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Nokia experiments with location-based white space services in Cambridge, UK (video)
Following news of the first successful white space trials in Cambridge, UK, Nokia is now touting its research in the area with a demonstration of location-based services for the unlicensed spectrum. Traditionally, proponents of white space usage have positioned this unused portion of the airwaves as a viable, low-cost method of data transmission, but the Nokia folks have now demonstrated its ability to pinpoint one's location with much greater accuracy than either WiFi or cellular networks. Think of it as a counterpoint to NFC, if you will, but in the following clip, we're shown how an individual might move throughout a museum, and as they approach various exhibits, one's smartphone could provide supplemental information for the nearby artifacts. Beyond its use in museums, Nokia also foresees the technology as useful in the retail space, where businesses may provide consumers with promotions as they walk by. Currently, the necessary equipment to make this all possible is much too large to fit within a typical smartphone, but Nokia hypothesizes that the necessary chipsets and industry standards may be in place by 2015. Until then, you can dream of what might be with the following video.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
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Adafruit wants to help you hack your Raspberry Pi
So you shelled out a cool $25 to get your hands on the Raspberry Pi -- and, after some hiccups, the thing actually shipped. Now what? Adafruit's got your back. The DIY-friendly company announced that it's getting ready to release its Prototyping Pi Plate Kit, which will help you leverage the little Linux box for some of those home-baked embedded computer projects you're itching to start. Nothing yet in the way of pricing or availability for the product -- not until Adafruit's done testing it on shipping Raspberry Pi units. In the meantime, you can always add it to your hacking wish list by clicking the source link below.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Dancing With the Stars Results: The Top Seven Are ...
Jaleel White and Katherine Jenkins shared the top spot on the Dancing with the Stars scoreboard Monday, but other couples weren't so fortunate.
On the other end of the point spectrum, young Roshon Fegan and partner Chelsie Hightower lacked sex appeal with their modest 23-point rumba.
Gladys Knight and partner Tristan MacManus, meanwhile, scored an underwhelming 21 for theirs. It was no shock that both were in the bottom two.
Which pair went home after dancing for their lives?
Gladys Knight and Tristan MacManus are done.
The singer and her partner faced off in a dance duel with Roshon and Chelsie, and after both couples performed a jive, the judges offered a split decision.
Carrie Ann Inaba chose to save Gladys, but Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli picked Roshon to carry on, eliminating Knight by a 2-1 vote. She took it well.
"I am just so amazed at this journey. It's been absolutely extraordinary. I learned so many things ... I'm just overjoyed," the legendary singer.
Of the remaining contestants, who'll be back on Monday, she said, "They are already stepping up way, way, way beyond anything that's ever been on this show."
Which of those dancers do you think will win it all?
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Filipino singer's 'journey' takes Tribeca stage
NEW YORK (Reuters) - At age 40, Arnel Pineda lived every wannabe rock star's dream, middle-aged fan's fantasy and even one poor country's hope for financial success.
A little more than five years ago, as videos of Pineda performing Journey cover tunes played on YouTube, he sat at home in the Philippines on the verge of giving up his dream of a singing and songwriting career.
But those YouTube clips eventually earned Pineda an audition for rock band Journey, whose hits of the 1980s include "Who's Crying Now" and "Open Arms," and he went on to become their lead singer in an unlikely career trajectory that is now part of Journey lore.
A look inside Pineda's rise to fame and his struggles with rock 'n' roll stardom are the subject of a documentary that is playing at this week's Tribeca Film Festival.
"Don't Stop Believin'" is named after the band's hit anthem during the height of its success, and it represents Pineda's own inspirational rise from begging on the streets in Manila to singing around the world in large stadiums packed with fans.
Pineda, whose Filipino background initially surprised Journey fans who longed for the voice of former frontman Steve Perry, told Reuters he winced when watching himself on film.
"It was actually very difficult because, as we all know, I am not this Hollywood guy who looks great and tall," he said.
"But the other side of me was saying, this movie needs to be seen by a lot of people out there who have been dreaming to become somebody, to get recognized with their talents, with their God-given things they have in themselves."
HIGHS AND LOWS OF ROCK STARDOM
The documentary follows Pineda from his nervous first audition to being on the Journey tour bus and inside hotel rooms with the band. Audiences see how Pineda handles the fame back stage before a show, off stage signing autographs and on stage, sometimes while sick, on a grueling first tour in which he tries hard to live up to fans' expectations.
"It was difficult. We all have our limits, we get tired and whether we like it or not, we would feel itchy or not comfortable at some point. We just wanted our times alone. But since we signed up for it, whether we liked it or not we have to face the camera," Pineda said.
The worst part, he said, was the constant traveling without his family, being exhausted and trying to "sound golden all the time." But he adds that it was uplifting "when you see these fans, smiling, happy, hugging each other, crying when they hear their favorite songs."
It is difficult to know from watching "Don't Stop Believin'" whether Pineda, now 44, hit it off well with his new bandmates. He said that while on tour they share stories, but their ages -- several members the band's current lineup are in their 50s and 60s -- meant they often had different interests in life. Pineda called the Journey music their "common denominator."
Some critics said the film best captured the band's rejuvenation.
"Not unlike Journey itself, "Don't Stop Believin'" hits corny but impassioned notes, resonating emotionally even (or especially) through cliches. Certainly the film makes a case for the validity of the reformulated band," wrote the critic for show business publication Variety.
One of Pineda's biggest fears was living up to Journey's most famous lead singer, Perry, now 63, who left the band in 1987 and returned for three years in 1995.
"I had to convince them I was the real deal," Pineda said, who sang in clubs in throughout the Philippines and in Hong Kong but gave up his solo career when the Journey call came.
"This was the hardest thing that I have done in my life, though I've had my share of hardships," he said.
Pineda's hard times include being homeless for a time and begging for money on Manila's streets. He struggled with drugs and alcohol, and he filmmakers take him and his bandmates to some of his old Manila haunts in "Don't Stop Believin.'"
The group currently is on a break from touring and will start again in July. Pineda is spending most of his break in Manila, where he has three boys and is expecting a baby girl in July with his wife.
In the Philippines, his fame now is widespread. He is shown in the film meeting former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
"I try to live under the radar as much as possible," he said, even though he is constantly approached by fans for photographs, pep talks and events. "I tell myself, it makes them happy so why shouldn't I give it."
And most of all, he wants his tale to inspire everyone. "Life begins at 40," he said, "that's what they say."
(Reporting by Christine Kearney; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
What Really Happens When You Swallow Your Gum? [Giz Explains]
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