Touche — a project out of Disney Research — uses a new form of sensing technology that builds on the capacitive touchscreens we have grown accustomed to in smartphones and iPads. Capacitive sensing technology picks up the electrical signal your finger emits at a single frequency, in essence detecting only [...]
Continue Reading →I have set my Facebook account to Fort Knox levels of privacy. Not that I have anything salacious (or even interesting) to hide, but potential employers probably do not need to know how often I post about Glee. Much to my alarm, however, such precautionary steps are no longer enough to fend off [...]
Continue Reading →Two weeks ago, a prominent Russian mathematician and blogger, Mikhail Verbitsky, was barred from traveling outside of Russia to a mathematics conference in Warsaw. Boarder guards took Verbitsky into custody for failing to pay $1,350 he owed in damages. Unbeknownst to Verbitsky, a Russian man named I.V. Pugach secured a judgment [...]
Continue Reading →The jury in the Oracle v. Google battle ends its deliberations, failing to decide some issues, and finding in Oracle’s favor on others (but the judge limited damages to statutory damages only). Google will seek a mistrial. The heirs of the creator of the Pepsi recipe are headed to [...]
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