Microsoft’s ‘Universal Translator’ lets you speak foreign languages in your own voice
Posted by admin in Computers, Mobile technology on 13. Mar, 2012 | 0 Comments
Siri’s ability to speak and recognize various languages is impressive, but Microsoft is not to be outdone. Microsoft Research labs has demoed a new prototype software that could be the next big step toward a so-called “universal translator” device, one that can instantly flip one language into another and back again so a conversation can [...]
DNA sequencer plugs right into your USB port, analyzes your genome
Posted by admin in Computers, Hi-tech, Mobile technology on 23. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
In the nine years since the Humane Genome Project wrapped up, gene sequencing has gotten faster and cheaper at a pace rivaling the computer industry. Now a technology company in the UK has another breakthrough, taking a cue from the computer industry itself: A cluster of fast individual compute nodes, so easily scalable that the [...]
App removes wandering people from photos
Posted by admin in Computers on 15. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
It’s kind of a funny thing, when you think about it … even though it’s normal to see other people milling about in public places, when we take photos of those places, we often don’t want any of those people in our pictures. Ordinarily, this means standing around and waiting, then blasting off a shot [...]
Concept Fujitsu Lifebook comes with removable smartphone, tablet, and digital camera
Posted by admin in Computers, Concept on 24. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
These days, your average tech enthusiast typically has at their disposal a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet, and a digital camera; and that’s listing the bare minimum. That’s quite a bit of processing power and storage space spread out among different gadgets. What if it were possible to link all those devices together into one [...]
Cloud-based quantum computing will allow secure calculation on encrypted bits
Posted by admin in Computers, Hi-tech on 20. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
When quantum computers eventually reach larger scales, they’ll probably remain pretty precious resources, locked away in research institutions just like our classical supercomputers. So anyone who wants to perform quantum calculations will likely have to do it in the cloud, remotely accessing a quantum server somewhere else. A new double-blind cryptography method would ensure that [...]
