Gadget

Does using our skin as a touch pad to control a smartwatch?

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SkinTrack

Despite carrying a few years between us, the popularity of smartwatches has not had the overwhelming response that many expected, this mostly by the limitations that still presents, as is a device that depends on our smartphone, a screen additional we avoid having to be pulling out the phone with each notification, although there are some attempts to make it more independent.

Another point that has not helped in the rapid adoption is the theme of the screen and limiting to interact with applications within such a small space, something that developers have met and few have been able to solve. But now we face an interesting project that seeks to solve this, making our skin serves as a touch pad to extend the capabilities of our smartwatch.

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What is Magic Leap? We have new tracks of the mysterious project of mixed reality

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Magic Leap

In October 2015 was a year of the emergence of the name Magic Leap, an unknown startup hoarded holders to receive the support of large technology companies, of which stand Qualcomm, the production company Legendary Entertainment and Google, the latter being the current owner of the project. All this would sound somewhat normal, if not because Magic Leap has been limited to show a few videos of their possibilities with augmented reality, but has never been given to know a single device.

Magic Leap has raised more than 1,400 million dollars, and from the beginning was challenged on the grounds that everything shown could be part of an assembly, because everything looked spectacular, something never seen before. But then he came Microsoft with its HoloLens and perception changed, which presented Magic Leap was possible, however Microsoft device was real, while there was still nothing clear about the mysterious startup, until today.

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InFocus has a new mini computer Kangaroo: Doubles in size, also possibilities

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InFocus

The Kangaroo was one of our elected officials in the selection of mini-computers we did not long ago, it is a Windows product tiny with good specifications, the other side of the pond is working very well, and little by little we know better in these parts. Infocus, the company that creates, has a new model called Kangaroo Mobile Desktop Pro.

The Pro model is again a computer Windows 10 than in the North American country sells for $ 199. It is much more capable than the original Kangaroo, dating from October 2015, but is also a bit less portable. The reason is an addition called Dock Pro, which opens up the doors to greater connectivity, plus leave room for a 2.5 inch hard drive.

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CUBE iWork12: Chinese hybrid with Windows 10 and Android 5.1

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CUBE iWork12

The war against the big names in the sector of hybrid 2-in-1, these tablets can be associated with a full physical QWERTY keyboard and come with an operating system in effect for productive use, continues unabated. China continues to churn out very interesting products that challenge so direct Microsoft, Apple, Samsung and singer Company: today is the turn of CUBE iWork12, a hybrid tablet with dual boot came on the pages of the Chinese producer CUBE and, in parallel, in rebate flash GearBest.

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Vibram Hero, your smartphone is charging walking

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Vibram Hero

An innovative energy collection and distribution technology developed by mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has led to the creation of a shoe capable of storing energy by walking and recharge your smartphone.

When you are traveling and your smartphone’s battery is low, in a not too distant future you will be able to recharge the battery by plugging it … in a shoe. No, we’re not inventing anything: an innovative energy collection and distribution technology developed by mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could reduce dependence on batteries of mobile devices.

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