TechCrunchEverything Facebook launched at both days of F8 and whyverified_publisherTechCrunch - Josh ConstineTyping with telepathy? Hearing through your skin? An augmented reality developer platform? These are just a few of the launches and demos Facebook showed off at the social network’s big F8 conference. Here’s an updated breakdown of each major announcement from both days of F8 and why they’re …
TechCrunchMachine intelligence is the future of monetization for Facebookverified_publisherTechCrunch - John MannesThat was effectively the only conversation missing from Facebook’s F8 conference — an event that even made time for a progress update on a moonshot project that might one day allow us to hear through our skin. Perhaps that’s the luxury of a company whose advertising revenue is up 57 percent …
TechCrunchFacebook is building brain-computer interfaces for typing and skin-hearingverified_publisherTechCrunch - Josh ConstineToday at F8, Facebook revealed it has a team of 60 engineers working on building a brain-computer interface that will let you type with just your mind without invasive implants. The team plans to use optical imaging to scan your brain a hundred times per second to detect you speaking silently in …
TechCrunchFacebook will license its new 360 cameras that capture in six degrees of freedomverified_publisherTechCrunch - John MannesOn day two of Facebook’s F8 conference, Facebook’s CTO Mike Schroepfer showed off designs for two new 360 cameras that the company is going to help push to market. The x24, with 24 cameras, and its little brother the x6, with six cameras, can each capture in six degrees of freedom for more …
TechCrunchFacebook plans ethics board to monitor its brain-computer interface workverified_publisherTechCrunch - Josh ConstineFacebook will assemble an independent Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) panel to oversee its development of a direct brain-to-computer typing interface it previewed today at its F8 conference. Facebook’s R&D department Building 8’s head Regina Dugan tells TechCrunch, “It’s early days . …
TechCrunchFacebook’s millimeter-wave radio tech hits new bandwidth recordsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Frederic LardinoisIt’s no secret that Facebook is highly interested in bringing internet connectivity to more people — even in very remote areas where traditional technologies don’t typically work. To do this, the company has recently focused on its Aquila drone and many of the back-end radio technologies that are …