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Valeant: Let's Talk Pipeline And Value
Valeant's Pipeline is Undervalued/Ignored.<p>Valeant has many short term R&D Catalysts.<p>Valeant is focusing on 3 markets in Dermatology, Eye Care, and GI.<p>…
StocksCan an Eye Drop Eliminate Presbyopia?
Three years ago, Douglas Devries, OD, of Sparks, Nev., was a guinea pig for a presbyopia-correcting eye drop that was in early development. At the …
MedicineThe Untold Story Of WCW’s Glacier, And The Battle To Find Personal Happiness In Professional Wrestling
On the morning before WrestleMania 33, I found myself walking through the Hyatt Regency Orlando alongside an UPROXX camera crew and Glacier, a pro wrestling ice ninja from 1996, while he told me a story about the contact lens he wears in his right eye to create a magic eyeball.<p>“It was such a …
WWEIt seems to be incredibly easy to fool the Samsung Galaxy S8's iris scanner
According to the CCC, you simply need to take a picture of a Galaxy S8 owner's face with a camera's 'night mode' activated.<p><i>media.ccc.de</i><p>As you can see …
SamsungHow To Make 3-Ingredient Slime Without Borax
<b>Color the glue (optional):</b> Pour the glue into a medium bowl. Stir in the food coloring and glitter, if desired. This mixture doesn't need to be …
KidsWhere Can I Get A Contact Lens Exam Online?
People who wear contact lenses face the same ritual, annually or however long they can stretch it out: They have to visit their optometrist or …
Consumer ProtectionHackers have found a new way to hack biometric iris security systems
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF<p>Biometric security systems are awesome, until they’re hacked, and increasingly companies and individuals are finding that …
Samsung3 Rainbow Kid Activities That Are Totally Worth The Mess
PSA: Sometimes, letting your kids get their hands (and shirts, and pants, and elbows, and feet) dirty is a good call. When kids fully immerse themselves in a project, mess and all, they are more engaged, therefore they learn more from the activity. In other words, getting messy can be SMART! Today, …
CraftingSamsung's 'Airtight' Iris Scanning Technology For The S8 Defeated With A Camera, Printer, And Contact Lens
The thing about biometric scanning as a security practice is it is one of those things that sounds great. "Lock your phone with your fingerprint or …
SamsungIt’s ridiculously easy to bypass the Galaxy S8’s iris security, using a printed photo and contact lens
There’s still no such thing as a perfect smartphone, at least not yet, and no matter how many different biometric authentication methods an OEM like …
SamsungSamsung Galaxy S8 iris scanner tricked by photo, contact lens
Turns out the sophisticated tech can't tell the difference between your eye and a picture with a contact lens over the iris, a hacking club says.<p>You won't believe your eyes. But maybe the Samsung Galaxy S8 will.<p>In the month since Samsung released its flagship device, hackers in Germany have figured …
SamsungVideo: tricking Galaxy S8’s iris scanner into unlocking the phone
Eyeballs and faces are not as secure as fingerprints—German hackers with the Chaos Computer Club have bypassed iris authentication technology that’s …
SamsungHackers Trick Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Recognition Using a Printed Photo and a Contact Lens
German hackers have successfully broken the iris recognition authentication in the Samsung Galaxy S8 using equipment that costs less than the price of the smartphone, according to <i>Ars Technica</i>.<p>Hackers with the Chaos Computer Club used a digital camera, a Samsung laser printer, and a contact lens to …
SamsungHacker Uses Printed Photo, Contact Lens To Trick Samsung S8 Iris Scanner
Weeks after a security researcher demonstrated how he could fool the facial recognition software in Samsung’s new Galaxy S8 smartphone with a digital …
SamsungSamsung Phone Can Be Hacked Into With a Fake Eye
A heralded security feature of Samsung Electronics' (SSNFL) recently introduced Galaxy S8 smartphone was allegedly able to be breached by a German …
SamsungSamsung Galaxy S8 iris scanner can be fooled with a printed photo
After demonstrating how easily Apple’s Touch ID can be fooled with a user fingerprint photographed from a glass surface, Chaos Computer Club (CCC) …
SamsungFooling Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Recognition
We have a love-hate relationship with biometric ID. After all, it looks so cool when the hero in a sci-fi movie enters the restricted-access area …
SamsungHacker bypasses the iris-scanner in the Samsung Galaxy S8 with a contact lens and printed photo
Every time a smartphone maker introduces a new security feature to improve security and privacy, people term the feature as gimmicky and unnecessary. …
SamsungSamsung S8 'eye security' fooled by photo
<b>Samsung's eye-scanning security technology, used on the new Galaxy S8 smartphone, has been fooled with a photograph and a contact lens.</b><p>The iris-scanner can be used to unlock the phone simply by looking at it, which Samsung says provides "airtight security".<p>But researchers at Chaos Computer Club had …
SamsungHacker beats Galaxy S8 iris scanner using an IR image and a contact lens
Eye spy<p>Based on name alone, the futuristic iris-scanning feature on the Galaxy S8 sounds like it would be the most secure way to lock your phone. Hacker Jan Krissler, who goes by the name Starbug, shows in a recent video that, despite the impressive technology in unlocking your phone with your …
SamsungThe Galaxy S8’s iris scanner gets hacked by a piece of paper and a contact lens
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is a fantastic Android phone by just about any measure, but if there’s one area where the new flagship could use some serious …
SamsungSamsung's iris scanner can be defeated with a photo and a contact lens
Any security system can be bypassed with enough effort. Fingerprint sensors aren’t perfectly safe if someone has access to your fingerprint or even a …
SamsungHacker tricks Galaxy S8 iris scanner into working with an IR photo and contact lens
While it’s expected that the Galaxy S8’s facial recognition login system is not the most secure security option out there, the same can’t be said …
SamsungSamsung S8's iris scanner fooled by photograph of an eye
Just one month after the Samsung Galaxy S8’s release, German hackers have already figured out a way around the phone’s iris recognition software.<p>The Chaos Computer Club, a European hacker group, published its account of hacking the S8’s biometrics via a few simple tools such as a camera and a …
SamsungHow Far Out are Augmented Reality Contact Lenses?
All the way back in 2008, in short 20-minute bursts, laboratory rabbits saw a future that has never been seen by a human, to this day. Though they …
Augmented Reality16 Problems Contact Lens Wearers Have Come To Know And Hate
"<p>The struggle is REAL.<p>Contact lenses may free us from glasses-induced nose dents, but that’s not to say they don’t come with their own set of problems.<p>Whether you’re a daily wearer or you opt for monthlies, here are 16 relatable woes that you’ll undoubtedly come across.<p>1. Waking up with awful …
BeautyBio-Sensing Contact Lenses Could Monitor For Signs Of Disease
Finger pricks, blood draws, and urine testing are miserable for just about everyone. But now researchers are working on a new concept to make testing …
Oregon State UniversityIt Will Solve One of the Military’s Biggest Problems
Urgent Defense Technology Alert Bulletin:<p>Soldier<p>Super-Sight<p>It Will Solve One of the Military’s Biggest Problems…<p>Overturn Ten Industries Worth a …
Lockheed MartinSmart Contact Lens Detects Diabetes and Glaucoma
While tech giant Google continues to struggle to make a contact lens for monitoring diabetes, researchers at Ulsan National Institute of Science and …
DiabetesA ‘smart contact lens’ for diabetes and glaucoma diagnosis
Smart contact lens on mannequin eye (credit: UNIST)<p>Korean researchers have designed a “smart contact lens” that may one day allow patients with …
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