We reported earlier that gamers around the world were lining up to back the Ouya Kickstarter project. The project envisions an Android-based open-source game console and was immediately a hit. It started off with a target funding of $950,000 and by the end of the campaign, it has been able to raise a lot more than that.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and INRIA/Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris have developed a visual data mining software that can automatically identify which city it is. The interesting thing is the software can recognize Paris easily, but it faces more trouble identifying geo-informative elements for U.S. cities.
Google’s self-driving cars have been on a long testing haul which was meant to show the world, as well as to to test, that these cars were safe to drive and are fairly practical in running on roads without a driver. Google’s fleet of self-driving cars comprises of some one dozen vehicles. And now, Google has announced that these vehicles have completed a distance of 300,000 miles without any accident.
Many different individuals have tried to devise an algorithm which can make smart stock decisions. However, most of these attempts have ended up in failures. Now, a new experimental algorithm has been devised which makes use of superstition to decide when to trade stocks.
A two year old cute girl wanted to play with blocks. But she couldn’t move her arms due to Arthrogryposis, a congenital disorder that restrains and weakens hands or/and legs from moving (full form arthrogryposis multiplex congenita). Researchers have built 3D Printed “Exoskeleton” that supports people to move their limbs. With the help of using Exoskeleton, the two year old girl can move her hands and play with blocks. Goes without saying, the supporting tool has brought smile to her face.
The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb, is one of the most anticipated movies released on this year. Based on the movie, game publisher Activision launched a third-person open-world action-adventure video game with the same title; tied-in to an original story-line following the after events of the film. The game has already released this June on multiple platforms including PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Android and iOs. The PC version of the game will be released in August 10, 2012.
Some days ago we have seen, a Scottish app developer called Matt Gemmell has claimed that Android app store has been designed for piracy. Another developer trusts that the opposite is true. Wind-up Knight is a popular game for both Android and iOS platforms. Its developer and also the founder of Robot Invader named Chris Pruett said that “For the record, our piracy rate is about 12% on Android and about 15% on iOS.”
Olympics are an occasion of huge significance for the international community. Billions of people from around the globe are going to watch the games this year, so naturally the organisers want the cutting-edge technology to be a part of this event. Given below is a quick list of the technologies that are being used in Olympics 2012.