How a license plate frame may help drivers avoid parking woes
(Tech Xplore)—"There are 15,000 backup related injuries per year," said FenSens, makers of a new parking solution.
View ArticleIt's automatic: CMU smartphone app manages your privacy preferences
Chalk up one more task a smartphone app may do better than you: figuring out your privacy settings.
View ArticleA day at the museum with Smartify app: Get comments, collect favorites
What is Smartify? A hint is there if you go up on their website, where you see people darting around a museum. Nice. They are not wearing clunky headphones and are not restricted to a circle of...
View ArticleWhen Android phones empower fight to smash childhood cancers
Scientists are looking at your phone, yes, your phone, in an attempt to cure cancer. It is an attempt toward smartphone conscription. BBC reported on Friday that the focus is on childhood cancers. And...
View ArticleHumans and smartphones may fail frequently to detect face morph photos
Researchers at the University of York have demonstrated that both humans and smartphones show a degree of error in distinguishing face morph photos from their 'real' faces on fraudulent identity cards.
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon team hones tap concept for IoT items, shows prototype phone
(Tech Xplore)—Lights, washing machine, fridge, thermostat, alarms. Just a few of a growling list of smart items that will be able to obey instructions and relay information. Consumers will get deeper...
View ArticleFacebook patent explores smartphone camera emotion detection to deliver...
(Tech Xplore)—Think about it, that so-important entity in your life, Facebook, getting to know your emotional state and delivering content suited to how you feel.
View ArticleAn app for the perfect selfie: Algorithm direct user where to position camera...
Computer scientists at the University of Waterloo have developed a smartphone app that helps people learn the art of taking great selfies.
View ArticlePrivacy streams helps developers create privacy friendly apps
A smartphone app that uses the raw feed from the device's microphone or accesses its contact list can raise red flags for a user concerned about privacy. In many cases, however, the app doesn't need...
View ArticleBroadcom announces development of more precise GPS chip
(Tech Xplore)—Broadcom Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avago Technologies, has announced the development of a new GPS chip, the BCM47755, which the company claims is far more accurate than the...
View ArticleSystem for seeing around corners could improve self-driving cars and...
Light lets us see the things that surround us, but what if we could also use it to see things hidden around corners?
View ArticleOld phones get new life in high-powered computer servers
While most consumers don't pay much attention to the fate of dead smartphones, Princeton University researchers are envisioning a way to breathe new life into them. Instead of tossing old phones in a...
View ArticleNew 'Furion' software allows untethered, high-quality VR
The virtual reality industry is faced with a conundrum: Users must be tethered to a server or PC in order to play high-quality apps.
View ArticleMekaMon robot from Reach Robotics is now ready for battle
(Tech Xplore)—Talk about game-changing robots. A UK team have created a robot weighing about 2.2 pounds that you just take out of the box and proceed to put together with an easy setup, to unleash it...
View ArticlePhotos can be traced to individual smartphones, opening up new ways to...
Not comfortable with Face ID and other biometrics? This cybersecurity advancement may be for you. A University at Buffalo-led team of researchers has discovered how to identify smartphones by examining...
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