In a world where you can have your McDonald’s delivered and the UPS driver has access to your Amazon-enabled foyer, keeping the family car clean remains a decidedly low tech affair. You’ve got the choice between pulling out the mop and bucket yoursel…
Last week, the FCC released the final draft of its proposal to rollback net neutrality protections, a plan that the agency will vote on next month. Removing these protections has been a targeted goal of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai since he took the positio…
It’s not particularly difficult for someone to peek over your shoulder and take a look at what you’re doing on your phone. With displays getting larger, it’s really not that difficult anymore, whether it’s in a packed train or bus ride or anywhere else. This is an obvious privacy risk so to combat it, researchers at Google have developed an artificial intelligence tool which detects when someone is trying to peek at your phone.
They’re calling this tool “e-screen protector,” and while it’s just in the research stage for now, the tool relies on the front camera to identify if someone is trying to peek at the display. The camera is used in conjunction with smart face and gaze detection algorithms that enable the AI to make that call.
Google researchers Hee Jung Ryu and Florian Schroff have developed this AI system and they say that it works in a variety of different lighting conditions. They also say that the system has a reaction time of two milliseconds. The demo video does show that it’s pretty good at doing what it claims to do.
Since it’s only a research project at this point in time, it remains to be seen if Google is ever going to build this feature into Android. I’m sure many users will appreciate if it did.
Google’s AI Can Tell You When A Stranger Is Peeking At Your Phone , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
When it’s not envisioning a future where electric bikes have their own dedicated lanes, BMW is thinking about developing more efficient electric car batteries that push the envelope further on range. The group has announced that it’s investing $240 million in developing its new “BMW Group Battery Cell Competence Centre” to develop the powertrain for its next-generation electric vehicle.
The new facility will be staffed with 200 employees which will be working to “advance battery cell technology and introduce it into production processes.”
The company has planned to concentrate all of its in-house expertise along with the battery-cell value chain at the new center. Important research will be conducted by international experts working in the new development labs and facilities that BMW has made. The efforts will also be focused on improving battery performance, lifespan, safety, charging, and costs.
The work will cover analysis of cell design and technology, creating prototypes of new battery cells, using different materials and tweaking the chemical composition of cells, and more. BMW’s aim with this project is to set the benchmark for the industry.
With the electric vehicle industry expected to grow significantly over the coming years, BMW has understandably futureproofed its electric efforts as it aims to capture a bigger chunk of this market.
BMW Investing $240 Million To Build More Efficient Electric Car Batteries , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Many Galaxy S8 owners have taken to Samsung’s official Community Forum to complain about a Galaxy S8 camera focus bug that continues to irk them. The bug prevents their device from focusing automatically when they want to take pictures using the native Camera app. It’s not just limited to the native app, users have also reported that the bug surfaces even when they’re using third-party social apps like Snapchat.
Even if autofocus isn’t working, users can expect to rely on manual focus but even that doesn’t work. The bug doesn’t care which mode the user is shooting in, apparently, it will continue to deliver blurry images.
You can see why this is going to give many users headaches. This isn’t the sort of behavior that one expects from a flagship device. Moreover, with photo and video playing an increasingly important role in the life of a modern smartphone user, you can imagine how they feel when their handset can’t even take pictures properly.
Samsung has acknowledged the Galaxy S8 camera focus bug and has listed some steps that users can take to troubleshoot the problem. The company hasn’t clarified, though, if this is just a software-based bug or if it’s hardware related.
Samsung also mentions that if these steps don’t fix the bug, users can send in their devices for repair. The terms of its standard one-year warranty will apply.
Galaxy S8 Camera Focus Bug Irks Users , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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