Thursday, June 05, 2014

Article: Intel issues $1m challenge for devs to make RealSense apps

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Intel first revealed its RealSense 3D camera back at CES at the start of the year. Calling it the first of its "perceptual computing" products, Intel's Mooly Eden talked about how the RealSense camera could use technologies such as facial and voice recognition along with gesture...

http://www.cnet.com/news/intel-issues-1m-challenge-for-devs-to-make-realsense-apps/#ftag=CADf328eec

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Article: How Candy Crush gets you hooked - six addictive tricks

From colour theory to cultural awareness, psychologist Dr Simon Moore explains the compulsion secrets hidden in mobile games like Candy Crush Saga Casual games like Candy Crush Saga and Angry Birds may look simple, but underneath those bright colours, calming sounds and flashing messages, there's...

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/04/candy-crush-angry-birds-mobile-games

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Article: Future Macs could lose the cables as Intel demos next-generation wireless charging, docking & displays

If you're like me and love technology but hate the rats nest of cables it requires, we could be in for some good news. Intel has demonstrated a system that could be incorporated into future computers that allows wireless connectivity for power, displays, and connection to accessories like externa...

http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/04/future-macs-could-lose-the-cables-as-intel-demos-next-generation-wireless-charging-docking-displays/

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Article: Spansion goes battery-less with tiny ‘Internet of things’ chips

Spansion says it can eliminate the need to put a battery in the tiny sensors that will deliver the measurements from the Internet of things." That should make it much more affordable to deploy billions of such sensors. The new solution uses chips that can harvest their own energy from the sun, vi...

http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/spansion-eliminates-need-for-batteries-in-tiny-internet-of-things-chips/

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drag2share: Amazon's likely announcing its new phone on June 18th (update: yep, it's a phone)

source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/04/Amazon-phone-june18/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full

What has six cameras, a large screen and tracks your head? Amazon's new phone, probably. The company's first handset has been long rumored and occasionally leaked, but now the company seems ready to make it official: Jeff Bezos is hosting a hitherto unannounced "launch event" later this month. The company's page for the event is little more than a invitation request form, but an attached teaser video meshes well with the purported phone's rumored head-tracking capabilities. "It moved with me!" exclaims an unnamed tester, staring at an object just out of frame. Sounds neat.

While the video itself doesn't show anything specific, the reactions it shows are consistent with the prototype BGR uncovered back in April. That handset had a 4.7-inch screen and a staggering five front-facing camera, which were said to be used for tracking the user's face as they combed their way through an interactive 3D interface. It was also said to be running a Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU and 2GB of RAM, but what Amazon's going to show on June 18th is still anybody's guess. Still, the teaser page revealed one more thing: the product will have a sleek black bevel and an Amazon logo (pictured above). Well, we can't say we're surprised. We'll let you know all the details when Bezos makes this thing official later this month.

Update: Amazon's teaser betrayed a little more than we thought. At 0:41, the unnamed device peeks out from behind the video's bottom edge, revealing what appears to be a blurry power button and a headphone jack. It's definitely a phone. You can thank Aaron Kasten's sharp eyes (and Google+ post) for the peek.

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