Apple AR Glasses?!

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According to Tech Journalist Robert Scoble Apple are working on an AR set of smart glasses with German lens specialist Carl Zeiss to bring AR to the masses in 2017.

Scoble has written of Apple’s VR plans before back in November he said that Apple were planning on building a PrimeSense sensor right into the TV and into the iPad/iPhone to create some sort of mixed reality.  Primesense are a 3D sensing company, the same company who created the original Xbox Kinect – Apple acquired them in 2013.

Tim Cook has spoke of AR in the past calling that AR will be bigger business in the long term than VR,Cook told Good Morning America in Septembe:

“There’s virtual reality and there’s augmented reality – both of these are incredibly interesting…….But my own view is that augmented reality is the larger of the two, probably by far…..Virtual reality sort of encloses and immerses the person into an experience that can be really cool but probably has a lower commercial interest over time. Less people will be interested in that.”

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apple tv to rival netflix

Apple wages war on Netflix streaming service

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According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Apple Music service are planning to add original video content to their service to help gain more subscribers.

This has been rumoured for a long time. It seems that Apple is now starting to reach out to Hollywood producers and are planning to add original content by the end of this year. 

Apple are apparently trying to create some hard hitting original content like Westworld and Stranger Things.  There will be original movies potentially appearing later on down the line if the Tv Shows are a success.

There’s no news as to what type of shows that the big fruit seem to be planning due to how tight lipped they are with things usually.  This is kind of a surprise but kind of isn’t. Apple recently released a documentary. It was called 808: The Movie and narrated by Zane Lowe. So there were some signs! Apple acquired the rights to broadcast their own 30 minute series of James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke. Also the company are planning a semi-autobiographical documentary series. One called ‘Vital Signs’ starring Dr Dre which is due out on Apple Music this year.

So this new venture see’s Apple’s first step outside of music related video content. How will they do?

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Join Marcus Bronzy (BBC TV / Capital Radio). Joined by Dev ( BBC Radio 1), Nick Bright (BBC Sport / Radio 1Xtra), Ace (BBC Radio 1Xtra) and Funk Butcher.

They try out loads of things, all in the name of finding the best ways to kill some time!

In fact return regularly enough and you will find a great deal to do, try, buy fly and loads more. Thank you for killing some time with us!

Smartwatch will tell you when you’re getting ill!

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That smartwatch on your wrist may have just got a little bit smarter – they’ll be able to tell you when you’re getting ill before you actually do, according to US scientists.

Researchers made an app called “Change of Heart” which tracked health data, such as your heart rate, then used 60 people to conduct a study for up to two years and found that the stats changed from the baseline, when they were falling ill.

These stats are very important as the researchers say that with this data they could potentially help to develop an app which will detect things such as type 2 diabetes and in the study the app detected very early signs of Lyme disease in one of the scientists behind the study.

As the devices are constantly measuring our vitals they can often give a quick up to date information and your doctor (we presume) would have access to these stats they could detect not only things like the common cold but the onset of diseases due to small undetectable changes in your physiology. 

If this comes to fruition a combination of a smartwatch to detect the changes and a smartphone to act as a health dashboard could save plenty of lives in years to come!

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Babylon Bot diagnosis!

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Ever been under the weather but not so under the weather that you needed to call your GP?

Or

Been a little bit ill but not ill like usual and are unsure as to what you may have?

Ever Googled your symptoms and Sh*t yourself because it said you’re going to die when all you had was a runny nose and a slight cough!?

Well the NHS is running a trial where you can speak to powerful medical Artificial Intelligence that has been accredited by over 100 doctors, for 7 days a week and 12 hours a day and get diagnosed.

It’s called Babylon and you can:

 

  • Chat to babylon. You can ask quick questions, send photos and get useful advice from real doctors, from anywhere in the world.

  • Dial a doctor in a jiffy. You can easily arrange GP consultations, who are GMC registered and have 10 years of experience with registered professionals, straight from your phone. Even if you’re abroad.

  • babylon sends prescriptions to your front door, office or local pharmacy. Choose next day delivery UK-wide, or same day delivery if you’re in London. We’ll even get it to you when you’re abroad. 

  • babylon lets you track test results, activity levels and health info. So you always have an up to date picture of how you’re doing.

  • You can measure your own health by testing sugar levels, hormone levels, diabetes and cholesterol all you got to do is order a test kit, send it back after using it and get your results right there from within the app!

Pricing plans are below:

 

 

To download Babylon Health App please click here Apple / Android

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Fingerprint Stealing!

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So, it turns out, the hugely popular peace sign that we all love to do in photo’s could now potentially be dangerous for us. Great. More things spoiled by some bad people!

According to research at the Japanese National Institute of Informatics when we make the peace sign we could be giving away our biometric data. (Our fingerprint to you and I)

Mashable reports that if the picture is clear enough, within 10 feet and the lighting is bright enough hackers could recreate our fingerprint using 3D technology and unlock things such as our iPhone for example.

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EleTrunks Elephant Pants (UPDATE)

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You may have read or heard about Eletrunks in a previous epsiode (128) and we got our hands on them!

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There’s a new underwear brand in town and their hilarious but functional at the same time!

They’re called Eletrunks and they allow a user to adjust himself without having to shove his hand down ‘there’ The website describes the underwear as ‘chafe-free’ and keeps ‘you from sticking to yourself’ – regarding the issue of not putting your hand down ‘there’ the website describes how and where you place your baby maker and when you need to ‘adjust’ just give the ‘lifter’ a tug.

Founder Michael Walker, told Mashable how he came up with this crazy idea:

“I quit my job last September to travel through Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Somewhere in the first week of Ecuador I convinced myself to buy a motorcycle to carry me through the rest of my journey,” he told Mashable. “Here is where I realized how incredibly uncomfortable each type of men’s underwear can be and how there is no true functionality. Somewhere crossing the Colombia boarder the idea for Eletrunks crystallized.”

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Macbook Pro Solution!?

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Well, turns out some intelligent guys on the internet has solved the biggest problem the Macbook Pro 2017 has!

 

 

It’s called Hyperdrive and is specifically designed for the latest Macbook Pro and effectively gives you back all the ports that you loved on previous Macbook/Macbook Pro’s in a super slim and sleek design – without the need for countless dongless and attaches right on to the side of your shiny new laptop.

It has:

  • – HDMI supporting 1080p@60Hz, 4K@30Hz
  • – Thunderbolt 3 supporting video up to 5K@60Hz or 2x4K@60Hz, 40Gb/s data and max 100W full speed power delivery pass through charging
  • – USB-C data (5Gb/s)
  • – SD (UHS-I 104MB/s)
  • – micro SD (UHS-I 104MB/s)
  • – 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gb/s)
  • Input: 2 x Thunderbolt 3 USB-C
  • DC/DC efficiency: Up to 96%
  • Device Operating Temperature: Less than 48ºC / 118ºF
  • Enclosure: CNC aluminum available in Space Gray & Silver color
  • Dimensions: 4.5″ x 1.1″ x 0.3″ / 115 x 28.5 x 8.5mm 
  • Weight: 1.2oz / 34g

You can use all 7 ports of the Hyperdrive simultaneously and while charging at full speed. Whilst many other 5gb/s dongles have speed and bandwidth limitations. Hyperdrive can do up to 50gb/s all at the same time and as the HyperDrive has ultra low power consumption it won’t drain the battery like other dongles.

At time of writing it has achieved 15,442 backers all pledging between them $1,375,419 of their initial $100,000 goal. It finishes on 16th January.

To pledge please click here!

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Check out your house from a decade ago!

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There’s a time travel feature on Google Maps and here’s how to check how your home looked 10 years ago! Now this may not work for everyone but here’s how:

1. Log onto Google Maps on your PC or laptop

2. Type your post code

3. Grab the street view guy to your street and reposition him so you can see your house. 

Find the date in the top right hand corner

6. If there is a clock you’re able to time travel click on it!

7. Now you can see a drop down timeline of all the previous images! 

Is it any different?!

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Using exercise to pay for stuff?!

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Get bigger over Christmas?

Well there’s a way to lose those pounds without spending a pound!

There’s a cafe popping up in Covent Garden where you can pay for your coffee or your sandwich with exercise!

It’s called ‘Run For Your Bun’ and is set up by David Lloyd Gyms, they will let you order whatever you want from the menu – in exchange for a short 10 minute High Intensity Interval Training session.

So basically a short burst of  treadmill sprints, a few burpee’s even a few reps on a rowing machine. Once that’s done you get your sandwich.

Book a free spot here! 

 The ‘Run For Your Bun’ café on January 11–13, noon–3pm at 3 Slingsby Place, Covent Garden, WC2E 9AB.

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Uber Self Driving Cars

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Originally Uber had self driving cars in San Francisco, California. Until there was some legal trouble and the California Department of Motor Vehicles banned them from San Fran – now Uber have moved their self driving cars pilot scheme to Arizona.

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey flirted with Uber on Social media stating that: “California may not want you; but AZ does!”

Although California has banned them – the DMV have asked Uber to apply for a registration for autonomous vehicle testing, saying that it has a dedicated team to help expedite the process for them. The company spoke of the ban and argued that it behaved differently than Tesla, as they produce electric cars which include an autopilot feature. So didn’t apply for a license for California’s autonomous driving rules as their cars require oversight by a human driver. 

The California vehicle code defines an autonomous vehicle as  – “technology that has the capability to drive a vehicle without the active physical control or monitoring by a human operator.” – California’s DMV rules in state that a human driver is required to take control of autonomous vehicles

Companies are required to file reports when drivers intercede or their cars crash. Tesla doesn’t file any such reports and similarly believes it doesn’t meet the requirements for autonomous vehicles.

Uber also operates self driving cars in Pittsburgh, California was the second state in which the pilot program began.

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