Headline Dec 28, 2017/ ''' *STUDENTS* -FIREWORKS- SUCCESSES '''

''' *STUDENTS* -FIREWORKS- 

SUCCESSES '''

IT'S ALMOST THE time of a year again when we'll get to see spectacular displays of fireworks when the clock strikes 12 on the night of Dec 31. 

Background and Foreground -there can be NO greater creative honour and creative fireworks than to say, yet again that...........  

THE WORLD STUDENTS SOCIETY  -is the exclusive ownership of every single student of Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, North Korea, and Brunei  

Just as it is the exclusive ownership of every single student in the world. One Share-Piece-Peace. 

The World Students Society comes in peace, love and servings. The firepower in perseverance and endurance. No student should leave home without the Registration on !WOW!.

The World Students Society is a success story.

And staying on the brighter side of things, here are more success stories about high quality tech  products that improved your mobile life and mobile security, your gaming experiences, and your home automation.

SMART WATCHES

WHEN Apple watch debuted in 2015, it wasn't a practical product for you to buy. The  smartwatch  was sluggish, it required an iPhone to operate, battery life was dismal and the US$ 10,000 price tag of the 18-Karat gold model was simply outrageous.

But this year, Apple nailed it with the third iteration, the Apple Watch Series 3, which introduced  optional cellular connectivity to make the watch work more independently from the iPhone.

An initial glitch caused the watch occasionally lose cellular connection but Apple quickly fixed the problem with a software update.

More important, the new smartwatch has exceptional battery life. In my tests I had about 40 percent  of battery life left, on average, after a full day of use.

In addition, apps and features like the stopwatch and Siri work quickly.

This is the first smartwatch that feels like a mature, well-executed product that you can buy with confidence.

NINTENDO

For the last few years, your living room game console probably wasn't a Nintendo. The Japanese game company's previous console, the Wii U, was a hopeless flop.

But Nintendo Switch, the convertible console that debuted this year, was a hit. The device is essentially two gadgets in one -both a console that can sit in your living room and one that you can easily take on the go.

And the new Zelda and Mario games, among others, received if anything, some glowing reviews.

People are living it. Nintendo has sold 10 million Switch consoles since March. In comparison, the company sold  3.9 million  Wii U systems in that console's first 10 months.

SMART HOME

YEAR after year at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, start-ups have prophesied that everything in your home will be connected to the Internet and automated with magical algorithms.

That vision is becoming a reality.

These days, you can buy high quality Internet-connected home accessories, like light bulbs, thermostats and security cameras, that work well together and can easily controlled with-

Voice-powered virtual assistants including Amazon's Alexa, Google's Assistant and Apple's Siri.

The young smart home market is growing quickly, NPD Group, a research firm, says 15 per cent of American households with an Internet connection now own a home automation device, up from 10 per cent in April 2016.       

FACE RECOGNITION

For decades, scanning a face to unlock a gadget was a science fiction fantasy that you saw only on movies like Minority Report or The Incredibles.

MANY companies tried it with no success. The face recognition in Samsung's Galaxy smartphones, for example, could be tricked by holding a photograph of your face in front of the camera.

Even worse, some older systems had problems identifying people with darker skin.

Then this year, iPhone X, Apple's premium tier iPhone priced at about US$1,000 introduced Face ID.

The face recognition sprays an object with infrared dots and then stitches the patterns into a detailed  3D image of your face to determine if you are indeed the owner of your smartphone before unlocking it.

Face ID learns more about your face over time so that it continues to work when your face changes, like when you are growing facial hair or wearing a hat or scarf.

Face ID is the first example of a reliable, secure face recognition on a mainstream device.

With respectful dedication to all the Technology companies of the world, and then the Students, Professors and Teachers. See Ya all on !WOW!  -the World Students Society and Twitter-!E-WOW!  -the Ecosystem 2011:

''' BE BRAVE '''

Good Night and God Bless

SAM Daily Times - the Voice of the Voiceless