Tech News Today 1584

The new wearable from McDonald's helps you burn calories and your skin. Project Fi might be coming to a country near you. Today is the fifth anniversary of Steve Jobs' resignation from Apple, which seems to be as good a time as any for all of us armchair quarterbacks to decide whether or not Tim Cook has filled Jobs' shoes. Gautier Hattenberger of the French Civil Aviation University creates a drone controller with an old Game Boy. Leap Motion is taking a step to make its hand-tracking technology a bit more intuitive for users. Dexmo by Dextra Robotics is an new exoskeleton for VR. And finally, when presented with the world’s largest gummy bear, some would simply nibble off a piece and call it a day...but the staff at PhoneBuff decided to see if it could stop an arrow. To raise the stakes, could it prevent an iPhone from being punctured by said arrow?

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• ​McDonald's Happy Meal Step-It fitness trackers officially recalled
• Google bringing data-saving Wi-Fi Assistant to all Nexus phones
• Apple under Tim Cook: More socially responsible, less visionary
• Opera brings its free VPN service to Android
• Mobile devices took a backseat to Windows PCs during Rio Olympics
• Shh! A recently discovered Earth-like planet could be listening
• A few simple modifications can turn a Game Boy into a drone controller
• Leap Motion’s new VR physics engine is built for your hands
• Let this mechanical hand centipede tell you how the shadow world feels
• Can the World's Largest Gummy Bear Protect Your iPhone From an Arrow?