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16 August, 2013
Following the much publicised electrocution cases in China and elsewhere, Apple last week announced a USB power adaptor takeback program. The program (now including Australia) was devised for anyone with an unofficial USB adaptor for iOS devices to exchange it for an Apple built-in unit at a cut-rate price of US$10.
15 August, 2013
According to the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute, Chinese is a Class III language—the most difficult to master—and requires 2,200 hours of rigorous study to gain general proficiency. Luckily for procrastinators with tickets already booked to Beijing, a new design-focused learning system called Chineasy can teach students basic literacy in a matter of days. (Graphic cue cards)
While the Leap’s cameras seem to only use infrared light (provided by three infrared LEDs inside the unit), the Haptix can use ambient light and infrared. Ambient light enables the capturing of much more detail, which is a boon for accuracy, but it requires “a few tricks” for the computer vision algorithm to handle that much data in real time.
13 August, 2013
12 August, 2013
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