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SkinTrack is a wearable system that enables continuous touch tracking on the skin. It consists of a ring, which emits a continuous high frequency AC signal, and a sensing wristband with multiple electrodes.
How do they decide what’s provocative when eating a banana?
Source : China bans ‘erotic’ banana-eating live streams – BBC News
The agreement gives DeepMind access to a wide range of healthcare data on the 1.6 million patients who pass through three London hospitals run by the Royal Free NHS Trust – Barnet, Chase Farm and the Royal Free – each year. This will include information about people who are HIV-positive, for instance, as well as details of drug overdoses and abortions. The agreement also includes access to patient data from the last five years.
Source : Revealed: Google AI has access to huge haul of NHS patient data | New Scientist
The Flattr Plus browser extension will then run in the background as users consume content on the web and automatically distribute that monthly budget, based on the websites they « engage » with the most.
Source : Adblock Plus launches Flattr Plus – Business Insider
The former president of Motorola, who left the Lenovo-led handset maker last month, has been hired by Google to run a new division to unify the company’s disparate hardware projects
Source : Google is building a new hardware division under former Motorola chief Rick Osterloh – Recode
It isn’t pie in the sky. People are talking about 20 years. I think we will have it in five years.
Source : Head of Fiat Chrysler Sees Self-Driving Cars in Five Years, Not 20 – The New York Times
Three new changes in federal court rules have vastly expanded law enforcement’s ability to hack into computers around the world.
Source : So … Now the Government Wants to Hack Cybercrime Victims | WIRED
Statistical bullshit is a special case of bullshit in general, and it appears to be on the rise. This is partly because social media — a natural vector for statements made purely for effect — are also on the rise. On Instagram and Twitter we like to share attention-grabbing graphics, surprising headlines and figures that resonate with how we already see the world. Unfortunately, very few claims are eye-catching, surprising or emotionally resonant because they are true and fair.
Non seulement ERDF peut savoir exactement quand vous étiez chez vous et quand vous n’y étiez pas, mais il peut également renseigner les forces de l’ordre (à dix minutes près) dès que vous regagnez votre domicile. Ce genre de réquisition exige normalement l’accord d’un juge, mais voilà : depuis l’élargissement très conséquent des pouvoirs de police consécutif à l’état d’urgence, on peut craindre que cette alléchante possibilité ne soit exploitée en masse en échappant à tout contrôle. Et ni l’ADEME, ni la CNIL, ni ERDF ne pourront s’y opposer.
Source : Pourquoi Linky est devenu la bête noire des médias – Arrêt sur images