вторник, 28 июля 2015 г.

Living with robots


Nowadays
 robots are widespreadthey almost replace humans in different spheres of lifeBut the question is - is it good or bad? Let's think about our ordinary lifeFrom one side it's very comfortable - robots can clean your house when you want to sit on the sofa and read a fairy tale to your child when you are busy.
From the other side - think of how lazy you can become if they do everything instead of you. Modern robots can communicate with people, speak with them on different subjects and for lonely people it's probably good. But we shouldn't allow robots to replace real live communication. Even the newest and very expensive robots can't move and behave like us, they still look artificial.
If we think of manufacture there're more benefits - robots for sure are more productive than people.
It's up to you - if you have money and wish to buy a robot - just do it, but don't forget that no robot will be able to replace a human.

вторник, 21 июля 2015 г.

Cмартфон OnePlus 2 дебютирует в Гонконге


Внимание тех, кто следит за новинками в мире IT-технологий, будет приковано 28 июня к выпуску нового смартфона - OnePlus 2. Китайская компания Oneplus значительно уступает по показателю продаж таким конкурентам как Apple и Samsung, но все же не осталась в их тени. За полтора года компания продала около миллиона смартфонов One, что можно считать не плохим успехом. Благодаря невысокой цене и хорошим характеристикам, у компании уже появилась своя аудитория и поклонники, которые ждут появление следующих продукций. Предполагается, что второй смартфон будет также обладать невысокой ценой и достойными техническими характеристиками. Ранее обсуждалось, что первая цена OnePlus 2 составит 400 долларов. Точные характеристики пока не обнародованы, пока известно, что телефон будет оснащен 5,5-дюймовым дисплеем, 16-мегапиксельной камерой, а оперативная память будет составлять 3 Гбайта.

Компания постепенно развивается, заключает договоры с различными фондами для будущего роста и развития. Ожидается. Что в конце текущего года Oneplus планирует выпустить еще более доступный телефон.

The Android version of Microsoft's voice-driven assistant has been leaked


It's a good news for android lovers, because it was not supposed to be released till 29 July, together with Windows 10.
Despite the fact that this is a leaked version, users share good reviews and say that is similar to windows handsets.
Peter Bright, a tester of Ars Technica said that the application worked on his Nexus 5 with Android 5.1, despite the fact that it was originally made just for Windows. Microsoft announced that they will be making a version for Android and iOS.
Cortana is brought to life by the words, "Hey Cortana". Peter Bright though, said that Cortana on Android missed some features seen on Windows, said that you could not listen to music or read emails for flight numbers. Cortana also missed some privacy functions that would stop it springing into life when users are busy.
However it is not totally clear if the people would prefer it to Google Now, because Google is more integrated on Android and more capable to deliver a good and interesting service.

четверг, 16 июля 2015 г.

RFID chips



RFID goes for radio-frequency identification and is the use of magnetic fields for data transfer and for tracking objects or identifying them. Lets take some mythos about RFID chips and discuss them.
RFID information is perfect. First of all the information the tag sends to reader is as good as the information that was put on the tag, and you know, there is always a way for human error to occur. Info can be affected by many things, like bad integration, poor software, materials like water, double reads etc.
RFID is the doom of our privacy. Lets be serious, every consumer thinks that items they buy will be full of radio chips, and everybody will be able to see what they bought using and RFID reader.Consumer products have “kill” software which renders an RFID tag useless once it leaves the store.
So to make the long story short, RFID is not all about conspiracy theories, but we may assume RFID will find its way to that market