Ending a two-day search, police and rescue crews on Saturday located a woman who had gone missing in a rural wooded area off Skyline Drive in San Mateo County. Authorities found Bethnee Haury, 56, at about 10:30 a.m. down in a ravine, roughly 600 yards from Skyline Boulevard, in the Kings Mountain area.
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Robots are about to make your beer runs
In the future, your beer will be delivered by by robots that look like big beetles out to set up a golf course. Virginia became the first state in the union on Wednesday to legally allow robots to use sidewalks and crosswalks just like us humans.
Palo Alto: Private guard helps police track down teen burglars
Police arrested three East Palo Alto boys early Tuesday morning after a private security guard in a Palo Alto neighborhood noticed the teens pulling on door handles of cars parked on the street and entering one car. When the private guard went to stop the teens rummaging through a vehicle in the 400 block of Santa Rita Avenue, they drove away, Palo Alto police said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
Palo Alto: Private guard helps police track down teen burglars
Police arrested three East Palo Alto boys early Tuesday morning after a private security guard in a Palo Alto neighborhood noticed the teens pulling on door handles of cars parked on the street and entering one car. When the private guard went to stop the teens rummaging through a vehicle in the 400 block of Santa Rita Avenue, they drove away, Palo Alto police said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
Embark Self-Driving Truck Eyes Driverless Freeway Journeys
Waving to semi-truck drivers as you roll past them on the highway may be a thing of the past. In the future, the driver’s seat of that semi may be empty, at least if a company called Embark has its way.
Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: The two views of Snapchat: An app that…
From New York to Silicon Valley to its hometown in Southern California, investors and analysts are sharply divided about Snap Inc. and its potential ahead of a highly anticipated initial public offering. Investors are hoping that the Snapchat parent company’s much hyped IPO , the first from a “unicorn” tech company this year, will revive the moribund market for IPOs.
Qwilt Reveals Vision for Edge Cloud to Advance Future of Content and…
Edge Cloud Essential for Success of New Applications and Experiences — Such as 4K Live Streaming, AR, VR, 360 Video — that Require High Performance, Massive Scale and Low Latency Infrastructure / EINPresswire.com / — REDWOOD CITY, CA– – Research* by a broad group of institutions and companies including Oculus, Nokia Bell Labs and Valve has unanimously concluded that low network latency is essential for the performance of Augmented Reality , Virtual Reality , 360 Degree Video and compute intensive IoT applications like self-driving cars. These requirements are driving the need for evolution in cloud computing to deliver these applications at scale.
Foster City: Suspects arrested in attempted robbery at Edgewater Place Shopping Center
A 21-year-old Belmont man and a 17-year-old Foster City boy have been arrested in connection with the attempted robbery of a woman last month at the Edgewater Place Shopping Center. The attempted robbery was reported around 12:40 p.m. on Jan. 29 at the shopping center in the 900 block of Edgewater Boulevard.
Foster City seniors explore virtual reality, dine like royalty at new community
Lorraine Mednick, 82, turned her head and gazed up at Christ the Redeemer, the 98-foot-tall statue overlooking Rio De Janerio from the summit of Corcovado. Then, from the comfort of her upholstered chair, she extolled the virtues of Atria at Foster Square, her new senior living community in the heart of Foster City.
Tasty food trend: Macaron ice cream sandwiches
Never been a huge fan of macarons. Typically, they’re just too sweet, too dry or too meringue-y for me.
New wave of robots set to deliver the goods
A January 26, 2016 photo shows the Starship Technologies delivery robot at the Washington Auto Show in Washington, DC. AFP / MANDEL NGAN Washington: The robots of the future will be coming soon, rolling along at a lumbering pace with those goods you just ordered.
New wave of robots set to deliver the goods
The six-wheeled, knee-high robots from startup Starship Technologies are part of a new wave of automated systems taking aim at the “last mile” delivery of goods to consumers. The robots of the future will be coming soon, rolling along at a lumbering pace with those goods you just ordered.
Facebook Ropes in Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra To Head VR Division
Facebook recently appointed Hugo Barra, the former Google executive who left Xiaomi Corp, to lead all of its virtual reality efforts including Oculus. In a surprise Facebook post on Wednesday night, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed to the media, “Hugo shares my belief that virtual and augmented reality will be the next major computing platform.
Robot delivery bots hit the streets in California and DC
Starship Technologies has announced that DoorDash and Postmates are beginning pilot tests with the robots in Redwood City, California and Washington, DC. The service won’t cost you any extra, and each robot is expected to make about 10 deliveries each day.
Natera, Inc. (NTRA) Downgraded to Sell at Zacks Investment Research
According to Zacks, “Natera, Inc. offers genetic testing and diagnostics with proprietary bioinformatics and molecular technology. Natera, Inc. is headquartered in San Carlos, California.
El Granada man pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges
A 20-year-old El Granada man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he tried to force his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend to have sex with him at a San Mateo County beach, according to prosecutors. Erick Mendez-Corona is charged with one felony count of assault with intent to commit rape, one felony count of attempted sexual battery and one misdemeanor count of completed sexual battery.
Stanford scientists see big potential for tiny wires
Assembled with the help of diamondoids, the microscopic nanowires can be seen with the naked eye because the strong mutual attraction between their diamondoid shells makes them clump together, in this case by the millions. At top right, an image made with a scanning electron microscope shows nanowire clusters magnified 10,000 times.