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BACtrack unveils Apple Watch band with built-in blood alcohol monitor
From their website: "In May 2016, an initial BACtrack Skyn prototype was awarded the grand prize and $200,000 in the Wearable Alcohol Biosensor Challenge. The challenge was issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institute of Health. The goal of the competition was to find an accurate, non-invasive and continuous way to measure a user’s alcohol level in order to aid researchers. Our latest two designs are improved and smaller versions of our initial prototype."
Pretty good vote of confidence -- granted, this is will be a miniaturized version of the device that won.
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Apple presses ahead with aim to replace paper passports and ID with iPhone
First, until Department of Homeland Security updates REAL ID regulations (neither a simple nor fast process), this really doesn’t matter.
US citizens cannot board a plane unless they show REAL ID-compliant identification, and the current statues say nothing about digital identification.
Second, once DHS does its thing, each State will need to wire up their DMVs (et al) to do adopt the standard. This, too, will not be a fast process.
Nationwide, interoperable digital ID is at least a half decade away. Welcome to bureaucracy. -
Apple Wallet won't replace your physical ID anytime soon
Good article — it’s definitely going to be a decade+ until you can reliably leave your plastic ID at home.An Android developer involved with the ISO standard on which this is based posted this: https://github.com/google/mdl-ref-apps
It’s an app that “validates” one of these IDs. And, for anyone who is curious how the data flow works: https://link.medium.com/JqfB9CJuejb -
Alleged final iOS 11.3 release notes omit AirPlay 2, label battery features as beta
I understand deliberate delay so as not to jump the gun on new tech, but how can a company with such vast resources suck so much at delivering on its own, publicly-announced promises?
If you're not ready, don't announce.
If you're not sure if you're ready, don't announce.
It's not "high standards" or "quality control" when you think something is ready for primetime and then have to back pedal; it's proof that there's a disconnect between at least two of your departments. -
References to 'homeOS' resurface in tvOS 17.4 beta
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Apple isn't behind on AI, it's looking ahead to the future of smartphones
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Eufy owners privacy breached for an hour, app showed wrong cameras
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macOS Ventura review: Great features & promise, but not all here yet
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iPhone 14 will be sold in Russia despite Apple's departure
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Apple Car could automatically pick you up, take you home, and play your music on the way