Google today issued a blog post detailing two key new features of the forthcoming Pixel 4: Face Unlock and Motion Sense mid-air hand gestures. Face Unlock is designed to be faster and more seamless than Apple’s implementation. It uses four infrared components: a dot projector, flood illuminator, and two cameras. With these components, it can recognize your face from any angle […]
Jul 29 2019 | Posted in
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The FCC this week granted (PDF) Google permission to deploy its experimental Project Soli sensors in mobile devices in the U.S.. The unique sensors use a form of RADAR technology to detect specific hand gestures in mid-air, and can be placed in devices such as phones and smartwatches. The sensors are designed to detect gestures such as a […]
Jan 2 2019 | Posted in
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Foursquare put the iPhone back at the front of its app priorities with an update to its free iOS app. Radar uses iOS 5-specific background location features to automatically notify a user when close to a given location. It can at a minimum send a notice when friends have recently checked in nearby, but it […]
The HTC Radar is headed to T-Mobile, the carrier announced Tuesday. The Radar, which HTC first announced on Sept. 1 without naming a carrier partner, will run Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Mango and feature a 3.8-inch display with a 480 x 800 resolution. It also looks like it will have a slickly designed aluminum and […]
Sep 28 2011 | Posted in
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Ford’s researchers are developing advanced crash avoidance systems that use wireless and GPS technologies to help vehicles communicate with each other in traffic and help drivers avoid or mitigate accidents. Ford’s Automatic Braking Intersection Collision Avoidance System (ABICAS), which is under development, uses radio-based wireless sensors, GPS and navigation information to detect the relative location […]
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