Skintegrated Circuits
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| Skintegrated Circuits | |
| Number | 2833 |
| Broadcast Date | AUGUST 15, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 33:15 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Veronica Belmont |
MIT researchers demonstrate gold tattoos that turn your skin into a touchscreen. Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt discuss whether that’s something we want.
Guest
Top Stories
- Tim Cook gave an interview to the Washington Post reflecting on his first 5 years as CEO of Apple. Cook called Augmented Reality a core technology. He called smartphones the greatest market on earth predicting every person in the world will have one. He said they determined they could have built technology to help the FBI unlock an iPhone but decided they couldn't keep the technique secret. When asked about mistakes he cited Apple Maps, though he is proud of it now, and the hiring of an executive who didn't fit into the culture, presumable former retail head John Browett. He also said he's already looking for a successor and talks with the board about candidates at every meeting. He refused to comment on cars.
- Submitted by motang
- KGI Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple will add a new 10.5-inch iPad to its lineup next year along with upgraded 12.9-inch and low-cost 9.7-inch versions. Kuo also predicts revolutionary design changes in the iPad in 2018 including a flexible AMOLED display.
- Google released code for a new operating system called Fuchsia, designed for embedded systems. The system uses the Magenta kernel with support for 32-bit and 64-bit ARM and 64-bit x86 processors. It also adds native support for user accounts and a capability-based security model. Google's Dart will be the primary programming language. The OS is available for testing on a PC or virtual machine, and Google's Travis Geiselbrecht said Raspberry Pi 3 support is in the works.
- The New York Times says Twitter is in talks to bring an app to the Apple TV. This would bring it's live video to the platform, including NFL games. Twitter is now selling "promoted stickers" with Pepsi as the first buyer. Brands can design 4-8 stickers for users to add to photos. Stickers will generate a hashtag of the brand's choosing.
- The New York Times reports how Red's Best seafood distributor in Boston and many others are tracking the seafood they purchase. Red's system lets buyers scan a sticker on a box to launch a web page and see who caught the fish, where and how. Red's Best's Jared Auerbach hopes to eventually deliver fresh fish direct to consumers with the same data. Conservation advocacy group Oceana found 33% of fish was mislabeled. Oceana, Google, and satellite image researchers SkyTruth have partnered on GlobalFishingWatch.org. It uses satellite data to analyze fishing boat practices.
- Audi is building in technology that communicates with stoplights in the US. Vehicle to Infrastructure or V to I tech lets infrastructure like stoplights send data to cars wirelessly through the Internet. The Audis will show a countdown before a red light turns green and a countdown to red if the vehicle determines it will not make it safely through a yellow. The tech will show up in Audi Q7s and A4s built after June 1, 2016 and work in 5-to-7 cities this year.
Discussion
Pick of the Day
- I just discovered a feature on Amazon while searching for new running shoes. Amazon has introduced "Find the Right Size."
When you click on the button, it asks you to select your current running shoes, and then provides you with a detailed analysis of how the shoe you are looking at compares to what you already have! Along with some text descriptions (in my case, it says that the shoes that I am looking at will be Looser in the toes, Typical width, and Looser in the heel), it even provides a detailed 3D scan of the structure of the shoe that is color coded to show where it fits differently (Green for the same, blue for looser, and red for tighter!)
I am super excited to have discovered this tool, and it is thereby my duty to share it with my fellow DTNS comrades.
Love the show! - Submitted by Morgan W. Archmo on the Reddit and Capmo in the tadpool
- I just discovered a feature on Amazon while searching for new running shoes. Amazon has introduced "Find the Right Size."
Messages
- I'd like to point out that CVS could keep its new payment app and get the best of both worlds. If CVS added additional payment options like Apple Pay into the app itself, as well as let customers use those same options at the register without the app, then it would be able to offer all of the benefits to those who want them in addition to maximum flexibility to anyone paying with or without the app.
- Sent by Bryan from Chino Hills
- Tom,
I am a Technology director for a small school system and we have been using 15 rubber duckies to enroll over a 1000 chromebooks in our Google Apps domain. It also works great to set up the bios for Windows PCs that we deploy. So for any school tech people that have to work deploying chromebooks and PCs I highly recommend rubber duckies . Plus it is fun to send a PO to the business department asking to buy rubber duckies form a hack shop.
Love the show - Sent by Randy from the home of Bonnaroo in Manchester TN
- Tom,
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| Preceded by: "As A Man In My Late Thirties" |
Skintegrated Circuits |
Followed by: "Now With More Lasers" |