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This age-detecting algorithm can make your smartphone child-proof

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New York, Feb 12 (IANS) Finding it hard to keep your phone out of your toddlers’ reach? Take heart, a newly developed age-detecting algorithm can automatically figure out if your kid is swiping the screen and also block apps that you want to keep off-limits to them, a study has showed.

Researchers from the University of South Carolina and Zhejiang University in China developed an age-detecting algorithm that is 84 per cent accurate with just one swipe on the screen-a figure that goes up to 97 per cent after eight swipes, MIT technology review reported.

The researchers identified differences between how children and adults swipe phone screens

They found that since kids have smaller hands and shorter fingertips than adults, they often touch a smaller area on the screen and make shorter swipes.

Children also tend to swipe their fingers more sluggishly across the screen, and they are slower to switch from swiping to tapping.

Thus, they tasked a group of kids between the ages of three and a group of adults between 22 and 60-to play numbers-based game on a newly built Android app.

The researchers recorded a variety of taps and swipes as well as also tracked things like the amount of pressure applied by a user’s finger and the area it encompassed.

Using the resulting data, they trained the age-detecting algorithm.

While the algorithm has not yet been built into a phone, it looks like a really promising way to ensure that little fingers don’t tap in the wrong places, they said.

The finding was presented at the 19th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (ACM HotMobile 2018) in Arizona.

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Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside

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If you want to buy an iPhone and were waiting for a nice offer, then we have a piece of good news for you! Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 has begun and they are offering major discounts on various smartphones, laptops, and smart TVs, among others.

The sale is live now on the e-commerce platform with no-cost EMI options and exchange discounts on various products. In addition to this, Amazon has also partnered with several banks including ICICI, Kotak Bank, and RBL so that customers get instant discounts of up to 10% using their cards and EMI transactions.

Customers can easily enjoy this summer sale and get massive discounts on iPhones. They can also compare prices on Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale 2022 before making a purchase.

 

Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13 

Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.

If you have an old iPhone in working condition then you will also be eligible to receive another additional discount worth up to Rs 17,000 on the iPhone 13.

Buy at Rs. 64,900 (MRP – Rs. 79,900)

Features of Apple iPhone 13 

The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.

The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.

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