An underwater smartphone for dolphins to play games

As the eight-foot underwater touchpad allows dolphins to interact and make choices, it could be used to investigate dolphin intelligence and communication by providing them choice and control over a number of activities. The touchscreen features specialised dolphin-friendly “apps” and a symbolic keyboard to provide the dolphins with opportunities to interact with the system, Rockefeller University said in a news release. 

To make the system safe for the dolphins, the touchscreen has been installed outside an underwater viewing window, so that no parts of the device are in the pool. The animals’ touch is detected optically. 

Taiwanese electronics company Acer has announced Iconia Tab 10 and Iconia One 10 tablets which are primarily designed for premium multimedia experiences. The devices are powered by quadcore MediaTek processors and run on Android 7.0 Nougat operating system with a battery life of up to eight hours. Iconia Tab 10 features a display with Quantum Dot technology and its Acer MediaMaster allows users to set preferences for different types of movies or music. Meanwhile, Iconia One 10 supports multi-windows and quick app switching, thus further increasing the device’s versatility.

Aiming to help people find what they are looking for, Google has added a ‘Personal’ tab in search results to show content from private sources like Gmail account and Google Photos library. Similar to the images, news and maps tabs, the Personal tab narrows down search query and shows results from your Google accounts instead, according to reports. 

The ‘Personal’ tab can be found behind the ‘More’ menu and will surface results like Gmail messages and calendar events from users signed-in accounts. For photo searches, users can either immediately open an image result or click through to do a deeper search in Google Photos. In March, Google introduced shortcuts on the Google Search app for Android, iOS, and Google.com on the mobile web that gives users the ability to explore deeper within topics they care about.