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A steampunk smartwatch?
This article was original published by Acculation on another site. Hyetis Crossbow: smartwatch from outer space? The Hyetis Crossbow has just gone on presale at this writing, and we’re sure this will hybrid smartwatch combined with traditional mechanical watch will peak the interest of some of our readers. We’ve previously written about the coming smartwatch revolution. Swiss watchmakers, of course, feel the need to modernize. Computer are getting smaller thanks to Moore’s law. That means that your future smartwatch will eventually be as powerful as today’s desktops (and have killers apps to boot). Every major manufacturing (Apple, Dell, Microsoft, Google) has announced plans to come out with one. A smartwatch is infinitely more practical, often lighter, and tells time much better than one of these “traditional” Swiss automatic chronometers. (Which are 1930s technology, cost hundreds or thousands more than a smartwatch, don’t have atomic/network time, and are heavy.) John Biggs of Tech Crunch referred to the Hyetis as the “smart watch from outer space.” … Read the restBrainwave and Virtual Touchscreen Controllers for Smartwatches
This article was originally published by Acculation on another site. Need for new interfaces With Moore’s law shrinking your desktop down to the size of your smartwatch or a future Google Glass knockoff, a lot of ingenuity is going to go into human interfaces that will allow wearables like smartwatches smartwatch and VR and augmented reality glasses (Google Glass) to run your favorite killer apps. We’ve already seen some of this with smartphones touch screens, multi-touch gestures, and, to a lesser extent, speech recognition largely replacing mice and traditional keyboards. If we want to make the form factor even smaller, touch screens become more limiting. Google Glass (and some of its knockoffs) have a touch sensitive panel on one side for more complex inputs, but Glass is intended to be primarily controlled through gaze and voice recognition. A smartwatch doesn’t have the option of gaze recognition (unless it’s linked to Glass, which may turn out to be a commonplace arrangement), so, at least with current technologies, we’re back to (tiny) touchscreens and voice recognition.… Read the restBiofeedback, Wearables, and Fitness Video Games
This article was originally published by Acculation on another site. As we’ve discussed earlier, one of the reason “sensor laden devices” like smartphones, smartwatches, and the emerging Internet of Things category are so amazing is that all of their uses haven’t yet been invented. There are so many sensors jam-packed into these devices, that software developers are constantly figuring out how to come with novel ways to use these sensors together in newly invented ways. It’s a combination of a large number of sensors jammed into a small space, combined with powerful computers and innovative software that is bringing us into the future. Fitness video games are just one aspect of this wearables revolution. Treating Stress and Pulmonary Disease with Heart Rate Variability Feedback: StressEraser and … Nintendo? Around 2008 one of our team members bought a product called the StressEraser. (It was quite expensive then; it has since fallen to around $130.)… Read the restThe rise in allergies. GMO foods, chemical toxins, or eating habits?
This article was originally published by Acculation on another site. Allergies and severe allergies on the rise; possible causes Allergies are on the rise and no one knows exactly why. A study that just came out in June 2013 surprised experts showing that 1 in 12 American children had allergies (of which 40% were considered severe), more than twice the number expected. (Children and young adults are the demographic most affected by allergies; fortunately many will outgrow them.) The exact causes are being debated. Increasing concentrations of chemical toxins in the environment are one possible cause. Another are potential culprit are GMO (Genetically modified) foods. A third cause might be changes in dietary patterns, including exposure or lack of exposure to allergens at a young age. The advice here from experts is contradictory, with some experts recommending avoid exposure to peanuts before age 1 while other experts making the exact opposite recommendation, revealing just how little is known about the interaction between the immune system and the digestive tract.… Read the restRecent Posts
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