Software identifies expressions of pain in newborns – RedeNoticia

By Diego Freire Agency FAPESP – Researchers at the School of Medicine (EPM) of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) have developed software that detects facial expressions related to the feeling of pain in infants , which may assist in the care of babies, enabling faster and more precise interventions.

The computer program was designed within the software development research to identify the facial expression newborn pain, led by Ruth Ginsburg supported by FAPESP.

According to Ginsburg, the initiative arose from the difficulty faced by caregivers of newborns in intensive care units (ICU) in the recognition and in the assessment of pain signals.

“This subjectivity makes it difficult any interventions, as there are a number of factors that could cause the baby to show some uncomfortable not always related pain. The research enables a useful tool to monitor the baby’s pain during routine neonatal units, “said the Agency FAPESP.

In children who are not yet able to verbalize, recognition of pain is based on behavioral and physiological indicators such as simple motor responses, facial expressions and crying.

The software designed at UNIFESP was developed based on the scale Neonatal Facial Coding System (NFCS), widely used in the recognition of facial movements of pain converted by researchers in computer language with the assistance of the Department of Health Informatics (DIS) of EPM and professionals at the University of Mogi das Cruzes.

The software mechanisms began to be designed in 2009, after approval by the Ethics Committee of UNIFESP. 30 newborns were filmed at the Hospital São Paulo, between June and August 2013.

“very careful work with families so that there were disagreements about the capture of the images was necessary, made during painful procedures with medical indication, such as lancing, venous or arterial and intramuscular or subcutaneous injection, necessary for the care of newborns and unrealized for research purposes, “Ginsburg said.

The selected infants were between 24 and 168 Born hours, without any respiratory support or gavage and without malformations. Those responsible for them signed consent order to be realized catches of the images used in the research.

During the monitoring period, the facial expressions were photographed in real time by three cameras positioned left, right above the newborn.

The software, based on biometric identification, mapped and found 66 points of the face of babies, then reduced to 16 main nodes from which we selected those most moved when it was expressed acute pain caused by some medical procedure

The distances between points served as the basis to detect facial expressions, according to the scale adopted by the survey, show signs of pain:. forehead protruding, narrowed palpebral fissure, depth nasolabial folds, mouth open and tense mouth.

5,644 images have been identified, an average of 188 per infant. Next, the researchers tested the correlation between the analysis software and the six health care professionals experienced in the recognition of neonatal pain, specializing in neonatology. Three images of each baby were compared:. Two registered in the rest period, without pain, and during painful procedures

“We found that the software did not detect expressions of pain in 85% of pictures taken while babies rested without were being subjected to any painful procedure. Already during the procedures, 100% of the images were detected expressions of pain by the program, while some professionals in the identified only 77% of the shots, “said Ginsburg.

Baby sick

To Ginsburg, the precision with which the software detected the expressions provides make it an important tool to assist health teams in neonatal ICUs.

“The newborn’s pain is always seen by others and decoding depends on a caregiver, subject to the time available for monitoring and even more subjective factors, such as empathy. The automation of this monitoring can contribute to the well-being of babies and assist in the care, leading to more assertive interventions, “said

The researchers are now working on adapting the software for monitoring of sick babies, improving the cameras and adjusting the system so that it can be used at the bedside.

Search results were published in article Tatiany Marcondes Heiderich, Ana Teresa Stochero Leslie and Ginsburg, all of the Department of Pediatrics and Applied Sciences the Pediatrics of UNIFESP, in Acta Paediatrica magazine, available in onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apa.12861/full.

Microsoft’s new browser will get more advanced features … – Exame Informática

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For now it is only known as the Spartan code but it is known that will be the new Microsoft browser and that should be included in Windows 10. Microsoft wants, for example, include the ability to take notes on a Web page with a stylus and share notes with other contacts. The sharing is done by OneDrive service and multiple users can make multiple edits and annotations in the file.

According to the The Verge , the Spartan will also integrate the personal assistant of Microsoft, Cortana. Thus, the user will find it easier to search for information and perform actions such as booking flights or hotel rooms. The new browser includes ways of grouping the browser windows that you have open.

Microsoft want the Spartan is a uniform browser for all platforms that you have, be it PC, smartphone or tablet. It is known that the company looked for Chrome and Firefox and inspired by these browsers for some elements of the Spartan interface.

It is known that Windows 10 will keep Internet Explorer and the Spartan, simultaneously, indicating that Microsoft does not intend to completely abandon IE.

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Software identifies expressions of pain in newborns – EBC

Pain newborn is monitored to facilitate the work of caregivers (Agency FAPESP)

Researchers at the School of Medicine (EPM) of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) have developed software that detects facial expressions related to the sensation of pain in newborns, which may assist in the care with babies, enabling faster and more precise interventions.

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The computer program was designed within the software development research to identify the facial expression of pain in newborns, led by Ruth Ginsburg supported by FAPESP.

According to Ginsburg, the initiative arose from the difficulty faced by caregivers of newborns in intensive care units (ICU) in the recognition and evaluation of pain signals.

“This subjectivity ends Any repairs difficult, since there are a number of factors that could cause the baby to show some uncomfortable not always related pain. The research enables a useful tool to monitor the baby’s pain during routine neonatal units, “said the Agency FAPESP.

In children who are not yet able to verbalize, recognition of pain is based on behavioral and physiological indicators such as simple motor responses, facial expressions and crying.

The software designed at UNIFESP was developed based on the scale Neonatal Facial Coding System (NFCS), widely used in the recognition of facial movements of pain converted by researchers in computer language with the assistance of the Department of Health Informatics (DIS) of EPM and professionals at the University of Mogi das Cruzes.

The software mechanisms began to be designed in 2009, after approval by the Ethics Committee of UNIFESP. 30 newborns were filmed at the Hospital São Paulo, between June and August 2013.

“very careful work with families so that there were disagreements about the capture of the images was necessary, made during painful procedures with medical indication, such as lancing, venous or arterial and intramuscular or subcutaneous injection, necessary for the care of newborns and unrealized for research purposes, “Ginsburg said.

The selected infants were between 24 and 168 Born hours, without any respiratory support or gavage and without malformations. Those responsible for them signed consent order to be realized catches of the images used in the research.

During the monitoring period, the facial expressions were photographed in real time by three cameras positioned left, right above the newborn.

The software, based on biometric identification, mapped and found 66 points of the face of babies, then reduced to 16 main nodes from which we selected those most moved when it was expressed acute pain caused by some medical procedure

The distances between points served as the basis to detect facial expressions, according to the scale adopted by the survey, show signs of pain:. forehead protruding, narrowed palpebral fissure, depth nasolabial folds, mouth open and tense mouth.

5,644 images have been identified, an average of 188 per infant. Next, the researchers tested the correlation between the analysis software and the six health care professionals experienced in the recognition of neonatal pain, specializing in neonatology. Three images of each baby were compared:. Two registered in the rest period, without pain, and during painful procedures

“We found that the software did not detect expressions of pain in 85% of pictures taken while babies rested without were being subjected to any painful procedure. Already during the procedures, 100% of the images were detected expressions of pain by the program, while some professionals in the identified only 77% of the shots, “Ginsburg said.

Baby sick

To Ginsburg, the precision with which the software detected the expressions provides make it an important tool to assist health teams in neonatal ICUs.

“The newborn’s pain is always seen by others and decoding depends on a caregiver, subject to the time available for monitoring and even more subjective factors, such as empathy. The automation of this monitoring can contribute to the well-being of babies and assist in the care, leading to more assertive interventions, “said

The researchers are now working on adapting the software for monitoring of sick babies, improving the cameras and adjusting the system so that it can be used at the bedside.

Search results were published in article Tatiany Marcondes Heiderich, Ana Teresa Stochero Leslie and Ginsburg, all of the Department of Pediatrics and Applied Sciences the Pediatrics of UNIFESP, in Acta Paediatrica magazine, available in onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apa.12861/full.

Software sales growth will pull the global IT market – Computerworld

Forrester estimates that the information technology industry will move next amount to $ 2.3 trillion over 2015

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Software Projects answer for most of the technology world market investments over the next two years. At least that’s designing Forrester predicting overall growth of the IT industry in the order of 5.3% in 2015, compared to the previous year.

This expansion is attributed by consulting the technologies that focus on the business of end customers. The forecast points to an amount of US $ 2.3 trillion industry moved to December. This figure, points you can reach close to $ 2.5 trillion in 2016.

Forrester anticipates that the software will represent US $ 677 billion of the total turnover of technology in 2016, representing an increase of 9.2% compared to the previous period. Hardware involving business will represent US $ 412 billion in the same year, an increase of 5% from 2015.

The advice does not specify the growth rate and the representativeness of the IT services sector in its report.

The United States will be the main engine of the global market growth and set the pace for the rest of the world, with growth rates of 6.3% in 2015 and 6.1% the following year.

China, India, Israel and Sweden will join the US in the fastest growth among the 20 largest technology markets, says consultancy, signaling that continental Europe, Japan and Russia will record not as accelerated expansion .

Create an Apps from another world? Go to Coimbra on 24 January – Exame Informática

It is a Appathon and has his sights set on space – but first you have to put into port by Coimbra and Barcelona. The Incubation Centre of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Portugal, which operates in Pedro Nunes Institute, Coimbra, announced that it will host a production run of “spatial apps” on 24 and 25 January.

The apps produced in this first Appathon will contest a place in ESA App Camp de Barcelona (25-3 March), which will use to choose the “space application” winner from among the proposals selected by appathons carried out by other European entities

The inscription on appathon of Coimbra is free -. and interested only have to register on the event website until 19 January to attend the scene and the dates defined with a laptop and applications of ideas that might be useful that might be useful for the space industry or they can take advantage of the technologies and services used today in space.

The ESA Incubation Center announced in Portugal will be able to create their apps from the repositories and sources of information provided by different players in the space industry. The various works will be able to be housed in a cloud of SAP service.

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CWI Software has vacancy for Test Analyst – Baguette (press release)

The CWI Software is with a great opportunity to work in the area of ​​quality as Test Analyst:

Technical Requirements:
– Experience with test automation;
– Required experience in test automation tools;
– Experience in the planning, creation and execution of test scenarios, unit and automated testing;
– Experience with database;
– Experience in software development projects; .
– Knowledge of agile methods

Behavioral Skills:
– Proactive
– Creative;
– Good resourcefulness to work in teams;
– Self management

Main Activities:
– Write and run automated tests;.
– Follow a team of developers and is responsible for the quality processes;
– Deploy test automation culture in the team;
– Generate quality monitoring reports of deliveries team

Workplace:.. Porto Alegre – RS

To learn more about each position, go to: www. cwi.com.br/oportunidades

Interessados ​​can forward resume to work@cwi.com.br or registering the same at

About CWI Software:
developed IT solutions and systems based on the specific needs of medium to large companies globally since 1991.

We have CMMI level 3 stamp and our mission is to produce solutions that contribute decisively to the success of our customers.

With the slogan “The software you are looking for may not exist, but the company that will manufacture it yes”, we seek excellence in providing services such as Software Factory, Project Factory, Factory Testing and Outsourcing

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Software will lead growth in the global technology market – Computerworld Portugal

USA, China, India, Israel and Sweden will have faster growth, while continental Europe, Japan and Russia continue to lag behind.

The software will absorb most of the global technology market this year , for which the Forrester predicts an overall growth of more than 5%.

According to a new study from the analyst, the global technology market will grow by 5.3% 2015 and 5.9% in 2016.

The projected growth, which can be attributed to technologies that focus on the end customer, will lead the global technology market for 2.337 billion dollars in 2015 and . to 2,483 billion dollars in 2016

Forrester anticipates that the software will represent 677 000 million in the total budget of technology in 2016 -. an increase of 9.2% compared to 2015

In contrast, computer equipment will represent only 412 000 million dollars in 2016, with a modest growth of 5% from 2015.

The US will continue to be the main engine the overall market growth and set the pace for the rest of the world, with growth rates of 6.3% in 2015 and 6.1% the following year.

China, India, Israel and Sweden will join the US in the fastest growth among the 20 largest technology markets, while continental Europe, Japan and Russia will continue to be left behind.

Android TV on Sony TVs, Sharp and Philips in 2015 – Exame Informática

I bought a TV with Android? Sony, Sharp and Philips believe that Google’s operating system can make all the difference – and in 2015, will be able to see if that prediction makes sense or not.

The three giants of the segment of televisions confirmed at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), which is taking place in Las Vegas, which will debut during 2015, smart screens that have in common not only some features of mobile phones and other devices that connect to the Internet but also the operating system name that grew the most in the last five years.

In some cases, the commitment to Android TV is far from being a mere experience. An example: in Sony’s roadmap for 2015 included the launch of 20 models of smart TVs that run on Android (four of them with 4K, recalls the Guardian). Conclusion: only the cheaper models Sony will have Android TV – and eventually also will not have the typical interaction of a smart TV.

By ensuring the support of three of the major television manufacturers, Google takes a big step for the expansion of Android beyond the boundaries demarcated by tablets and mobile phones – and all it takes to believe that, even in 2015, there will be new trends and consumer habits that take advantage of technological combination and sharing of content between small screens (mobile phones), medium (tablets) and large (TV).

For Android TV ecosystem to be complete, Google will still have to secure the support of two more big brands of moving images: Samsung and LG. In the case of LG still no news on which aa decision to be taken; as the Samsung, the issue is more sensitive: the South Korean brand has already made known in the same CES, televisions with Tizen operating system, which, like Android, is also a derivative of Linux. What allows one perspetivar titans duel: get Samsung, which sold so many mobile phones with Android in recent years, impose Tizen through television sets

One thing is certain: Google does not already have a lot of leeway when it comes to Android TV. In June, the Mountain View giant held a first platform launch that makes smart TVs via the set top box Google Nexus Player – the results of which will have been fallen short of expectations and also the demand for substitute another product of Google, which gives Chromecast by name. Given that, since 2010, Google has released three versions of Android TV – and all with little memorable business results – every reason to believe that the operating system has come to the moment of truth.

Martin Garner, consultant at CCS Insight analyst, describes in statements set by the Guardian, the challenge that a producer for operating systems, faces when entering the television segment : “There is the idea that intelligence in TVs may not be the same intelligence on mobile phones. On mobile phones, everything is related to the apps. In television, the use of apps require a user experience that oscillates between TV mode and the traditional mode Apps -. And has not had great success’

Razer bet on open source software platform for the … – TeK.sapo

Razer is a company and brand known players, especially those who bet on the PC as their primary gaming platform. The market for peripherals is one in which technology best moves, but the company went to the Consumer Electronic Show show that you have far more comprehensive plans.
 

The most important announcement of all was perhaps the Open Source platform Virtual Reality (OSVR), which as the name implies is an open source platform for the development of software dedicated to virtual reality equipment.
 

The goal here is to try to unify the virtual reality of the market before it to begin to disperse – and at a time that are emerging various projects and initiatives in the area.
 

The OSVR would be a unique development platform, but which bear different game engines, different virtual reality goggles and different peripheral devices. The Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 3D engines are among those that will be supported.
 

To further strengthen this effort Razer also announced the Hacker Dev Kit, a virtual reality glasses that just serve to the development of new experiences and adaptation projects that may already be in progress. The price of 199 dollars, 150 euros, is “friend” of programmers.
 

Although the Oculus Rift currently being the most used equipment from the developers , as has not yet been released in the market it is possible that Razer has in fact a hypothesis in an attempt to unify the market.
 

The source code of OSVR will be available worldwide in March and the development kit will be able to be purchased in June, explains The Verge.
 

writing Note : Fixed the name of the Razer throughout the text, at the suggestion of a reader; and as article link changes the comments of the previous news automatically disappear;
 

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Razr bet on open source software platform for the … – TeK.sapo

 The Razr is a company and brand known players, especially those who bet on the PC as their primary gaming platform. The market for peripherals is one in which technology best moves, but the company went to the Consumer Electronic Show show that you have far more comprehensive plans.
 

The most important announcement of all was perhaps the Open Source platform Virtual Reality (OSVR), which as the name implies is an open source platform for the development of software dedicated to virtual reality equipment.
 

The goal here is to try to unify the virtual reality of the market before it to begin to disperse – and at a time that are emerging various projects and initiatives in the area.
 

The OSVR would be a unique development platform, but which bear different game engines, different virtual reality goggles and different peripheral devices. The Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 3D engines are among those that will be supported.
 

To further strengthen this effort the Razr also announced the Hacker Dev Kit, a virtual reality glasses that just serve to the development of new experiences and adaptation projects that may already be in progress. The price of 199 dollars, 150 euros, is “friend” of programmers.
 

Although the Oculus Rift currently being the most used equipment from the developers , as has not yet been released in the market it is possible that the Razr has in fact a hypothesis in an attempt to unify the market.
 

The source code of OSVR will be available worldwide in March and the development kit will be able to be purchased in June, explains The Verge.
 

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Razer invests in virtual reality device and platform … – Eurogamer.pt

The Razer just join the virtual reality of the race announcing its own device and an open-source software platform that aims to facilitate the development of the contents of this nature.

The reality device Virtual Razer is called OSVR Hacker Dev Kit and is also open-source. The affordability without compromising quality was the main objective, and as such, it costs just $ 199, a lower price than a Oculus Rift kit.

In the official site OSVR anyone can download the model 3D Hacker Dev Kit, make the changes you want and make your own virtual reality kit, allowing cameras to be added, devices that follow the motion and other accessories.

The Hacker OSVR Dev Kit is available only from June, but producers are already showing your interest on the official website.

A level specifications tells a FHD monitor 5.5 inch, 1080×1920 resolution with 60 fps and 401ppi, an optical two lenses to relieve pressure in the eye, a diagonal field of view of 100 ° and a set of sensors comprising accelerometer and gyroscope compass.

In the software platform, support for other devices such as Virtual Reality the Oculus Rift, and game engines like Unreal Engine 3 and Unity.

For now, access to the software platform is restricted to producers, but there are plans for an open public launch in the second quarter 2015.

DivX bought … and the edge of the end – Exame Informática

In 2000, the DivX codec had everything to be confused with a competitor disc format with the DVD, which only allowed screenings for 48 hours – and that would fail. Unlike DIVX, DivX video compression codec, created by the French Jerome Rota from the transformation of Microsoft technologies would eventually reach the heights of fame on the Internet – much under tremendous demand for pirated content and the ability to compression that allowed “fit” on a CD a film that occupied a DVD. After 15 years the CD came into disuse -. And DivX again change hands, taking another step towards its end

According to the Variety , the codec DivX and the homonymous company that has just been sold to NeuLion for an amount of 62.5 million dollars. The acquisition is aimed at the use of DivX technology in the launch of Internet video transmission services in 4K resolution.

In addition to technology, NeuLion will be focused on ensuring the portfolio of 200 million customers (using a total of one billion devices) that still use the DivX video players.

Judging from the attempts that led to the purchase of technology and business – the DivX brand will be even discontinued

In less than a year, is the second time that DivX is sold.. A year ago, the Rovi had sold DivX investment funds Parallax Capital Partners and StepStone Group. This first transaction was valued at $ 75 million.

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After failure to phones, Samsung challenges Google’s software … – InfoMoney

SAO PAULO – The application of Samsung Electronics, competitor software Google is moving from line segment to the big screen TVs at a time when the business South Korea tries to capitalize on a growing interest in so-called smart homes.

The world’s largest maker of TVs will release the first devices equipped with the Tizen software at the Consumer Electronics Show this week and all models connected to Internet that the company sell this year will run the operating system. The company will also demonstrate at CES as the TV communicates with washing machines, refrigerators and vacuum cleaners.

family Lee, who controls the company, is trying to reinvent Samsung and turn it into a supplier of home appliances connected to the internet to get a slice of a market that could be worth US $ 7.1 trillion by 2020. Samsung wants to generate revenue through applications and services Tizen as well as Apple and Google do with their operating systems. The company based in Suwon, South Korea, is prioritizing TVs and electronics Consumer after a year of delay phone based on Tizen.

“In the smartphone segment there is no chance of the Tizen, Samsung, overcome the two dominant operating systems, “said Claire Kim, at Daishin Securities analyst in Seoul. “But on TVs Samsung might have a chance.”

The rise of Samsung for the first sales international phones was possible with the help of Android, Google. Almost all the 243 million smartphones that Samsung sold until September 30 ran the software, which Google gives, usually in exchange for revenues from mobile ads and a stake in application sales.

The Samsung faces the toughest challenge to his supremacy in the services segment after posting the lowest quarterly profit in more than two years. Operating profit in the mobile unit, generating most of the company’s cash, had a 74% decline in the September quarter and sales fell 33%.

This is leading the company to seek new sources of revenue. The Tizen comes after Samsung joined the Intel NTT Docomo and, among other companies, to develop an alternative to Android and increase the capabilities of your software.

Helped by Samsung, LG Electronics and dozens of other producers, Android runs on about 84% of smartphones. This fragments the amount of profits, with many vendors losing money in a crowded market, said market research firm Strategy Analytics in October.

Although it has only 12.3% the market, the fact that Apple, which is based in Cupertino, have possession of your operating system gives you greater control of each step and a slice of each transaction.

Google and Apple usually receive about 30% of each application, music or film acquired so they can run on their operating systems.

The “other” of Google revenues, which include the store to Play mobile devices, as well as Chromecast hardware, were $ 1.84 billion in the September quarter. In the same period, Apple had a $ 4.6 billion revenue from iTunes, with software and appliances.

Forming the TV business around the Tizen help to create “an integrated system much smarter,” said Jin Won Lee, vice chief executive of Samsung Electronics, in a statement to the press, on 1 January.

The incursions Initial Samsung’s Tizen not had much success. His first phone based on Tizen delayed more than a year. Watches Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo were launched in April and both are compatible with many Samsung Galaxy phones.

The company should improve your competitiveness future lunched initiatives for their business in the sectors of “smart home” and “intelligent health,” said co-CEO Kwon Oh Hyun to employees, in a message sent on 2 January.

Samsung is transferring about 500 engineers of its mobile phone division, placing them largely on the internet initiative, sources with knowledge of the matter.

” Certainly there is a limit to simply be a hardware manufacturer without having its own operating system, “said Ko Jung Woo, BS Securities analyst based in Seoul. “It is positive for Samsung preparing for the next battle, in which all products are controlled by a single software platform”

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Apple software quality is “plummet” – Mad Money

Former CTO of Tumblr believes that Apple is giving too much priority to marketing

Released every year is” too “
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If Apple hardware is getting better, the software falls short. So says Marco Arment, developer recognized in the United States and fan made of Apple products.

In an article published on his blog, the former CTO and founder of Tumblr Instapaper application writes that although “Apple hardware never have been better,” the “ software quality dropped from so steeply in recent years I profundamento concerned in relation to its future. “

And an example:” I am writing this on a computer whose existence or thought it was already possible, but your [operating system] is full of embarrassing bugs and essential setbacks “. A few years ago, we would have enjoyed incessantly with Windows users by these bugs in your operating system. “

The reason, Arment believes, is that the technology be giving too much priority to marketing . “Having releases every year is clearly impossible to follow for the engineering teams while maintaining quality. I doubt any cohesive team could meet these requirements and maintain a high quality, “he writes.

Basically, concludes, teams are being forced to do too much with unrealistic deadlines .

Samsung joins the open source software – Blasting News

Many multinational technological branch companies are already opting for software open source as a way to control costs. We have now had the news that the Samsung will present in 2015 its smart TVs with the software Tizen , which is based on Linux. In addition to cost reduction, the South Korean giant no longer wishes to be totally dependent on the operating system Google Android . Speaking about this project, the deputy chief executive of Samsung, Lee Won-Jin said that “the construction of intelligent platform based on Tizen is a step towards an integrated system more innovative and intelligent.”

The Samsung is working directly with the US multinational Intel in the development of Tizen platform. The aim is that the platform can later be included in many other devices , such as mobile phones, appliances and cameras. The first of this new range of smart TVs will be presented by Samsung over the next week at the International Consumer Electronics Fair in Las Vegas.

The main features of these new smart TVs, and that can differentiate in market, are linked to three main groups: The easy through a redesigned interface, in which the content presented will be defined by the user. The Wi-Fi Direct technology and connectivity for Bluetooth will allow automatic connection of multiple devices and the exchange of information between them, allowing up to move to a smartphone what is being broadcast on any channel.

Entertainment was also not forgotten and will in fact be an asset. In these new TVs will be possible to access the PlayStation Now, the streaming service from Sony games. Just use a dual-shock control to have fun, without having to purchase any console itself for this purpose.

A wide range of options will allow these televisions to have a flexibility use. The compatibility of the Tizen with other gadgets will allow control of any “smart home” through these new TVs. Thus Samsung aims to revolutionize the entertainment through their TVs.