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USAF Using Glass to Develop James Bond-Like Spy Gadgets
Tron Light Cycle In VR Game: VR Keeps Getting Better
Startup Technology Could Extend Wearable Battery to a Month
Volvo Inflatable Child Seat Concept Is Ultra-Portable

USAF Using Glass to Develop James Bond-Like Spy Gadgets

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 07:00 AM PDT

The United States Air Force is working with Batman to create new tech for combat and search and rescue. It isn’t the real Dark knight, but it’s still cool.

The US Military has been finding ways to incorporate more and more mobile tech in efforts to both update and move away from clunky laptops. The pentagon recently purchased 7,000 Galaxy Note II devices from Samsung for use in their Nett Warrior System, which serves as a sort of tactical map and communications device.

The Air Force is now working on a similar initiative called “Batman.” Unfortunately the name is entirely unrelated to Caped Crusader vigilante billionaire ninjas, but it does involve the next coolest thing–Google Glass.

Batman, or, the “Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided (K)knowledge” (yeah, it’s a stretch) is intended to utilize both the camera and screen on Google Glass to provide additional visual perspective from ground troops to pilots for targeting purposes. It can also be used in reverse to provide live areal views from pilots to the troops on the ground during recon or search and rescue missions.

This is exactly the type of innovation Glass is designed for. Not necessarily military specific innovation, but Google Glass is just a platform. A sort of blank slate, and Google is relying on developers to create applications to take advantage of the tools Glass provides. The devices being used by the Air Force are in fact Google Glass Explorer edition devices, which were purchased by Air Force developers, just the same as the way explorers in the general public purchase Glass.

Many people have the perspective–likely because of some of the high tech spy gadgets in movies and TV–that the Government has access to far superior technology than the private sector, but the fact that the Air Force is developing for Google Glass instead of a proprietary system suggests otherwise. Of course, the military and organizations like the FBI, CIA, and NSA definitely have more resources to obtain high tech gadgets, much of the technology used is likely closely in line with what most people have access to.

The military does have a history of driving many technical innovations, though, so hopefully developments such as Batman will also drive the civilian applications of tools such as Google Glass forward as well.

Source: Pocket-Lint

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Tron Light Cycle In VR Game: VR Keeps Getting Better

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:00 AM PDT

While the recent news of Facebook acquiring Oculus VR might have worried or not some people, rest assured: developers are still doing their thing, and this is just proof of that.

Finally, one of the oldest geek dreams becomes true: people will now get to experience what it's like to control a light cycle as in the cult movies Tron! Luis Sobral, The Arcade Man created this arcade machine along with the Oculus for VR support to deliver an experience as close to the movies as possible. You can appreciate the results in the videos below these lines

Source: Technabob

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Startup Technology Could Extend Wearable Battery to a Month

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Portable technology keeps getting smaller, but battery life often suffers. A new microprocessor from Ineda Systems could change that trend completely.

One major focus for technology the past decade or so has been miniaturization and battery life. We’ve seen the trend extend from laptops, to smartphones, to tablets, to wearables. Making technology portable is great, but it needs to be big enough to have a battery that will store enough power to last more than just a few hours.

Battery life has been one of the biggest struggle of the wearable. While the time it takes to deplete a full charge for most devices is just as much–if not more–than the average smartphone, that may not be enough for many, since a smartwatch is being compared to it’s predacessor–actual watches–which could go years without being charged.

As a result, many of the people that buy smartwatches only wear them for a short time. The added hassle of remembering to charge a device that replaces the watch–which is historically amongst the most reliable technology ever invented–results in most people discontinuing use in the first six months or less.

That’s where Ineda Systems comes in. The 3 year old startup claims to have developed a microprocessor specifically for wearables that lowers power consumption so much that devices using it can last as long as 30 days. That type of battery life could go a long way towards encouraging mainstream adoption and continued use of wearables.

Peoduct deals should be anounced in the next 3-6 months. The company’s board has strong ties to Samsung and Motorola, which in turn are both also hardware partners for Google Wear, which also launches this summer, so such a technology couldn’t come at a better time.

Ineda Systems hardware is already in customer trials, so it’s possible it will be in the first generation of Android Wear devices, such as the Moto 360, but we won’t know for sure until we get a full spec list for that equipment.

It isn’t specified if the same technology can be adopted by smartphones or other computing devices, but advancements in battery life such as the ones being made by Ineda Systems will no doubt spur additional innovation and improvement for anything that uses a battery.

Source: re/code

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Volvo Inflatable Child Seat Concept Is Ultra-Portable

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 01:30 PM PDT

The Swedish automaker that is best known for the unequaled safety of its cars decided to redesign child seats, so that they’re lighter and take up less room when stored or carried away.

Volvo realized that most child seats are bulky and cumbersome, and it could allow that to be the norm anymore. After all, most of them weigh around 25 pounds and are quite difficult to carry, so this automaker envisioned an inflatable child seat concept that’s not only lighter than all the others, but also very convenient, as it fits perfectly in a backpack.

The rear-facing child car seat developed by Volvo tops the scale at a bit over 10 pounds, fact that makes it better from this point of view than any of the other similar products.

The Swedish automaker is very popular around the world as a pioneer for car safety measures. After all, it’s Volvo which invented three-point seat belts in 1959. On top of that, the cars made by this company are renowned for being among the safest on the planet. In this context, the automaker had to ditch heavy plastics and a metal frame to reduce the weight of the child car seat, in favor of heavy duty drop-stitch fabric. This material is also used in inflatable rafts, so its resistance is undisputed.

After placing the child seat in the back of the car and securing it into place, all you need to do is press the yellow button placed right under the seat and watch it inflate in 40 seconds. That’s all it takes for this piece of concept to get to its full size.

Lawrence Abele, the Design Manager at the Volvo Monitoring and Concept Center in Los Angeles, pointed out that this new concept solves both the heaviness and the bulkiness of previous designs. On top of that, Abele claimed that not only parents would be happy with Volvo’s new child seat, but also the kids themselves. The air cushioning provides a level of comfort that cannot be equaled by plastic molded child car seats.

There has been no word on whether Volvo means to launch this inflatable car seat, nor on how much it would cost, but the world would definitely be happier with more options.

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