Chrysler's Portal leads to a ​seamlessly connected, self-driving future

At CES 2017, Chrysler is presenting a concept car with the flexibility and upgradability to grow with the millennial, from adventurous youth to head of household. The all-new Portal Concept debuts as a high-tech semi-autonomous MPV loaded with the types of technologies millennials have come to treat like breathable oxygen and the flexibility to load up with people, cargo or both. A couple weeks after Chrysler sent a fleet of self-driving minivans over to Google's Waymo, a new self-driving minivan grabs the spotlight.

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Category: Automotive

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• Electric Vehicles
• Chrysler
• Concept Cars
• CES 2017
• Autonomous Vehicles

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Lenovo picks Alexa's brain for its new Smart Assistant

Amazon's cloud-based personal assistant, Alexa, usually calls the Echo speaker home, but she's been known to occasionally step into lamps and robots. Now she has another residence in Lenovo's Smart Assistant, a new Echo-like device that picks up voice commands and replies in kind. If better sound quality is your jam, there's a Harman Kardon speaker edition, and the company is also rolling out a wireless Smart Storage device with a capacity of up to 6 TB.

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Category: Around The Home

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• Amazon
• CES 2017
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• Personal Assistant
• Amazon Echo
• Google Home
• Harman Kardon
• Internet of Things
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Solar cells implanted under the skin can power pacemakers

It can be a hassle when your phone's battery runs out of juice and you have to hunt down a power outlet to recharge, but a flat battery is an even bigger hassle in implanted electronic medical devices, such as pacemakers. It often means invasive surgery to replace the battery or the entire unit, but a new study examining the use of solar cells implanted under the skin to power medical implants by the sun has found such an approach is feasible.

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Category: Medical

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• University of Bern
• Pacemaker
• Implant

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Samsung updates the Family Hub smart fridge recipe

Another year, another smart fridge by Samsung. After trying to make the refrigerator the center of the household at CES 2016, the company has now announced the second iteration of its Family Hub fridges. This year, the touchscreen and internet connectivity is rolling out to a wider range of models, with the addition of voice commands, profiles for individual family members, and partnerships with more companies for ordering food, checking news and other functions.

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Category: Around The Home

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• Samsung
• Kitchen
• CES 2017

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Honor 6X smartphone offers dual-lens portrait photography for US$250

Enjoy the iPhone 7's portrait mode, but don't want to shell out for a premium smartphone? Huawei's budget brand Honor is bringing a new dual-camera Android handset to the US and Europe that can give you a similar blurred-background bokeh effect for just US$250

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Category: Mobile Technology

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Security system looks for "disturbances in the force"

Home security systems may bring peace of mind when it comes to detecting intrusions, but not everyone likes the thought of video cameras watching over them 24 hours a day. That's why Cognitive Systems Corp created Aura. Instead of cameras, it uses a sensor to detect disruptions to wireless signals caused by movement.

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Category: Around The Home

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Watch an alien burst out of your chest in the Alien: Covenant VR Experience

The next twelve months will see an explosion of VR content designed to tie into cinematic properties as Hollywood studios work to gain a foothold in the new medium of virtual reality. The latest project to be announced is a VR experience designed to tie in with the latest entry in the Alien franchise.

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