connects the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with this information. The sixth sense technology was developed by Pranav Mistry, a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab. The sixth sense technology has a Web 4.0 view of human and machine interactions. Sixth Sense integrates digital information into the physical world and its objects, making the entire world your computer. It can turn any surface into a touch-screen
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Step 1: Select secret image S and target image T. If the size of the target image T is different from that of the secret image S, change the size of T to be identical to that of S Step 2: Convert target image into HSV image by using the equation (1) to form new target image T Step 3: For performing color conversion, first means and of S and T are find out and then find standard deviation quotient from equation (3.5) for each color channel Step 4: Limit mean value by eight bits and standard
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Nicolas Negroponte – Contributions to HCI and a Bid to “Save the World” In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte addressed the World Economic Forum with a computing idea to “save the world”. (1) Less than three years later, the One Laptop Per Child initiative (OLPC) launched into distribution with unprecedented cooperation of the United Nations, corporate funders, and governments organizations. Though it is early to review the success of Negroponte’s OLPC initiative, it provides us with an opportunity to
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Bowling for Columbine This movie is a documentary of what the narrator Michael Moore believes is the cause for the Massacre in Columbine high school in 1999. This movie was written and released in 2002. The Massacre in Columbine high school was committed by two students: Dyan Klebold and Eric Harris. These two students attended classes for bowling and were absent from school the day they murdered 12 students and a teacher. This also left 21 people injured at the scene. The narrator Moore starts
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Brand value, according to Interbrand’s methodology page, is calculated using a number of factors, such as requirements that 30 percent of a company’s revenues must come from outside its home region, that it must have a presence on at least three continents, and that it’s expected to be profitable for the foreseeable future. Tech brands made up four of the five fastest-growing brands in the top 100, with Apple, Google (+28%) , Facebook (+43%) and Amazon (+27%) all climbing more than 25 percent
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Review Bowling for Columbine: -by Kasper Jørgensen Rating: Michael Moore’s documentary “Bowling for Columbine” is inspired by the school massacre at Columbine High School back in 1999. The film explores what Michael Moore suggests could be the reasons behind such a tragedy. An early scene of the movie shows how Michael Moore gets his hands on a hunting rifle, simply by opening a bank account (!) Just before leaving the bank, Moore asks, "Don’t you think it's a little dangerous handing out
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www.smartlabelsUSA.com THE 5th The Global Resource for RFID and Beyond Smart Labels, Smart Packaging & Printed Electronics Global Conference * Free Trade Fair * Master classes * Free Vendor Seminars * Networking Dinner 27-29th March Boston www.smartlabelsusa.com Welcome to Smart Labels USA 2006, informing and delivering the many applications of RFID smart labels. For enquiries contact Nicola Bateman n.bateman@idtechex.com or call + 44 (0) 1223 813703 www.smartlabelsUSA.com
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innovative/quality (the alarm clock launche puzzle pieces across the room for the owner to find and complete the puzzle to turn of the alarm). Collaborators * M.I.T. Media Lab acts as guidance and support for Nanda and her innovative product * Nanda had to sign an Intellectual Property agreement that states that all patents made in the Media Lab become property of
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Dubbed Clocky, the little robot is manufactured in China and sold online and in design boutiques. The company also has a line of handbags designed to accommodate laptops. The founder: Gauri Nanda designed Clocky as a graduate student in MIT's Media Lab. The daughter of entrepreneurs--her parents recently sold their small weekly newspaper in Detroit--she aspired to become a designer at a large technology company. "I was opposed to the idea of starting a company," says Nanda. "I saw the hours my
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Professional Ethical Standards Ronda White ADJ 235 University of Phoenix, Axia College January 24, 2011 Facilitator, George DeAngelis Professional Ethical Standards Introduction Each year more than 240 million callers attempt to receive emergency services (Dispatch Magazine On-Line, 2008). Who handles all of these phone calls? Communications centers that field 911 phone calls are staffed with trained 911 operators, also called communication officers in some areas. These
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