Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the NSA, speaks at the Black Hat gathering. He reminds us that a good (or bad) hacker can find a key to any device connected to the Internet. Continue reading Internet of “Things” a Playground for Bad Guys
Disney Research presented the Revel system, which produces artificial tactile impressions in the physical world. Continue reading Revel -ations In Altered Perception
A collection of applications from Ortsbo is promising instant native-language communication using modern technology. Continue reading Language Barrier Shredded By Ortsbo
Google developers are working to make information a seamlessly integrated part of life through voice search. What might come next? Continue reading Why Stop at Voice Search?
PredictGaze uses existing hardware to use eye-movement as a controller and has the ability gather the data from eye movement of the observer. Continue reading PredictGaze Into My Eyes
The Digits system developed by Microsoft Research is able to capture details of hand gestures that are missed by full-body motion capture. Continue reading Here’s My Digits
As far as self-obsession is concerned, technology is the ultimate enabler. Thanks to smartphones, tablets, and laptops, I now keep a record of my daily caloric intake and expenditure, quality of sleep, walking speed, personal happiness, internal dialogue and thought stream, and productivity during work. The “Track Your Happiness” app asks how I feel at random times in the day, providing a real time record of my state of well-being. “Sparkpeople” takes my daily food intake and calculates the breakdown by fats, carbohydrates and protein, putting a happy green when I meet my goals and coloring an angry red when … Continue reading I Am Data, Therefore I Am.