Ubuntu 10.10 Multi Touch

 

 

While some folks have panned the new Unity interface for netbooks in the latest release of Ubuntu Linux, there is one kind of nifty new feature included in Ubuntu 10.10 for netbooks and tablets: the new uTouch gesture support.
Unity includes a multitouch gesture library, which lets you perform actions like expanding and moving windows, launching multiple windows, and minimizing and maximizing windows. The framework supports up to 4 finger touch input.
Canonical has released a demo video showing just some of the new uTouch features included in Ubuntu 10.10′s Unity interface. You can check it out after the break.

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XWave for iPhone lets you read your own mind

 

 

The XWave can sense and detect human brainwaves, interpret them and connect it to everyday technology.

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new application for the iPhone, the XWave, lets you read your own mind via a headset clamped to your head and connected to the phone’s audio jack.

The plastic headband, which costs around $100, has a sensor that presses against the user’s forehead and communicates with a free XWave iPhone application that then shows your brain waves graphically on the iPhone screen. As you focus your mind on a task the graphics are changed — a ball may move higher for instance, or your state of relaxation may be indicated by changes in a pulsating color, which moves towards blue as you become more relaxed.

  

Brainwave detection is powered by an NeuroSky eSense dry sensor, which provides a brain-computer interface (BCI) to sense even faint electrical impulses in the brain and convert them to digital signals that are sent to the iPhone. Previous applications of the NeuroSky technology include computer games and toys. In XWave an algorithm is applied to the brain rhythms to convert them to graphical representations of attention and meditation values.


XWave enables you to manipulate a number of other iPhone graphical applications and objects in games using only your brain waves, providing your rating in attention or meditation is high enough. At present you cannot text or browse the web using XWave, but you can use the device to train your mind to relax and focus on command. The list of applications for the device is likely to grow rapidly. 

XWave, developed by PLX Devices, is meant to be used purely for entertainment, but the implications for the future are enormous, and may be particularly important for people who are disabled since they may be able to have much more control in their lives using their brain waves alone to control their phonse and potentially other applications. According to PLX, the headset device is also open for use with applications from other companies.

XWave iPhone app screen.

XWave is compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Wireless versions are also available for WiFi and Bluetooth devices. The free XWave application is available for download via iTunes.

More information: XWave - http://www.plxwave.com/



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Android New Honeycomb 3.0

Honeycomb is an Android operating system. iOS is an Apple operating system. They are completely different beasts. Honeycomb is the much-anticipated new release of Android optimized for tablets.

Honeycomb is the next version of the Android platform, designed from the ground up for devices with larger screen sizes, particularly tablets. We’ve spent a lot of time refining the user experience in Honeycomb, and we’ve developed a brand new, truly virtual and holographic user interface. Many of Android’s existing features will really shine on Honeycomb: refined multi-tasking, elegant notifications, access to over 100,000 apps on Android Market, home screen customization with a new 3D experience and redesigned widgets that are richer and more interactive. We’ve also made some powerful upgrades to the web browser, including tabbed browsing, form auto-fill, syncing with your Google Chrome bookmarks, and incognito mode for private browsing.

Changes will include:

* Optimized tablet support with a new user interface
* Three dimensional desktop with redesigned widgets purportedly taken from BumpTop, the 3D desktop acquired by Google in 2010.
* Refined multi-tasking
* Google Maps 5 with 3D interactions and offline reliability
* Access to over 3 million Google eBooks
* Browser enhancements including tabbed web pages, form auto-fill, bookmark syncing, and private browsing
* Support for video chat using Google Talk



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Iphone 4 Specifications

 

Price

$199¹

16GB ² 

$2991

32GB ²

Display

• High-resolution Retina display
• 960-by-640 resolution
• 326 ppi
• Multi-Touch

Video Calling

FaceTime

Camera

• 5 megapixels
• LED flash
• Backside illumination sensor
• Autofocus
• Tap to focus

Front camera with VGA resolution

Video
Recording

• HD video recording
• Tap to focus while recording
• LED light

High
Technology

• Multi-Touch
• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi³
• 7.2-Mbps HSDPA
• 5.8-Mbps HSUPA
• GPS
• Accelerometer
• Three-axis gyro
• Apple A4 chip
• Dual-mic noise suppression

Shared features

Multitasking

iPod

App Store

Maps + Compass

Accessibility

Folders

Safari

iTunes Store

Voice Control

Keyboard

Phone

Mail

Messages

Search

iBooks

Color

Battery life⁴

Talk time:
Up to 7 hours on 3G;
up to 14 hours on 2G
Standby time:
Up to 300 hours
Internet use:
Up to 6 hours on 3G;
up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi
Audio playback:
Up to 40 hours
Video playback:
Up to 10 hours

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Windows 8

The first sight of Windows 8 might be just around the corner at 2011 International CES but some new rumors made their way to the public. According to WinSupersite, the Windows 8 will reportedly feature a new graphical user interface codenamed Mosh and a new application model codenamed Jupiter.
Windows 8 will include a new tile-based user interface that’s codenamed Mosh. Assuming this is true, I have to believe that this UI will be an alternative UI, and not a full replacement, or will appear only on low-end tablet-like devices aimed at the iPad. It sounds like something that will silence the critics who want the Windows Phone OS on a tablet.
Windows 8 will also include a new app model codenamed Jupiter that will target a new Windows Marketplace app store. The app store will provide access to new, Silverlight based “immersive” applications that are deployed as AppX packages (.appx). The Windows and Office teams are betting very heavily on this new app type, according to my source, and development has already begun using a beta version of Visual Studio 2012. These apps can be written in C#, Visual Basic, and even C++.