Do You Think Your Smartphone Is Secure With Fingerprint Sensor? Think Again!

With smartphones companies allowing people a convenience to perform multiple tasks and purchase transactions over their smartphone, also opens the door for hackers, crackers, intruders and other costly exploits that you might have not been known to. And, especially when the hacker found out easy ways to create fake fingerprints to fool a smartphone fingerprint scanner.

On the other side, a market research firm IHS claims approximately the number of fingerprint sensors embedded in smartphone devices is expected to grow from 316 million in 2014 to 1.6 billion in 2020. 

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Shiki-Shima: Kereta Api Rasa Hotel Bintang Lima

      Jepang memang tidak pernah bosan membuat dunia takjub dengan berbagai inovasi dan kreatifitasnya. Kali ini adalah Shiki-Shima, kereta api yang lebih meyerupai hotel berbintang lima ketimbang moda transportasi. Selain desainnya yang futuristik, Shiki-Shima juga berlimpah kemewahan yang tidak akan pernah ditemukan di kereta api manapun.

Shiki-Shima memiliki 10 gerbong yang di desain hanya untuk menampung 30 penumpang. Setiap gerbong didesain menjadi kamar mewah, lengkap dengan ruang makan dan balkon pribadi. Sementara di setiap ujung kereta terdapat gerbong panorama untuk memanjakan setiap penumpang Shiki-Shima dengan pemandangan alam Jepang yang asri. Setiap jengkal kemewahan Shiki-Shima dirancang oleh Ken Okuyama yang dikenal melalui karyanya di Porsche, Ferrari dan Maseratti.

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Mother Of All Bombs (MOAB)

     

     Merupakan bom penerus dari BLU-82 Daisy Cutter, bom yang dibuat guna membersihkan hutan pada perang Vietnam dan  membersihkan ranjau pada perang Irak. Nama MOAB didapat dari besarnya daya ledak yang dimiliki bom ini.  Nama resminya adalah GBU-43/B. Sedangkan nama MOAB merupakan singkatan dari Massive Ordonance Air Blast Bomb (bom nun-nuklir terbesar) atau diplesetkan menjadi “Mother Of All Bombs”. Merupakan salah satu alutsista andalan negara Paman Sam. Dilengkapi dengan sistem pemandu berbasis GPS dan  bobotnya hampir mencapai 11 ton. Saking hebat dan besarnya, bom ini juga dijuluki sebagai raja dari semua bom. Bom ini dikembangkan sendiri oleh negara Paman Sam saat perang Irak berkecamuk. Kendati telah lama dikembangkan, namun bom ini baru digunakan pada April 2017 untuk menggempur salah satu markas ISIS yang terletak di daerah pegunungan Afghanistan. 

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The Future Of Video Games

With video game technology advancing so fast and so far from where it started, one can't help but to entertain the idea of where it's going to go from here. After all, that is part of a larger creative process and we'd like to think that our writings contribute even in some small way. One of the earliest video games that we can remember is Commodore's "Pong." But never did we think the industry would have reached the point where it is today.  One thing is for sure however, and that's the gaming is pushing full force ahead.

Today we did a little fantasizing to see where our imagination and desires would take us. The following offers some suggestions of what could be done short of a little thing called, "impossible." We're a little intrigued with the "Sun Game Glasses" idea. Wearing a pair of dark sunglasses and using the technology implemented by Nintendo's "Wii" system, we could literally watch a game take place right before our eyes and then interact with it using a device that's about the size of a pen. Since this isn't exactly a new idea but it could be a springboard for this kind of gaming to develop in the near future for sure.

Another cool idea we'd like to see erupt within the gaming industry is the ability to talk to the characters inside a game. Some games allow players to textually speak to game characters already, but we'd like to see this pushed a little further. We'd like to be able to orally interact with characters: ask questions, joke around, warn and speak to them as if we were speaking to another human being. And we'd like to hear these characters talk back! It's the ultimate artificial intelligence opportunity and although it would probably be years before this technology would be available on a wide scale, we're sure it would be a hit.

Will we ever get to the point where we can play inside a simulated environment the way the characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation could play? Virtual reality is getting close, but the reality of the simulation is gone the moment we put on the silly-looking goggles and gloves. In order for simulation of this sort to work, there has to be as little a barrier between gamers and the game as possible. We don't what to just think we're inside a game, we want to feel that we're inside a game and to be honest, we don't want to have to go somewhere outside our home to do so. 

The television or computer screen will suffice for now, but in the future, we're going to want to be surrounded with the elements that make gaming the wonder that it is today. We're going to want to transform our dens or bedrooms into a virtual alien ship or simulated jungle. In short, we want a new world.

One possible obstacle to bringing this fantasy into our living rooms is public acceptance. Would the public be ready for such a high level of entertainment? And could the public handle it? Immediately following Nintendo's Wii release, customers were ready to complain that they wanted their old controller back! So as with any new development, there will surely be unintended consequences and although we're gung-ho for these types of advances, we also share concerns about the impact it would have on an audience that isn't "virtually ready." 

As a result, we can certainly envision a few laws introduced that restricted the use of our fantasy gaming. We already have some laws that attempt the same now and in our opinion, that's a good thing. The last thing we want to encounter in gaming is physical harm - especially when we're trying to enjoy virtual entertainment!

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Trik Sederhana Untuk Troubleshoot Audio Mati di Windows 7

     Pada artikel ini saya akan berbagi tutorial sederhana memperbaiki audio mati di Windows. Meskipun judul artikel ini adalah “Trik Sederhana Untuk Troubleshoot Audio Mati di Windows 7” namun tutorial pada artikel ini dapat digunakan untuk semua Sistem Operasi Windows. Perlu menjadi catatan bahwa tutorial ini hanya akan menjelaskan troubleshooting untuk masalah yang berkaitan dengan software audio tanpa perbaikan pada hardware audio itu sendiri. Langkah pertama yang perlu kita lakukan ialah mengidentifikasi penyebab matinya audio tersebut. Berikut ini adalah beberapa penyebab matinya audio. 

MASALAH:

1. Driver audio tidak ter-install. 

2. Driver audio ter-disable.

3. Service windows audio tidak berjalan.

Dari ketiga masalah tersebut berikut ini penjelasan masing-masing troubleshoot-nya:

TROUBLESHOOT:

Masalah 1

1. Buka Device Manager dengan cara klik kanan pada Computer ("This PC" untuk Windows 8 & 10) --> Manage --> pilih Device Manager di side bar sebelah kiri.

2. Setelah masuk Device Manager, periksalah driver audio anda. Jika terdapat tanda peringatan berwarna kuning pada bagian audio berarti driver audio belum ter-install.

Gambar 1. Driver audio belum ter-install

3. Klik kanan pada driver audio yang belum ter-install --> Properties --> pilih tab Details --> pada bagian Property pilih Hardware Ids --> pada bagian Value, copy-paste value pertama ke mesin pencari Google.

4. Kemudian Google akan memberikan beberapa saran situs tempat download driver yang sesuai dengan komputer anda.

5. Install driver yang telah anda download.

6. Jika driver yang anda install benar maka tanda peringatan berwarna kuning pada driver akan hilang.

7. Selesai, audio anda akan menyala seperti sedia kala.

NB: Anda juga dapat langsung men-download driver melalui situs resmi merk laptop atau komputer anda.

Masalah 2

1. Masuklah ke Device Manager dengan cara yang sama seperti “Masalah 1”. 

2. Periksalah status driver audio anda. Perhatikan Gambar 2 sebagai pedoman.

Gambar 2. Driver audio berstatus disable

    Agar audio anda dapat menyala kembali anda perlu meng-enable kembali driver audio tersebut. 

3. Klik kanan pada driver audio yang ter-disable --> pilih enable.

4. Selesai, kini audio anda akan menyala kembali.

Masalah 3

1. Masuklah ke Device Manager dengan cara yang sama seperti “Masalah 1”. 

2. Pada sidebar kiri, pilihlah Services and Applications --> Services --> pada daftar service pilih Windows Audio --> klik ganda Windows Audio --> pada Tab General, klik tombol Start --> klik OK. Perhatikan Gambar berikut ini sebagai pedoman.

Gambar 3. Services And Applications

Gambar 4. Mengaktifkan service Windows Audio

3. Selesai, audio anda akan menyala seperti sedia kala.

SEMOGA BERMANFAAT 😅😅😅

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