Here’s how they did it:
1. ECG pads provide raw skin conductivity / electrical activity as analogue data (0-5v).
2. This is plugged into the Arduino board via 4 analogue inputs (no activity = 0v, high activity = 5v).
3. The Arduino has a program burnt to it’s EPROM chip that filters the signals.
4. Josh trained the program by thinking of the main Siri commands (“Call”, “Set”, “Diary” etc.) one at a time and the program where they captured the signature brain patterns they produce.
5. The program can detect the signature patterns that indicate a certain word is being thought of. The program will then wait for a natural ‘release’ in brain waves and assume the chain of commands is now complete and action is required.
6. The series of commands are fed to a SpeakJet speech synthesiser chip
7. The audio output of which simply plugs into the iPhone’s microphone jack
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Thomas Suarez is a 6th grade student at a middle school in the South Bay. Tom been fascinated by computers and technology since before kindergarten. Recently, he’s been focused on the development of applications for the iPhone, and has established his own company, CarrotCorp. His most successful ap is one he terms “an anti-Justin-Bieber game” called “Bustin Jieber”. “It’s is a variation on the Whac-a-Mole theme,” he explains.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxManhattanBeach, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxManhattanBeach event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
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Jailbreak 5.0.1 on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad Using redsn0w 0.9.9b8. This jailbreak is tethered and you will have to boot tethered every time your device turns off.
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Heres a summary video demonstrating product uses and general use cases for the Swivl mobile accessory.
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This video will show you How To Enable Hidden Android Style Auto Correct Bar in iOS 5.
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This year let’s bring the season to life with the Starbucks Cup Magic app. Use the app to find and scan all five Starbucks Holiday Characters – on Red Cups, Christmas Blend bags, in-store and more – and watch as they magically come to life through augmented reality on your mobile device. Who knows what holiday magic you’ll discover…
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From the makers of slice hd and prototype 2 comes protoslice, a puzzle game for ipad. You need to carefully clear away the layers of very sharp prototype-blades in order to push the p2 button without getting your fingers sliced! If you get sliced, you’ll ‘bleed’ onto the glass and the puzzle will reset. Try to figure out the specific patterns in which the blades move. Some of the puzzles have multiple blades that will require you to use multiple fingers to hold them each in place while moving other blades out of the way to get to the ever elusive p2-button.
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