WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., (WLFI) – A new smart camera has been developed at Purdue and could automate cars, home security settings and more.
The new invention, called TeraDeep, was invented by Purdue Professor Eugenio Culurciello. It can teach itself to recognize objects.
“Our long-term goal is to give machines the same capability that humans have to identify objects and go through their everyday life,” said Culurciello.
Culurciello has been working in the field of artificial vision for many years. He said the key to his invention is in our brains.
Microsoft definitely has a hit on its hands with Windows 10, as Gartner is predicting that the operating system will become the most used Windows version of all time. However, Window 10 has also been plagued with concerns regarding privacy and Microsoft has come under fire for forcing upgrades on Windows 7 and Windows 8 users and downloading multi-gigabyte Windows 10 ISOs without permission.
Microsoft is once again facing heat due to actions that Windows 10 is taking without the customer’s permission. Earlier this month, Microsoft released the first major update for Windows 10, collectively known as the November Update. We love updates as much as the next person, but the November Update is apparently uninstalling apps that it doesn’t like without even giving customers the option to approve the action. Continue reading Latest Windows 10 Update Reportedly Removes Some Software Without Authorization→
Toshiba’s new wireless charging receiver chip will begin shipping next year.
Toshiba America Electronic Components (TEAC) today announced what it says is the industry’s first single-chip wireless power receiver (RX) that can operate at 15 watts and is compliant with Qi v1.2, the wireless charging standard.
Compared to TEAC’s previous wireless power chips, the new TC7766WBG triples the amount of power that can be received without increasing the chip’s size.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Wish there was a gadget able to transform your boring office uniform into a party outfit, or even a device that guides you straight to new friends?
Then call Marcelo Coelho.
A researcher with Fluid Interfaces at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, Coelho works at the cutting edge of wearable devices that may be smarter than the person wearing them.
One of the most promising areas is clothing that integrates computers and can practically think for itself.
“You can program your shirt for it to change color, or move to a different pattern,” he said. “Maybe you’re at work today and want your shirt one way, but you’ll be at a party tonight and want it different.” Continue reading Welcome to the future: Clothes get smarter than you→
Taking a cue from China, Japan is developing a new supercomputer that could be among the world’s fastest systems when released in 2020.
The computer — being developed as part of a national project called Flagship2020 — is being developed with the aim to deliver “100 times more application performance” than the current K, which is installed in Japan and is the world’s third-fastest computer, according to the Top500 list of supercomputers, released on Monday.
The supercomputer will be deployed by 2020. It is being developed by Fujitsu and Japanese research institution RIKEN, which also developed K. The current K supercomputer has 705,204 processing cores and offers 10.5 petaflops of performance. Continue reading Japan chases title of world’s fastest computer with new system→
You can improve your meetings by telling people to leave smartphones and laptops outside.
Fed up with his staff constantly checking emails and alerts on their smartphones, Paul Devoy decided in September to ban all phones, tablets and laptops from meetings.
Consequently, the head of Investors in People, the UK body that sets workplace standards, says meetings have become much more productive as attendees are entirely focused.
The distracting pull of digital devices and the detrimental effect that has on our ability to concentrate is well documented. In one Stanford University study, people who regularly attend to electronic alerts and messages do not pay attention, control their memory or switch from one job to another as well as those who concentrate on doing one thing at a time. It is not the technology that is at fault but our inability to manage it. Continue reading How banning technology can boost focus and productivity→
Lax security can lead to lawsuits, penalties and higher costs.
According to the Ponemon Institute’s 10th annual Cost of Data Breach Study, the average consolidated total cost of a data breach is now $6.53 million for a U.S. organization, an 11% increase since last year. The study also found that the average cost per lost or stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information rose from $201 in 2014 to $217. These facts alone should encourage every company to tighten its data security policies and capabilities, but there’s more. Key legal and regulatory changes have increased the financial risk to companies with lax data security.
Tasked with protecting consumers from unfair and deceptive business practices, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection will now launch investigations if it detects risky behavior regarding the security of customer data. No actual injury or breach is required. Companies found to have substandard data security practices may face a variety of penalties. Recently, despite the lack of documented harm to clients, R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management agreed to settle charges that it failed to establish required cybersecurity policies and procedures before a data breach that compromised the personally identifiable information of approximately 100,000 people. The FTC also has the power to investigate discrepancies between a company’s published “terms of use” and how its data is actually stored and shared. Continue reading Strong data security is not optional→
TOKYO: Researchers in Japan have created a type of glass that is stronger than many metals and almost as strong as steel.
The researchers from The University of Tokyo and Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute used what they call aerodynamic levitation, to create glass imbued with extra amounts of an oxide of aluminium.
Glass that does not break when dropped or when struck by another object would be useful in a wide variety of applications, from automobile windows, to skyscrapers to smartphones and tablets.
Ever wondered how today’s tech giants got their names? How search numero uno Google got its name or why ecommerce giant Amazon is called so? Courtesy their success, the names of these companies are now familiar to us. However, most of them carry hidden meanings or stories behind these peculiar names.Here’s tracking down how some of the world’s biggest technology companies got their names and what they mean
Come the beginning of 2016, Microsoft will get much more assertive in distributing Windows 10 upgrades to consumers and small businesses, the company’s top OS executive said Thursday.
Rather than wait for customers running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to request a copy of the new OS — the practice since June — Microsoft will instead begin to automatically send the upgrade to PCs via Windows Update, the default security maintenance service.
The push — which some will see as too pushy by far — will be a two-step process, with the first kicking in this year, the second in early 2016.
“We will soon be publishing Windows 10 as an ‘Optional Update’ in Windows Update for all Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 customers,” said Terry Myerson, who leads the Windows and devices group at Microsoft, in a post to a company blog. “Adding Windows 10 here is another way we will make it easy for you to find your upgrade.” Continue reading Microsoft to get pushy about upgrading to Windows 10→
