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Maria Gurova

Fox Sued Over Homer Simpson Hologram | Animation Magazine - 0 views

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Technology entertainment hologram IP legal copyright IP rights Political

shared by Maria Gurova on 19 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hologram USA and its CEO, Alki David, say the hologram infringed on its patented system to project 3D images on stage
Maria Gurova

Tom Hanks' Typewriter App Shoots To The Top Of The App Store | TechCrunch - 0 views

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Technology entertainment social back to the roots CIS

shared by Maria Gurova on 19 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Launched last week, Hanx Writer turns your iPad into an old-fashioned typewriter, offering a pseudo-analog typing experience. The bangs of key presses, hard returns and the chimes that sound when you reach the end of a new line now sit alongside modern conveniences 
  • Maria Gurova on 19 Aug 14
     
    Another way to use tech to revive the old-fashioned habits. Will the next gen of tech addicted individuals have those needs, or it's just us holding to the past? 
asibilev

Disney научит девочек программированию - 1 views

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CIS disney Technology Market

shared by asibilev on 01 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • Disney научит девочек программированию
  • Code.org заключает партнерство с Disney - теперь даже маленькие девочки захотят учиться программированию.
  • к проекту присоединилась корпорация Disney, представив учебную игру
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  • по мотивам мультика «Холодное сердце». Анна и Эльза, главные герои мультфильма, помогают освоить основы программирования
Irina Marchenko

Чипирование людей - 0 views

http://ivan4.ru/news/society/chipirovannaya_shvedka_ya_sredi_pervykh_/ Швеция традиционно имеет репутацию глобального лидера в развитии инновационных технологий. И вот первые шведы имплантируют се...

чипирование Technology science

started by Irina Marchenko on 06 Feb 15 no follow-up yet
Irina Marchenko

В ЕВРОПЕ С 2014 ГОДА СТАНЕТ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНЫМ ЧИПИРОВАНИЕ ДЕТЕЙ - 0 views

http://conspiracytheory.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=639 Европа в обязательном порядке будет чипировать новорожденных уже с 2014 года, сообщается в итальянской газете Corrire di Roma.Европа в обязатель...

Technology science kids

started by Irina Marchenko on 06 Feb 15 no follow-up yet
Irina Marchenko

Все идет по плану: что нужно знать из прогнозов Рэя Курцвейла 2019-2099 - 0 views

http://slon.ru/insights/1213655/ Технический директор Google и самый известный технологический футуролог Рэй Курцвейл выступил в начале этого года с очередной порцией предсказаний. Будучи одним из...

Technology science Social

started by Irina Marchenko on 16 Feb 15 no follow-up yet
Maria Gurova

Biosensing Films And Smartphones Let Doctors Diagnose Disease From Anywhere - 0 views

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Technology Health self-dyagnosis Medicine affordable tech accessibility

shared by Maria Gurova on 07 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Researchers from Florida Atlantic University have created a sensitive film that can detect viruses and bacteria, such as HIV and Staph, at home.
Maria Gurova

YouTube Kids App Blasted as 'Deceptive' by Consumer Groups | Variety - 0 views

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Technology entertainment KE youtube legal 'marketing to kids' Google Social UGC 'short-form' video

shared by Maria Gurova on 07 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Google’s YouTube Kids app, which offers a walled garden of content aimed at the 5-and-under set, is the target of a coalition of consumer groups urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the service as a potential violation of rules about advertising to children
  • “Many of the video segments endorsing toys, candy and other products that appear to be ‘user-generated’ have undisclosed relationships with product manufacturers in v
  • iolation of the FTC’s guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising,
Maria Gurova

Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA? | Popular Science - 0 views

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Technology big data DNA Health customisation personalisation personal data Political legal Medicine security identity theft

shared by Maria Gurova on 07 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • In January, the biotech company Genentech reportedly committed $10 million for access to the DNA of 3,000 Parkinson’s patients and their families. A week later, Pfizer made a similar deal for the genomes of 5,000 people with lupus.
  • A trove of data could give scientists the tools they need to develop gene-specific drug therapies for certain diseases. “We are hoping to ultimately develop Parkinson’s medicines, for example, that actually modify the disease as opposed to just treating symptoms,”
  • “this has the possibility of not only helping us find new cures, but it also helps us create a genuine health care system as opposed to just a disease care system.”
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  • Even a small segment of DNA (23andMe looks at 750,000 base pairs out of 3 billion) can reveal a history of illness or predict future risks and be used
  • The 2009 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act makes it illegal for employers or health insurance companies to discriminate based on genetic data. The Act doesn’t address who controls data once it’s out there
al_semenchenko

Gamasutra - Exploring a future of 'transmogrified reality' game design - 0 views

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Technology entertainment Play kids family transmogrified reality VR game design consumption model media future media social interaction 3D VR concerns

shared by al_semenchenko on 27 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • many developers are concerned about the dangers (physical, mental, or cultural) of asking their audiences to strap on a vision-obscuring headset for hours at a time. 
  • Long-time game designer and current Google game design chief Noah Falstein's personal favorite is "transmogrified reality" --  an approach to game design that relies on new 3D-sensing phones and tablets, combined with inexpensive head mounts, to seamlessly integrate the virtual with the real.
  • al_semenchenko on 27 Oct 15
     
    There are still many challenges for designers to adopt capabilities of VR and be able to deliver compelling product. One of the solutions requires much more than just a VR headset. Noah Falstein presents his concept of "transmogrified reality". An environment filled with various devices that work together to create new user interactions in VR-world that are not just possible, but also convenient.
Anna Dubinina

Bentley подбирает авто по выражению лиц покупателей - 0 views

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CIS Technology Social customization Economic Personification data scanning customisation emotion recognition big data

shared by Anna Dubinina on 28 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Anna Dubinina on 28 Oct 15
     
    Bentley Inspirator анализирует эмоции покупателя, которые он испытывает во время специального фильма, а также с помощью камеры следит за мимическими изменениями лица человека. Затем, исходя из результатов, программа предлагает цвет, конфигурацию автомобиля, подходящие именно для данного покупателя.
Anna Dubinina

Looking at supersonic airliners - 0 views

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Technology CIS plane concorde travel transportation air travel supersonic aircraft Transformative

shared by Anna Dubinina on 05 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • The latest new concept design is called Skreemr, which -- if developed -- supposedly would carry 75 passengers from London to New York in 30 minutes
  • unlike rockets, scramjet engines would burn oxygen from the atmosphere instead of having to carry heavy tanks full of oxygen
  • A hybrid rocket and jet engine is being developed by Reaction Engines with joint funding by the UK and BAE Systems, which could one day lead to a new supersonic airliner
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  • Aerion is developing a $110 million, 12-passenger business jet capable of hitting Mach 1.6 -- or close to 2,000 kilometers per hour
  • Expected delivery of this new supersonic plane: 2022.
Anna Dubinina

Google Reveals Its New "RankBrain" Artificial Intelligence System - 1 views

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CIS Technology Artificial Intelligence Google Search Personalization AI Human language interpretation

shared by Anna Dubinina on 27 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • RankBrain helps Google decipher the approximately 15% of phrases that the search engine has not encountered before, Bloomberg reports.
  • Google has just gone public with the details of a new artificial intelligence called RankBrain, which the search giant is using to handle difficult queries.
  • Anna Dubinina on 27 Oct 15
     
    Google is training a new artificial intelligence product on its search engine's most difficult queries
Oleg Batluk

Watch MIT's Self-Flying Drone Zip Around Obstacles - ABC News - 0 views

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family entertainment CIS drones geolocation

shared by Oleg Batluk on 06 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • The self-flying drone is able to swiftly navigate obstacles
  • algorithm that allows the drone's software to build a map of the surrounding area in real time
  • Everyone is building drones these days, but nobody knows how to get them to stop running into things
  • Oleg Batluk on 06 Nov 15
     
    Next generation drones will be able to build maps and navigate through obsticles
Oleg Batluk

MIT Scientists Create Wireless Device That Allows Us To See Through Walls - 1 views

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wireless Social Technology CIS MIT remote smart home manipulation Big Data

shared by Oleg Batluk on 02 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Scientists have created a new device that allows people to see through walls
  • it can "determine where you are, who you are, and even which hand you are moving
  • feature that allows the device to contact emergency services if a family member falls on the floor
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  • operate your lights and TVs, or to adjust your heating by monitoring where you are in the house
  • Oleg Batluk on 02 Nov 15
     
    New device can see through walls to monitor & locate family members positioning and operate home entertainment depending on your location. 
anna_nelidova

The World's First Fully Robotic Farm Opens In 2017 | Popular Science - 0 views

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Technology Robots Economic future farmers Human Machine Interaction automated growing future of food Environment sustainability Energy Efficiency Humanisation of Robots Future of Talent Free Time Leisure

shared by anna_nelidova on 09 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • A company in Japan is building an indoor lettuce farm that will be completely tended by robots and computers.
  • The company, named Spread, expects the factory to open in 2017, and the fully automated farming process could make the lettuce cheaper and better for the environment.
  • The plants can be grown hydroponically without exhausting soil resources.
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  • Up to 98 percent of Spread’s water will be recycled, and the factory won’t have to spray pesticides
  • Artificial lighting means the food supply won’t rely on weather variables, and the lighting can be supplied through renewable energy.
  • anna_nelidova on 09 Nov 15
     
    A Japanese company plans to open a fully automated farm by 2017 that will be very efficient and not harmful for the environment. They are hoping to increase production and to reduce labor costs and company's prices. 
Maria Gurova

YouTube's Grand Plan to Make VR Accessible to Everybody | WIRED - 0 views

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Technology Social entertainment youtube VR Advanced Content Monetisation Impactful Communication Economy Immersive Experience Immersive Entertainment accessibility content maker movement Market

shared by Maria Gurova on 09 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Today, YouTube is unveiling 360-degree virtual reality videos and a virtual movie theater for all YouTube videos, available to anyone with a Google Cardboard headset. The goal is to “democratize virtual reality” and “bring VR to everybody
  • social network is now seeing 8 billion daily video views. Facebook itself recently debuted 360 video. And the social networking giant owns Oculus,
  • But Facebook, its biggest competitor, is rapidly encroaching on YouTube’s turf.
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  • expects that library of content to grow “very rapidly,” especially as the company works with YouTube creators to get more VR content up on the platform
  • According to Variety, these YouTube stars are even more influential among US teens than Hollywood celebrities.
  • The one stumbling block is that not that many people have the equipment to experience VR. Google says some 1 million folks already own the Cardboard viewer
  • it’s convenient that the company is launching these virtual reality features right before The New York Times ships 1.3 million Google Cardboard sets this weekend, as it debuts its new VR documentary, “The Displaced.”
alexbelov

UK government invests £60 million in Skylon 'super-plane' that could cut Lond... - 0 views

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Technology travel aerospace fast flight transportation ADD on demand global mobility connected world

shared by alexbelov on 13 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • UK government invests £60 million in Skylon 'super-plane' that could cut London to Sydney flights to just four hours
  • Its 'Sabre' engine - a hybrid rocket and jet propulsion system which theoretically allows travel anywhere on Earth in four hours or less - could become a reality in a decade.
  • A full ground-based engine test is currently planned for 2020.
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  • The super-plane will rely on cooling an incoming airstream from 1,000 degrees C to minus 150 C almost instantly, at close to 1/100th of a second.
  • alexbelov on 13 Nov 15
     
    Aerospace flight research aiming to speed up long-distance flights. However investment volume seems inadequate for such a huge project.
Vladimir Antonov

Zwift launch new online multiplayer turbo training game - Cycling Weekly - 0 views

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VR game Technology Social entertainment Play Immersive Entertainment Health accessibility Virtual Sports Big Data

shared by Vladimir Antonov on 29 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Startup tech company Zwift have launched a new online cycling that looks to change the way we train indoors
  • online multiplayer cycling game that looks to revolutionise indoor training
  • The game allows cyclists from all over the world to meet and ride together in virtual reality, possibly putting an end to tedious and lonely turbo training sessions
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  • Zwift’s software can then convert the signal into power data, which is calculated by considering rider weight, the virtual terrain and even drafting into account to convert the power to speed within the game.
  • the virtual environment is impressive as it gives off sound effects from your surroundings and from the other riders that pass or are around you, making it a supremely immersive training session
  • Vladimir Antonov on 29 Jan 16
     
    It's not new development, but it confirms that VR (kind of, just a game for now) is not somewhere there, it's here and I can use it for a reasonable price Next steps could be VR treadmill (for bad weather), VR swimming-pool (to be placed inside a garage or basement) etc, literally all kinds of sports that could be replicated indoor with VR 
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