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Feb 5, 2017

Judge Rules That Unlocking Cellphones via Fingerprint Does Not Violate Constitutional Rights

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, privacy

Wow — hope that folks at Apple, Samsung, Motorola, etc. see this.


In response to an incident that lacked any relation to the last fingerprint-related news, a Minnesota court ruled against a recent Fifth Amendment appeal regarding device passwords. The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that ordering an individual to unlock a device with a fingerprint “is no more testimonial than furnishing a blood sample, providing handwriting or voice exemplars, standing in a lineup, or wearing particular clothing.”

The case in question involved Matthew Vaughn Diamond, a man Carver County District Court found guilty in 2015 of burglary and theft, among other crimes. Other news outlets cite arrest records from far before 2015, but the records showed no relevance to the January 2017 ruling. The Carver County District Court fought Diamond over his phone’s contents—he locked the phone with a fingerprint and refused to unlock the phone for the court. He argued, initially, that forcing his fingerprint violated both his Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights. However, the Minnesota Court of Appeals heard only the Fifth Amendment appeal.

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Feb 3, 2017

Sensor Technology Delivers Enhancements to Homeland Security

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, security

Definitely q-dots/ graphene technology involved.


Smartphones are about to get a lot smarter, thanks to rapid advances in sensor technology, which is set to hugely impact homeland security.

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Feb 3, 2017

Scientists Have Turned Cooking Oil Into a Material 200 Times Stronger Than Steel

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, nanotechnology, particle physics, solar power, sustainability

Graphene cooking oil?


In Brief

  • Researchers have discovered a way to make soybean oil into the super-strong material graphene. The material has a wide variety of potential uses and can revolutionize electronics.
  • The material could be used to make cell phone batteries last 25 percent longer, make more effective solar cells, and even filter fuel out of air.

Researchers have found a way to turn cheap, everyday cooking oil into the wonder material graphene – a technique that could greatly reduce the cost of making the much-touted nanomaterial.

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Feb 2, 2017

A Smorgasbord of Tiny Switches fit for Consumer Devices

Posted by in categories: electronics, mobile phones

Judging by the way some users handle portable consumer electronics, it’s fair to say that they can be considered harsh environment devices. Cell phones, MP3 players, tablets and other portable electronic devices have become ubiquitous personal and professional tools that are used constantly throughout the day and not with the gentlest of care. As a result, switch manufacturers must create new rugged miniature switches that combine significant space and weight reductions with ruggedness and long operating lives.

These miniature switches must function in the same reliable, consistent manner as the more substantially-sized industrial design, all the while maintaining optimum functionality, performance and extended lifespans. Switch manufacturers that offer value-added services, including manufacturing modules and custom assemblies, can deliver complete electromechanical solutions that not only meet the size and performance requirements, but can also withstand the elements like vibration and shock.

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Feb 1, 2017

Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans Could Soon Become a Reality

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, neuroscience

No more smartphones.


In Brief

  • Researchers are finding ways for us to communicate using only our minds, going so far as to give people in separate rooms the ability to send answers to each other without speaking.
  • If we can hone this technology, it could help people with paralysis or other physical disorders regain the ability to communicate or perform physical tasks.

Imagine living in a world in which verbal communication is no longer required, a society in which telepathy is the norm, where people would be able to “speak” to each other using only their thoughts.

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Feb 1, 2017

New Book Alert: “Breakfast With Einstein”

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, neuroscience, quantum physics

Now, this is a breakfast I wished that I could have experienced.


So, I tweeted about this yesterday, but I also spent the entire day feeling achy and feverish, so didn’t have brains or time for a blog post with more details. I’m feeling healthier this morning, though time is still short, so I’ll give a quick summary of the details:

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Jan 30, 2017

Until we create replacement eyes

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones

#BrailleSmartphone

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Jan 30, 2017

Male Fertility Test Kit with 2 Tests in 1 Kit

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones

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Check your swimmers with YO the first FDA cleared Smartphone based solution for testing your motile sperm.

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Jan 27, 2017

Concept of new projector the virtual reality

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, virtual reality

My verdict is still out; however, a good start.


Future of technology, Innovation, The Future Now, future technology devices concept, future technology 2010,future technology predictions, the future of cell phones, hi-tech future gadgets.

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Jan 20, 2017

350,000 Twitter bot sleeper cell betrayed by love of Star Wars and Windows Phone

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones, robotics/AI

Computer boffins Juan Echeverria and Shi Zhou at University College London have chanced across a dormant Twitter botnet made up of more than 350,000 accounts with a fondness for quoting Star Wars novels.

Twitter bots have been accused of warping the tone of the 2016 election. They also can be used for entertainment, marketing, spamming, manipulating Twitter’s trending topics list and public opinion, trolling, fake followers, malware distribution, and data set pollution, among other things.

In a recently published research paper, the two computer scientists recount how a random sampling of 1 per cent of English-speaking Twitter accounts – about 6 million accounts – led to their discovery.

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