Everything Apple announced on Monday 21 March (video)

iPhone SE
Credit: Apple/digitallife.gr

iPhone SE
4-inch screen
12-megapixel camera shoots 4K video
A9 processor
CPU & GPU performance similar to 6s
TouchID sensor
Supports Apple Pay
16 or 64 GB
no mention of 3D Touch

9.7 inch iPad Pro
iPad Pro in iPad Air size package

supports iPad Pro accessories, including Pencil, keyboard cases

True Tone display adjusts colour temperature to match the colour temperature of ambient light – analogous to the way this & other devices adjust screen brightness to match ambient brightness

12-megapixel camera with LED flash

iOS 9.3

numerous relatively minor enhancements to to existing features

Night Shift mode is new – adjusts screen to a warmer colour temperature at night

Apple Watch
new bands
reduced starting price for 38mm model

New tvOS
easier onscreen text

Siri supports voice dictation – including passwords & App Store searches

folders
iCloud photos on your tv

Security
Tim Cook took took the opportunity to re-iterate Apple’s commttment to customer security



http://www.wired.com/2016/03/everything-apple-announced/?mbid=nl_32116

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/21/11255472/apple-iphone-se-ipad-pro-event-recap-highlights

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/march-2016/ / Apple Tim Cook announcement keynote key note Apple CEO Tim Cook stage Apple's Cupertino campus introduce smaller four inch screen version iPhone iPhone SE thinner faster bigger iPhones original 3.5-inch display iPhone 6S Plus 5.5-inch screen Apple announced new iPhone smaller new iPad Pro new Watch bands software updates event previewing Apple's court battle FBI Tuesday 22 March 2016 iPhone encryption big announcement smaller iPhone SE 4 inch iPhone updated internals iPhone 5S Apple's 4-inch phone same processor graphics performance iPhone 6S Apple A9 chip doubles speed iPhone 5S Hey Siri hands-free voice assistant 12MP camera shoots 4K video NFC chip inside smart phone smartphone work with Apple Pay smaller iPhone appeal fans more pocketable devices 4 inches smaller Apple customers have resisted upgrading recent 4.7 inch 5.5 inch smartphones Mixpanel 16 GB iPhone SE orders Apple's other big hardware news iPad Pro smaller iPad Pro new 9.7-inch version many of the same powerful features larger 12.9-inch Pro model A9x chip screen less reflective brighter more color saturation pros primary work device true tone display measures color temperature ambient light new light sensors adjusts screen colour temperature smaller iPad Pro Apple Pencil stylus new line of snap on keyboards original iPad Pro cameras tablets new iPad Pro 12-megapixel camera LED back-facing flash tablet 32 GB Wi-Fi version 129 GB model new larger 256 GB option silver gold space gray rose gold grey Apple Watch cheaper more colorful Apple AAPL Tech30 Apple Watch Tim Cook new line of straps wearable new woven nylon bands space black Milanese Loop additional sport leather bands variety of colors colours Apple dropped price Watch smaller small Apple sold 30 million four inch iPhones smaller cheaper iPhone software updates latest version Apple mobile operating system iOS 9.3 available starting today key new features Night Shift adjusts screen late night reading better sleep finger print lock top secret documents Notes app small update Apple TV OS folders apps Siri voice dictation new health related jSDK CareKit personal care apps app help patients application partnership medical centers monitoring Parkinson's encryption iPhone SE Watch announcement Cook encryption iPhone customers deeply personal device iPhone power government should have our data our privacy responsibility /

SCAMP – Stanford Climbing Aerial Maneuvering Platform (video)

SCAMP climbing a wall
Credit: Stanford University

A major use of drones is for surveillance, where their ability to fly & hover, can provide unique video coverage. Downside is high energy consumption, which limits endurance. SCAMP is able to maximise run-time by landing on a wall or other convenient structure, perching, climbing up, down, or across the wall, as necessary, to optimize camera angle or signal (for video feed or control).



More:

http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/18/stanford-scamp-robot/

http://bdml.stanford.edu/Main/MultiModalRobots#SCAMP / Stanford's SCAMP robot fly climb perch on walls perfect drone for surveillance missions Stanford's SCAMP quadcopter fly hover in the air Stanford Climbing and Aerial Maneuvering Platform perch on climb walls like insect team university's Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab learned previous projects create machine projects Stickybot robotic wall-climbing gecko team climbing technology developed Stickybot version modified faster greater ability to maneuver modifications designing drone take longer steps adding microspines feet similar praying mantis robot can climb walls perch SCAMP can stick wall long periods without falling off team climbing mechanism on top of the quadrotor press its body against the surface more stability slips walking up drone briefly switches on its rotors stay perched vertical surfaces drone save energy stop taking videos images first responders military team SCAMP extend mission anywhere improve machine research perching climbing robots quiet fixed-wing gliders /