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Will BBM for Android and iOS Signal a Massive Pivot for RIM? | TechnoBuffalo - 0 views

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    We have already heard that bbm will be coming to android, but it wont be coming that cheap. the service will cost about 3.99 a month So here's the thing. Assuming the photos are real and the tips are true, why is RIM doing this? Why use DevCon Americas next week in San Francisco to announce to your community that BlackBerry Messenger is going cross-platform? BBM is arguably BlackBerry's most attractive selling point - I'd say the sheer addictiveness of their messaging-centric OS and awesome physical keyboards are right up there. If RIM opens BBM up to Android and iOS, the very platforms who've been kicking their butts over the past 24 months, will anyone still want to buy a piece of BlackBerry hardware?
Daniel Carriere

Scottish Scientists Develop World's Smallest Antenna | TechWeekEurope UK - 0 views

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    With each new generation of smartphones, dropped calls and battery life issues are still an issue, the reason is partly because antenna technology has not changed very much. Scottish scientists have changed this. They spent 7 years to create a cellphone antenna quite smaller than a coin. The Sofant Technologies team claims that this new antenna is more efficient, finding signals faster and using up less battery life. The smaller something is in technology the less it has to travel therefore speeding the device up. The antenna also takes advantage of the full potential of LTE and 4G connectivity. Sofant plans on licensing its designs to smartphone manufacturers all over the world.  I chose the tag of portable computing because this article is about antennas, a vital part of a cellphone. This new antenna will affect people who use cellphones, which is a large amount of people in North America. In my opinion I think this new antenna is long overdue. The fact that antenna technology hasn't changed much over the years is pretty surprising. This new antenna is a step in the right direction for smartphones. 
Lynn Bui

Soccer technology - 0 views

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    This article is about a new company chosen by FIFA called GoalControl. This company's goal is to clarify goals and prevent incorrect judging of offside rules.This company plans to use cameras to capture the goals so that an assistant coach won't be relied on. Their camera and software system, will be used to judge goal line decisions at this summer's Confederations Cup in Brazil and,maybe next year's World Cup. GoalControl's system involves 14 cameras with seven trained on each goal. In Brazil, the cameras will be attached to the catwalks beneath each stadium's lights and will constantly take full frame,color pictures( 500 per minute) to determine the ball's location at every point in the game. Computers will continually scan the images, and when the ball is seen to have crossed the goal line, a signal will be sent to the referee's watch causing it to vibrate and alert him that a goal should be awarded.GoalControl will cost roughly $260,000 per stadium to install in Brazil. This new technology is positive influence to the soccer world. It will provide teams with their rightful goals and prevent confusion and false calls. It will also be more accurate since assistant referees and referees will not have to determine the situation, but can refer back to the tapings. This new technology is also a negative influence because two different referees may interpret the tapings differently causing more confusion.
Liam Liu

Satechi releases $40 mini router that fits in a purse, works as a repeater - 0 views

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    Mini Router? Fits in Purse? Only $40?!  Is this even possible? Guess so. This Mini Router which can fit into a purse is only $40. It is being released by a company called Satechi and it works as a repeater. This Mini-Router gives you a private, 300 Mbps WiFi access from any hotel's wired internet, but can produce and redistribute a wireless signal anywhere else in the room. It can also work as a router stand-alone, or even as a bridge which will let you take an exisiting WiFi network, and make it basically your own with a different name, and potentially a different security code, useful in internet cafe's, hotels, even St. Elizabeth ;).
Holly Di Bart

A Beer Drinkers Dream-Beer Launcher - YouTube - 0 views

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    This is what my dad wants me to build for him. This guy uses two computer programs to launch the beer. The first program is in the remote, and it waits for the button to be pushed. Once it is pushed its sends a signal over the air ways to the second program in the fridge telling it to load the beer. When the beer is loaded, the computer program tells it to launch. This relates to our class because the guy uses computer programs to do a task. Later in the course we will learn how to program. 
junewi

Make Sweet Music With Any Object Using This Sensor - 0 views

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    This sensor lets you make music with tables, chairs, and pretty much everything. This device connects to your phone and senses vibration of the object attached to it and sends a electric signal to the phone according to the vibration. You can change the vibration to tunes and create music with the beat you created using this device. It comes with a app that changes your beat into music. You can connect you device with your phone and the object you want to make beats on, tap the object in a beat and the app will record your beat and you can change it into music. It is in kick starter right now.
Boris Smirnov

Tiny Injectable LEDs Manipulate the Brain With Light | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

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    Tiny glowing probes packed with LEDs and sensors are scientists newest invention for measuring and manipulating the brain.
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