en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-05-02 Ghana Sci/Tech

mirror.co.uk

Little dinosaur had strange wings, fossil suggests
San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK (AP) -- A pint-sized dinosaur has a big surprise: It apparently sported a pair of bizarre wings. Dinosaurs normally used wings mostly made of feathers for flight. But the newly discovered creature evidently had wings made of skin instead, like those ...

Tiny dinosaur fossil discovered in China   The Hindu
'Bizarre' bat-winged dinosaur discovered in China   CNN
Bat-winged dinosaur found in Hebei, called nature's 'failed experiment'   Shanghaiist

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Wall Street Journal

Study: Deep-Space Radiation Could Damage Astronauts' Brains
Wall Street Journal
As NASA develops plans for a manned mission to Mars, scientists said Friday that cosmic rays during an interplanetary voyage could cause subtle brain damage, leaving astronauts confused, forgetful and slow to react to the unexpected. In a NASA-funded ...

A space odyssey: cosmic rays may damage the brains of astronauts   Sydney Morning Herald
Realistic Martian colony set up on Hawaiian volcano   NBCNews.com
Space Radiation On the Long Trip To Mars Could Make Astronauts Dumber   Gizmodo
Smithsonian
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ZDNet

Misunderstanding Google's Project Fi: It's not about the price
ZDNet
Now that the details of Google's Project Fi wireless service for the Nexus 6 are available, people are understandably looking to see if it's a good buy. The base plan costs $20 a month for unlimited voice minutes and texts in the U.S., plus free texting around the ...

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Miami Herald

Inked and Irked: Apple Watch Users Report Tattoo Problems
ABC News
It's an annoying problem for the unlucky few: the Apple Watch's heart rate monitor and even some other features might not work if you have a tattoo on your wrist. Inked and irked Apple fans have dubbed the issue "TattooGate" on Twitter, complaining that they ...

Apple Watch Does Have a Tattoo Problem   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Yep, Your Cool Wrist Tattoo Is Confusing Your EVEN COOLER Apple Watch   Gizmodo Australia
Apple Confirms Tattoos Can Affect Apple Watch's Heart Rate Sensor Readings   TechCrunch

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Wired

The HoloLens Isn't as Great as You Think—At Least Not Yet
Wired
Caption: Microsoft's on stage demos present Hololens, its holographic headset, as something with a wide field of view. But the field is actually much smaller. (The above is an approximation of the limited field of view). Microsoft. Author: Cade Metz. Cade Metz ...

Microsoft HoloLens Spells A-M-A-Z-I-N-G For Future Of Gaming And Augmented ...   Tech Times
Microsoft's HoloLens will cost more than your Xbox One or PlayStation 4   VentureBeat
Microsoft HoloLens And The Danger Of Mismanaged Expectations   Fast Company

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Irish Times

Can Microsoft's How-old.net guess your age?
Irish Times
Can a computer accurately guess your age based on a single photograph? At the Build developer conference in San Francisco, Microsoft showed off a website that claimed to be able to do just that. And that's where the fun started. Facebook Ireland managing ...

Microsoft's #howoldrobot guesses Jameis Winston is 52. He's 21   USA TODAY
#HowOldRobot guesses LI celebs' ages   Newsday
What's Written on Your Face   The New Yorker

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Tech Times

N-trig Buy Suggests Microsoft Is Serious About Surface ... And Stylus
Tech Times
Microsoft has announced that it has acquired technology behind the N-trig digital pen, a pen that has been used for the company's Surface 3 and Surface Pro 3 tablets. (Photo : N-trig). Microsoft has confirmed its purchase of the technology behind the N-trig ...

Report – Microsoft to Acquire Surface Pen Maker N-trig for $30M   Modern Readers
Microsoft buys Surface Pen maker N-Trig   Uncover California
Microsoft to Pay Around $30 Million for N-trig   Wall Street Journal
CNET
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