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Wow, Google Can Detect Faces Through the Internet

Currently, Google is getting a great course. With face detection technology it possesses, the giant search engine that can detect and recognize a person’s face via the internet. The reason, Google just acquired face recognition technology from a software company, Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition, or commonly called PittPatt.

However, the technology is still not clear which will be used by Google. But if this feature is used then the possibility of Google services to recognize objects in video, pictures or photographs. Sources of PittPatt said Google already has the technology vision that has been applied to several Google services, among others, image search, YouTube and Picasa.

Google itself has not revealed the source will implement this exciting application. Unless the Google has strong privacy protection. However, with the presence of social networking sites Google +, it are quite possible this technology will be used.

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Touch screen Virtual Keyboard of the IBM Ready Patented

Nowadays most people have felt comfortable wearing a physical keyboard. Alternatively, they use a virtual keyboard that is more efficient and practical. But there are other technologies currently offered by IBM relating to the keyboard.

IBM has patented the new technology, a touch screen keyboard that can adapt itself to the anatomy of its users. This keyboard can reposition the button and adjust the size and position of the user’s finger.

First it needs to calibrate finger keyboard and typing style of users. After the calibration is done, then the system will continue to monitor the use of a keyboard all the time. Furthermore, the system will determine the most frequently used patterns that will affect change in the position and the button.

Given the touch screen keyboard illustration released by IBM, it seems there will be no significant changes. Location of A remains under Q and E. Changes only on the distance between the keys that becomes wider. But the challenge is how to make the customers interested in this toucscreen keyboard. As is known, that the keyboard uses a user-based approach. This means that users must adapt in advance with this keyboard.

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Throughout the 6-inch Mikrobot Walk On Water Surface Without Drowning

A mikrobot who could walk on water surfaces have been successfully created. The scientists said the Forum to make this mikrobot derived from insects that can walk on water surfaces, such as mosquito or spider water.

Mikrobot has a length of 6 inches and 10 have water repellent and two wires that act as feet to move this mikrobot above the water. This robot can walk, stand, even jumping over the water surface without sinking.

Mikrobot weighing 3.88 grams was able to walk on the water surface with a speed of 6 inches per second without sinking. This is the first robot that resembles an insect.

But recognize that the velocity of the insect mikrobot is still too slow. They still work to be able to increase the velocity of this mikrobot. If the robot already has the velocity, which is nice, and of course can be made cheaply, the researchers hope to use it to solve the problem of water pollution.

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Facebook launched the newest features of Group Chat, Video Calling and a new design

Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of several exciting new features for the most popular social network in the world that is Facebook. After spending six months working on most of these features, it looks like Facebook users will get a better experience with the launch of Group Chat, improved design for a list of friends chat, and video calling.

Group Chat

you might think: Facebook group already has this function, what’s so new about that? Well, with a new Facebook Group Chat function, users no longer have to start a new group to start a group chat. All you have to do is click the button to invite friends in the chat window, type the name of the friend you want to invite in the conversation and you’re ready! If there is a chat participant is not available at this time, they will be given a summary of chat logs at a later time, when the chat is over. Group / group can be easily formed and dissolved to make different implementations of existing Group Chat today.

New Design

Currently quite difficult to know which one of your friends are online at the moment – all you have is a small collection of faces on the sidebar of your Facebook home page and friends list to choose a name for the chat. If you have a poor introduction to the face that appears on the thumbnail of the first method will not work for you, and the second was not much better.

Now, Facebook will launch a new design that takes advantage of the full width of your web browser, and displays by introducing a new sidebar that can adjust according to how big your screen. In this new list, the user will be able to access their friends are most often contacted with just one click. Not to mention larger thumbnail with the name will be useful in helping users identify with whom they want to chat.

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