It takes drones to Tango

It takes drones to Tango
Number	2241
Broadcast Date	May 23, 2014
Episode Length	56:51
Hosts	Tom Merritt
Guests	Darren Kitchen Len Peralta

Darren Kitchen is with us to talk Google’s Project Tango Tablet and the state of Drones in the world. They can deliver pizza in India! Also Len Peralta will illustrate the show!

Guest

• Darren Kitchen
  • Hak5
• Len Peralta
  • Len Peralta Store
  • Google Tango

Headlines

• Google is working on a tablet that incorporates the 3D sensors from Project Tango

The Next Web passes along info from the paywalled WSJ report that Google is working on a tablet that incorporates the 3D sensors from Project Tango. The 7-inch tablet has two back cameras along with infrared sensors. The last time we heard about Project Tango was in February when Google revealed a smartphone with the sensors could purportedly map surroundings in 3D. Google is allegedly prepping 4,000 Tango Tablets ahead of Google I/O which kicks off June 25.

• Google Developing Tablet With Advanced Vision Capabilities
• Samsung plans to unveil a smartwatch that works as a stand-alone phone within the next few months

The Wall Street Journal also reports, via Marketwatch, that Samsung plans to unveil a smartwatch that works as a stand-alone phone within the next few months. It will also do normal smart watch-y things like take photos, send email and measure your heart rate.

• Samsung Plans to Introduce a Stand-Alone Smartwatch
• Microsoft general counsel and executive VP Brad Smith recently revealed that the software giant successfully challenged an FBI National Security Letter that tried to seek basic information from one of its enterprise customers

Engadget reports Microsoft general counsel and executive VP Brad Smith recently revealed that the software giant successfully challenged an FBI National Security Letter that tried to seek basic information from one of its enterprise customers. The letter would have prevented Microsoft from telling the customer about the request. By the way, the FBI did receive the information they sought by lawfully requesting it from the customer in question directly.

• BBM Protected was shown at the Blackberry Experience event in Washington

Engadget reports that BBM Protected was shown at the Blackberry Experience event in Washington. The new service creates a random encryption key for each message sent on BBM, making data thieves jobs quite a bit tougher. BBM Protected will be available in an enterprise suite available for corporate-controlled Blackberrys starting in June. The feature will extend to consumer phones running BlackBerry Balance in the autumn and then on to Android and iOS users afterwards in early winter at the latest.

• Twitter is complying with a Pakistani government request to block blasphemous or unethical content

The Verge reports Twitter is complying with a Pakistani government request to block blasphemous or unethical content. The blocked material includes illustrations of the Prophet Muhammad, tweets from anti-Islam bloggers, and photographs of burning Qurans. Twitter has previously blocked neo-Nazi content in Germany and accounts deemed unlawful by the Turkish government.

• The Thermal Touch prototype attaches infrared and standard cameras to a tablet, which then tracks the heat signature left behind when you touch a surface

PC Mag reports on a thermal imaging system developed by Metaio for use in Augmented Reality headsets. The Thermal Touch prototype attaches infrared and standard cameras to a tablet, which then tracks the heat signature left behind when you touch a surface. The tech can turn any surface into a touch screen letting users to “click” on merchandise on a magazine page, play a virtual game on an empty table, and more. The tech will be on display in Santa Clara, California at Augmented World Expo May 27-29.

• Promising a privacy-friendly successor to today’s internet, the Safe network is about to go into testing

News From You

• SpaceX owner Elon Musk posting a series of tweets implying United Launch Alliance was awarded an exclusive Air Force deal for 36 rocket launches because Roger Correll, the official in charge of the deal, was promised a job

Engadget article about SpaceX owner Elon Musk posting a series of tweets implying United Launch Alliance was awarded an exclusive Air Force deal for 36 rocket launches because Roger Correll, the official in charge of the deal, was promised a job. Correll recently took a position with one of ULA’s suppliers, Aerojet Rocketdyne. Musk says SpaceX turned Correll down for a job. SpaceX is suing the Air Force over the contract.

Submitted by dwsoulsby

• Lifelock pulling its Wallet app from Google, Amazon and Apple app stores

The Next Web’s article about Lifelock pulling its Wallet app from Google, Amazon and Apple app stores. Lifelock CEO and Chairman Todd Davis wrote that certain aspects of the app may not be fully compliant with payment card industry standards. The next time users open the app their information will be deleted. Switching the phone to airplane mode before openign the app will give a user the chance back up important information before it gets deleted.

Submitted by terapinrex

Discussion

• Google Said To Be Working On A Tablet With Project Tango 3D Vision Powers
• Google Launches Project Tango Smartphone To Experiment With Computer Vision And 3D Sensors
• The future is awesome
• Researchers Plug Google’s Project Tango Into A Drone To Let It Fly Itself Around A Room
• Congress Thinks the FAA Is 'Not Well Positioned' to Regulate Drones
• Wimberley Man Sues FAA Over Drone Policy
• India: Police investigate pizza deliveries by drone
• Washington Archdiocese takes to the heavens, with a drone
• Amazon's Drone Team Is Hiring: Look At These Nifty Job Ads

Calendar

• LG offers first official glimpse of the upcoming G3
• Watch Dogs arrives on May 27th

Pick of the day

• FlightAware

FlightAware provides live flight data, airport delays, fuel prices, FBO reservations, weather maps, flight planning, flight routes, oceanic tracks, and navigation charts, as well as aviation news and photos to over three million users a month via the FlightAware.com web site as well as apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, and Windows 8.

FlightAware also powers operational management and dispatch software, airport flight information displays (FIDS), airport operational tools, third party mobile apps, and provides reporting data to aircraft and airport operators.

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