Wacky-winged drones may have a flying ace up their sleeve

There are now a lot of fixed-wing drones on the market, and most of them look pretty similar. FLY-R's aircraft are different, though, in that they incorporate a rhomboidal wing design – it's claimed to offer some distinct advantages.

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JBuds Frames turn any eyewear into personal audio throwers

Directed open audio seems to be enjoying its moment in the true wireless wearables spotlight at the moment, and JLab Audio is joining the party with connected personal audio throwers that attach to the frames of sunglasses or eyeglasses.

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Sony starts its own drone company, Airpeak, to fly Alpha cameras

Sony's mirrorless Alpha series cameras have become hugely popular filmmaking tools, thanks in large part to the company's excellent sensors. At this year's CES, Sony announced it's starting up a drone business specifically to work with Alpha cameras.

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Lavie Mini serves as portable PC or mobile gaming console

This year's all-digital CES doesn't officially kick off until next week, but Lenovo has partnered with NEC Personal Computers to break early with a small-factor portable PC concept called the Lavie Mini that has an interesting gaming twist.

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Nigeria to acquire another satellite, NigComSat CEO says

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Nigeria is to acquire another satellite to boost capacity for delivery of rural internet services, CEO of NigComSat Ltd has hinted.

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Morphing nozzle controls fiber orientation in 3D-printed items

The embedding of fibers within 3D-printed objects can be used to add properties such as electrical conductivity or extra strength to those items. Now, a shape-changing print nozzle has been developed to vary the orientation of those fibers – as the printing is in process.

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Cloud service will turn any photo into 3D holographic image

Following the Kickstarter launch of a personal holographic image display, the Looking Glass Factory has announced a new cloud-based service capable of adding depth to any 2D photo to create a 3D holographic image for viewing in its Portrait device.

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