As I See Tech

Fingerprint scan, iris scan and facial recognition are popular biometric security features for devices and applications. More biometric technologies can be developed in the future. However, is there a global guiding standard that defines the amount of accuracy and detail that each of these technologies must meet in order to be considered effective and secure?

Companies recommend that we activate/install malware/virus protection software in our PCs and devices. If early detection is key, why not make them built-in to modems and routers, where malware/viruses are less likely to do harm to the user's actual PC/device? Sounds good? Read on...

For the most part, what we do with our devices include asking questions, issuing commands, finding information, launching applications, getting things done, etc. If you can voice it out, the computer can do it. If you can type it in and press enter, the computer can handle it. It's really just like sending messages and getting replies back, or receiving messages and replying back. So what if your basic OS UI is like a chat messenger?

Microsoft designs their Surface devices and Windows 10 to be compatible with digital pens. In fact, support for the pen is built-in. However, the pen is sold separately and risks getting separated from the device even with the magnetic watchamacallit on the side, which seems more like an afterthought to the overall design. Now what if, Microsoft makes the pen part of the Surface? Sounds good? Read on...

If you've seen that scene in the Iron Man movie where Tony Starks held up a transparent smartphone, you may be among the viewers in the theater who gasped and itched to search for that device on the Internet. And like everyone else who actually did, you were disappointed to find out it was all just Hollywood being Hollywood. But then again, what's the chance we can really own something like it? Let's count the ways...