Israeli developers behind new iPhone X tech

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  1. MGB ROADSTER

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    Employees at Apple's Israeli research and development center came up with the new face recognition concept for the new iPhone model; Final product also traced to Israeli firm PrimeSense, purchased by Apple in 2013.
    The X model, Apple's newest and most advanced offering, boasts innovative face recognition capabilities, allowing users to unlock the device using a facial signature and creating animated emojis controlled by their own faces.
    A significant portion of the research and development behind these new features was carried out at Apple's Herzliya R&D hub, a source familiar with the company said.
    Apple Israel acted as a sort of "test lab" where local engineers fiddled with new ideas, and it ended up being the birthplace of some of the new technological marvels. "The Israeli lab was at the forefront of development. A lot of the iPhone's wisdom came from Israel," the source revealed.
    The iPhone X's upper portion has a black "slit" over the screen, where a special camera and a variety of sensors—collectively known as TrueDepth—are located. The sensors are capable of measuring the depth of an image, thereby scanning a photo of a face and creating a 3D model of it. This allows precise face recognition.
    The technology behind the new feature can be traced directly to Israeli start-up company PrimeSense—purchased by Apple in 2013 for $350 million.
    The very same company also developed the technology at the heart of the Xbox 360's Kinect device, which allowed users to play games using hand and body motions.
    Apple has been hard at work on its facial recognition system for the past 18 months. Throughout the development cycle, Israeli teams have participated in developing essential components for the sensor array, cameras and face recognition and even played a central, significant role in shaping and creating the new "Animoji"—emojis moving in tune with users' facial expressions.

    https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5018743,00.html

    I ask and urge all Arabs and Muslims ... not to buy this phone.
     
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    Israel has the highest number of PhDs per capita of any country and they have also helped design the very computer that you used <Mod Edit- Rule 2> You did notice that some Intel processor architectures were given Hebrew names didn't you?

    I am sure that Apple will get around to tapping into all that intellectual thought and creative thinking in the Islamic world.........oh wait.
     
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    Uh Oh!

    The BDS people are now going to have to boycott Apple!
     
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    Sure they will... Blahhhhhhhhhhhh
     
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    Before you start blowing horns & pounding on self congratulatory drums please note that "The Times of Israel" says that the Israeli team is only "partially responsible" for the new technology(1)

    Also, please note that Israel is the #1 spy threat to America's technological development for precisely this sort of technology(2). Additionally, Israel ranks well behind the U.S., Germany & others in innovation(3)





    (1)"Is Israeli tech behind iPhone X’s new facial recognition feature?"
    https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-israeli-technology-behind-iphone-xs-new-facial-recognition-feature/

    Apple mum as TV report says Israel team 'partially responsible'; reports in February said Apple bought Israel's Realface, a facial recognition technology pioneer


    (2) "ISRAEL WON'T STOP SPYING ON THE US"
    http://www.newsweek.com/2014/05/16/israel-wont-stop-spying-us-249757.html


    EXCERPT "The Jewish state’s primary target: America’s industrial and technical secrets.

    “No other country close to the United States continues to cross the line on espionage like the Israelis do,” said a former congressional staffer who attended another classified briefing in late 2013, one of several in recent months given by officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the State Department, the FBI and the National Counterintelligence Directorate.

    The intelligence agencies didn’t go into specifics, the former aide said, but cited “industrial espionage—folks coming over here on trade missions or with Israeli companies working in collaboration with American companies, [or] intelligence operatives being run directly by the government, which I assume meant out of the [Israeli] Embassy.” CONTINUED



    (3) "Top 10 countries for innovation: U.S. leads; Germany, Japan follow"
    http://www.zdnet.com/article/top-10-countries-for-innovation-us-leads-germany-japan-follow/



    EXCERPT "GE's new Global Innovation Barometer indicates that global executives believe the U.S. leads the world in innovation. Behind it? Germany, Japan and China.

    The top 10, along with the percentage of agreement, below:


    1. U.S.A. (67 percent)

    2. Germany (44 percent)

    3. Japan (43 percent)

    4. China (35 percent)

    5. Korea (15 percent)

    6. India (12 percent)

    7. Sweden (8 percent)

    8. U.K. (7 percent)

    9. Israel (6 percent)

    10. France (4 percent)"CONTINUED

     
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    MGB ROADSTER Banned

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    That's the problem with pro Arabo Muslimo Jihado Terror supporters ..
    They cannot ( maybe they fear ) to compliment Israel.
     
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    It's a bloody phone! What's to compliment??
     
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    Dear Friend.
    Why are you nervous ?
    Why is it difficult for people to flatter?
    If the Bedouin Palestinians were to develop something, the network would be full of reports.
     

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