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Japan robot firm showcases thought-controlled suits - Channel NewsAsia

It's different between detecting pulse in the hand to predict movement, than using a thought in the brain.

 

[tranquilium]

BS!!
Japan is the leader of robotic tech in world!

In certain areas. I just replied to a thread on Fukushima. One thing to note is that during Fukushima disaster, Japan, a country boosted to be a leader in the field of robotic, actually couldn't find radiation-resistant remote controlled robots to save the plant. They have to rent remote robots from US and China.

Japanese export on industrial equipment is mainly concentrated on smaller, lighter objects such as printers, micro-electronics and of course, vehicles. Its presence in heavy industry, while not unknown, is not really that significant comparing to the likes of China, US and Germany.

 

[cirr]

BS!!
Japan is the leader of robotic tech in world!

Yes，Japan makes by far the best rice cookers in the world。

India should import Japanese rice cookers by the truckloads。

 

[Aepsilons]

Let's not troll, please. Let's keep this thread clean.

 

[xunzi]

Time to snatch a Vietcong and replace our previous test subject with it.

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Google Glass? Baidu Eye!

2014-09-03 16:47:50 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Xie Tingting

A rear view of Baidu Eye [Photo: thenextweb.com]

Baidu, China's leading search engine company, has unveiled its own eyewear called Baidu Eye, but said it is a different product from Google Glass in terms of functionality.

The company demonstrated a working prototype on Wednesday (September 3) at its annual Technology Innovation Conference in Beijing.

Baidu Eye bears a resemblance to Google Glass, but it has no screen. Instead, the device uses a camera to scan objects, and focuses on analyzing information around its user and beaming that to a smartphone.

Baidu says the device is designed to support image search. The company's CEO Robin Li believes in five years' time, people will get used to searching by image and audio rather than text.

Li has given an example of how one can take advantage of Baidu Eye, "If you are in a shopping mall and come across a woman whose skirt looks really attractive, you take a photo of her skirt using Baidu Eye, and you'll get to know where to buy one for yourself."

According to Kaiser Kuo, Baidu's director of international communications, Baidu Eye can also recognize voice and gesture, "You can use voice commands, or gesture commands - like expanding to zoom, or circling an object in your field of view with your finger."

Baidu is yet to announce a release date or marketing plans for Baidu Eye.

 

[Cossack25A1]

Whether it is Google Glass, Baidu Eye, etc., I wonder if this is compatible to people wearing eyeglasses or will there be versions for those who have eyesight problems.

 

[cirr]

Take a Look at Baidu Eye, China's Version of Google Glass

IMAGE: BAIDU EYE

BY ANITA LI2 HOURS AGO

Chinese Internet giant Baidu publicly unveiled its version of Google Glass for the first time Wednesday.

A working prototype of the wearable tech device, called "Baidu Eye," was shown at the Baidu World conference in Beijing. First announced in April 2013, Baidu Eye initially drew many comparisons to Google's head-mounted display.

SEE ALSO: Baidu Eye Is China's Answer to Google Glass, Company Confirms

Unlike Glass, Baidu Eye has no screen or any optical display. Instead, the device looks like a wraparound headset that rests on top of a user's ears. There is an earpiece on its left arm and a camera on its right arm that takes photos, recognizes objects and analyzes information in its surroundings, according to the company.

Baidu Eye sends information to a user's mobile device (smartphone or tablet) via an app. In an apparent jab at Google, the company said this method makes it "easier to browse than on a small, mounted screen" and aims to "consume less energy so the battery lasts much longer."

IMAGE: BAIDU EYE

"Baidu Eye is able to sync information both visually (through smartphone — larger screen, less stress on eyes compared to the small visual display on Google Glass) and aurally," a spokesperson told Mashable in an email, adding that it provides "the same kind of functionality" as Glass.

The device also features voice and gesture commands, including "expanding to zoom" and "circling an object with your finger," according to the company.

It can also find products, such as handbags and clothes, on e-commerce sites.

IMAGE: BAIDU EYE

When Baidu first confirmed the device's existence to Mashable last April, it appeared to have a screen. At the time, Kaiser Kuo, the company's director of international communications, said Baidu Eye featured speech recognition for Mandarin, as well as image search. Here's how it looked back then:

In April 2013, Kuo said Baidu was conducting internal testing on the device, and evaluating it to see if it had market potential. Apparently, it did.

Baidu Eye is still in the prototype stage; the company currently has no information on pricing or availability.

Take a Look at Baidu Eye, China's Version of Google Glass

 

[C130]

China doesn't have an original bone in it's body.

 

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Smart Chopsticks That Test Your Food For Contamination

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Today 10:17pm

EXPAND

Recently, Stephen Colbert lampooned gadgets that track what you drink and other seemingly inane metrics. But the trend may have just found its ideal market. The Chinese search giant Baidu just introduced a pair of "smart chopsticks" designed to alert users to the presence of "gutter oil," or the illegal use of oil dredged up unsavory places.


The utensils are called Baidu Kuaisou, and according to the Wall Street Journal, they can detect "oils containing unsanitary levels of contamination." The product was hyped today at Baidu's annual conference in Beijing, alongside a Google Glass-like product called Baidu Eye. But Kuaisuo, like the recently-introduced Vessyl smart cup, reportedly uses a series of sensors to determine metrics like oil quality, temperature, PH levels, and even calories, then transmits that information to an app. A tiny blue LED at the tip of the chopsticks would give you an on-sight reading.



Pricing and availability is yet to come, in a manner befitting what could very likely be vaporware. But that it's even an idea of a product does reflect growing concerns in China about food safety. Gutter oil, in particular, is a disturbing trend. If you're unfamiliar with it (and have a strong stomach), check out this video about how the oil is processed. It's often dredged from sewers or garbage disposals, and then processed and sold to restaurants and even pharmaceutical companies, after which it gets passed along to unwitting consumers, who are put at serious risk from the toxic stuff. If it takes a pair of future-chopsticks to help discourage the practice, that's just as well. [Wall Street Journal]

Smart Chopsticks That Test Your Food For Contamination

 

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It may not be imaginative or original but the design of Baidu Eye allows all people to use it, even those who have to put on their eye-glasses most of the time. Google Glass may have started the idea but it has restrictions particularly to those who have to wear eye-glasses while seeing the pictures, Baidu Eye can also be worn by people with eye-glasses.

 

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Baidu boosts location-based platform with new services, $10 million investment

BY PAUL CARSTEN

BEIJING Wed Sep 3, 2014 1:00am EDT

People talk in front of a Baidu's company logo at Baidu's headquarters in Beijing January 16, 2014.

CREDIT: REUTERS/JASON LEE

(Reuters) - Baidu Inc launched on Wednesday a service that helps retailers advertise on the smartphones of nearby users as China's dominant search engine company expands its location-based technology to drive growth.

Baidu currently makes most of its income from desktop-based search advertising and has lagged peers such as Tencent Holdings Ltd in capitalizing on the popularity of mobile internet in China, the world's largest market for smartphones.

It sees real-time, location-based technology as a way to boost advertising revenues from the rise of e-commerce in China, where government data shows more people now access the internet via a mobile device than a personal computer.

"In the mobile era consumer behavior is changing, and the mobile Internet has given us new businesses and opportunities," said Robin Li, Baidu's chief executive, during the launch of the Baidu Connect service.

The service offers toolkits for merchants and software developers to build online-to-offline (O2O) applications, which seek to attract potential customers to nearby shops and restaurants via promotions and ads displayed on smartphones.

Baidu also said it had recently bought a $10 million minority stake in IndoorAtlas, a company that offers a special technology that allows smartphone users' positions to be tracked inside buildings, which is often difficult due to the metal used in structures.

Baidu's push into location-based services and O2O puts it increasingly at odds with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd [IPO-BABA.N], China's biggest e-commerce company, and Tencent.

Last week, Baidu announced a 5 billion yuan ($813 million) tie-up with Beijing-based conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group and Tencent to provide O2O services inside Wanda's commercial developments.

Like other tech firms, Baidu is also branching out into wearables. On Wednesday, it demonstrated its Baidu Eye, which uses a camera to scan objects and then synchs with a smartphone.

Baidu boosts location-based platform with new services - Business - Chinadaily.com.cn

 

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China doesn't have an original bone in it's body.

Same old unoriginal litany.

Do you have anything original to write?

 

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Same old unoriginal litany.

Do you have anything original to write?

aaaaaaaaayyye lmao, JK. they took an idea and made it better
i wonder how the Chinese government would feel if millions of Chinese are wearing Baidu Glass and uploading things that would be considered dangerous to the state

and if you are pervert you would love to have one of these

 

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Awesome ! How much for one ?