Hello and welcome, to the Top Tech Tidbits Podcast For Thursday, November 9^th 2023.

 

My name is Aaron Di Blasi and I am the acting Publisher for the Top Tech Tidbits Publication.

 

The Top 5 Most Clicked Tidbits are those 5 adaptive technology news items that have received the most clicks from Top Tech Tidbits readers in the last week.

 

These 5 news items represent the most popular news and trends in adaptive technology today, as voted on by Top Tech Tidbits readers.

     

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And at number #5 this week …

 

AI Suitcase Tested Outdoors To Guide Visually Impaired People

 

An artificial intelligence-powered suitcase being developed to guide visually impaired people is slowly moving toward taking over the roles of white canes and guide dogs, researchers said.

 

They are now at the difficult stage of making the robotic suitcase on wheels usable in both indoor and outdoor environments.

 

During an experiment in September 2023, the smart suitcase guided Chieko Asakawa, director of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Miraikan, to the nearest station from her workplace in Tokyo's Koto Ward:

 

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15025247

 

And at number #4 this week …

 

This USB-C Headphone Dongle Brings Back The Headphone Jack To The iPhone 15 — And Makes Your Music Sound Brilliant By iMore

 

The last iPhone to carry the headphone jack was the first generation iPhone SE, discontinued in 2018.

 

That is now five years ago. Five years with no main-line iPhone with a headphone jack, and the only way to get one officially from Apple is with a $10 dongle that feels like it's only going to last around three minutes.

 

From my experience, in fact, they can last even less time than that, with unreasonably thin cables.

 

Now, with the advent of the USB-C port on the bottom of the iPhone 15 line, it's become easier to connect headphones with different dongles, and it's even opened the floodgates to a whole new idea for iPhones — USB-C Digital to Analog Converters (DACS):

 

https://www.imore.com/iphone/this-usb-c-headphone-dongle-brings-back-the-headphone-jack-to-the-iphone-15-and-makes-your-music-sound-brilliant

 

And at # 3 this week ...

Computer Scientists Program Robotic Seeing-Eye Dog To Guide The Visually Impaired By News Wise

 

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