Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Amazon Alexa again expand the ecological chain and third party open platform

Amazon Alexa again expand the ecological chain, and third party open platform wars have begun

Recently, the intelligent audio maker Sonos launches in New York, launches in the Sonos announced strategic partnership with Amazon, users can control Sonos through Intelligent Assistant Alexa Amazon personal equipment.

Previously, Amazon Alexa derivatives: intelligent speaker Echo, ultimate Echo's performance far exceeded expectations in the market, Sonos in the Echo before feeling the pressure. Is expected when both engaged in a bloody battle, Sonos and enemies suddenly announced Echo functions through each other.

Sonos Alexa voice services SDK for software integration upgrades its integrated Alexa users can use to manipulate their Sonos sound system. Alexa give voice commands allows the user to complete the play, pause, skip songs, and operations such as volume control, no additional learning new voice commands. Sonos and Alexa ecological use of other hardware products, including Echo, Echo Dot, such as Tap and Fire TV. Sonos will start at the end of the year for this beta product integration projects, early 2017 open to all Sonos users.

Amazon Alexa again expand the ecological chain, and third party open platform wars have begun

Sonos CEO McFarland writes:

Alexa/Echo is the first showing a strong voice in the smart home control products, and its popularity will accelerate innovation across the sector, today's new technology will become tomorrow's standards.

As we all know, Alexa-derived core product is the Echo. Data shows that Amazon has sold 3 million to Echo intelligent audio and features and sales continued to increase. Echo will become a platform for connecting software and hardware ecosystem of the multidimensional now Echo support for listening to music, shopping, taxi, controlling home functions, Sonos and Echo through the company, so as to expand their chain, and Sonos you can access through Echo, for the user to create a variety of experiences, to promote sales.

Amazon Alexa again expand the ecological chain, and third party open platform wars have begun

Intelligent software and hardware in order to seize the entrance, Google voice Google Home smart home products released this year, and just today, Google officially announced a $ 3.2 billion acquisition of the Nest Labs intelligent home sector restructuring, full integration with Google Internet Nest sector. Nest following the restructuring, will go to Google Home products development, compete directly with the Echo in the future. In addition, Apple has this year stepped up its layout HomeKit third party devices work, the sources said, the brand is already discussing with Apple access HomeKit matters. According to the FCC last week (the United States Federal Communications Commission) provides product display, Samsung seems to be independently developed their own voice Assistant, when you launch a smart audio "Samsung Scoop." Starbucks iPhone 5 Case

Amazon Alexa again expand the ecological chain, and third party open platform wars have begun

From the above information, the Giants were in smart home products for entry, busy layout of third-party software and hardware open platform, can be expected next year, they probably will compete head-on in intelligent home field.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

With the rapid development of mobile processor technology, more and more quad-core or eight-core processor has been entered the user's field of vision, and also because many of these SoC core and high frequency causes the temperature to rise sharply. As the world's thinnest phone OPPO R5, how to solve this problem? We take a look at:

 

Mobile phones work in high temperature environment for a long time, either caused by crashes, restart phone, stability, and can speed up aging of mobile phone components. In addition, for high-frequency for the CPU and GPU now, high temperatures cause block problem, will make the phone performance drastically. Marcelo Burlon iPhone 6+

 

Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

General phone solution is where thermal conductivity is required where a layer of graphite, improving the thermal efficiency of parts surface, K>100 of graphite thermal conductivity, excellent thermal conductivity, but due to the air insulation, heat from the chip to the graphite on the efficiency of higher calorific value than low heat makes the phone is more concentrated, not quickly dissipated.

 

Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

Can see the cell phone on the comparison of the heat concentrated in the SoC.

 

OPPO R5 has the world's thinnest 4.85mm body, and carrying 8 core 64-bit SoC, it is how to solve the problems inside the heat sink it?

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Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

Since introduction of the OPPO's official view, ice core is cooling the nest using a type of liquid metal thermal interface material (thermal conductivity K=3.3), fill the chip between the graphite and air (thermal conductivity K=0.023) so that the heat is passed quickly to the phone's skeleton and graphite disperse heat evenly on the skeleton.

 

Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

Comparison between three kinds of heat.

Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

R5 IC focuses on one side of the Board.

Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

In addition, due to the heat transfer medium is a liquid metal material, if direct contact and SoC IC, will short circuit problem, R5 of single sheets are also used to solve this problem, placing SoC chip on the motherboard, and the other side is labeled liquid metal thermal conductivity of the material. When the phone after the temperature, type of liquid metal into liquid, fill the motherboard and the spaces directly in the box, so as to enhance the cooling speed.

Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

R5 motherboard disassembly diagram, we can see that the whole motherboard design is relatively compact.

Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

R5 dismantling, motherboard, battery, and the thickness of the Super AMOLED screen is very low.

Heat do not worry about nest dismantling OPPO R5 ice cooling

R5 wasn't as concentrated as the General phone, maximum temperature is well controlled.

Such liquid metals-related properties:

Working temperature: 27 ° c 45 ° c complete the phase transition from solid to a liquid

Lifespan: 3 years

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Mobility tests: under 70 ° c, test for 96 hours, flow or overflow does not occur, and so on.

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Surface Pro cord overheating recall

Surface Pro cord overheating recall

Microsoft is planning to start on a global scale Surface Pro adapter charging cable recall, involved in the recall include former three-generation Surface Pro series, which sold prior to July 2015 Surface Pro/Pro 2/Pro 3 match recalled the AC charging cable will replace. Paul Frank iPhone plus case

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Surface Pro cord overheating recall

Recently, foreign media from a Microsoft spokesman confirmed: "if cable wound too tightly for a long time, distorted or stretched very likely lead to severely damaged AC power cord, very few Surface Feedback Pro users have reported this problem. Later on we will publish the specific update details, consumers will be able to free replacement of the charging cable in the near future. "

Surface Pro cord overheating recall

Microsoft spokesman said Microsoft's official recall page will be launched in recent days, but did not disclose the exact time. According to foreign media reports, there is evident in some users when the cable twisted or folded repeatedly may be overheating, while Microsoft plans recall will be implemented on January 22. Paul Frank case

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Microsoft Surface on the Phone and finally to Xiao long 820

There have been rumors, Microsoft publishes its Lumia 950 series plans to launch a more high-end mobile phone and this phone in the design task to the teams in charge of Surface, and this also comes naturally to be named Surface Phone. Recently, the film debut of Microsoft's new machine running GFXBench, go below and see what surprise.

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Microsoft Surface on the Phone and finally to Xiao long 820!

According to the Web site data, this machine is simply called "Qualcomm MTP8996", carrying Gao Tongxiao 820 processor and Adreno 530 GPU,2000 megapixel main camera and front-facing camera 12 million pixels, with a 6.0-inch screen resolution of 2560*1440.

Chinese sources claimed said before, Microsoft's Surface of the Phone will be powered by Intel processor Core m and will be officially released in September 2016. This is one of the main reasons, Intel m processor Core's exemplary performance in performance and power consumption, already on tablets and other mobile platform fabric. Paul Frank iPad Air 2 Case

Microsoft Surface on the Phone and finally to Xiao long 820!

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Saturday, July 30, 2016

Nokia completed Canada 5G test for the first time speed is 6 times times 4G

Nokia completed Canada 5G test for the first time: speed is 6 times times 4G network

According to foreign media reports, recent Nokia Canada operator Bell Canada cooperation, complete the Canada test of 5G network technology for the first time. Test using 73GHz range in spectrum, the data transfer rate for Canada 6 times 4G network.

Bell Canada Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, shidifen·huowei (Steven Howe), Bell is working with Nokia and maintained close cooperation partners in other parts of the world, to build networks, devices and ecological system in order to ensure that Canada can take full advantage of technology dividends from 5G network. In view of mutual co-operation, external analysis Canada likely will start in 5 years 5G network is fully deployed. iPhone Vans

Nokia has become Canada an important partner for mobile operators, recently, it also works with Canada Wind Mobile signed a 5-year cooperative agreement, becomes sole LTE equipment suppliers for Wind Mobile. cover iPhone Vans

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Because IOT in particular the car industry's rapid development of the Internet, which has higher requirements on network speed, which will undoubtedly become an important factor in promoting the development of 5G network. Therefore be Canada Government all over the world are promoting 5G network to meet the next wave of technology. However, judging from current 5G network business is expected to be 4-5 year.

Canada Minister of innovation, science and economic development nafudipu·beiensi (Navdeep Bains) said that in the new digital economy, Canada's core competence lies in focusing on innovation. If 5G takes the lead in Canada completed the deployment, which will help attract more people to come to Canada for technological innovation.

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Hendo hanging skateboards the world s first to fly you skateboard

Hendo hanging skateboards: the world's first to fly you skateboard

Arx Pax company based in California, are raising their own Hendo hanging skateboard. Hendo not entirely like the back to the future in the Martin flying skateboards to use when, precisely, Hendo is suspended--skateboarding pioneer in the field of product users capable of autonomous driving, self-propelled, floating platform powerful enough to support an adult's weight. Paul Frank iPad Air 2 Case

When a user in the initial pilot, will cast doubt on its load-bearing capacity. Arx Pax said Hendo enough now version supports more than 130 kilos in weight, and released a new version in the future, this figure will increase to more than 220 kilograms. But no matter what the result, hanging skateboards made of the primary question is, it has to be suspended above the surface in a specific, can realize the function of host objects. Hendo used the same and Maglev technology, which means that it can only float in non-ferrous metals (other than iron or steel), such as copper or aluminium.

Hendo hanging skateboards: the world's first to fly you skateboard

In actual operation, due to lack of propulsion systems, Hendo trajectory is more like aimless drifting and Martin flying skateboards, can't do that. Arx Pax founder and inventor Greg Hendo Henderson said, the company is working on by tilting suspension skateboard to control the direction of Hendo. But the reality is, because of the friction and do not feel the ground, difficult for users to control the operation of size, need to be used more than once to use. Paul Frank iPad Air 2 Case

Hendo hanging skateboards: the world's first to fly you skateboard

Hend's original inspiration from the architecture. Greg Henderson says, "If you can get the train load of 50,000 kg suspension on the ground, so a House can become possible. "He subsequently explained, suspended building is a long-term goal, the current technology is still in its early stages of development. When the earthquake came, the building from the Foundation "lifting" and minimize the loss of natural disasters, it is the effect of the emergency safety systems need to be in the future. Modern suspension technology is still in its early stages, Henderson and his team will be ideas from concept to reality.

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Hendo hanging skateboards: the world's first to fly you skateboard

On the Kickstarter, at $ 299 to get Hendo hanging skateboard complete engine modules they want users hanging skateboards to create more of the suspended projects, Arx Pax company also will subsidize the creativity to turn it into reality. $ 100 can get 5 minutes to hang skateboards prototype experience; back in under the guidance of a personal trainer and $ 1000 for 1 hour only ten sponsored 10,000 supporters can really have a skateboard. Product release date is October 21, 2015-Martin back in the years to come.

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Interview with oxygen technology not VR VR video selling point but on the

Eyes, Huang Xiaohu and band affectionately sang for the audience, looked behind him, quietly enjoy the show the audience in the front row, and looked around, staging at a glance. Yes, I am using a VR glasses and watch Shanghai Huang Xiaohu fan club. Watching the process, you can feel the camera switch, see no obvious stitching marks, the picture will be much clearer than I thought.

"Take that concerts need to give the audience an emotional atmosphere, shoot boxing match to tell us two people who fight them, what's the score," Qian Xiaoyong, Director of strong oxygen technology VR team explains. Not long ago, strong oxygen Huang Xiaohu, concert fix VR panoramic photography, interview the same day, staff in the material for later processing. "They are satisfied," chat between Qian Xiaoyong after giving away samples of music depending on the customer said to me.

Interview with oxygen technology: not VR VR video selling point but on the content

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VR panoramic photography is the key to what?

Have to say, the b side of VR panoramic photography-oriented areas, strong-oxygen technology is regarded as one of the forerunners of the country. By selling photographic equipment oxygen technology, into the VR field since last year, has participated in national day parade panoramic photography, Tencent live BigBang concert in Macao VR, VR recently broadcast the WBA World Heavyweight Championship, as well as recording Huang Xiaohu fan club. Even after BigBang concert full of pixels has been ridicule, but a year later, strong-oxygen in the panorama has a lot of promotion, "the company personnel associated with VR business one-third".

In addition to his own team, strong oxygen and external cooperation, Qian Xiaoyong believes that "it's hard to pack, like on-location production, lighting and other forced his men to shoot, the quality is limited by its own personnel. "In his view, the most important is grasped,

"I think it is a creative, has little idea with the original VR, even slots for live also has a design layout, there are clips in advance of plans and programmes there is execution, taken as a whole the implementation, including the whole process probably is different from the original. "

For example, the "traditional directors sitting behind monitor, but for VR, it's hard to sit, so we take the programme produced by, even to work with outside, our scheme, no change. "

Interview with oxygen technology: not VR VR video selling point but on the content

Strong oxygen third generation of VR panoramic camera head scheme

Like VR broadcast operations such as concerts, sports events, is not afraid of strong oxygen didn't work, "more than 20 games in a month, we sell are range of customized programs, including which seats use different equipment, Director rules what is such a bunch of stuff. "Because of the hardware support, strong oxygen will not be like other VR start-up companies, under pressure from the funds at the outset, and" began to do this last year, a profit soon. "

Now, many VR team turned VR broadcast, or panoramic photography, such as Orchid Pavilion digital, such as Sightpano (interactive event horizon), from concerts to sports matches, red platform to network, even operating room team on these ToB, VR live seems money comes fast and steady. Qian Xiaoyong believes that

"VR live is a relatively mature models this year, but next year is not necessarily, depends on traffic. Because this is the quickest way to quickly built, how long do you take a play, live every minute. "

Hits is really a matter of both realistic and cruel.

How to make a standard VR video?

However, strong-oxygen is going to try to do VR video shoot. Director and screenwriter Qian Xiaoyong shot VR video showing extreme confidence, "short take someone inexperienced, you don't do it yourself, others do not know how to do, making bad told you can only shoot VR video like this. Small is a big market, the Chinese were best at doing it.  "

This heavy oxygen to shoot VR video, is a love story,

"For me, VR if they don't host the viewers love to watch content, there is no point, and it will always be a niche thing. VR is begging a first step, be sure to put the audience is getting bigger. "

About how to tell the love story, Qian Xiaoyong chose "fragmented storytelling," "10 small story I could tell, every five or six minutes, each one is a kind of feeling, watching two is another kind of feeling. "But admits" the fragmented story well written. "

"Importantly this story wanted to give the audience what to feel, like traditional film is telling a story, it often is a four-act play, and then be syllogism, but VR with this kind of structure is not so good. And back to the classical story, classic stories were all fragmented, its heroes. Your generals, can you read from beginning to end he did? You may see a screen a little, and then see the scene a bit, don't have to string them together. But you may be another kind of feeling. "

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"The film tells of a story without telling people just tell you, this man is such a such as ' Superman tells you I am Superman. ' But VR will tell you, why people would turn out this way? Are some of the stories accumulated, make you who you are today, then you do something earth-shattering thing. So organized is a full view of the world. A human being, a storyteller, said people can be fragmented. "

Contents are greater than the VR

Interview with oxygen technology: not VR VR video selling point but on the content

Panorama works

Clearly, whether it's film, or new VR video, essential to good stories, and how to use VR feature stories to the audience, such as the 360 degree rendering and interaction need to be added, are also being explored. Used to write novels at home Qian Xiaoyong said, the story before you can select a adaptations of novels, but the 360 degree images, and the use of interactive, he has his own ideas.

360 degree pictures of novelty may be easier to let the audience looked back and forth, "you're staring at the front, just appeals to you, focus on the front. "Qian Xiaoyong hopes interest points the audience gathered at the front,

"As to how to does not turn, lead or force or should be considered, said the VR content does not have a mode must be good. "

On the interaction, he would take it that

"Appropriate interactions, do you need, such as male and female orgasm can interact. Pure interaction is fully interactive, but every day of things happening around, you can fully control it? Control to 1% was awesome, 99% of what you have missed. But to do a story to the audience, export you want emotion, both aimed at conflict. "

When it comes to can enhance the sound immersion, he bluntly, "not join the Quan Jingsheng, because of platforms do not support, could do something special. "This sentence is clearly out of the VR content producers face embarrassment. Beyond the embarrassment, he had more ground of reason,

"Stress is appropriate, you cannot overemphasize one piece of something, such as budget as a whole is, the actor up to that level, on him, and then gave up. Budget does not balance out is not good. " VR box glasses

After all, the most important thing is "why do audiences see, point should not be VR, but for content. "

How to let more people see the VR content?

However, the saying is one thing, doing is another, more difficult for someone to guess, so Qian Xiaoyong "not to anticipate the audience only to verify, also wanted to really do something. "As for the validation of results, he has his own judgment,

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"The theory does not fail can continue. To verify that VR can host content, it is an exhibition priority, or a media platform. I think it has all properties of the media platform, unless the results reversed my idea, when it has an insurmountable obstacle. "

But in the process of validation, he or VR, led by his team has figured out how to share "no risk", in his words, is "making a profit model, so that we will not sweep the streets. "

In order for viewers to see the VR video VR glasses to spread slowly, strong oxygen can deliver, "less than 10 cartons of glasses is OK", followed by peace and cooperation, "from market research, implementation, dispersing, strong oxygen not every aspect can be grasped"; Moreover is through cooperation with the network the Red platform, admission to the fans, to reduce the risk. "I must go combined with traditional model way, diversion and drainage, see if you can form a profit model. "

Conclusion

Enter a strong-oxygen Office, several photographic equipment simply placed on the ground, there are traditional, there are panoramic. Strong-oxygen has just released the third generation of VR panorama production system, divided into three accounts and two panoramic camera head. Now exclusively to VR content of oxygen, the "only, rather than technology, and technology is scientists don't want to brag. "VR video was still in preparation at present, around October and November this year formally launched. However, before the line, whether it is from the black, or black people, it does not seem to be so persuasive.