Think custom case designs and pain jobs are purely the realm of high-end PC gaming rigs and notebooks? Think again: GPS maker TomTom has announced a new program that enables customers to have their GPS unit cases printed with custom artwork or photos, adding a unique touch. Dubbed My Custom TomTom, Users will be able to select from hundreds of pre-designed professional graphics, or use photos or custom artwork they’ve created themselves in order to help their GPS stand out from the crowd.
“As TomTom continues to deliver industry-leading navigation solutions, we are excited to introduce a program that gives our drivers more personalization options,” said TomTom senior VP of market development Tom Murray, in a statement. “Arriving just in time for the holidays, devices personalized with My Custom TomTom GPS are the perfect addition to any holiday list.”
My Custom TomTom customization will be available only through TomTom.com on selected GPS models. Printing is being handled by CafePress—the same company that’s made a thriving business on custom t-shirts, mugs, and mousepads. And TomTom wants folks to know that custom celebrity voices can be added to any order—including Snoop Dog and Star Wars voices.
San Francisco startup Dimensional advertised for people to walk robot dogs through city streets. The New York Times reported that the job could include carrying a roughly 33-pound robot back to the office if it overheated. A lift home is an awkward requirement for a labor-saving machine.
Keeping the hardware running is only one challenge. Anthropic's robotics tests found that language models mostly failed when controlling joints directly, but did better when directing trained controllers. Giving an AI agent a body doesn't teach it to handle ordinary household objects.
Soon, a mattress protector may be more than a bed cover. Australian medtech company Sleeptite and researchers at RMIT University have received a US patent for FlexiSense, a smart bedding technology that tracks body position and posture to help caregivers identify when older residents may be at risk of falling.
The technology is being developed for Sleeptite’s in-bed monitoring system, REMi, and was recently on display at The MedTech Conference in Boston. A peer-reviewed study in Flexible and Printed Electronics says the sensors can also be made at scale without sacrificing performance or durability.
AI companies spend enormous amounts of time convincing us their technology is safe and secure. But what happens when those same companies become targets of increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks? Anthropic, the company behind Claude, is now facing that question. According to a Washington Post report, cybersecurity startup Cathedral discovered vulnerabilities that let its researchers access sensitive information in Anthropic's internal systems.
The researchers used AI agents to identify potential entry points in less than 12 hours. Interestingly, they didn't need to crack Claude itself. Instead, they exploited weaknesses in third-party business applications that Anthropic uses for everyday operations. Anthropic's security testing program disclosed the findings, which allows outside researchers to identify and report vulnerabilities.