Semiconductor news:
1, the brain chip implanted with paralysis recovered consciousness
On April 14 news, according to foreign media reports, Ian burke hart (Ian Burkhart) caused by an accident five years ago the whole body paralysis from the shoulder. But its in the chip implanted brain surgery two years ago, now 24 years old, he finally can begin to control the right arm and right wrist, is the world's first through the brain chip implanted "resurrection" paralyzed limbs.
Burke hart to voluntarily participated in the Ohio state university two years ago the paralysis of limbs resurrection research projects. The project is through the chip implanted in the brain, to bypass the damaged spinal cord to the brain instruction passed to hand muscles.
Although at present the achievements also is not the final cure, burke hart can only be achieved in the laboratory and computer connection control to the arms and fingers but test results seem to prove that the human brain can be more easily than many scientists used to think that. At Ohio state university study published in science magazine nature.
2, IBM public nerve type chip on the human brain computer program
IBM in early April in physical design annual international conference of the California released its designed according to the structure of the brain neural type mixed signal chips TrueNorth status, including its chip architecture, software evaluation board array, system reference design and ecological system.
IBM's low-power nerve type circuit designers Filipp Akopyan in an article entitled "IBM TrueNorth tool design and process:" a contains millions of neurons of ultra-low power consumption chip programmable nerve pattern ", introduced the related hardware and software and support the ecosystem of the company.
Akopyan, said IBM's goal is to network TrueNorth chip edge and huge amount data solutions, support with ultra-low power consumption component processing a large number of real-time data, the nerve type chip containing 5.4 billion transistors, power consumption is only 700 milliwatts.
Smart hardware:
1, the MacBook Air to tragedy: apple to be cruel to abandon it
Although apple notebook sales under the trend of decline in global PC sales still has a good sales, or even increase. However, not all the products have good performance, including the status of the Macbook Air is becoming more and more embarrassing. Now foreign media reports, apple is going to give up the MacBook Air this product line, the reason is that the value of his existence is too small.
Apple is planning to 13 inch MacBook Pro has become thinner, it weighs less than a MacBook Air current, and it is in a sense a equipped with Retina screen MacBook Air. In addition, apple will have to give the MacBook Air another purpose is to make 12 inch MacBook series made it big.
For apple to cut the MacBook Air, the personage inside course of study thinks this is wise, because on the portable degrees, it is less than 12 inches Retina Mac Book, on the performance of it is much less than the Pro series, series of the most important thing is that the screen has been no Retina, which is one of the biggest shortcomings.
2, apple 1970 change brick bug remains
"IPhone setup time 1970 brickers" or if the hands of apple's mobile devices system time set to January 1, 1970, then because UNIX64 Bug bit CPU time, iPhone, tablet, iPod touch will immediately become a "bricks", the user the present solution only wait hours to run out of battery or teardown make battery power. In iOS9.3 release, apple said solved this bug, if you look carefully, you will find, however, apple's solution is a thief "chicken", that is when the user to set time, let the user cannot select the date of the prior to January 1, 2001, so as to bypass the problem of "1970 change brick".
But now Krebson Security again, the two researchers found to exist in the iOS 9.3 and loopholes in the previous version system, allows the iOS devices "1970 change brick" problem. Two security personnel, according to the need to use this time to the iOS to implement two weaknesses. Is an iOS device will automatically connect to the WiFi network is known, with known network is judged by the wireless network SSID name, that is to say if someone would change the name of the wireless network to a network name, have you ever used the iOS device will automatically connect to the WiFi Internet.
Another weakness is the iOS devices will connect to the network time protocol (NTP) server on a regular basis, to check the system time and date. And the two researchers need to do is to create a false attwifi wi-fi hotspots, and then build a NTP server, so it can be iOS devices date to January 1, 1970, lead to equipment brick after restart. According to the vulnerability has informed to apple, and apple has done in iOS versions 9.3.1 repair, but considering there are a lot of people did not upgrade the system, the mobile phone is still the possibility of brick at any time.
3, Google Voice Access beta come quietly
For disabled users such as sight, hearing, Google's Android operating system has to provide all kinds of aid, and earlier in opening up to the test "Voice Access" function, will be unable to smooth operation of the touch screen users against ethnic groups provide additional alternatives, by way of Voice operation contains return to the home page, scrolling page, or open a specific App instructions.
According to Google, earlier Open test "Voice Access" service, the most main is to can't smooth operation touch screen user groups design, make its can be directly through the speech way operating mobile phone functions, such as through "go home" instructions to return to home page, "scroll up", "scroll down scrolling web page, or through the" Open "command to enable specific App. And in order to avoid poor speech recognition problem, the feature can also through the way of digital speed dial executive specified App.
Unmanned aerial vehicle (uav)
1, Facebook Live will be combined with uav aerial technology
Annual F8 conference is Facebook community developers jointly explore the future development of a meeting. Now they have a lot of remarkable idea, one of the project will greatly attract the interest of unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) lovers. Facebook Live is an exclusive in streaming media application of smart phone users, it can through the phone video, anyone can watch taken from all over the world Live content.
Facebook founder and CEO mark zuckerberg said Facebook will open Facebook Live API, so users will likely streaming media transmission via any device. It also makes things interesting, the uav users all over the world will also can real-time aerial content will be shown live on social media platforms. Zuckerberg using xinjiang unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) for the new concept of display. Unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) manufacturers of China's main xinjiang will is one of several initial Facebook Live partner. Certainly soon after the big xinjiang's competitors also will use Facebook Live.
Big users know from 2015 of xinjiang xinjiang elves 3 debut Live streaming function has been launched, but this function can only be done with YouTube, now has the support of Facebook Live, drone operators have new share way.
AR/VR:
1, HTC Vive not in Hong Kong? But there will be a VR Internet cafe
Recently the HTC Hong Kong area general manager Su Xuan Jiong told Engadget, is Hong Kong is not on sale in order to cooperate with the Steam platform with HTC platform promotion. At the same time there are still some partners and set up the experience in doing the work to discuss, hoping to let people can intuitive experience HTC Vive and hand machine VR.
Besides, HTC President assistant vice President of strategy and virtual reality department Feng Bojian also said that HTC has been working with suitable network science and technology, plans to open a VR, Internet cafes in the mainland and in Hong Kong this way is feasible.
So, on the one hand, with the content to attract users to buy, use function to attract enterprises procurement, on the other hand, HTC has realized the principle of users and enterprises.
