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I'm the director of online video for IDG News Service. I cover general and breaking technology stories in text and video.
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Surgical simulators get Hollywood special effects
Boston Children's Hospital partnered with an effects to to create more lifelike simulators
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How to find your Uber rating
Your Uber drivers have been rating you and here's how you can find out what yours is.
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The Food Printer proves 3D printing in cookie dough tastes better than plastic
The Food Printer from XYZ Printing will cost $1,800.
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Boeing’s laser hunts for drones
Earlier this month, Boeing's portable drone-destroying laser system disabled a moving, untethered drone during a test in California.
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Tech trains more powerful athletes
Helped by laser arrays, breathing systems and other high tech tools, Northeastern University athletes are improving their game and their fitness
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Windows 10 launch draws a small group of Microsoft diehards in Boston
Most were there to meet an NHL hockey player
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Upcoming drone has six rotors to capture stable video
Instead of an expensive, fragile gimbal, the LVL 1 uses a unique rotor configuration.
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Scoot Networks wants to be the Zipcar for scooters
Scoot Networks lets riders reserve scooters by the hour
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New cruise ship a floating heaven for tech geeks
Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas has satellite WiFi with speeds that rival land-based counterparts
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Boston’s Bolt launches hardware companies
With more than a million dollars in prototyping equipment and a wide range of expertise, Bolt helps launch hardware startups
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Turtle Shell waterproof Bluetooth speakers offer long battery life, durability
Short of being submerged, the speakers can handle a dousing and still crank out the music over Bluetooth.
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Whistle activity monitor is like FitBit for dogs
Whistle offers accurate tracking and fast charging, but it has durability issues.
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How to change the voice on your Android phone
The option is in the phone's accessibility menu
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Inside United Airlines’ nerve center
From a desk in downtown Chicago, United dispatchers can talk to pilots anywhere in the world
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Electric impulses make this device a true touchscreen
The Hamsa Touch project converts images from a screen into electrical impulses, helping users with impaired vision feel what's on a screen.
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Become Paperboy: Vintage video game recreated with Oculus Rift, Kinect support
PaperDude VR combines modern technology to immerse gamers in that 1980s video game stalwart Paperboy.
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