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Voice Recognition

Why Your Next Phone Will Include Fingerprint, Facial, and Voice Recognition

Tarun Wadhwa | Posted 04.01.2013 | Technology
Tarun Wadhwa

In some ways, it's a marvel that even half of consumers bother to lock their phones. You would think the benefits would be obvious enough: by entering a few numbers, you can achieve a basic level of protection from prying eyes.

TV Makers Imagine A 'Minority Report'-Like Future

AP | By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 03.11.2013 | Technology

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the not-so-distant future, couch potatoes will be waving, pointing, swiping and tapping to make their TVs react, kind of like wh...

Microsoft Brings 'Star Trek's Voice Translator to Life

The Huffington Post | Britney Fitzgerald | Posted 11.12.2012 | Technology

Microsoft may boldly go where no one has gone before. At a demonstration in China on Oct. 25, Microsoft's chief research officer Rick Rashid revea...

2001: A Space Odyssey: Art vs. 2012 Reality

David H. Bailey | Posted 05.09.2012 | Science
David H. Bailey

What is missing is a sales pitch -- like the arms race but ideally less grim -- that made possible the Apollo program. Time will tell when and how the 2001 vision will be realized, and if it will be human or robotic. In the meantime, we all can dream.