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Google just released a new Project Soli, a interaction sensor that uses radar technology. Simple gestures like pinching your index finger and thumb together, or rubing them together at different speeds can now control a device with surprising accuracy. It really looks like magic. Unlike gesture control tech that came before (which mainly relied on fairly clunky video sensors) the sensor used in Soli can track sub-millimeter motions at the speedy rate of 10,000 frames per second and with exceptional accuracy. Not only that, but it fits onto a fingertip sized chip and can be used in everyday devices like smart watches (which due to their size have posed major challenges in designing touch-based interfaces).      INFIZEAL TECHNOLOGIES                                 Using radar is a “fundame...

70,000  Project !deas, yet to be published  Leaked A software bug on crowd-funding website Kickstarter.com exposed more than 70,000 project ideas that weren't supposed to be made public, according to a published report. The security lapse in a set of data feeds that permits user-submitted ventures to be shared with authorized parties allowed a Wall Street Journal reporter to download almost 77,000 of the most recent projects and drafts dating back to March, according to an article published on Monday. The flaw in the programming interface was introduced on April 24 and wasn't fixed until Friday, after the bug was brought to the attention of website operators, Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler wrote in a blog post . "The bug made accessible the project description, goal, duration, rewards, video, image, location, category, and user name for unlaunched projects," Strickler wrote. "No account or financial data was made accessible." The epis...