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Tech Briefs (26 August - 01 September 2013)

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Keyboard to Get Rid of Facebook Addiction
Two doctoral candidates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new leyboard device that is capable of shocking users overindulging online. The developers of the keyboard, Robert R. Morris and Dan McDuff said that the keyboard is able to monitors application usage and if it senses that too much time is being spent on a particular website or application it give a shock to its users, asserting that the shock is just unpleasant and not dangerous. 
 
World’s Most Precise Clock Deviced
US scientists have said that they have built the world’s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less than two parts in one quintillion, or 10 times better than any other. “The clock, made from the element ytterbium, could be used for technological advancements beyond time-keeping, such as navigation systems, magnetic fields and temperature,” National Institute of Standards and Technology physicist, Andrew Ludlow, said in a statement.  
 
Sony Names PS4 Launch Dates
Sony has announced the launch dates for its PlayStation 4 console.The next-generation games machine will become available in North America on 15 November and Europe on 29 November.Its rival Microsoft has only said that the Xbox One will go on sale some time the same month.
 
Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced Friday that he will retire within the next 12 months. “There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the right time,” Ballmer said. “We have embarked on a new strategy with a new organization and we have an amazing senior leadership team.”
 
Ultrafast Camera Designed to Work Like Human Retina
Photos and videos are not lightweight files-they quickly add up to gigabytes of data which can be a dealbreaker a lot of research. Engineers at the Swiss company iniLabs created a better way-a camera that borrows its mechanics from the marvels of the human retina.  The Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) works a lot like the human retina which makes for a hyper efficient and ultrafast camera. The individual neurons in our eyeballs don’t actually record all of the information in our field of view; they just spot the changes in movement. 

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