparing to toss its hat into the virtual reality ring with a set of new initiatives. Following Google I/O, the firm revealed its plan to develop the IMAX VR camera, “a cinema-grade virtual reality (VR) camera” that will enable producers to shoot 360 degree, 3D content. The cinema tech giant is working with Google on the project, which will use its Jump platform and is expected to take 18 months to be dev..

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• Robo-bee: miniature robot perches like an insect

  

  Media captionMiniature flying robot that can perch and take off could be used in search and rescue, scientists say Scientists have designed flying, insect-sized robots that can perch and launch from ceilings. The robots use something called electrostatic adhesion, the same process by which statically-charged balloons stick to walls. Perching allows the robots to conserve energy. The findings, reported in the journal Science, contribute to a decade-long Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory proje..

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• Today Marks the 15th Anniversary of Apple's First Two Retail Stores

  

  You mean like the new MacPro, the apple watch, 4k and 5k iMacs, [S]retina phones[/S], Retina MacBook Pros, and the incredibly thin Retina Macbook Edit: Removed the iPad and crossed out the iPhone, as I was incorrect on the timing It's sad how the people you responded to and many others take things for granted and have such rose tinted glasses. It was probably the same ones complaining about how bad Apple was for not having 3rd party apps or 3G on the OG iPhone. Or no Cut/Copy/Paste etc. Or how..

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• Google offers a peek at its upcoming YouTube VR app

  

  Counting on virtual reality being the next big thing, Google this week unveiled a veritable box of very real delights at its annual I/O developer bash in Silicon Valley. Besides its new Android-based Daydream VR platform and accompanying hardware, the Mountain View company said it’s also planning to revamp some of its existing apps – Google Play Movies, Street View, and Google Photos among them – to offer better VR experiences for what it hopes will eventually become a huge army of enthusiastic..

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• Google appeals French order to censor Right-to-Be-Forgotten links globally

  

  Google is appealing the French data protection regulator’s (CNIL’s) decision that Google must remove/censor “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) URLs on a global basis. Previously, Google had sought to find a compromise and enforce RTBF in Europe but preserve the content in other markets with different rules and privacy standards. CNIL did not accept that solution and asserted that to be effective, delisting had to be executed across all Google domains worldwide. Google did not fully comply, and ult..

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