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The Olloclip Lenses will provide iPhone 6 and 7 users three different lenses to take better quality photos at a distance. Each of the lenses have their own features and magnification. The Olloclip Lens will be available in early November.

Olloclip Lenses gives iPhone 7 better pictures

Joel Chavez, Tech Reporter October 14, 2016

Olloclip has created a series of three light-weight attachable lenses that will soon provide iPhone 6 and 7 users with the ability to take high quality pictures. Each individual lens contains a variety...

Google is releasing the Chromecast Ultra to follow their competitors into 4K streaming. The Chromecast Ultra plugs into a TV and can stream content from Netflix and YouTube off of a phone or tablet. It is set to release in November at $69.

Google upgrading to 4K with Chromecast Ultra

Marissa Reinhart, Tech Reporter October 12, 2016

Google is releasing the new version of their streaming device known as Chromecast Ultra, as revealed on a press event held on October 4. To follow the rise of 4K media and devices, Google has revamped...

Abe Davis from MIT, along with other researchers, created a new system format called Interactive Dynamic Video. IDV is a system made to enhance CGI effects in a real world situation for augmented reality gaming. This new system could be a more effective and cheaper substitute for green screens and 3-D Modeling.

Get interactive with Interactive Dynamic Video

Mau Mendoza, Reporter October 7, 2016

MIT research students and head researcher, Abe Davis, reinvented video production through a method that allows direct interaction with on-screen objects, known as Interactive Dynamic Video (IDV). IDV ultimately...

A gaming company is creating an innovative VR game, Velocibeasts, to become a main developer in the VR gaming industry. The main innovation in the game is the form of teleportation. The game will be released on December 25, 2016.

“Velocibeasts” is fighting to become the best VR game

Micheal Everman, Technology Reporter October 6, 2016

A gaming company called Churroburo is creating an innovative player vs player Virtual Reality game, Velocibeasts, where players fight against each other using swords with the ability to teleport and where...

Self-driving cars provide people with the privilege to do tasks they normally wouldnt do in a manually-driven car. Volvos Concept 26 is an autonomous vehicle that is cosmetically similar to a regular car, with the functionalities of a self-driving car. Volvo is considering to release the Concept 26 by 2021.

Volvo evolves into self-driving cars

Joel Chavez, Tech Reporter October 5, 2016

The production of self-driving cars have left many in awe as they have allowed individuals to complete tasks they wouldn't normally do in a manually-driven car: use laptops, eat, apply makeup, read books,...

Snap Inc. is currently in the process of innovating Spectacles. This camera-equipped pair of glasses is able to capture content through a 115 degree camera lens, similar to the field view of an average man. The company shares on their Snap Inc. blog site, imagine one of your favorite memories-what if you can go back and see that memory the way you experienced it? Thats why we built Spectacles.

An inside look into Snap’s Spectacles

Camille Encarnacion, Tech Editor September 30, 2016

Snapchat, now known as Snap, is currently in the process of innovating a new way to share ten-second videos as well as capture pictures through a camera-equipped pair of sunglasses called "Spectacles."...

Google wants to provide fast, quality WiFi to millions of people all across the world with Google Station. Google Station will be somewhat of an expansion off of a project completed along the Indian Railway, a project that has provided WiFi to over 3.5 million people per month. Google will create deals with partners to set up Google Station hotspots in businesses and buildings like shopping malls and universities.

Google Station providing fast WiFi to anyone, anywhere

Joel Chavez and Marissa Reinhart September 30, 2016

Google plans to provide "fast WiFi for everyone, everywhere" within the coming months. The program, Google Station, was inspired by another successful endeavor that Google constructed along the Indian...

Ayala students hack into school network

Ayala students hack into school network

Micheal Everman, Tech reporter September 30, 2016

Two 16-year-old students from Ayala High School hacked into their school network on September 5th. The students were able to modify their grades using stolen login credentials. According to the San Bernardino...

SpaceX has successfully tested the rocket engine for the Orion spacecraft which will be heading off to Mars in April 2023. SpaceX isnt the only unit developing a new rocket booster, as NASA is also developing their own rocket booster in hopes of reaching Mars as well. The following rocket booster test will be tested on Orions test flight to Mars in late 2018.

SpaceX engine test launches to success

Joel Chavez, Tech Reporter September 29, 2016

SpaceX has successfully tested a new rocket engine which they plan on using to bring people to Mars within the next 10 years. The rocket test was revealed on Sunday at the company's testing facility in...

Music fans everywhere know the struggle of buying tickets online, and soon they may finally be able to feel relief. The BOTS Act was sent to Senate, and if passed, will outlaw any use of scalper bots when buying tickets online. Without ticket scalpers, every music fan will soon be able to see their favorite artists without the hassle of buying tickets at ridiculous prices.

Concert goers-bought by bots?

Marissa Reinhart, Tech Reporter September 23, 2016

All music fans constantly face the challenge of trying to buy concert tickets online at reasonable prices, but an upcoming bill may end the overpriced ticket doom for good. When ticket websites, such...

Scientists have recently found a way to scan through old books and documents without having to unfold or open them. Using terahertz radiation, the pages of these fragile documents will not have to be destroyed. Laura Waller, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at University of California in Berkeley shares, “This work is one of the first to use these new tools along with advances in computational imaging to get at pictures of things we could never see with optical technologies, now we can judge a book through its cover!

Scientists judge a book through its cover

Camille Encarnacion, Tech Editor September 20, 2016

Research scientists, for the past few months, have been designing a system with the capability to read through a closed book at about nine pages deep. The team consists of Barmak Heshmat, a research scientist...

Samsung s7 is not allowed in airports due to the batteries exploding. Most airlines have a specific ban on putting such devices or batteries inside checked baggage, to prevent further incidents. Samsung is currently recalling all s7 Notes and new ones will be available in approximately two months.

Samsung s7 Notes are not allowed in airports

Joel Chavez, Tech Reporter September 15, 2016

As the holiday season approaches, Lugo students will be visiting family members, whether it is out of state or out of the country. Unfortunately, the new Samsung s7 Notes are no longer allowed in airports...

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