Monthly Archives: January 2020

In sickness and in health, but not in debt: Young Americans avoid ‘I do’ until student loans are paid off

Posted on January 31, 2020 by HeyJK

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Student debt is putting a damper on young Americans’ relationship decisions, according to a new study from private lender LendKey Technologies.

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A Warehouse Robot Learns to Sort Out the Tricky Stuff

Posted on January 29, 2020 by HeyJK

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LUDWIGSFELDE, Germany — Inside a warehouse on the outskirts of Berlin, a long line of blue crates moved down a conveyor belt, carrying light switches, sockets and other electrical parts. As they came to a stop, five workers picked through the small items, placing each one in a cardboard box.

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Jimmy Iovine Knows Music and Tech. Here’s Why He’s Worried.

Posted on January 27, 2020 by HeyJK

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The record executive who made the leap to Silicon Valley looks back on the decade in the music business, and sees a major problem on the horizon.

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Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware

Posted on January 27, 2020 by HeyJK

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To avoid the draconian locks that John Deere puts on the tractors they buy, farmers throughout America’s heartland have started hacking their equipment with firmware that’s cracked in Eastern Europe and traded on invite-only, paid online forums.

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The Prototype iPhones That Hackers Use to Research Apple’s Most Sensitive Code

Posted on January 27, 2020 by HeyJK

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Mathew Solnik stood next to two of the best iPhone hackers in the world and addressed the question the hundreds of people watching him were all wondering.

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Clayton Christensen, guru of disruptive innovation and Latter-day Saint leader, dies at 67

Posted on January 24, 2020 by HeyJK

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SALT LAKE CITY — Clayton Christensen, whose theory of disruptive innovation made him a key influence on Silicon Valley powerhouses like Netflix and Intel and twice earned him the title of the world’s most influential living management thinker, died Jan. 23 at age 67.

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World’s first totally robotic heart will end need for transplants in 10 years

Posted on January 23, 2020 by HeyJK

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The world’s first soft robotic heart is in development which could clear NHS transplant waiting lists. The “hybrid heart” will be the first ever made of soft artificial muscles and sensors and then coated in human tissue grown in a lab.

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Radiohead’s online ‘library’ hosts rarities, art and merch

Posted on January 20, 2020 by HeyJK

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It’s been difficult to track down all things Radiohead on the web for a while. Even though the group recently posted its entire catalog to YouTube, you’ve still had to search fan sites and other sources for every last little bit of art, video or merch.

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Immune discovery ‘may treat all cancer’

Posted on January 20, 2020 by HeyJK

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The Cardiff University team discovered a method of killing prostate, breast, lung and other cancers in lab tests. The findings, published in Nature Immunology, have not been tested in patients, but the researchers say they have “enormous potential”.

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Cash, Plastic or Hand? Amazon Envisions Paying With a Wave

Posted on January 18, 2020 by HeyJK

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The tech giant is creating checkout terminals that could be placed in stores and allow shoppers to link their card information to their hands.

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Fun With Charts: A decade of Apple growth

Posted on January 17, 2020 by HeyJK

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I wrote a throwaway line in last week’s set of charts about just how the Apple of 2020 is not the Apple of 2010 just as the Apple of 2010 was not the Apple of 2000. I deleted the reference because I thought the thought deserved its own chart and its own article, which is this one.

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‘We Reject the Characterization That Apple Has Not Provided Substantive Assistance in the Pensacola Investigation’

Posted on January 15, 2020 by HeyJK

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“We reject the characterization that Apple has not provided substantive assistance in the Pensacola investigation. Our responses to their many requests since the attack have been timely, thorough and are ongoing,” the company said in a statement.

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Middle Age Misery Peaks at Age of 47.2, Economist Says

Posted on January 13, 2020 by HeyJK

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Bookmark (Bloomberg) — Middle age is miserable, according to a new economic study which pinpoints 47.2 years old as the moment of peak unhappiness in the developed world.

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There’s Almost No Chance of a Recession This Year, Experts Say. Here’s Why.

Posted on January 13, 2020 by HeyJK

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When Barron’s gathers some of Wall Street’s best minds—as we do every January for our annual Roundtable—we expect some consensus, some disagreement, and one or two off-the-wall notions that sometimes turn out to be surprisingly prescient. This year did not disappoint.

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Understanding Memory Cards

Posted on January 12, 2020 by HeyJK

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A memory card is an electronic storage device used for storing digital media, such as photos and videos. In photography, memory cards are commonly used in digital cameras, varying in type, form factor, capacity, speed / class and brand.

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Human Body Temperature In The U.S. Has Decreased Over Time, Study Finds

Posted on January 10, 2020 by HeyJK

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STANFORD, Calif. — Way back in 1851 German physician Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich declared that the standard human body temperature was 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Ever since, that reading has been universally considered the optimal body temperature of a healthy, “normal” human being.

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DigiBarn TV: Apple’s Knowledge Navigator concept video (1987)

Posted on January 9, 2020 by HeyJK

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Apple’s Knowledge Navigator concept video (1987) by Allan Kay and team. This work builds on Kay’s original Dynabook concept developed at Xerox PARC in the early 1970s.

Apple Computer Inc.
Producer: Apple Computer Inc.
Curator: Digibarn/Bruce Damer

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Client for Life

Posted on January 8, 2020 by HeyJK

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This weekend my wife’s engagement ring had a loose stone. To back up a bit, when we first got engaged in 2003, I didn’t have two nickels to rub together, so the ring I proposed with was very modest. But I did promise her that as soon as I could, I’d get it upgraded.

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Here’s how Bosch engineers transformed the regular ol’ sun visor

Posted on January 6, 2020 by HeyJK

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While vehicles have become increasingly more advanced, the sun visor has stayed almost the same for more than nine decades. And yet, it remains a problematic feature that can obscure a driver’s field of view, especially at dusk and dawn.

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Bang Bang ML

Posted on January 5, 2020 by HeyJK

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