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Gazing Back to the Future (Part 2)

Yesterday, (Gazing Back to the Future) I looked at how good it would be for PCs to be able to add gaze recognition to supplement the 40 year plus paradigm of GUI, keyboard, mouse and monitor and make PC use more intuitive and efficient. Today, I want to dig into this further. (note that both … Read more

Turn Any Surface Into a Touchscreen 

What They Say An article in the IEEE Spectrum highlights a new method for combining a rolling shutter camera with a scanning projector to allow optical sensing of depth with just a single camera, rather than the multiple cameras that are typically used. The camera and projector are synchronised. The system uses ‘slope disparity gating’ … Read more

Hacking a Smart TV is Easier Than You Think

A new survey by the leading virtual private network provider NordVPN revealed that more than 65% of Britons have smart TVs in their homes. However, almost 1 in 4 do nothing to protect their smart devices. In 2019, the FBI released a warning stating that smart TVs can make users vulnerable to surveillance and attacks … Read more

Xiaomi’s 11T ProSupports Dolby Vision and Charges in 17 Minutes

What They Say Xiaomi has its latest premium smartphone out and it features 120W ‘Hypercharge’ technology to charge the 11T Pro’s 5,000 mAh battery in just 17 minutes. The 6.67″ 2400 x 1080 OLED has 120Hz refresh, Dolby Vision and HDR10+ support with 1,000 cd/m² of output and protected by Corning’s Gorilla Glass Victus. The … Read more

Samsung Display Begins Mass Production of 90Hz Refresh Rate Laptop OLED Panels

Samsung Display announced that the company began mass-producing its 90Hz refresh rate laptop OLED panels, which are featured in the 14-inch versions of the new ASUS Zenbook and Vivobook Pro. Both laptops support up to a 90Hz refresh rate. The refresh rate is the number of times per second that a display shows a new … Read more