5/19/16

Google takes on Echo and Siri with 'Home' and an assistant

he company announced the new product Wednesday morning at its annual I/O developer conference. The event kicked off with a keynote by CEO Sundar Pichai, held outdoors at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, giving it a festive Coachella vibe.

The two hour presentation covered the latest Android N offerings, Google's new voice assistant (which will take on Siri), a virtual reality ecosystem and, of course, bots.

5/13/16

India says every phone must have a 'panic button' by 2017

India has announced new rules that require all mobile phones to have a "panic button," in order to protect women and prevent rape.

The regulations, which take force in 2017, were announced this week by India's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Manufacturers are also required to include GPS in all phones by 2018, in order to help improve security.

Many phone manufacturers already include a panic response feature, but India does not currently have a centralized emergency call system. Because different phone numbers are required to reach police, medical and fire services, the feature has limited utility.

tech article 5/6

Self-cleaning laundry may be on the way

Researchers in Australia say they have found a way to alter fabric so that stains disappear after a few minutes of sun exposure.

They dip the fabric into a special solution that coats it with microscopic copper and silver particles. When hit with light, these particles jump to life and act a bit like bleach.

"They get excited, then they degrade organic matter," one of the researchers, Rajesh Ramanathan, told CNNMoney on Wednesday. The tiny materials don't eat into the cotton "because cotton is cellulose -- is very tough."

Ramanathan is part of a team from the Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility at RMIT University in 

4/22/16

To Ong, now 26, the situation was deplorable. And although the hospital staff said that there was nothing to be done, he refused to believe them. Instead, he recruited a few of his fellow students to build a solution: GyroGlove.

Worn on the hand, the device stabilizes tremors with a gyroscope. This spinning disc—used in both aerospace technology and children’s toys—maintains an upright position, even when pushed. So when the hand shakes, tilting the gyroscope, the disc will resist the force attempting to knock it over. This creates a sensation wearers compared to moving their hands through syrup. Early GyroGlove tests reduced significant tremors by more than 80 percent.

Wiki Dissection

1. What is the purpose of this Wiki? It is to inform you about disruptive technology in the classroom.
2. When was the last post? October 11, 2007
3. How was this Wiki created/designed? Someone made an account and posted this topic. 
4. What would you add to this particular wiki? I would say that phones have changed a lot since this time.
5. What did you learn after reading this wiki? That you could put up a topic and make an argument about it.
6. If you had to create a Wiki with a team, what would be the specific topic (s)? Whats the best NFL football team and why.
7. How can Wikis be used in the classroom or in education? there could be a class related subject that everyone could talk about.

W-R Wiki Findings Page

1:There isn't boys tennis team anymore.
2:The principal should be Mr.Petrocelli.
3:The grades are 7-12 not 9-10.
4: It is Wood-Ridge Jr Sr High School not Wood-Ridge High School.
5: There is 55 faculty members not 37.
6: Ratio 23:1
7: No golf
8: There is no more Cross Country Team 
9: Outdated picture
10: There isn't a girl's tennis team anymore

Do Now 4/7/16

Snapchat is maturing by playing catch up.

The company unloaded half a dozen new features on Tuesday to make its app more useful, instead of just more entertaining.

For starters, Snapchat now allows people to make voice calls, send audio messages, and send video messages.

There's also a way to conduct a video call that works like a private livestream: You choose the people you want to chat with and start shooting your video. Your guests can join with their own video or audio, or watch and text back. But unlike other forms of video messaging on the app, whatever you film can't be saved to your phone.

In addition to the chat features, Snapchat also introduced a kind of auto-play function for Stories, letting people view multiple videos in succession. Snapchat also unveiled a new set of stickers that can be used when sending messages through the app.