Posts in category Embedded Systems
Using Tech to Predict Crime
Dec12
2011 Written by Teknophilia
2011 Written by Teknophilia
Yes, this is another “zomg! Minority Report IRL” article. Move along if you want.
For those of you still here, don’t expect anything like Person of Interest for a while. Still, there have been some leaps in how we process and analyze crime data; and that’s giving us ways to fight crime in ways we didn’t even im [...]
“Smart” Eyeglasses Fill Y...
Dec24
2010 Written by Teknophilia
2010 Written by Teknophilia
B_Zedan
“New high-tech glasses track your gaze and display information about what you’re looking at, which could make a simple stroll down the street much more interesting.
Researchers in Finland have made a prototype pair of glasses that attaches to a small handheld computer and retrieves information from a database.
“The glasses recognize [...]
Smart Clothing Helps Sailors [Embedde...
Dec20
2010 Written by Teknophilia
2010 Written by Teknophilia
am4ndas
“Working as a commercial fisherman is consistently ranked as one of the world’s most dangerous jobs. There are numerous ways in which they can end up in the water, with their shipmates (if they even have any) not noticing until it’s too late. That, or their boat can simply sink. In any case, fishermen need all the help they can get w [...]
One million Chinese cellphone users r...
Nov16
2010 Written by Teknophilia
2010 Written by Teknophilia
!/_PeacePlusOne
“Viruses have been making the rounds on cellphones for quite a while now, but it looks like China has now been hit by a particularly troublesome one. According to Shanghai Daily, a so-called zombie virus disguised as an anti-virus app has infected more than one million cellphone users in the country, and it’s left user [...]
Mozilla Seabird: Greatest Concept Pho...
Sep30
2010 Written by Teknophilia
2010 Written by Teknophilia
Mozilla Labs
The folks over at Mozilla Labs (Firefox, Thunderbird) launched the Concept Series a while back as a way to share “ideas, expertise & vision for the future of the Web, the Mozilla project and Firefox.” Billy May, a product designer, produced the “Open Web Concept Phone,” which has since been named “Seabird”.
This phone follow [...]
Google Gives away TV’s!
Sep14
2010 Written by Teknophilia
2010 Written by Teknophilia
Shekhar_Sahu
Google’s conferences always have an awesome freebie with attendance, at several conferences; they’ve given away their phones (Nexus One) and other’s (G1, EVO 4G). This is some pretty great loot, but it looks like their latest conference is going to be remembered by its 600 attendees as the best one yet. What could be better th [...]

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