Nine-year-old boy prints a mechanical hand for his teacher

calr-906x682@2x Calramon Mabalot is a pretty wild kid. He likes 3D printing and, along with his brother, he builds lots of cool projects – including a mechanical hand for a local teacher he met while building 3D projects. In an interview with 3DPrintingIndustry, Mabalot described how he designed and built a prosthetic hand complete with full articulated fingers.
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Pebble update gives users more info at-a-glance and quicker actions

03 Quick View Pebble is getting ready to start shipping new hardware, including the Pebble 2 and Pebble Time 2, but first it has something for existing device owners. The new Pebble software update includes some big tweaks to how Pebble operates, both for end users and developers, including improvements to actions and a brand new health app. The key components of the update include basic tweaks to how… Read More

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Kwikset launches second-gen Kevo smart lock for $229

Screen Shot 2016-08-30 at 9.44.52 AM Kwikset, makers of the Kevo smart lock, have just unveiled the second-generation of the device with a fresh design and added security features. The second-gen Kevo still comes with the same touch-to-unlock feature that made it popular back in 2013, letting users simply touch the lock to gain entry to their home. Users of the second-gen smart lock can also remotely manage access to their home… Read More

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Apple ordered to pay up to $14.5 billion for illegal tax benefits in Ireland

New York police officers stand outside the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue while monitoring a demonstration, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in New York.  Protesters assembled in more than 30 cities around the world to lash out at the FBI for obtaining a court order that requires Apple to make it easier to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by a gunman in December's mass murders in California. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) The bill is getting quite expensive as the European Commission has just released a statement saying that Apple has benefited from illegal tax benefits in Ireland for its European operations. The commission says that Ireland must recover the “illegal aid” — it is worth $ 14.5 billion (€13 billion).
The debate over European taxes has been an ongoing issue for the past few years. Read More

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