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Imagine simply tapping the back of your hand or forearm to control your smartphone: that’s the kind of capability offered by Skinput, the marvellously named brainwave from Microsoft Research.
The Personal Assistant for Scheduling system, a disembodied head floating on a computer screen outside Horvitz’s office in Redmond, Wash., is one of the most advanced artificial intelligence programs in the world.
Consumer electronics companies got an early Christmas present this year when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to grant unlicensed smart phones, computers and other wireless devices approval to connect to the Internet via vacant…
Some computer security experts are advancing the heretical thought that passwords might not need to be ‘strong,’ or changed constantly.
A handful of universities and research labs are working on simple changes to Wi-Fi technology that they say would result in your mobile phone battery lasting two to five times as long as it does…
Using Skinput, a person could tap their thumb and middle finger together to answer a call; touch their forearm to go to the next track on a music player; or flick the center of their…
Skinput listens to the sounds made by tapping on parts of a body and pairs those sounds with actions that drive tasks on a computer or cell phone.
You were right: Itâs a waste of your time. A study says much computer security advice is not worth following.
Coupled with a tiny projector the system can use the skin as a surface on which to display menu choices, a number pad or a screen.
Coupled with a tiny projector, Skinput can use the skin as a surface on which to display menu choices, a number pad or a screen.
