security and data protection in a google data center
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this video tour of a google data center highlights the security and data protections that are in place at our data centers

reddit blues put messiahsez on the killin floor
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messaihsez sings the reddit blues

reality touchscreen university of groningen
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this is the curved screen in our reality center of the university of groningen we just finished building our own touch detection for itwe used six optitrack v120 slim camera039s which have a good sensitivity for infrared light we used 16 cheap infrared emitters the kind used for security systems with a total of 1000 led039sthe touch detection software runs on three old computers each with two camera039s connected one extra computer combines the output from the detection computers and send event data to our main visualization systemthis way we have even using the old computers enough processing power to be able to run the detection software at 60hz and with a latency between 30 ms and 50 ms it can detect without any problem 100 different touches at any time more is possible but it becomes slowerwe used a modified version of community core vision ccv 14 nuigroupcom modified so it can do two camera039s on one computerthe communication protocol is preferable tuio tuioorg and we did install multi-touch vista multitouchvistacodeplexcom which translates tuio events to wm_touch events for windows 7the demos you see in the video are from multitouch for javatm mt4j mt4jorgmediawikiindexphpmain_page the part where the wizards are throwing fireballs at each other is using msafluid project home is at msavisualscommsafluid the curved screen itself is consist of a 3 mm dark acrylic layer coated with a diffuser on the front illumination is from behind using six full hd barco projectorsthe cameras and the ir-leds are also located behind the screenthe music behind the video is an edited version of quotnot as it seemsquot by kevin macleod available from incompetechcommcroyalty-freemore info at http:wwwrugnlcithpcvnieuws_indexmore movie at http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=jhipeankzieampamphd=1good suggestions for names sofar: touch theater iwallsorry for the extra black at the end of the video

amd embedded g series platform
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learn how embedded forms of amd039s apu technology can be implemented in diverse form factors

cpt sunlight viewable low power screen technology
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http:wwwnetbooknewscom cpt is a display manufacturer here in taiwan they039ve got a transreflective display that looks identical to pixel qi and supposedly has the same 5 power consumption now they have produced another screen technology that is so new that all they haven039t even named it they just call it: sunlight viewable low power screen technology i039ve actually been holding of on this story of about two weeks trying to get more information on it like how much power it actually consumes they claim that its less then 12 the amount as a normal screen but by looking at there is no way you039d think this is possible i039m holding reservation until they get back to me with some facts or will commit to arrangements to have me come down to their factoryoffices out by the airport here in taipeidigitimes recently reported that they039ve reported a profit loss last quarter my hope is that this will make them more hungry and possibly get back to me yes i039m complaining about taiwanese pr with foreign media this technology could potentially be very exciting for mobile computers as the colour saturation is richer then anything we039ve seen in the transreflective category i do show you the transreflective display similar to pixel qi in the video so you can see the difference for your self

olpc xo-3 tablet delayed
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in an interview at the mit media lab one laptop per child chairman nicholas negroponte said that the xo-3 tablet computer would be first shown sometime in february 2011 about 45 days later than originally planned

say hello to the q sensor
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the affectiva q sensor is the first robust reliable biosensor to measure skin conductance and more on the go

nightlight computing and mobile hardware hacking
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purpose built gadgets like the slingbox have been eclipsed by generic low cost platforms that are open examples of these low power quotopen systemsquot are android netbooks sheevaplug and aurduino hacked examples include the apple tv running the open media center software xbmc and boxee or jail broken ipads once these devices are on a network the concept of low wattage quotnightlight swarm computingquot is a realitydave mathews explores these low cost platform capabilities and looks into hacking the hardware within mobile phones on android and the iphone platforms