But its role will be reduced to that of a language for displaying content on screens, which are likely to be more ubiquitous but less necessary.
or Android phone to#know its position in space with centimeter precision. You can think of ibeacon as a version of GPS that works indoors
Right now#companies like Estimote#are#pitching to retailers#the hardware##beacons##that broadcast the signal required to make ibeacon work.
That Apple has made ibeacon open enough to work with third-party hardware providers like Estimote shows that Apple wants the standard to spread.
Notably, the signals broadcast by any ibeacon-compatible radio (which broadcast signals known as Bluetooth Low energy) can also be picked up by Android and Windows phones,
Anticipatory computing and the end of interfaces Objects on our bodies (health monitors, smart glasses) and in our homes and businesses (smart thermostats, lights, appliances and security systems) can all be programmed to interact in complicated and unexpected ways
but add in data about who else is present and a computer algorithm can tell you#how likely you are to get the flu.
Finding the connections##in other words, meaning##in all this data is key to making it useful.##
##Mike Bell, head of the new devices group at Intel, says that the future of smart devices,
##whether it s a wearable computer or a next-generation tablet replacement, will have a real user interface,
can t talk about what Intel is currently working on, but I d guess from our conversations that it s more likely to look like a wristband fitness monitor than another cell Phone in other words,
the internet of things will replace the internet, but not by giving us another way to explicitly tell computers what we want.
Instead, by sensing our actions, the internet-connected devices around us will react automatically, and their representations in the cloud will be updated accordingly.
In some ways, interacting with computers in the future could be more about telling them what not to do##at least until they re smart enough to realize that we are modifying our daily routine.
and are directed for the most part by computers, the world becomes#something like a living creature.####We believe the digital world
sand-fed 3-D printer, he knew the gray skies outside his London apartment wouldn t do.
##The idea for the printer first came to Kayser a few months earlier. He wanted to find a project in which the sun did more than just power a device.
Markus Kayser s homebuilt 3-D printer created this glass bowl out of heated sand from the Sahara For the printer to work efficiently
and solar panels at the other, can pivot from straight overhead down to a 45-degree angle to chase the sun. directed by a CAD design from a connected laptop,
the printer uses the concentrated beam of sunlight to slowly trace an object into the sandbox layer by layer.
Sensors inside detect the shadows and feed the data on their position to Kayser s computer,
The printer s motors the electronics, cameras and a laptop all run on batteries charged by the solar panels PRINTING Kayser first designs the object he wants to print in a CAD program.
His computer sends instructions to the printer, which works from the bottom up. After a layer has cooled into glass,
he adds more sand to the sandbox in the center of the machine and flattens it out,
and the printer begins heating the next layer. Kayser s first major piece, a bowl, took about four and a half hours to print.
POWER Two photovoltaic panels, one on either side of the machine keep the printer powered
. since the panels are attached to the same arms as the lens, they also benefit from the sun tracking,
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In the U s.,the outlook for solar power is bright and sunny. The solar industry in America has recorded its second largest quarter ever in the third quarter of 2013,
a transparent display specialist and military head up screen supplier, is wading into the wearable computing market, revealing a new#developer#kit that, unlike#Google s Glass, offers full augmented reality support.
but where Google s headset has a small display-block suspended in the corner, the entire right lens of the Lumus wearable is in fact a 640 x 480 display.
That means developers building apps for the Android-powered headset can overlay graphics directly on top of the real-world view
rather than simply sliding in separate notifications as Glass does.####Lumus might not be the household name that Google is,
but it has some history in#wearable#displays. The company developed a patented##Light-guide Optical Element##(LOE) in effect a tiny projector that projects onto a special lens
so that the computer-generated image is see-through and has been supplying it to industrial and military customers for some years,
including the helmet displays the US Air force has deployed in the F-16 and A-10. The company s consumer plans have been a little later to the game,
Whereas the last Lumus prototype we saw#the OE-31 wearable display back in March 2012#was somewhat geeky in its appearance,
The VGA-resolution display with 25-degree field of view is integrated into the right lens, while the block section on the side accommodates the 5-megapixel camera,#
#processor, battery, and sensors. Android runs on an OMAP processor Lumus isn t saying which one specifically
and there s a motion sensor with 9 degrees-of-freedom to do precise head tracking, important when you want to exactly match what s on-screen with what s in front of the wearer.
Lumus is billing the DK-40 as completely wire-free, though not commenting on battery life expectations as yet.
For developers, there ll be an SDK to get them up to speed with coding Android apps to take advantage of the platform,
It s not the first lens-as-display wearable we ve seen in recent months,
that has two transparent screens, one for each eye, unlike the single-display Lumus. Unfortunately, while Lumus intends to start shipping the DK-40 monocular dev kit at the end of Q1 2014,
The end-goal is still to sell the displays to other companies who will put them into their own consumer products,
Israeli hacking school that trains corporate cyber warriors Trainees work in front of their computers at the##Cyber Gym##center.
Mister launches simulated attacks against the computer systems of the trainees, who sit in an adjacent building.##
##he said while seated in the##attack room##a computer nerd s paradise, decorated with Star wars and Pac-Man murals and lines of code running off wall-mounted screens that show the hacking taking place live.
But the work is serious Cyber Gym s launch was attended by members of Israel s intelligence community
Now, computer software is using frame-by-frame video analysis to read subtle muscular changes that flash across our faces in milliseconds, signaling emotions like happiness, sadness and disgust.##
##With face-reading software, a computer s webcam might spot the confused expression of an online student
Or computer-based games with built-in cameras could register how people are reacting to each move in the game
Now computers can be programmed to make those distinctions, too. Companies in this field include#Affectiva, based in Waltham, Mass.,
and#Emotient, based in San diego. Affectiva used webcams over two and a half years to accumulate
These recordings served as a database to create the company s face-reading software, which it will offer to mobile software developers starting in Mid-january.
The company strongly believes that people should give their consent to be filmed, and it will approve
#such as software that analyzes people s voices, said#Paul Saffo, a technology forecaster. If computers reach the point where they can combine facial coding,
voice sensing, gesture tracking and gaze tracking, he said, a less stilted way of interacting with machines will ensue.
And Affectiva is aware that its face-reading software could stir privacy concerns. But Dr. Kaliouby said that none of the coming apps using its software could record video of people s faces.##
##The software uses its algorithms to read your expressions, ##she said, ##but it doesn t store the frames.##
##So far, the company s algorithms have been used mainly to monitor people s expressions as a way to test ads, movie trailers and television shows in advance.
Face-reading software is unlikely to infer precise emotions 100 percent of the time, said Tadas Baltrusaitis,
as long as people agreed in advance to have webcams watch and analyze the emotions reflected in their faces.##
The battery charges via mini USB and lasts for 10 minutes of continuous flight. The app itself gives you a pilot s view, complete with a range indicator, a thrust level indicator,
Spiderfab 3-D robotic printer Since the 1970##s, space-based solar power has been a futuristic fantasy
but the advent of 21st#century 3-D printing may bring it a step closer to reality.
Video)##The overall vision is to create a satellite chrysalis with compact, durable software DNA assembly instructions,
Inc. TUI has won two rounds of funding for its Spiderfab 3-D robotic printer from the#NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts#(NIAC) program.
##3-D printing and robotic construction of components on-orbit would allow a smaller, less expensive launch rocket that will##improve performance per cost by orders of magnitude,
Once#in space, TUI s Trusselator, the first step in the Spiderfab architecture, would use 3-D printing techniques
First, the 3-D printer would build a carbon fiber truss structure that would act as a frame for the system.
With the reductions in volume and mass promised by 3-D printing, those launch costs could be reduced significantly,
##and Lobbyists who protect#other energy sources subsidies#who would be##out of their jobs###The term 3-D printing has become a catch-all for a number of purposes
#Computer analyzes images to teach itself common sense At Carnegie mellon University computers are running a program that analyze images to learn common sense.
A computer program analyzes images 24 hours a day to try to learn common sense.##The aim is to see
if computers can learn, in the same way a human would, what links images, to help them better understand the visual world.##
Computer programs can already identify and label objects using computer vision, which models what humans can see using hardware and software,
but the researchers hope that NEIL can bring extra analysis to the data.####Images are the best way to learn visual properties,
##said Abhinav Gupta, assistant research professor in Carnegie mellon s Robotics Institute.####They also include a lot of common sense information about the world.
we hope that computers will do so as well.####Examples of the links that NEIL has made include the facts that cars are found on roads
what to teach computers, ##he said.####But humans are good at telling computers when they are wrong.##
##Another reason for NEIL to run is to create the world s largest visual knowledge database where objects, scenes, actions,
##What we have learned in the last five to 10 years of computer vision research is that the more data you have,
the better computer vision becomes, ##Mr Gupta said. The program requires a vast amount of computer power to operate
and is being run on two clusters of computers that include 200 processing cores. The team plans to let NEIL run indefinitely.
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#Uber teams with GM and Toyota to help 100k drivers buy cars to get more Ubers on the road The expansion means hundreds of thousands more cars must come onto the Uber system.
Flying machines modeled on insects typically require a computer on board or fins of some kind to maintain their stability,
They plan on doing that with 3-D printing.####The company has inked a deal#with 3d Systems, a global 3-D printing manufacturing company,
to help produce parts of the phone. Assuming the projectstill officially in developmenttakes off, 3d Systems would be#a##multi-year###production partner, making smartphone##enclosures and modules##for the Google-owned phone company.
as if it was ink in ordinary, everyday desktop printers, and will adhere to surfaces as diverse and supple as rubber, paper, cotton T-shirts,
or printing detailed jewelry or metal ornaments. The Mini Metal Maker is built around the concept of using the minimum number of parts
so that it can be printed easily on low cost printers such as the Makerbot and Reprap.**Refine custom firmware for the printer to further optimize printing for clay.*
*Create the Mini Metal Forge software environment in order to foster a good user experience, particularly for the nontechnical craftsperson.*
*Work with industrial partners to tool up for production of the machine with injection molding.
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The software teaches everything from basic logic to Java and C++ for older students. Finland is emerging as one of the hottest new startup hubs in the world,
as well as#newcomer Supercell###which has two of the most popular ios games:##Clash of Clans#and#Hay Day###Finland has attracted tech talent from all over Europe looking to set up shop in its capital city.
long before#Nokia sold its mobile division to Microsoft#in September, and is encouraging venture capitalists from around the world to invest in the local talent.##
along with Nokia and Microsoft, and is set up to spur app development for Windows phones. Startups from various countries around the globe,
as well as founders of all ages, are now working with Appcampus to secure funding and become successful in the Windows phone app store.##
##Everyone knows that gaming is actually good for neurology and the brain, ##Stubb says.####Long gone are the days where parents tell you to stop.
A small display and a fancy magnetic strip let you choose from a range of your cards and memberships before paying.
and the small display shows you what you have selected with a nickname, the last four digits of the card,
seven of the top 10 are#technology positions that necessitate specific#technical skills#for developing software, at places like Davinci Coders,
Devops engineer ios developer Data scientist UX designer Staff accountant Paralegal UI developer Administrative assistant Android developer Business intelligence developer Indicating
a trend beyond employment, four of the seven fastest-growing technology jobs##Devops engineer, ios developer, data scientist and Android developer##did not even exist on Theladders five years ago.##
and IBM Corp are facing unprecedented difficulties selling their goods and services in#China.####Cisco said on Wednesday that its revenue would drop 10 percent this quarter,
and added urgency to#Beijing s efforts to use its market power to create indigenous software and hardware capabilities,
One of those peers, IBM, reported in October a 22 percent drop in#China#revenue, leading to a decline of 4 percent in third-quarter profit for the world s biggest technology services company.
IBM Chief Financial officer Mark Loughridge attributed the company s problems to the##process surrounding#China s development of a broad-based economic reform plan##
IBM declined to comment for this story. FOREIGN COMPANIES MISTRUSTED Beijing#has mistrusted long foreign technology companies,
##The government s signal is pretty clear they want to rely less on U s. products, such as IOE (IBM,
Four domestic software and hardware makers, including#China National Software & Service Co.,announced this month they have received a##top-tier##rating from the#Ministry of Industry and Information technology.
China National Software s share price has gained nearly 250 percent since Snowden first revealed the existence of the NSA s clandestine#data mining#program in June.
Huawei, too, is making rapid progress in its server business, with shipments jumping 258 percent in the second quarter.
IBM saw its market share shrink to 13 percent from 18 percent, during the same period, according to Jefferies LLC.
Huawei now is the second-biggest server vendor in#China s double-digit growing market, behind Dell Inc,
however, was that companies like IBM don t have competitors for their high-end equipment, the expert added.##
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Thanks to the power and versatility of 3d textile#printing, the Tamicare company has created a biodegradable
He cofounded Meetup. com, tried his hand at a hardware company, and spent time at online ad agency i-traffic in the late 90s.
##But there s this core market of people who are obsessed with their dogs, treat them like children,
that itself is going to be a lot of hardware, software and thousands of tech jobs. Country vs Citizens The NSA collectes metadata on all phone calls in the country who called whom,
when and from where. It is easy to see how this data could be very useful in tracking the networks involved in illegal activity.
since the folks at Solid Concepts have fired already successfully their handgun 50 times without it failing. 3d printers capable of printing metal are#on the rise,
###Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think.##
000 for anyone who could help them hire a software developer. And now the newest trend reactive programming is rocking the developer community
Spreadsheet cell formulas are hands-down the best example of reactive programming. Cells#react#to changes in the data they reference automatically.
Whether you re a software developer, a manager, or an architect, you need to get savvy about how reactive programming concepts are going to radically transform the industry.
and creates a spec for the programmer. The programmer figures out how to best create a system to produce the desired result
and then constantly updates it as things change. Whereas a declarative system (reactive) asks the business user to simply describe what they want.
Then using that description the system delivers the desired end result, of course with the help of the programmer.
reactive programming lets computers take care of dependency management rather than leaving that work to the programmers.
Just like the simplest spreadsheet, reactive programming means logic is ordered automatically based on dependencies 4. Improve code quality Traditional code is error prone.
Reactive logic is applied automatically to all changes it s the next level up in reuse beyond object-oriented programming. 5. The big kids are into it Microsoft#led the effort#by releasing Rx extensions to its.
It s not just for the front end While Microsoft laid the foundation with the release of reactive extensions to.
One of the most anticipated digital products, after smartphones and tablets is wearable devices, even though manufacturers still have a long way to go to commercialize them.#
but lacks a common platform, like Androidand ios for smartphones, which enables all related wearable devices to operate and store data on it.
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#Since monitoring emails and phone calls wasn t enough, NSA now plans to watch you with super tiny drones Black Hornet Flying insects have one huge advantage over humans:
Images and camera feed are sent to a seven-inch wide mobile device supplied in the PD 100 kit,
substituting a super capacitor made from advanced carbon fiber-based nanomaterials that can be integrated into the body panels of the vehicle.
and roof panels are made of nanomaterial (see image below) that replaces the electric batteries used by conventional EVS.
The vehicle plugs in to initially charge and then recharges the supercapacitor panels during braking.
Additional panels can power the drive train. Volvo has yet to get beyond building a few of the panels
but it is encouraged by early tests which show that the material stores energy much faster than conventional batteries.
Integrating power storage into body panels is not a new idea. The#Lola B12 69/E, an electric racing car that recently set a land speed record for EVS of 328 kilometers (204 miles per hour,
In manufacturing we use a process called CAD/CAM (computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. 3d models are designed on a computer
and then manufactured using CNC Machines or 3d printers. The design is manufactured into a physical object automatically, with instruction from 3d computer model to physical object without human interface.
Automated construction basically scales up this process. The size of the 3d printer is large enough to construct walls by depositing concrete based material layer upon layer to build a Wall in this video,
More than one hundred companies including startups such as Witricity and Proxybypower and giants such as Toyota (TM), Intel (INTC), Samsung,
In recent weeks, Intel and Hon hai/Foxconn, seeing wireless charging as a possible killer app for electronic devices such as laptops
And the embassy is following up with a business plan competition for local students, with an#ipad#Mini as the prize.
Included in the package were hundreds of pages of detailed development instructions, two years of emails with Lockheed and some hardware##but no rock.##
And please remember that new investments like this are very small by comparison to our core business.
expect it to use its core data-handling skills to shed new light on familiar age-related maladies.
And please remember that new investments like this are very small by comparison to our core business.
A small Photo Voltaic solar panel provides power for the micro controller, sensors, various valves, etc.
nozzles, and computer-controlled irrigation covering thousands of acres that conserve millions of gallons of water each day. s a brewer, we know that the area we can have the biggest impact in reducing water usage is within the agricultural supply chain,
Mobile devices have become radically smaller and more powerful in the past 10 year. The list of#tech-related tasks that the mobile devices we all carry around has grown longer by the#year.
The next step in technology s great disappearing act? Absorption into our clothes, body, and environment.####The question of how best to power that next step,
and connects them to laptops or smartphones over#Wifi networks. Previous research had shown it possible to run low-power devices off radio, TV,
The team made a tag that listens for Wifi signals being sent from a local router to a laptop or smartphone and vice versa.
Using this method, more powerful central devices#like smartphones, tablets, or laptops can communicate with a range of low-power devices and sensors within about two meters and at a rate of one kilobit per second.
A pair of smart socks could for example, relay data about your jog to a jogging app on your phone.
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author Micheal Gurnow wrote about a momentary exodus from public browsing software, especially when it came to the threat of government intrusion.
Google was replaced by search engines which allow users to surf the Internet anonymously. Likewise Google chrome and Microsoft Internet explorer were traded for proxy browsers Some found smartphone camera apps
which do not log a picture s GPS. Many reluctantly gave up Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram and Pinterest.
The truly worried encrypted their home computers. Understanding what it means tobe private So now that we re ready to pay for privacy,
what isn t in the hands of search engine giants such as Google. Per their report they feel,
that it is wrong in principle to leave search engines themselves the task of deciding whether to delete information or not,
using their iphone or Android handset as a room key. The feature won t start arriving until 2015,
#Vision-correcting electronic display could free users from eyeglasses The idea is to anticipate how your eyes will naturally distort whatever's on screen.
or laptop screen clearly could ditch the eyeglasses. The technology uses algorithms to alter an image based on a person's glasses prescription together with a light filter set in front of the display.
The algorithm alters the light from each individual pixel so that, when fed through a tiny hole in the plastic filter,
The technology is being developed in collaboration with researchers at MIT and Microsoft. In addition to making it easier for people with simple vision problems to use all kinds of displays without glasses
the technique may help those with more serious vision problems caused by physical defects that can't be corrected with glasses or contacts,
whose display they had affixed an acrylic slab topped with a plastic screen pierced with thousands of tiny, evenly spaced holes.
Gordon Wetzstein, who coauthored the paper while a research scientist at MIT s Media Lab, says the screen allows a regular two-dimensional display to work as
what's known as alight field display. This means the screen controls the way individual light rays emanate from the display, leading to a sharper image without degrading contrast.
The researchers tested out their device by using a Canon DSLR camera with the focus set to simulate vision problems like farsightedness.
Wetzstein says the next step is to build prototype displays that people can use in the real world something he expects could take a few years.
or that software tracks head movement and adjusts the image accordingly. Barsky expects this won t be much of a problem,
when we look at a display that doesn t look right, we tend to naturally move around to improve the focus.
says that if researchers used a display with a high enough resolution about double the 326 pixels per inch of the ipod Touch used in the paper the technology could be made to be used by more than one person at once.
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