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  Top 10 YouTube Videos About Internet of Things

  The Internet of Things is what happens when you take everyday ordinary objects and put Internet-connected microchips inside them. These microchips help you not only keep track of your belongings, but many of these devices sense their surroundings and report it to other machines as well as to you when you most need it. From...

  
  
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  6 Ways Eye Tracking Is Changing the Web

  Tracking eye movement is more than just a great way to test website usability. It's also a way to help the disabled, to remotely drive cars and to reinvent multimedia reading. From open-source software that runs on hardware built of old webcams to expensive contact lenses and glasses, a new era of eye-controlled tools are...

  
  
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  6 Brain Sensors You'll Be Using Soon

  Brain Computer Interface (BCI) - a technology that creates a direct connection from our brains to our computers - is beginning to reach the market via toys and game controllers. In the process, these thought-controlled sensors are inspiring innovations that, for instance, allow you to call someone on your phone by simply thinking about them....

  
  
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  Top 10 YouTube Videos About the Internet Going Down

  At any moment it can happen - at work or at home the Internet can go down. If we happen to be in our offices when it happens we have to make sure we're prepared. Likewise kids and families have to prepare too. Offices may need to do what kids do when the Internet goes...

  
  
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  Every Machine Can Be Used To Watch You. Interested in Privacy?

  What if your activities were watched and recorded so we could not only catch you for any crime but could maximize how much money we make selling you stuff? An editorial by Toby Considine over at Automated Buildings suggests that this is fast becoming the future we're moving into. Considine gives one example of a...