Google’s voice search mobile app
August 12, 2010
Google’s Mobile App has a “search by voice” feature: speak your queries instead of typing.
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Google Zeitgeist | Young Minds competition winner hacks Kinect to help blind navigate
November 21, 2011
Google | Google Zeitgeist Americas 2011: “Spirit of the Time” — when we bring together a range of young minds seeking solutions for our time, what inspirational insights will we discover? Panel: Eric Berdinis — Young Minds Winner; Shree Bose — Google Science Fair Winner; Scot Frank — Clinton Global Initiative University moderated by Chelsea Clinton.
Kinecthesia | Kinecthesia uses a belt-mounted Kinect to aid navigation for the visually… read more
Google Zeitgeist 2012: Year In Review
December 25, 2012
1.2 trillion searches.
146 languages.
What did the world search for in 2012?
2012 was a year of big moments, from global games to historical elections and everything in between. With this site, we’ve analyzed over one trillion queries to showcase what the world searched for.
We studied an aggregation of over one trillion searches (or queries) that people typed into Google Search this year. We used data… read more
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At Google Science Fair, Scientists from Cambridge University talk about using LEGO MINDSTORMS to aid their research.
Google Instant launch
September 9, 2010
Google | On September 8, 2010, Marissa Mayer and Ben Gomes hosted a search event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to announce Google Instant. Check out this video from our event.
Google Instant is a new search interface and infrastructure enhancement that is fast and predictive, making search easier by showing you relevant search results instantly on the results page as you type. When people use… read more
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Google Labs | Google Goggles lets you use pictures taken with your mobile phone to search the web. It’s ideal for things that aren’t easy to describe in words. There’s no need to type or speak your query – all you have to do is open the app, snap a picture, and wait for your search results.
Google Goggles works better with certain types of queries. Try taking pictures… read more
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Google Glass concept video revisited
January 28, 2013
Google Project Glass | We think technology should work for you—to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don’t.
A group of us from Google[x] started Project Glass to build this kind of technology, one that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment. We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and… read more
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Google Chromebook Pixel
February 22, 2013
Today we’re excited to announce our newest laptop — the Chromebook Pixel — which brings together the best in hardware, software and design to inspire the next generation of Chromebooks.
This Chromebook has the highest pixel density (239 pixels per inch) of any laptop screen on the market today. Packed with 4.3 million pixels, the display offers sharp text, vivid colors and extra-wide viewing angles. With a… read more
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GestureTek’s Illuminate® interactive multi-touch table
January 25, 2010
“GestureTek’s Illuminate® multi-touch table brought the touch interface from the James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, to life. Inspired by the film, the British Film Institute in South Bank, London, hosted an event to show film enthusiasts how the multi-touch interface could be created for real, rather than as a post-production effect. Seeper created the engaging interactive multi-touch content. GestureTek’s U.K. dealer, Paradigm Audio Visual, provided the hardware.”
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GestureTek’s GestureFX®
January 25, 2010
“GestureTek’s patented GestureFX® series is a stunning interactive visual display system that has revolutionized advertising and entertainment in public spaces. Using sophisticated cameras and body tracking software, the system intelligently responds to the subtlest of body movements to project dynamic interactive multimedia content or interactive games onto any surface, of any size.”
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GestureTek’s GestPoint® demo
January 25, 2010
“GestPoint® is the core gesture recognition technology powering GestureTek’s touchless interactive displays, point and click presentation systems and mouse replacement solutions. GestPoint utilizes advanced computer vision and body tracking software to convert simple hand movements into direct mouse control in any environment.”
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Gesture-based robot control
May 20, 2013
JPL’s BioSleeve enables precise robot control with hand and arm gestures. It uses EMG sensors, and other devices to decode hand and arm gestures and map them onto a robot control system. The system was presented at ICRA 2013 by Michael T. Wolf, Christopher Assad, Matthew T. Vernacchia, Joshua Fromm, and Henna L. Jethani from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Geordie Rose – D-Wave Quantum Computing – A Eureka Moment
December 4, 2012
This talk is from USC in October 2011.
Geoffrey Beene Foundation’s “Rock Stars of Science” campaign raises funds, profiles cutting edge R&D in critical areas of medical research
January 27, 2011
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