Nest, Chromebook, and the Nobel Prize: 90 Seconds on The Verge
Nest, Chromebook, and the Nobel Prize: 90 Seconds on The Verge
2013-10-08
it's Tuesday October 8 2013 I'm adrianne
jeffries and my spirit animal is the
Michael Shane Adrian focus is the key to
90 seconds on the verge wait a second
holy this is 90 seconds on thurs what
would convince you to spend one hundred
and thirty dollars on a smoke detector
the nest protect is an intelligent smoke
and carbon monoxide detector that
actually talks to you and identifies the
problem as opposed to just blaring an
alarm this is the second device for nest
the company founded by former apple
executive Tony Fadell it's impressive
technology but it's also priced way
higher than other smoke detectors out
their nest protect will be available in
the coming months google has unveiled a
brand new Chromebook and it's priced to
move the 11 inch laptop is made by HP
and is available today for 279 dollars
the design is quite reminiscent of the
now-retired plastic MacBook with some
Flair inspired by Google's premium
Chromebook the pixel Samsung's
Chromebook has been the number one
best-selling laptop on Amazon since its
debut last year and finally the
scientists that found the so-called god
particle have been given one of the
highest secular honors doctors Peter
Higgs and Francois anglarrah have won
this year's nobel prize in physics for
their work in identifying and
discovering the Higgs boson the particle
that could help explain the universe's
existence after the Big Bang the pair
will share a prize of about eight
million Swedish Krona or about 1.2
million dollars that's it for today's
top stories coming up tomorrow I embark
on my journey to spiritual enlightenment
oh hey that sounds really great can I
come just just give me a second I gotta
grab my neck pillow
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