Technology does not stand still, they bring us closer to a future that we see in science fiction movies. In most, simple movements where people manage information in the air on huge projection screens. We already wrote about the ring iRing and SDK to it, which may change the usual method of interaction with iOS-applications. But this ring is not necessary.

Mobile Applications Laboratory University of Toronto is preparing to introduce SDK, could turn any surface into a control panel. Their work they called XTouch. Unlike iRing instead of the camera to track your actions XTouch uses a microphone. Technology detects any punches fingers over the surface on which lies the device and depending on the location in which the blow finger, the application performs the desired action.

Colleagues from 9to5Mac dismantled principle of SDK. It can run on any existing device equipped with at least one microphone. We know that the iPhone is more of that certainly has a positive effect on the quality of work XTouch. No additional sensors are not required, a unique acoustic technology senses changes obtained by touching the surface at different locations. After a quick calibration XTouch able to accurately determine the location in which it was committed touch.

This method of interaction with devices opens up new possibilities for games and other applications. Moreover, several people will be able to manage a single device. Is not this the future? The creators promise to publish the SDK in the second quarter of this year, and many applications can be transformed. And maybe this will be the impetus for new products. Developers will have to wait, but users can try XTouch now. The creators have released two applications using this SDK, it Voodoo Tap Frogs and Magic Xylophone .

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Since Thursday of last week, the developers Apple, going to a special section of the website of the company, observed the unexpected inscription, “We will be back soon.” It turned out that the website was hacked, resulting in the account was stolen 73 developers.

After some time on the site published a statement in which Apple acknowledged that the attack and said that is engaged in a “full processing” of the resource, to warn the developers of such incidents in the future.

The statement said that while the information is carefully encrypted, Apple still does not preclude the possibility that hackers “gained access to the names, postal and e-mail addresses of some developers.” Currently developer site is still not running. Recall that today is expected to release the fourth beta version of iOS 7 , and we hope that this incident will not affect him.

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