First Phone With Mixed Reality "Tango" Tech

Here's the First Phone With Google's Mixed Reality "Tango" Tech

Lenovo has officially announced the first commercially available smartphone to use Google's spatially aware Tango technology.

Body Interfacing

One of the newest invention ideas in interface devices is Skinput.

This invention allows the surfaces of your body to be used as a touchscreen.

This is how it works

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An armband projects the image of a menu or keyboard onto your hand or forearm. This armband also contains an bio-acoustic sensor that can detect and analyze sound frequencies.

Because of bone density, joints, and soft tissue, different locations on the body have different acoustic properties.

When you tap your finger on different parts of your body it creates a unique frequency based on the specific area.

Skinput can detect what part of a projected image you are touching and in turn can transmit a wireless signal to a computer, smart phone or other device.

Skinput was created by the project team of Desney Tan, a senior researcher in the Visulization and Interaction Area at Microsoft Research; Dan Morris, a researcher in the Computational User Experiences at Microsoft Research; and Chris Harrison, a third year Ph.D student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

Source: research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/cue/skinput

LaCie Safe

Storing your files on this mobile hard drive gives you multiple levels of protection because it uses advanced encryption and biometric authentication technology.

The Safe uses 128-bit AES encryption (Advanced Encryption Standard) which is the same standard used by governments to protect top secret information.

Encryption converts information that is readable into a mixture of unreadable characters. Decryption processes the encrypted unreadable characters back into a readable format.

Google Ara (Assemble, Disassemble, Repair Yourself)

Google Ara

Run out of Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP), Ara proposes that phone owners should be able to mix-and-match components to build the phone they want to own, rather than accept whatever it is that phone makers think people want.

Mind4 Android Based Drone Takes To The Skies

Mind4 Android Based Drone Takes To The Skies

There has been a surge in drones released over the last year or so, most of which are targeted towards sporting enthusiasts. What separates the Mind4 from its rivals is the built in camera which is streamed to an app on a smartphone, allowing the user to dictate which object to follow. With improved specifications, drones are now capable of delivering some stunning results, such as getting close to wild birds, or air shots over the grand canyon. Obtaining this sort of footage is rare, as it is heavily dependant on the pilot's skill coupled with a little bit of luck.

Flow Gesture Control Device

Flow Gesture Control Device

   

Graphic design controllers are not a new idea. A device which simplifies complex, tedious or repetitive tasks, which may not be possible with a conventional keyboard and mouse combination, using natural hand gestures.