Swiftkey Keyboard on my Iphone

SwiftKey Keyboard for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is a smart keyboard that learns from you, replacing your device’s built-in keyboard with one that adapts to the way you type. The app learns your writing style to give you super-accurate auto correct and intelligent next-word prediction, reducing keystrokes and getting smarter over time. SwiftKey Keyboard is loaded with features to make typing even easier, including multilingual typing, support for over 800 emoji (emoticons) and speedy swipe typing with SwiftKey Flow. 

(Source :https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swiftkey-keyboard/id911813648?mt=8)

Setup requires you to dive into your settings, and not merely just install an app. Also, SwiftKey's settings are spread out between the Settings app and the SwiftKey app. It can be quite confusing. Some features, like cloud-based dictionary and Facebook integration, require you to opt in. I was pleased to see that Apple's stock keyboard pops up when entering passwords, but bear in mind that SwiftKey does collect data on its users.

Setting up your keyboard is a simple process of adding it to your Keyboards extensions. First, you will need to download the SwiftKey application from the iOS App Store. Once downloaded, simply open the app and follow the instructions on the screen.To enable SwiftKey on your phone, please follow these steps (which are also detailed in the Installer). You can also watch the instructional installation video at the bottom of this article.

1. Open your settings menu and scroll down to General. Tap ‘General'
2. Scroll down and tap to select ‘Keyboard’
3.  In this menu you will need to tap to select another menu for ‘Keyboards'
4. Tap to choose ‘Add New Keyboard’
5.  Select ‘SwiftKey’
6. Tap ‘SwiftKey - SwiftKey’
7.  Tap the toggle switch for ‘Allow Full Access’ then tap ‘Allow’ in the next dialogue box.
8. Open up something that involves writing text, then tap the globe icon on your keyboard until SwiftKey appears. You will be able to tell it is selected because 'SwiftKey' will be written in the space bar.

Please note that once you first click SwiftKey under 3rd party keyboards, you are not yet finished, even though SwiftKey appears in your list of Keyboards. You still need to click into 'SwiftKey - SwiftKey' and enable Full Access to use SwiftKey. This is required to access all the features like predictions, settings, themes, languages, and all Cloud features.

    When you first enable the keyboard, the next time you open a text field, or you see any keyboard pop up, SwiftKey will not be the default. You will need to tap the globe icon to navigate through all your enabled keyboards until SwiftKey is the selected keyboard.

   (Source: https://support.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/articles/201301592-How-do-I-set-up-SwiftKey-Keyboard-on-my-iPhone-iPad-or-iPod-touch-)

        For a full explanation please watch this video:

        

       In my testing, I found that after writing the same sentence four times, SwiftKey had already picked up my words. I was able to write my test sentence "I am enjoying the hams of my ancestors" from SwiftKey's suggestions without every touching the keyboard.

This feature has seen wide adoption by other keyboards, including the stock keyboard from Apple. But I really like that SwiftKey hides these suggestions while I'm gesture typing, instead showing me just what it thinks I am trying to spell. Overall, this application help me to feel type less, type more accurately and type my own way or style. 

Self-driving parcel delivery robots

When talking about high tech and latest information system, I always wonder that it is good that my company (Pos Malaysia Berhad) to implement high tech such as a self-driving parcel-delivery robots in our services. The theme ‘Delivering More, Connecting People’ reflects our ongoing commitment as the nation’s designated postal operator to deliver accessible and affordable services at all times as well as being the link that connects people from all walks of life across the country, and beyond as well as in the era of information technology.

But, what is a self driving vehicle? Self-driving vehicles have been defined as “vehicles in which operation occurs without direct driver input to control the steering, acceleration, and braking”,1 according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In this type of vehicle, the driver is “not expected to constantly monitor the roadway while operating in self-driving mode”. In the context of self-driving parcel delivery robots, it is a futuristic solution for the fully automated delivery of goods is the self-driving parcel. This would be able to control its own integrity (ensuring the correct temperature and appropriate handling throughout its journey) and find its own way directly to the recipient.

A self -driving parcel delivery robots is a futuristic solution for the fully automated delivery of goods is the self-driving parcel. Previously, Starship Technologies, a British robotics startup launched by two founders of the online video conference network Skype, has announced plans to begin U.S. trials of its fleet of single-package, self-driving delivery vehicles by April 2016.

(Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3369597/Forget-flying-drones-Skype-founders-reveal-Starship-robot-buggy-deliver-shopping-begin-testing-year.html)

The company however has not yet released the sites of those tests or the names of organizations involved, but is launching initial tests now in the U.K. The service is intended to replace last-mile, urban delivery vans with fleets of small robots. Each battery-powered vehicle can carry a small parcel or grocery bag within a three-mile radius of Starship's parcel hubs.

The service is intended to replace last-mile, urban delivery vans with fleets of small robots. Each battery-powered vehicle can carry a small parcel or grocery bag within a three-mile radius of Starship's parcel hubs.

By allowing parcel carriers to drop all their packages at a single drop-off point instead of visiting every address, the system would save money compared to conventional delivery routes.

Starship robots look like six-wheeled picnic coolers loaded with sensors and a tall antenna. They travel on pedestrian sidewalks, using their sensors to navigate, cross streets, and avoid collisions, the company says. Human controllers track the 40-pound robots throughout the trip and can seize control from a machine at any time.

Consumers awaiting deliveries can track their parcels through a smartphone app as the robot travels to them, then unlock the robot when it arrives by entering a secure code on their phones.

Self-driving vehicles are already deployed in a range of applications across a number of different industries. These working examples provide inspiration for the use of autonomous driving in logistics, and also highlight best practice. In Postal services, DHL also in the midst to implement self-driving autonomous vehicle inclusively the self-driving parcel delivery robots. Ideally the self-driving robot is look like the Starship robot.

(Source: http://www.delivering-tomorrow.de/wp content/uploads/2015/08/dhl_self_driving_vehicles.pdf)

Thus, to imagine how can a self-driving parcel delivery robots work you may watch this video:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEWfsVPqKi4

AI ROBOT in KFC Shanghai

Nowadays, food and beverage industry is growing rapidly with the latest technology. Meanwhile a KFC restaurant in China is now using two robots to help take customers’ orders. The purpose of the robots in its concept store in Shanghai is to bring a fun and high-tech element to the dining experience.

 

 

However, the store is still basically run and staffed by manpower that prepare food and take orders. Nevertheless customers also have the option of carrying on a conversation with one of the robots to place and pay for their order.

The robots, developed by the Chinese tech company Baidu, specialize in understanding human speech. They are largely stationary, with only their bodies turning and heads moving when interacting with a customer.

Moreover, the robots can’t physically take cash or a credit card from the hand of a customer. When a customer wants to pay, the robot displays a QR code that the customer scans with a mobile payment app to complete the transaction. 

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3577192/The-future-fast-food-KFC-opens-restaurant-run-AI-ROBOTS-Shanghai.html

Kindly watch this video:

 

 Source: https://youtu.be/HJNkZ_wWFmc

So far KFC said the reaction from customers has been enormously positive. It sees the robots as a way to engage with young, tech-savvy customers. The concept store also includes tables capable of wirelessly charging cellphones.

KFC has not yet decided if it will install the robots in other locations. The concept store opened in late April 2016. The voice technology behind the robot is called Du Mi which also used in Baidu’s mobile search app.

 

 

In my opinion this technology should be implemented in Malaysia. It is time to bring a fun and high-tech element to the dining experience in our country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEEL Safe 24/7......The panic button wearable ....

Almost every day we hear or read about the crimes happening in anywhere. Most of the victims are women and children. 

Recently, wearable technology is becoming as a trend for personal safety at the moment. The Mangos smart ring is the latest to throw its hat into the ring in the bid to help make it easier for women to raise the alarm if they feel in danger.

(Mangos smart ring)

Mangos works in a similar fashion to the Nimb smart ring we wrote about recently, with the ring face doubling as a button that users press when they're feeling threatened. 

With a vibrating buzz to tell your phone that the ring has been activated, it'll send a customised SOS message via text to friends with a link to a map of your location allowing them to respond or to dial for help.
 
The three second activation should ensure you don't send an alert by accident, but if that does happen, you can cancel the alert from within the companion app within 30 seconds.

Where Mangos differs from Nimb and other panic alarm packing smart jewellery is the form factor. Despite hosting a tiny computer and Bluetooth module to communicate with your phone, the ring's face has roughly the same radius of a dime. 

The band has also been designed to include every ring size letting you can find the perfect fit. It's also water resistant so it should be suitable for washing the dishes or walking in the rain. In terms of battery life, the low-powered smart ring will work for four hundred activation before the battery runs out and remains switched off when it's not in use.

(source: https://www.mangosring.com/)

Personally, I love how this wearable ring work. It instantly text your fiends or relative an SOS message along with a map of your location.

To understand more about how the smart ring work kindly watch this video