While we admire the effort of those gaudy, unsightly microdisplay-equipped goggles to bring big screen theatrics to the front of your face, they aren't likely to win any style contests, nor help you garner any friendly attention.
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Case in point: I was able to unlock the phone by holding a photo of my face up to its lock screen.
In other words, the initial health check will be face to face with a computer screen instead.
Additional competitions to generate ideas for barcode scanning and face-object recognition, and to develop wireframes, a screen design, a system architecture, and more for the ISS FIT app will wrap up by late May.
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The screen pivots within the frame of the lid to either face toward the keyboard, or away from it.
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The three of us were the only ones in the bedroom and were mesmerized before the TV screen, watching King's face and listening to his powerful and prophetic final speech in Memphis, Tennessee.
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As I got out to the blocks, everything from that point on became a blur up until the point when I hit the wall and turned to see my face on the big screen.
Seven different lock screens are also on the menu, which range from secure options such as Face Unlock, PIN and password to a rotary style screen that offers up to six apps for quick launch access.
Directors liked his craggy, lived-in face, his menacing stillness, and his ability to dominate the screen while remaining silent.
Overall the face design is the same, with four multifunction buttons around the screen adjusting to software and orientation changes.
It takes courage to remove a keyboard from the face of a smartphone and replace those buttons with a giant screen, as Jobs did with the iPhone.
Japan's NEC, for instance, sells face-recognition technology to allow advertisers to tailor what ad is showing on a digitised screen depending on the viewer's sex and age.
Thankfully, much of that front face is dominated by the 8-inch screen -- the surrounding bezels are generous enough to accommodate thumbs without hampering the tablet's overall flair.
It's a challenge they face again with Amazon, since their content has to be retrofitted for a seven-inch screen.
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The player also doesn't make the most of potential screen real estate, due to the three large buttons and Philips logo taking up roughly a quarter of the its face -- an odd choice, given the GoGear's touchscreen.
Sure, we've seen hypothetical approaches before, but this rendition lacks the mess and time requirements of previous methods by allowing customers to snap an image of their face, and then scan electronic tags of interesting looking makeup in order to dash their on-screen persona with whatever they please.
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