During the development of the PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4 controller, Sony tested a version of a controller that included biofeedback sensors to detect how stressed the player was, based on how much his or her hand was sweating. That’s right; the same technology that’s used in polygraphs could have been an integral part of the PS4.
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Third-party apps have begun trickling out for Glass, but if Google expects thousands of add-ons to make their way to the public, it’s going to need a searchable database of available downloads. And that structure could very well come in the form of a Glass-optimized Play Store. Android and Me noticed a “Google Glass 1” entry pop up in the device field following Mountain View’s Play refresh that hit the web last night. It’s not possible to push apps directly to the wearable at the moment — the Glass option is not currently live — but it’s entirely possible that the device could be selectable in the near future. Take a closer look in the screenshot at the source link below.
Filed under: Displays, Wearables, Mobile, Google
Source: Android and Me
Less than a week after T-Mobile announced its new upgrade-at-will Jump plan
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Have you ever visited a massage parlor and decided on a couple of hours’ worth of massage, Thai style? If you have answered in the affirmative, you would know that Thai massage would involve a whole lot of flexibility in your body (as well as the masseur’s), where knees and elbows are all part of the massaging process. If you are not single and have a mate who loves to massage you and has the technical know how of doing so, so much the better, but for all the singles out there who want a nice massage after a particularly long and difficult day at the office, you can chill out in your own home with the $169.95 Thai Technique Back Massager.
The Thai Technique Back Massager will be able to offer the tension-relieving kneading of a therapist’s feet during a Thai massage, where a couple of 4″-long x 2″-wide massaging “feet” will travel up and down either side of the back. These massaging “feet” will come in a convex shape, where they will simulate the balls of a therapist’s feet as they roll and knead tense, sore muscles. The massager is capable of targeting the upper, lower, or entire back, and the “feet” even come with built-in heating elements, while the seat itself has a three-speed vibrating motor which can be used with or without back massage, and all of these are controlled from a tethered remote. If you feel that you require additional cushioning, a padded flap is there to make your back massage experience a whole lot more comfortable.
[ Thai Technique Back Massager copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Want to show off your right to bear arms? Then you need this shirt.
I don’t need to tell you why. All you have to do is take one look at it before you scramble to get that little plastic card from your wallet. Yeah, this shirt is that awesome.
In case you didn’t get it, this shirt gives you literal bear arms. It doesn’t matter whether you’re left-leaning, right-leaning or undecided. Whether you agree or disagree, personal politics doesn’t really have to come into play here. All you have to have is a sense of humor and you’ll be able to rock this shirt.
The Right to Bear Arms shirt was designed by Flurgen Ventures. It’s currently up for funding on Kickstarter, where a minimum pledge of $25(USD) will get you one of your own without the trouble of having to catch your own bear.
[via Incredible Things]
Tango dances its way into a bigger ballroom today — it’s no longer just a cross-platform messenger now that the latest update brings a number of social networking features to the mix. Following the release of an in-app gaming platform, the new version of Tango gives you the power to find potential friends near you if you allow it to access your location. It lets you tweak your profile, add your picture, post status updates à la Facebook and Twitter and send and receive images during a voice or a video call. We’re sure you’re already active on a bunch of social networks, but if you’re looking for a new dance partner, Tango’s just a source link away.
Filed under: Misc
Source: Tango (iTunes), (Google Play)
Most of the movies made before sound hit the big screen will never be seen by our eyes. According to Martin Scoresese’s Film Foundation, half of the films made pre-1950—and more than 90 percent of those made before 1929—are lost forever. And while not all of them are lost, you’ll probably never see the films that remain, since they’re rarely screened. Their posters remain as last relics of Hollywood’s beginnings.
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When cruising grows dull, it's time to hop in this submersible limousine and see the other side of the water.
(Credit: U-Boat Worx)
We’ve all been there. You’re cruising around the Sargasso Sea on your superyacht and all your guests are getting anxious. No, it’s worse than that. They’re flat-out bored. Maybe you should have dropped the extra couple million dollars on the optional air-conditioned underwater limo to take them on a tour of the sea floor.
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Apple has released Logic Pro X, the company’s latest version of the music workstation software, and seemingly settling concerns that the new app would be dumbed-down to GarageBand-level in the process. The new version is billed as the most advanced to-date, in fact, with more instruments and effects out of the box, together with a virtual percussion accompaniment called Drummer that can automatically play along with your track. Logic Pro X also comes with the new Logic Remote app, which turns an iPad into a remote control for mixing and mastering music.
Logic Remote can be used to adjust levels and track playback, or even as a roving instrument. the app supports keyboard, drum pad, or guitar fretboard layouts, along with a mixing board or transport control.
Apple’s Logic team has refreshed the UI for Pro X, with options to now either maximize the controls that are visible or hide them when you’d rather focus on being creative. There are also Smart Controls, which adjust multiple plug-ins and other parameters from a single place, for quicker tweaking.
Flex Pitch works like the infamous autotune, adjusting out-of-tune vocals but also capable of finessing individual musical notes within a waveform. Paired with Drummer, even the most amateur of bands should be able to coax out something halfway musical, with Apple turning to professional session players and recording engineers for the core algorithms that power the backing system. A Drum Kit Designer allows a virtual kit to be pieced together, and then played by Drummer.
As for playing, playback, and recording, there’s Track Stacks for combining and decluttering large groups of tracks, together with a new Arpeggiator, new Retro Synth for classic 70s and 80s sounds, and various electric piano, B3 organ, and clav modeling in the new Vintage Keyboards option. In fact, the whole sound library has been updated in Logic Pro X, with Apple claiming to have over 1,500 instrument and effect patches.
Over at The Loop, Jim Dalyrmple praises Logic Pro X’s continued inclusion high-end features while also making newer users at home with more straightforward controls.
Logic Pro X is available today, priced at $199. There’s also a new version of MainStage, v3, which is intended to convert Logic Pro X – and the Mac it runs on – into a performance system. It’s also available today, priced at $29.99. Logic Remote is a free download, though requires Logic Pro X of course.
Apple Logic Pro X released with Logic Remote iPad controller is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’ll take a long time before we see a J.A.R.V.I.S. in real life — University of Illinois at Chicago researchers put MIT’s ConceptNet 4 AI through the verbal portions of a children’s IQ test, and rated its apparent relative intelligence as that of a 4-year-old. Despite an excellent vocabulary and ability to recognize similarities, the lack of basic life experience leaves one of the best AI systems unable to answer even easy “why” questions. Those sound simple, but not even the famed Watson supercomputer is capable of human-like comprehension, and research lead Robert Sloan believes we’re far from developing one that is. We hope scientists get cracking and conjure up an AI worthy of our sci-fi dreams… so long as it doesn’t pull a Skynet on humanity.
[Image credit: Kenny Louie]
Via: Extremetech
Source: University of Illinois Chicago
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