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dr tech

XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' | World ne... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...top-secret-program-online-data

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shared by dr tech on 01 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 01 Aug 13
     
    "The NSA boasts in training materials that the program, called XKeyscore, is its "widest-reaching" system for developing intelligence from the internet."
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Fuseproject designs wearable device that diagnoses diseases | design - 0 views

www.dezeen.com/...-device-that-diagnoses-disease

ITGS wearable diseases equalityofaccess peopleandmachines healthcare

shared by dr tech on 28 Nov 13 - Cached
  • dr tech on 28 Nov 13
     
    "San Francisco studio Fuseproject has created a concept for a wearable device to allow people in the developing world to test themselves for symptoms of chronic illnesses such as malaria without having to visit a doctor (+ slideshow)."
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NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users | World news | The... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-attack-tor-network-encryption

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shared by dr tech on 05 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 05 Oct 13
     
    "The National Security Agency has made repeated attempts to develop attacks against people using Tor, a popular tool designed to protect online anonymity, despite the fact the software is primarily funded and promoted by the US government itself."
anonymous

New app enables regular smartphones to capture 3D images | NDTV Gadgets - 0 views

gadgets.ndtv.com/...apture-3d-images-models-457029

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shared by anonymous on 11 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 11 Dec 13
     
    Scientists have developed an app that allows an ordinary smartphone to capture and display three-dimensional models of real-world objects. Instead of taking a normal photograph, a user simply moves the phone around the object of interest and after a few motions, a 3D model appears on the screen.
dr tech

Gamers solve decade old HIV puzzle in ten days - 0 views

www.zmescience.com/...ade-old-hiv-puzzle-in-ten-days

foldit Collaboration gaming ITGS crowdsourcing peopleandmachines

shared by dr tech on 19 Oct 13 - Cached
  • dr tech on 19 Oct 13
     
    "Scientists from University of Washington have been struggling for the past decade to decipher the complex structure of an enzyme that exhibits behavior similar to that of an enzyme key in the development of AIDS from an HIV infection, and which might hold a critical role in building a cure for the disease. Gamers playing spatial game Foldit have managed to collectively determine the enzyme's structure in ten days."
dr tech

Engineer Sees Big Possibilities in Micro-robots, Including Programmable Bees - 0 views

news.nationalgeographic.com/...science-engineering-technology

engineer bees programmable robots ai ITGS peopleandmachines

shared by dr tech on 27 Sep 14 - Cached
  • dr tech on 27 Sep 14
     
    "One prototype system that Wood has helped developed, called Second Skin, can be worn by patients with neuromuscular disorders to stimulate nerve activity and advance rehabilitation. He says that soft- and micro-robotic devices may one day be used inside the body to aid minimally invasive medical procedures."
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Egypt's New Internet Surveillance System Remains Shrouded in Mystery - 0 views

mashable.com/...w-internet-surveillance-system

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shared by dr tech on 20 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 20 Sep 14
     
    "Three months passed. Then, on Wednesday, anonymous government officials reportedly confirmed that a local company called Systems Engineering of Egypt (SEE or See Egypt) had won the bid to develop the system, which would allegedly allow the Egyptian government to sniff and analyze Internet and social media activity, as well as intercept Skype, WhatsApp and Viber conversations. "
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Project Tango: hands-on with Google's virtual reality experiment (Wired UK) - 0 views

www.wired.co.uk/...google-project-tango-hands-on

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shared by jamandham on 20 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • jamandham on 20 Sep 15
     
    Project Tango is a prototype tablet that British developers made so that people can easily 3D map areas. I could see this as a privacy issue, do you?
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Review: Sony Smartband 2 is the dumbest fitness tracker (Wired UK) - 0 views

www.wired.co.uk/...sony-smartband-2-review

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shared by idonotknowyet on 28 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • idonotknowyet on 28 Sep 15
     
    Sony is developing a new smarthand watch for fitness
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Apple Boots 1000 Apps Over Developer Scam - 0 views

www.escapistmagazine.com/...-1000-Apps-Over-Developer-Scam

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  • Max van Mesdag on 10 Dec 09
     
    Apple has found out that a Chinese iPhone App company are boosting their own ratings. Now they have been removed from the App Store.
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Facebook privacy hole 'lets you see where strangers plan to go' | Technology | guardian... - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...facebook-privacy-hole

Users Stalkers? facebook hole Policies & Standards Privacy Security Reliability

shared by Mcdoogleh CDKEY on 29 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Mcdoogleh CDKEY on 29 Apr 10
     
    Developer says new API lets you query social network's databases - and there doesn't seem to be a way to turn it off
dr tech

First Non-Latin, International Domain Names Finally Launch - 0 views

mashable.com/...arabic-domains

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shared by dr tech on 07 May 10 - Cached
  • dr tech on 07 May 10
     
    Talking of ICANN and DNS look at these developments ....
dr tech

Israeli Company Mobileye Developing Driverless Cars | Technology News - 0 views

nocamels.com/...eye-developing-driverless-cars

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shared by dr tech on 01 Jun 14 - Cached
  • dr tech on 01 Jun 14
     
    ""The technology is also useful in cases where the driver loses consciousness and has let go of the steering wheel. If such an event occurs, the car will independently pull over. Temporary control of the car is the second wave of driver perception-enhancement - while we are still on the first wave, which culminates with the car's ability to break on its own in case of emergency. Therefore, the next phase is automated driving, the instant you let go of the wheel.""
dr tech

iOnRoad Uses Augmented Reality To Warn Drivers | Technology News - 0 views

nocamels.com/...-to-warn-drivers-about-dangers

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shared by dr tech on 01 Jun 14 - Cached
  • dr tech on 01 Jun 14
     
    "An Israeli company is trying to prove that augmented reality is not only the premise of video games, it can also save lives. iOnRoad is a new mobile application, developed by Picitup, that is "helping smartphone users make smarter driving decisions" by using a phone's camera and GPS."
dr tech

Homework goes mobile for school pupils in Lesotho | Dan Griliopoulos | Global developme... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ndary-school-pupils-in-lesotho

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shared by dr tech on 03 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 03 Jan 15
     
    "Sterio.me sends homework lessons and quizzes to basic phones that have limited access to data. Phones of this type have more than 86% penetration in Lesotho. The programme is undergoing trials in local schools, supported by the Vodacom Foundation, the ministry of education and the local teachers' union, before being rolled out across the country. "
dr tech

The rise of the anti-facial recognition movement - 0 views

kernelmag.dailydot.com/...ti-facial-recognition-movement

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shared by dr tech on 04 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 04 Jan 15
     
    "Researchers in China claimed to have developed a kit that can match faces with up to 99.15 percent accuracy"
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Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence, and The Robot Apocalypse - 0 views

www.makeuseof.com/...-intelligence-robot-apocalypse

robot ai microsoft intelligence ITGS

shared by dr tech on 30 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 30 Dec 14
     
    "Microsoft showcased a line of new autonomous robots, called K5, as security guards for one of its campuses. And though the robots looked nothing like Arnold Schwarzenegger, the machine - developed by Knightscope - is impressive and intimidating. Standing 5 feet tall, weighing 300 pounds, and equipped with HD cameras, sensors, alarms, artificial intelligence, and WiFi, it's one incredible piece of technology."
dr tech

BBC News - Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-30290540

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shared by dr tech on 02 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 02 Dec 14
     
    "Prof Stephen Hawking, one of Britain's pre-eminent scientists, has said that efforts to create thinking machines pose a threat to our very existence. He told the BBC:"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.""
dr tech

Probing the whole Internet - in under an hour - for major security flaws - 0 views

mashable.com/...internet-weak-spots

internet security ITGS

shared by dr tech on 31 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 31 Mar 15
     
    "Durumeric leads a team of researchers at the University of Michigan that has developed scanning software called ZMap. This tool can probe the whole public Internet in under an hour, revealing information about the roughly four billion devices online. The scan results can show which sites are vulnerable to particular security flaws. In the case of FREAK, a scan was used to measure the scale of the threat before the bug was publicly announced."
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