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If you find existing fitness trackers a little plain and ordinary in their design, the new Amazfit X might be for you. It features a futuristic-looking curved display that wraps around your wrist, and a metal case for extra durability and polish.Contin… Continue reading Amazfit X fitness tracker shows off its curves
Searching for sources of potentially harmful radiation isn’t a job that most people would want – so why not get a drone to do it? Well, a team of Czech engineers is currently developing just such an aircraft.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Technology… Continue reading Radiation-tracking drone could follow leaks to their source
OneZero is tracking thirty countries around the world who are implementing surveillance programs in the wake of COVID-19: The most common form of surveillance implemented to battle the pandemic is the use of smartphone location data, which can track population-level movement down to enforcing individual quarantines. Some governments are making apps that offer coronavirus health information, while also sharing location… Continue reading Global Surveillance in the Wake of COVID-19
If you were heading into a burning, smoke-filled building, you’d probably want someone else to know your location within it at all times. German scientists have developed a system that’s claimed to serve that very purpose, for use by firefighters and o… Continue reading Safety system tracks firefighters by their strides
Google and Apple have announced a joint project to create a privacy-preserving COVID-19 contact tracing app. (Details, such as we have them, are here.) It’s similar to the app being developed at MIT, and similar to others being described and developed elsewhere. It’s nice seeing the privacy protections; they’re well thought out. I was going to write a long essay… Continue reading Contact Tracing COVID-19 Infections via Smartphone Apps
Google and Apple have announced a joint project to create a privacy-preserving COVID-19 contact tracing app. (Details, such as we have them, are here.) It’s similar to the app being developed at MIT, and similar to others being described and developed … Continue reading Contact Tracing COVID-19 Infections via Smartphone Apps
When someone is recovering from surgery, they’re typically encouraged to go for walks down the hospital hallways. Scientists have now found that by repurposing an existing device, it’s possible to ascertain just how much patients are heeding that advic… Continue reading Nurses’ locational badges used to track patients’ recovery
Fitbit remains one of the most recognizable brands in health and fitness wearables, and it just launched its first new hardware product for more than six months: the GPS-enabled, Spotify-ready Fitbit Charge 4.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Techno… Continue reading Fitbit Charge 4 tracker adds onboard GPS and Spotify control
The trade-offs are changing: As countries around the world race to contain the pandemic, many are deploying digital surveillance tools as a means to exert social control, even turning security agency technologies on their own civilians. Health and law enforcement authorities are understandably eager to employ every tool at their disposal to try to hinder the virus even as… Continue reading Privacy vs. Surveillance in the Age of COVID-19
The trade-offs are changing: As countries around the world race to contain the pandemic, many are deploying digital surveillance tools as a means to exert social control, even turning security agency technologies on their own civilians. Health and law … Continue reading Privacy vs. Surveillance in the Age of COVID-19