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While I kid a bit in the headline, this is actually pretty cool: Swatch, the largest manufacturer of mechanical watch movements in the world, has created a movement that is assembled entirely using automated systems. Why is this important? The watch industry was originally gutted by the rise of cheap quartz watches, making this piece quite ironic, and this means that more people will be able to own higher quality mechanical watches from a trusted brand.

The movement, called the Sistem51, is made of 51 simple parts and has a weight that winds the mainspring. It is made of a copper, nickel and zinc alloy called ARCAP and is anti-magnetic. It’s completely sealed inside the case (making it impossible to service) but a fact that ensures it can stay out of moisture and dust. Another cool thing? Quoth Hodinkee, who got a hands on, “instead of a regulator the special escapement is set by a laser during production and never needs to be touched again.”

Sure, the Sistem51 is basically a plastic watch that costs a little over $ 100 and will be sold at airports around the world. However, it is an impressive step forward for the company at a time when mechanical watches are making a resurgence. Swatch has been making mechanicals for a while, to be clear, but this is the first time they’ve reduced the price, manufacturing cost, and maintained quality in this way. While it’s easy to get much cheaper movements online (a tourbillon for $ 24, anyone?) it’s far harder to find a solid, high quality mechanical movement from a trusted brand.

It’s great to see some affordable watches come out of Basel this year and this is definitely step forward in terms of nanomechanics.

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As more developers are receiving their pair of Google Glass, the tinkering with the device is heating up. One developer found a very interesting easter egg within Glass itself, which introduces you to the entire Glass team.

The steps to reproduce it are fairly simple:

Settings -> Device info -> View licenses -> Tap the touchpad 9 times -> Tap Meet Team

Here’s a video demo, including the neat sounds that happen as you keep tapping:

The neat part about the photo is that you can see the entire 360-degree panoramic image by moving your head around. This was hard to show in the MyGlass screencast, since it lags a little bit. We’ve learned that Mike LeBeau, Senior Software Engineer for Google X, is the one who dropped the hidden gem into Glass’ software. He’s appeared on TechCrunch before in a <a target="_blank" href="“>hilarious Google blooper reel.

The team photo has Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, front and center.

I’m sure that more of these easter eggs will pop up over time, but this one is particularly cool since it’s the first time that I’ve seen a panoramic image on the device since I started using it. This functionality could be something that isn’t exposed in the Mirror API as of yet, but once it is, it’ll be a fun one.

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Samsung is about to show off a new flagship phone at an event on March 14, and details continue to leak out about the new smartphone. The New York Times’ Brian X. Chen reports today that eye movement-based content scrolling will be among the Galaxy S IV’s features. Chen’s source, a Samsung employee, also says that the emphasis will be on software, not hardware at the upcoming press event.

Samsung’s next smartphone will be able to track a user’s eyes and scroll articles and other types of content based on where they’re focused, the source said, so that if a user was reading a web page and hit the bottom, the device could automatically scroll more content up into view. There’s no guarantee it will be demoed on stage, according to the article, but the Korean company should be showing off more new software features, instead of demoing hardware advancements.

A software-centric approach to an Android flagship device launch is nothing new. HTC showed off its own new flagship device, the One, at an event in NYC last month and the bulk of the presentation focused on Sense 5.0. Android OEMs seem keen to highlight what it is that makes the experience of using their devices fundamentally different from using the Android phones of other makers, a good strategy when each successive generation of devices seem to share more in common than not when it comes to specs and internal components.

The NYT points out that Samsung already has trademarks on “Eye Scroll” technology, as it could be applied to smartphones as well as tablets, cameras and other devices. A trademark in this case might actually be more indicative of product plans than a patent, since it demonstrates at least some intent to actually bring the named product to market.

Eye movement-based scrolling could work well, but only if perfectly executed. If the tech registers too many false positives or disappoints in other regards, it’ll end up being more of an annoyance than a feature, and users will simply turn it off. But if executed properly, it could definitely be a decent differentiating factor. And if Samsung opens up access to scrolling features to third-party apps, that could really help its platform stand apart from others in the Android space. But again, if it’s even a bit touchy in terms of implementation, the eye-tracking tech will likely be more of a forgettable edition than anything with real value, at least for this generation.

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Leap Movement is revealing today that it has raised $ 30 million in Collection B financing. Co-founder and CEO Michael Buckwald told me that the company is still planning to ship its gesture-based controller sometime throughout the first quarter of this year, and he ’ s also revealing a collaboration with Asus that ought to help get Leap Movement into the hands of customers.

This is just one of the first in a number of offers that the business has in the works with suppliers and retailers, Buckwald said. In this case, Asus is supposed to bundle the Leap Motion controller with its All-In-One Computers and high-end notebooks. Buckwald stated he ’ ll have other packing partnerships to reveal, in addition to offers with other makers to incorporate or embed the company ’ s products: “ That ’ s a significant part of our circulation strategy. ”

Why is this attracting a producer like Asus? Buckwald argued that it ’ s since Leap Movement can help turn Computers into stimulating platforms once again. (Though to be clear, he likewise plans to increase beyond PCs.) Unless they ’ re serious gamers, the majority of individuals aren ’ t making the most of the computing power at their command, he said: “ They make use of a tiny portion of an extremely powerful processor– they search the Internet or they utilize a word processor. ” However by allowing users to communicate straight with applications by just moving their fingers or hands, Buckwald stated that Leap Movement makes a many “ computationally extensive ” jobs more obtainable– for instance, there are apps that enable individuals to modify songs with their hands.

In fact, the company says that that at least 40,000 developers have actually subscribed to establish Leap Movement applications, with 12,000 developer devices of the controller currently delivered.

Right now, President and COO Andy Miller (a former VP in Apple ’ s iAd program, in addition to co-founder at mobile ad network Quattro) said he ’ s seeing a mix between existing apps that are adding gesture-based controls and others that are constructed particularly for Leap Movement.

“ As [ the Leap Motion ] app shop develops, we ’ ll start to see the ratio change towards apps that are developed from the ground up, that are created and created with this in mind, ” Miller stated.

You could see the controller in action in the (old-ish) demo video below. It ’ s supposed to be “ iPod-sized, ” while developing a 3D interaction space of 8 cubic feet around the individual. The company states that the controller tracks specific hands and fingers at a rate of 290 frames per 2nd and could sign up movements of 1/100th of a millimeter “ with no noticeable lag time. ”

This kind of interface sounds interesting, however likewise like something that may be testing for consumers to obtain used to. Buckwald acknowledged that some education might be needed, but he said that will take place with “ customers seeing the incredible apps that individuals have actually baseded on top of the platform. ” Miller included that in the company ’ s tests, “ it takes a user actually seconds to figure out where to put their hands. ”

The combined interest from customers, merchants, and producers is the reason for the brand-new financing, Buckwald said. Practically all of cash will go towards developing new inventory, so that Leap Motion can deliver “ hundreds of thousands to millions of units. ”

The financing originates from existing backers. Buckwald said that picking the investors for the round was a competitive process, however eventually the firms who had actually invested previously gained out. One distinction this time around– where Highland Capital Partners led the $ 12.75 million Series A (and took part in the current round), the Collection B was led by Founders Fund.

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Question by angel: I want to know about appiko movement of Karnataka?
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The people starting Appiko, meaning in local Kanada ‘hug the tree’, obtained their inspiration from the women led Chipko movement in North India’s Himalayan foothills. Appiko emerged during the late 1970s as a vigilant mass movement, supported by thousands of villagers living along the Western Ghats, notably in the state of Karnataka, but also in Kerela. But also merchants, accountants and other city based people started to sympathize with the message and mission of Appiko and started to provide tangible assistance in the form of free office space, food provisions to sustain people during marches etc. Appiko was able to persuade the government, supported by media accounts, eminent scientists and so forth, to introduce a ban of the felling of green trees in Western Ghats in Karnataka. Furthermore, Appiko challenged large dams, mining, river polluting paper factories and other destructive ‘development’ projects. Changing socio-economic and cultural circumstances challenge Appiko to adapt its strategies.

In 2005, 25 years later, Appiko is still active and its message even more valuable than ever. It offers villagers, NGOs and policy makers a vision, an alternative avenue of sustainable development, based on long term prudent exploitation of forest resources, with an emphasis on extraction of non-timber forest products, organic agriculture, renewable energy etc. My advise: order this film, watch it and share it widely. You do yourself and others a service

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Machinais a menswear apparel brand that is in the procedure of mounting a Kickstarter campaign to promote a brand-new item. The campaign doesn ’ t start for about a month but they in fact have a demo version of their unique “ wearable ” MIDI controller live on the floor of TechCrunch Disruptin San Francisco this week.

The Machina MIDI Coat will come in a few different styles, but the fundamental idea is that it is a jacket or vest that is outfitted with many different sensing units (several MIDI touch sensors, accelerometer, etc.) that can easily control beats and samples by means of Wi-Fi and MIDI.

So you can effectively trigger and change tones by moving your fingers accross the three sliders on the front of the vest. You can easily also impact the speed of a beat or sample by moving your arm and the accelerometer in the sleeve. This is a cool idea and an interesting and kinetic way to induce and control beats and noises. It deals with a custom Macintosh Operating System X application that the company additionally created, with iOS variations soon to follow (for maximum mobility).

I got a hold of their Kickstarter video clip a bit early, and they offered me permission to post it. They will have more information about this new concept at their web site in the coming weeks.

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Okay, these might not be rather as sophisticated as, say, that 10-inch, high-res slate coming out of the well known Cupertino labs, however hey, people tackling construction websites (or doing other types of helpful work) need to get some actual work done. Here’s where Movement Computing is available in. The clothing’s merely taken the wraps off of its most recent rugged tablet Computers, the F5t and C5t– both of which can be loaded with an option of an i3, i5 or i7 third-gen Intel CPU, additionally recognized as Ivy Bridge. What’s even more, the business’s also letting users choose between a 64 or 128GB solid-state drive, which can easily then be combined along with 2 or 4GB of RAM. As you can easily imagine, this ruggedized duo isn’t really precisely aspired at something like the Nexus 7 crowd, since the beginning price point for the Windows 7 Pro couple begins off at around $ 2,240 ($ 2,236, to be specific) relying on configuration. Either way, you can provide ‘em both a better appearance after the break, thanks to a press shot gallery courtesy of their developer.

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