I love these images—created by photographer Clay Lipsky—and their premise: “Imagine if the advent of the atomic era occurred during today’s information age. Tourists would gather to view bomb tests, at the ‘safe’ distances used in the 1950s, and share the resulting cell phone photos” on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. More »
Today at the Qualcomm mobile benchmarking workshop in San Francisco, Jon Peddie of Jon Peddie Research suggested that using augmented reality (AR) to test the performance of mobile devices could be “the mother of all tests.” By stressing all processors and sensors on modern smartphones and tablets — including CPU, GPU, DSP, ISP (image processor), GPS, gyro, compass, accelerometer, barometer, mic and camera — the benchmark would represent the worst case scenario in term of computing load. While AR adoption is still in its infancy amongst consumers — technology such as Project Glass still faces serious challenges — Qualcomm’s been very active in the field over the years and even provides and SDK for developers. Could this be a hint of what’s coming from the company in terms of benchmarking beyond Neocore and Vellamo? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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Our eyes are wonderfully complex biological devices, which most of us take for granted. But do you know that our perception of detail varies massively across our field of view? Or understand why we can walk in the dark but not read? This interactive cartoon does a great job of explaining those complex ideas and more, very, very simply. More »
Pitting Google search against Siri using a monster 1600-question test shows how useful Siri really is: not at all. Google answered correctly 86 percent of the time. Siri achieved just 68 percent accuracy. At that point, it’s not much better than a crystal ball. More »
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