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There’s practically an overabundance of certifications for individual networking standards, but we haven’t seen many attempts at an uber-certification that ties it all together. Enter nVoy: the upcoming program will greenlight Ethernet, HomePlug, MoCA and WiFi devices that obey the IEEE 1905.1 standard for hybrid networks. Any gadget that gets the new seal of approval should be easier to set up and troubleshoot when it’s talking to other nVoy-ready products, whatever networking method they use. The first certified hardware won’t surface until the end of the year, but we’ll bide our time if it simplifies wiring up a basement home theater.

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Source: nVoy

Have you always dreamed of controlling your TV by flailing in the next room? Researchers at the University of Washington have just the system for you: WiSee, a gesture-recognition interface that uses WiFi to control things like sound systems and temperature settings. Since WiFi signals are capable of passing through walls, WiSee can detect gestures made from neighboring rooms, breaking free from the line-of-sight method relied on by devices like Kinect and Leap Motion. Unlike those two, WiSee doesn’t require an additional sensor; the software can theoretically be used with any WiFi-connected device and a router with multiple antennae to detect Doppler shifts created by movement. The prototype was tested in both an office environment and a two-bedroom apartment, and the team reported a 94% accuracy with a set of nine distinct gestures. If you watch the video, embedded after the break, you’ll notice that each user performs an identifying motion prior to the control gesture. It’s a trick the team picked up from studying Kinect’s solution for distinguishing between specific individuals in crowded rooms. Intrigued? Head over to the source link to read the report in full.

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Via: The Verge

Source: University of Washington

It seems like everything is getting the “smart” prefix tacked onto it. We now have smart TVs, smart watches, smartphones, etc. Now, street signs are getting the treatment. A new sign technology called Points includes an LED panel that can display text, and it connects to the internet to show real-time information on the sign’s

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Some of ASUS’ big Computex 2013 launches today involved the latest 802.11ac WiFi flavor, and since you’ll need to feed them with a router packing the same tech, ASUS has also announced one of those: the RT-AC68U. The company claims it’s the first dual-band 802.11ac router with AC1900 data rates up to 1900 Mbit/s, thanks to AiRadar beamforming, which helps bring a stronger connection and 150 percent better range, too (if accurate). You’ll also be able to share files between ASUS routers with USB-attached drives thanks to a router-to-router sync mode, negating the need for a switched-on PC or other device. There’s no word on pricing or availability, but the previous RT-AC66U flagship ran about $200 or so — so we’d be surprised if it came in under that figure.

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The Raspberry Pi has seen a lot of different uses, and it’s one of the most popular DIY toys for electronic hobbyists. In a Reddit thread where users post about all of their different uses for the credit card-sized circuit board, one user in particular has an interesting use: circumventing China’s internet firewall to get censor-less WiFi.

Essentially, he connects his Raspberry Pi board to a WiFi dongle and connects that to his own VPN server running OpenVPN. Once he plugs the Raspberry Pi module into ethernet and into a USB port, he instantly has censor-free WiFi internet access. And the best part is, he doesn’t need to configure anything on his devices, as built-in VPN offerings on iOS and Android are quite poor.

Of course, though, VPNs are common in China, as they give users access to blocked websites in the country, but if you’re not at home, you always need to install and open a VPN client eveytime you use a new device, which isn’t a huge problem, but it’s inconvenient. This Redditor, however, made things quite simple.

However, he says that connecting to his VPN server that’s located in France takes a while, but once it’s up and running, it can remain stable for a long time, getting speeds up to 4Mbps, although he says it’s generally a lot slower than that most of the time, but we wouldn’t be complaining if that meant we could access blocked websites.

The Redditor says that it’s a “fight against censorship everyday,” and the government is always finding new ways to crack down on VPNs, including shutting down UDP connections and throttling TCP connections. Plus, he says that China purposely slows down websites that use any kind of Google product such as Adwords or Analytics.

VIA: The Register

SOURCE: Reddit

Raspberry Pi used to circumvent China’s internet firewall is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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