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Ever since Microsoft announced HoloLens, the company has kept its presentations and information on the mixed-reality glasses and ecosystem isolated as more of a developer curiosity than a mass market product. There’s good reason for the company to have done so; look at how easily Google   Unwanted Face Computer Glass was hijacked by the hipster class with delusions of self-entitlement. But it’s also made it harder to track improvements to the technology that underlies HoloLens, including Microsoft’s Holographic Processing Unit, or HPU. Harry Shum, executive VP of Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence and Resource Group, announced at the 2017 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition that instead of relying on FPGAs to provide cost- and power-effective execution of AI programs and to form deep neural networks (DNNs), Microsoft’s second-generation HPU 2.0 will incorporate a custom silicon AI coprocessor for image and speech recognition. “The chip supports a wide ...

"The  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency  ( DARPA ) is an  agency of the  U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of  emerging technologies  for use by the military." Last summer we reported on a new project called the Neural Engineering System Design (NESD), brought to you by the acronym-happy spooks at DARPA. The project is to   create an implantable, wireless, wideband brain-computer interface   capable of reading from neurons as well as “writing” to them by sending signals that the neurons accept. The device is called the Neural Input-Output Bus (NIOB). Now DARPA has picked six dream-team research groups that will split $65 million in funding to develop the NIOB by way of their respective goals. The NESD program aims to develop advanced neural devices that offer improved fidelity, resolution, and precision sensory interfaces for therapeutic applications, said Phillip ...

HIGHLIGHTS Airtel's Mittal has urged TRAI to scrap the Bill and Keep method out It should instead continue with the IUC regime Under BAK method, call termination charges are not paid Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal has urged the Indian telecom regulator to reject the 'Bill and Keep' (BAK) method and said it should continue with the  interconnection usage charge (IUC)  regime. "The current IUC at 14 paisa is already well below cost and it will be in fitness of things that while taking a final decision, the Authority ( Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - TRAI ) upholds the principle of compensation of work done by each operator and the IUC is set at costs discovered through a fair and transparent mechanism," Mittal told TRAI in a letter on July 24, a copy of which is available with IANS. "BAK should be rejected and India should not be subjected to a regime which is alien to the mobile industry the world over," he then stated ...

    HIGHLIGHTS The Unicode 10 was launched last month The EmojiCompat library support allows backward-compatibility Android 4.4 and later versions will be supported Android  users often lament that they are not able to see the emojis sent to them by others as their device is not upgraded to the latest version of platform. Soon, this complaint might be resolved as  Google  will add support for EmojiCompat library to the platform, which will implement backward-compatibility for the emojis to Android 4.4 and later versions. Notably, users currently see crossed-boxes, which indicate incompatible font, when a new emoji is sent to them on a previous version of Android. However, with the support for EmojiCompat library, the users will be able to see the latest emojis without needing to upgrade their entire OS. Emojipedia  points out  that EmojiCompat doesn't change the way emojis are rendered but provides the app with a font that features t...

 Am here to give you this astonishing invention by Orbotix. The car is fun to play with, and probably best choice for your kids.  Descriptions Animated eyes, LCD screen allows Lightning's eyes to be fully expressive. Lighting reacts to where he is touched Sequence animations for Lightning to perform, or watch Disney•Pixar’s “Cars” together and see him react Bluetooth controlled 100ft range Faster than fast, quicker than quick...this. is. lightning The Sphero Ultimate Lightning McQueen Smartphone Controlled Car  is the top of the line racer that’s packed with personality. With animated eyes, an animatronic mouth, and emotive suspension, experience Lightning like never before. Emotive suspension allows lightning to drift and do donuts with authentic movement. A seven-time Piston Cup Champion, Ultimate Lightning McQueen was born to race. Connect to the app, hit the gas, and see Lightning respond to your commands with his pers...

Description Six-axis ready-to-fly folding hexacopter frame kit Folding structure, easy to install and disassemble 2.4Ghz radio controlled professional photography BTU module & 915mHz date-link Supports andropilot ground station Comes with an APM compatible flight controller The  650mm RTF Folding Hexacopter UAV  is a six-axis folding hexacopter frame kit with motor, ESC and propellers. It is a professional photography hexacopter providing very heavy payload and light weight. It can hang cameras like 5D2, Nex5-7, Panasonic GH2-3 and compatible with DJI Z15 gimbal, Foxtech camera mount. All comes with carbon fiber tubes and propellers for the easy foldable landing gear. Features Altitude hold GPS hold and GPS RTL system Lower voltage warning & RTL features BTU module & 915mHz date-link (adjustable parameters) Intelligent orientation control Failsafe return to home Foldable arm what's included 650mm Hexacopter Frame x1...

Airborne drones and the animals they mimic are featured in 18 new studies published online Dec. 15 in the journal Interface Focus. This special issue is intended "to inspire development of new aerial robots and to show the current status of animal flight studies," said the issue's editor, David Lentink, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University in California. Though humans have been building flying machines since the 18th century, these new studies revealed that there is still much to be learned from looking closely at how birds, insects and bats take flight, keep themselves aloft and maneuver to safe landings. [Biomimicry: 7 Clever Technologies Inspired by Nature] Flying drones are rapidly becoming a common sight worldwide. They are used to photograph glorious vistas from above, snap selfies and even deliver packages, as online retail giant Amazon completed its first commercial delivery by drone in Cambridge, in the United Kin...