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Nokia’s Research Center in Helsinki has invented mobile radar. Yes, you’ve heard that right. The same type of technology that submarines have and make Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October an awesome Russian anti-hero. Jani Ollikainen, Ilari Teikari, Risto Kaunisto, Terhi Rautiainen have to be given credit here, their demo shows how one can increase the volume of music playing by simply waving your arm up and down like a mad man. Sure it’s easier to push a physical button, or drag a slider on a touch screen, but ignore the use case for a moment and just appreciate the technology demo.
They also measure the speed, and direction, of someone walking, and while it looks accurate in a controlled indoor environment, I wonder how it would perform on say the streets of London, New York or Berlin.
Anyway, enjoy this video because in an hour the internet is going to shit itself with Apple news:
[Via: Nokia Conversations]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
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