Andrew Tarantola
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Recent articles by Andrew:
Facebook taught its AI to speak math
I speak two languages, English and Bad English. My understanding of math is significantly worse. In fact, I had to redo Calculus 2A four different times in coll... → Read More
Translation gadgets in 2020 are nearly as good as Babel fish
Speaking in tongues has never been easier or more understandable. → Read More
After Math: All the stuff that happened while we were at CES
Oh man, what a week it's been. Over the course of seven days (and nearly 80,000 steps by this reporter alone), the Engadget staff descended upon CES 2020 to bri... → Read More
Hitting the Books: How to get a date online
Welcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we've done the hard work for you by scouring the internet fo... → Read More
The Quasar home EV charger can power your car and your house
This home EV charger pushes power in both directions. → Read More
This laser aid helps Parkinson's patients maintain their mobility
The system leverages three means of keeping the wearer walking. → Read More
Smart garbage disposal composts your food scraps instead of grinding them up
Composting is a fantastic way that regular folks can help both combat climate change and reduce the pressure on local landfills, but the practice is fraught wit... → Read More
Go Dogo trains your pup while you're away
A bored dog is an unhappy dog. So if you have to commute to the office during the work week, keep your pup entertained and mentally engaged with Go Dogo. → Read More
PiBo is a robotic companion for single people
It can get lonely living on your own, especially when you've got a landlord that doesn't allow pets or roommates. But instead of dropping two grand on an Aibo,... → Read More
Otterbox made a 'bacteria-killing' screen protector for your phone
Face it, your phone screen is filthy. Think about all those times you texted from the toilet or scrolled through Instagram while riding the subway -- those stre... → Read More
Lenovo teams with Ducati on a racing-inspired Windows 10 laptop
Used to be that you'd have to hunch around coffee shops in your racing leathers to show off that, yeah, you ride a motorcycle, it's pretty sweet. Thankfully tho... → Read More
Continental focuses on connectivity and security at CES 2020
Continental executives took to the stage on Monday at CES 2020 to regale the assembled crowd with their vision of a safer, smarter and more connected driving fu... → Read More
Reachy is an expressive, open-source robot
Seems like everybody's getting into the AI and robotics game -- at least the companies and research institutions that can afford to build their platforms from t... → Read More
This wearable for dogs claims to reveal their mood
Despite spending the last 32,000 or so years adapting and evolving to become our most loyal companions, a dog's mood can still occasionally prove inscrutable to... → Read More
'Fortnite' made a historic $1.8 billion in 2019
Fortnite won its chicken dinner in 2019 by grossing $1.8 billion in sales, more than any single-year sales total in videogame history. While the game itself is... → Read More
To all the books we hit this year
Hitting the Books has been running for nearly two years now, so first off, thank you all so very much for continuing to read along. 2019 has seen some solid sci... → Read More
After Math: That's not how this is supposed to work
Like burritos stuffed with french fries or labradoodles, the last few days have been just entirely too much. Politics aside, we were treated to Uber setting up... → Read More
Hitting the Books: What it'd be like to live in a city owned by Twitter
Welcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we've done the hard work for you by scouring the internet fo... → Read More
Stanford upgrades its driverless DeLorean for better drifting
There are few experiences more pure in this life than getting a borrowed car sideways in your local Nordstrom's parking lot. Now, digital denizens are afforded... → Read More
How to prepare a high-tech holiday feast
I'm pretty handy around the kitchen if I do say so myself. You need something seared, roasted, grilled, braised, boiled, bronzed or blanched, I'm your guy. But... → Read More