Mini PC to wear as a listener

If some design watches or spectacles connected , others develop high-tech ear. This is the case of a prototype developed by Japanese researchers. They managed to reduce the size of a PC headset. A portable technology that is controlled with facial gestures.

This invention must be an engineer at the University of Hiroshima team. Acknowledging a weight of 17 grams, the smart headset uses a series of infrared sensors to detect movement of the face. Its wearer can thus control and execute a command with a simple blink, teeth grinding or other facial expressions. It can connect to a device via Bluetooth to access various applications and notifications. Officiating as a miniature PC, this headset connected embeds a chip and a storage space. But it also includes a GPS, a gyro sensor, a compass, a barometer, a microphone and a speaker. In its application, the device could, in addition to relaying some features of your mobile, be useful for the elderly or disabled. It would thus better monitor their health by controlling biological parameters.

In the prototype, this high-tech headset is expected on the market to the current 2015. However, its price is still unknown.

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IOS version 7.1 recognizes facial movements

With each new update of its mobile operating system, Apple still does not consider necessary to share all the news. Proof is with iOS 7 .1, as a new feature has been unearthed by The Loop , completely absent from the report update. It is a way to interact with the system in new ways for a device of the Apple brand: with his face.

The idea is reminiscent of the specific applications phones Samsung in Android , able to read the face of the user constantly to adapt its behavior. But unlike the Korean competitor, Apple is not trying to see if the wearer's eyes remain focused on the phone screen or if they are in the correct reading order. There is more here a new option for people with reduced mobility, the function in question to be found in the accessibility of the camera settings. Under the tab "Control Selection"and in Part "Buttons", it is possible to choose the camera, so that it reads two types of movements at the moment: a nod to the right or left. Can be allocated to each action, launch Siri , the notification center to appear or even handle the volume. Our tests have shown that it works, but at the cost of at least strange attitude which could disturb the environment. If your neighbor starts to move the head of the frantic way, so do not suspect a dog before making sure that it does not simply seek to interact with the phone.

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Huawei Ascend Y330 will be available from April in the market

The smartphone Huawei Ascend Y330 can be purchased in April 2014 for 100 euros unsubsidized. The four-inch display has a resolution of 800 * 480 pixels and is not intended to be scratch-resistant, according to the manufacturer's instructions. As a central processing unit, a dual-core processor 1.3 GHz comes with clock frequency used.

The memory amounts to 512 megabytes of RAM and internal flash memory to 4 gigabytes. The flash memory can be expanded with a microSD card up to 32 gigabytes. A digital camera with 3 megapixel resolution has been installed and is available to the user for easy photographs in good quality. Surfed mobile can with the smartphone via Wi-Fi and UMTS while the new wireless standard LTE is not supported. A GPS receiver, Bluetooth 4.0 and DLNA are also available.

The operating system is Google Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is on the entry-level smartphone. The talk time is to amount on a single charge for up to six hours and in standby mode the battery will hold a maximum of 13 days. In trade, the Huawei Ascend Y330 should be able to be purchased in two housing colors black and white from next month.

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Moov, the tracker activity coaches with Siri

Latest gadget dated trying to get a place on the "market  Quantified self  ", the Moov is a connected strap that wants performance. Officiating as a personal trainer, it has the advantage of providing advice tailored, depending on the discipline practiced.

This new tracker activities was developed by Nikola Hu (former Apple engineer), in collaboration with Yuan Meng Li and Tony. Connected to an iPhone via Bluetooth, the bracelet can be worn on many parts of the body outside of the wrist. It includes not less than nine sensors to better analyze the different movements of the wearer. Designed to improve the technical and performance Moov can follow several types of activities, from running to cycling, through swimming, weight training or boxing. By detecting the type of sport, it can advise the user on the proper methods to be adopted.And for that, bracelet connected using the Siri voice to whisper advice via headphones. It works hand in hand with a mobile application to view statistics and monitor the athlete.                                                        

Moov is for now available for pre-order for $ 60 dollars. It is expected the market to later this summer.

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iPro: the ultimate concept between iMac and Mac Pro

A designer and Apple fan offers his vision of the ultimate workstation of the brand. Halfway between an iMac and a Mac Pro, the concept focuses on an all-in-one, combining design and performance.

Called iPro, the workstation has been designed for professionals who wish to have at hand a powerful and practical tool, responding to their needs. The concept thus attempts to add the Mac Pro, a large movie screen. Thus, the user is entitled to a base being about the size of two Mac Pro lying. The latter has an ingenious foot, in addition to maintaining the 35-inch OLED screen, can tilt to 20 °, forward or backward. We also note the presence of 8 USB 3.0 ports and 4 Thunderbolt on his back. Finally, all dressed in a monocoque aluminum structure and the OLED panel is protected by two layers of glass.

IPro this concept must be the designer Kurt Merki Jr , KMJ Studio, located in Switzerland.

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iPhone 6 release before the summer ?

Usually held in early autumn, the release of the iPhone 6 could be advanced in June by Apple, evidenced by the 90 million copies ordered for 2014. 

And if the iPhone 6 coming out in June? It is rumored that runs from the Chinese newspaper Commercial Times , taken by the Taiwanese daily reference Digitimes reported that Apple has ordered 90 million units in the Foxconn factories. 

Each butterfly wing flapping at Foxconn causing a rumor on the iPhone, why observers have made more credit to the latter? Sites more or less specialized went there of their calculations and analyzes. 

Traditionally, the new version of the iPhone is on sale in September. But as pointed Menly , Apple iPhone elapsed 153 million in 2013. If the firm launched its new product as usual in September, it would sell 30 million copies per month. Almost impossible. Saud if the release date is advanced. The high-tech U.S. sites BGR , ValueWalk and Tuaw support this reasoning, recalling that everything depends on the assumed command 90 million units. 

Another argument that is consistent with this hypothesis, Apple has already released three versions in the period from June to July, the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4. And "Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which takes place during the second week of June could be a window of opportunity," notes the Huffington Post . 

In addition, the Commercial Times also announced that the Taiwanese TSMC began producing chips for the iPhone 6. 

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The next Nexus 6 is based on the LG G3

The Mobile World Congress is an opportunity to discover new constructors, but conversations can sometimes lead to indiscretions on future products. This is for example the case of our German colleagues Gizmodo , who has learned from a source that the next Nexus smartphone is always produced by LG. Most importantly, the Nexus 6 could be simply derived from the next high-end phone from the Korean company, the G3 .

The continuity of the partnership between Google and LG has nothing surprising, since the last two models of the Nexus range have proved to be very good surprises. As for the choice to take a model of the LG range to fit into Google phone, it is not new: it is precisely what was done for the Nexus 4 , a G Optimus exempt certain features (sensor Photo less efficient and no 4G). Still remains to be seen what will be the LG G3 . So far, little information is available. Only rumors, citing a 64-bit processor, a qHD display (2560 x 1440) or a photo sensor 16 megapixels. The same kind of information that has not always proved true on the Galaxy S5 for example. But even more interesting, Google could also offer a clock connected to its product catalog. And guess what manufacturer would be considered to deal with the hardware? LG. We must now wait until June, during the developer conference Google I / O , to see if they are accurate or not.

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