ALS Ice Bucket Challenge’s popularity is really on its peak. Famous personalities in show business, tech industry, and more are into it. We even have phones doing the challenge. What’s next? Robots!
Before we get too excited, let’s first make it clear that the robots did not get wet. Instead, the robots helped in doing the challenge. A group of Pepper, SoftBank’s humanoid customer relation machine, was programmed to commence and pull the strings of the hanged ice bucket. What a fun way to play with these machines.
Without any further ado, watch the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge of the SoftBank team below.
Keep in mind that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is done to raise awareness and collect funds for additional research aimed to cure Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 is halting operations again today due to another technical problem. This time, they’re not pointing fingers to anyone.
According to the spokesperson of the Light Rail Transit Authority and MRT-3, Hernando Cabrera, they were forced to suspend the operation of the only train system along EDSA due to communications system issue. The train service was halted earlier noon.
Due to the difficulty in proper two-way constant communication between the train operators and MRT’s control center, the management could not risk anymore incident. There are still no words when will they resume normal operation.
There’s no doubt that today’s women – most of whom are busy with their careers, mommyhood or being a mixture of both – need pampering and precious ‘me’ time. I can attest to this myself: there are days when going for a massage or even a manicure on some weeks is elusive! Time to do […]
Some of the specifications of BlackBerry’s square smartphone, the Passport, have already been revealed but the folks over at N4BB details it down. Below is the full specs list of this first-ever handset with a touch capacitive physical button.
BlackBerry “Windmere” Passport specs:
Display 4.5-inch LCD display @ 1440 x 1440 resolution, 453 ppi 10-point multi-touch, 24-bit color depth, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 1:1 aspect ratio, RGB pixel arrangement, in-cell touch panel
Rear Camera 13MP AF camera with BSI, OIS, and LED flash 5-element f2.0 lens, 5x digital zoom 1080p Full HD video recording, 6DOF video stabilization
Front Camera 2MP fixed-focus with 3x digital zoom 720p video recording, image and video stabilization
Notification Tone Vibrate On-screen or LED indicator
Ports and Connectivity USB 2.0 fully supported with standard microUSB 2.0 cable (included) USB 3.0 client interface supported with custom BlackBerry cable (not included) Cabled-Video Out supported with standard SlimPort adaptor (not included). SlimPort adaptor cables exist to support the followingvideo protocols: HDMI, VGA, DisplayPort 1.1, DisplayPort 1.2, DVI NFC Universal BlackBerry Connector with SlimPort enabled
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n for 2.4GHz 802.11 a/n for 5GHz 802.11 ac for 5GHz 4G Mobile Hotspot Wi-Fi Direct Miracast IEEE 802.11r IEEE 802.11k Neighbor Reports Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) Server
Bluetooth v4.0 Low Energy (LE) Profiles: Hands free Profile 1.6 (HFP) Object Push Profile 1.1 (OPP) Phone Book Access Profile 1.1.1 (PBAP) Bluetooth Stereo (A2DP 1.2 / AVRCP 1.5 support) Serial Port Profile 1.1 (SPP) Bluetooth Message Access Profile 1.1 (MAP) Personal Area Network 1.0 (PAN) Remote SIM Access Profile 1.1 (rSAP) Human Interface Device Profile 1.0 (HID) Device ID 1.3 Multi-Profile 1.0 (MPS) [Planned]Low Energy Services Device Information Service Immediate Alert Service Link Loss Service Tx Power Service Battery Service Current Time Service Next DST Change Service Low Energy Human Interface Device (HID) [Planned]Bluetooth Radio Specifications Single band support: ISM 2.4 GHz Power Class: Bluetooth Class 1 Transmitting and receiving frequency: 2402 to 2480 MHz
GPS Assisted, Autonomous and Simultaneous GPS Enabled with preloaded BlackBerry Maps application and for e911capabilities Both User Plane & Control Plane GPS is supported GLONASS Support OTDOA
Sensors Accelerometer Magnetometer Gyroscope Time of Flight (ToF) Ambient Light
SIM Nano SIM card (4FF) Supports 1.8V and 3.0V cards
Battery 3450mAh non-removable battery
In addition, below is a video demonstration of the device’s physical keyboard that can be used as a touchpad.
