Samsung объявляет глобальный конкурс на новый дизайн устройств Galaxy

В годовщину десятилетия линейки Galaxy компания Samsung запускает конкурс Samsung Mobile Design Competition с призовым фондом 40 тысяч долларов и приглашает дизайнеров всего мира представить свои идеи для мобильных устройств Galaxy.

В чем заключается суть конкурса Samsung Mobile Design?

Проект Samsung Mobile Design Competition проводится вместе с авторитетным дизайнерским журналом Dezeen и представляет собой глобальный конкурс, в рамках которого участники могут предложить инновационные способы использования устройств Galaxy в будущем. Принять участие в конкурсе можно по категориям продуктового и графического дизайна.

Заявки на участие принимаются до 4 августа от дизайнеров (в том числе работающих индивидуально) студий, а также от студентов креативных направлений университетов.

Участники, работающие в категории продуктового дизайна “Next Mobile +”, могут представить свои идеи новых аксессуаров для смартфонов, планшетов и носимых устройств Galaxy (в том числе для Galaxy Watch и Galaxy Buds).

Для категории графического дизайна “Next Mobile Wallpaper Paradigm” принимаются работы, которые переосмысливают традиционные представления о фоновой графике и используют новые революционные элементы, в том числе интерактивные технологии и контекстуальный анализ.

Как принять участие?

Ознакомиться с правилами конкурса и подать заявку можно на сайте https://www.dezeen.com/samsung/.

Дизайнерам, желающим подать заявку в категории продуктового дизайна “Next Mobile +”, необходимо, представить файлы дизайна, а также полное описание концепции продукта, подробную информацию о его технических характеристиках и целевой аудитории, а также иллюстрации его использования (рендеринг или видео).

Конкурсанты, участвующие в категории графического дизайна “Next Mobile Wallpaper Paradigm”, должны представить окончательный вариант проекта – в виде изображения, видео или файла APK, а также иллюстрации дизайна на различных устройствах Galaxy с описаниями своих идей.

Каким образом будет осуществляться отбор победителей? 

Полученные заявки пройдут многоэтапную оценку. В каждом из раундов отберут лучшие работы, которые будут допущены к следующим турам конкурса.

В каждой из категорий будут определены по 5 финалистов, которые представят свои идеи 25 сентября перед жюри, в которое войдут руководители Samsung и известные дизайнеры, в том числе Эрван Буруллек (Erwan Bouroullec), один из основателей дуэта братьев Буруллеков, специализирующихся на дизайне мебели. По итогам решения жюри будут определены три победителя.

Главный приз за 1-е место в каждой из категорий составляет 10 тысяч долларов США. Победители, занявшие 2-е и 3-е место, получат денежные призы 5000 долларов и 3000 долларов соответственно, а остальные финалисты получат почётные грамоты с призом 1000 долларов.

Каждый из первых трёх победителей получит приглашение на конференцию разработчиков Samsung Developer Conference (SDC '19) этого года, которая состоится 29-30 октября в Сан-Хосе, Калифорния, где состоится официальная церемония вручения наград и представлены дизайн-проекты, занявших первые 5 мест.

Samsung and Dezeen Hold Global Competition for New Galaxy Designs

The Galaxy series is and always has been about forward-thinking innovation. Each new addition to Samsung’s signature lineup of mobile devices pushes the boundaries of what smartphones, tablets and wearables can do – streamlining more aspects of daily life by empowering users to do more.

On June 27, Samsung launched a competition to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Galaxy family – featuring $40,000 in prize money – that challenges designers around the world to dream up their own boundary-pushing Galaxy design. Read on to learn more about the Samsung Mobile Design Competition and how to enter.

What Is the Samsung Mobile Design Competition?

Held in collaboration with leading design magazine Dezeen, the Samsung Mobile Design Competition is a global contest that challenges contestants to come up with innovative ways for Galaxy devices to be utilized in the future.

The competition, which runs through August 4, is open to any and all designers (individuals, studios and students) and includes categories spanning both product and graphic design.

Those competing in the “Next Mobile +” product-design category will submit accessory designs for Galaxy smartphones, tablets and wearables (including the Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Buds) that take the mobile experience to the next level. Contestants competing in the “Next Mobile Wallpaper Paradigm” graphic-design category will submit visuals that take wallpaper design in a new direction by incorporating game-changing elements like interactivity and contextual awareness.

How Do I Enter?

Entering the contest is easy and may be done by visiting Dezeen’s official website, which includes full details on the competition, including submission instructions and prize information.

Those interested in entering the “Next Mobile +” product-design category should submit, among other items, their design files, as well as a full description of product’s concept, detailed information on its specifications and target audience, and renderings of lifestyle images (or videos) depicting it in use. Contestants competing in the “Next Mobile Wallpaper Paradigm” graphic-design category should submit, among other items, their final design – in image, video or APK file format – as well as still images of their design on various Galaxy devices, and an explanation of the idea behind it.

How Will the Winners Be Selected?

Submissions will be subjected to several rounds of evaluation, with only the best of the best entries advancing to the next stages.

Once the initial rounds are completed, the top five finalists in each category will present their ideas on September 25 before a panel of Samsung executives and well-known designers – including Erwan Bouroullec, one half of the famed furniture-design duo the Bouroullec brothers – who will select the contest’s first, second and third place winners.

The first-place winning individual or team in each category will take home the competition’s $10,000 grand prize. The second and third place winners will receive cash prizes totaling $5,000 and $3,000, respectively, with the remaining finalists earning honorable mention honors and $1,000 prizes.

Each of the top three winners will receive an invite to this year’s Samsung Developer Conference (SDC '19) – held from October 29–30 in San Jose, California – where they’ll officially receive their awards. Mock-ups of the top five entries will also be featured at the conference.

Calling All Creators

The countdown’s officially on! If you think you’ve got a great idea for a game-changing Galaxy accessory or graphic design, submit your concept to Dezeen’s website by August 4 for a chance to win one of the competition’s top prizes.

Samsung и стартап Lives’talk предложат фермерам смарт-устройства для поиска животных

Samsung Electronics и южнокорейский стартап Lives’talk помогут фермерам находить ушедших на пастбище животных с помощью современных носимых устройств. Поиски скота порой могут занимать несколько часов, однако новое решение позволяет определять местоположение животных всего за несколько секунд.
Проект Lives’talk занял 1-е место на конкурсе социальных инициатив Samsung «Решения будущего» (Tomorrow Solution), в котором соревновались 1865 стартапов. С момента запуска конкурса в 2013-м году в нём приняли участие более 7.000 команд и более 30.000 участников. Призовой фонд в 1 миллиард корейских вон ($900 000) Samsung Electronics распределил между 40 стартапами-победителями, а также оказал всю необходимую поддержку для реализации идей. В частности, Lives’talk получил годовую техническую поддержку от сотрудников внутреннего акселератора Samsung C-Lab в деле воплощения в жизнь своей задумки.
Лидер команды Lives’talk Юн Янгчен приступил к созданию проекта 2 года назад после изучения самых распространённых рисков животноводства. Например, в Казахстане, где потери животных на пастбищах, их кражи или нападения на них диких сородичей – представляют большую проблему.
Для помощи фермерам в поиске отбившихся от стада животных было создано решение, состоящее из ошейника с передатчиком, приёмника и смартфона. Передатчик, прикреплённый к животному, отправляет данные о местоположении на приёмник, который находится у фермера и посредством Bluetooth отправляет информацию на мобильное устройство. В ошейники встроен GPS, передача данных происходит через специальную микросхему по запатентованной технологии LoRa. Для работы устройства не требуется интернет и сотовая связь.
Себестоимость прототипа решения Lives’talk составляет 700 долларов за комплект на 10 голов скота.
По предварительным данным тестирования, передатчик способен держать заряд до 3-х дней, предоставляя информацию каждые 10 секунд. Приёмник может одновременно принимать сигнал от 1.600 передатчиков, расположенных в радиусе 5-6 км.
«Сейчас мы тестируем устройство. Есть функции, требующие доработки. Например, с учётом условий эксплуатации нужно увеличить срок автономной работы до 2-3 недель. Финальный продукт планируем показать весной следующего года», – отметил Юн Янгчен, лидер команды Lives’talk.
В 2019-м году разработчики намерены протестировать новое решение на территории 50-ти ферм в южной части Казахстана – Мынжылкы и Кызылорде. На следующем этапе география проекта будет расширена.
C-Lab – созданная в декабре 2012 года программа инкубации, которая способствует развитию и созданию инновационных идей для всех сфер бизнеса. Представленная в 2015-м году стратегия стартапов C-Lab помогает сотрудникам Samsung, успешно завершивших свои проекты в лаборатории, запускать собственные стартапы. Samsung поддерживает компании выпускников программы, осуществляя посевное финансирование и проводя бизнес-консультации. Это позволяет ускорить темпы роста компаний, сохраняя их независимость.
В C-Lab в разное время были разработаны: портативный динамик направленного звука S-Ray (Sound-Ray), решение для помощи в лечении заболеваний дыхательных путей GoBreath, носимое устройство для слабовидящих людей Relúmĭno и многие другие проекты.

Wearables for Good: Assisting the Nomadic Livestock Farmers of Kazakhstan

Samsung Electronics along with livestock management solution company Lives’Talk, is donating 700 wearable devices for the tracking of nomadic livestock to local farmers in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In commemoration of this event, on June 26 around 50 participants attended a donation event, including Salembaev Zangar, Almaty Branch Manager of Kazakh Invest and Sang-woo Han, Head of Samsung Electronics SECE.
The idea for a wearable device for nomadic livestock came about through Samsung Tomorrow Solutions (STS), a competition for social contribution endeavors hosted by Samsung Electronics. The winner of the 2017 STS Grand Prize, a project named ‘Lives’Talk’, was proposed by a team of members with previous experience of living in Kazakhstan as a way to mitigate one of the biggest challenges faced by Kazakh nomadic communities, this being the amount of time taken to source and retrieve livestock in rural areas.
Following their 2017 STS win, Lives’Talk launched as its own company in 2018. In order to then make their idea a reality, Lives’Talk worked with a team from the Samsung C-Lab, Samsung Electronics’ internal venture training center. The realized product is a device capable of being attached to the backs of livestock for sturdy transmission.

Keeping Track of Livestock For a Living

Finding livestock that have been put out to pasture in rural Kazakhstan is the primary job of many nomads, but given the expansive terrain of this farmland, many animals are lost to predators if not found by nightfall. Given the arduous nature of these risky yet crucial tasks faced in Kazakh livestock farming, the number of nomadic farmers is fast decreasing.
In order to help mitigate these problems, the Lives’Talk team came up with a wearable device for livestock that harnesses a GPS transmitter-receiver and relay for real-time livestock tracking and management. Not only does this device effectively reduce the amount of time taken to find livestock but it can also solve the issue of missing livestock. Furthermore, the device also converts livestock information collected in real time into data useful for managing the entire livestock farming process, from raising to selling.

Taking Action

Lives’Talk’s pilot wearable device for livestock project will take place over two months at 50 pastures in Mynjylyk and Boleksaz, the two nomadic areas near Almaty, Kazakhstan, following the donation of the devices by Lives’Talk and Samsung to the nomadic communities there.
Samsung is not only supporting Lives’Talk’s pilot project but has also dispatched employee volunteers to help realize the project. These employee volunteers will train the recipients of the livestock tracking devices on how to use the devices and their wider tech ecosystem, providing entrepreneurial advice to help the farmers in these communities become independent.
“Samsung Electronics endeavors to recognize and promote individual talent and ability to the end of generating solutions that can help people,” noted Sang-woo Han. “With these wearable devices for nomadic livestock and the volunteer efforts of our employees, we hope not only to solve an issue specific to these Kazakh areas but also to make the future of the residents brighter.”

Top 10 Features That Will Improve Your Mobile Experience on the Galaxy S10

With the continuous evolution of smartphone technology, discovering fresh new features on the latest device can seem nearly impossible. The Galaxy S10 line bucks that trend. Besides the device’s marquee innovations (Wireless PowerShare, Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanner and Ultra Wide Camera lens to name a few), the latest in the Galaxy line boasts many lesser-known handy features. Here, Galaxy S10 developers select ten advanced features sure to help users live more efficiently.

1. Jump to Your Favorite Apps Securely with Lock Screen ‘App Shortcuts’

Security meets convenience in the Galaxy S10 line’s lock screen app shortcuts. With this enhanced feature you can secure the apps pinned to your lock screen with a handy ‘finger scan and swipe’ motion. Simply scan your fingerprint as usual, then swipe up from the fingerprint sensor to an app icon to open it. In situations where you need to access your most-used apps quickly, snap straight to them from the lock screen without compromising on security.
The Galaxy S10’s in-display Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanner offers vault-like security with its FIDO Alliance-certified anti-spoofing technology. Now, your fingerprint scanner is not only a top-notch security measure, but a platform to launch your favorite apps quickly and securely.

2. Streamline Your Life with ‘Bixby Routines’

Imagine; as soon as you get into your car in the morning, music fills the space and Bixby turns on voice controls, all without you having to touch a thing. Then, as you arrive at work, vibration mode is activated and Wi-Fi disconnects. As your day goes on, your smart assistant moves seamlessly through various other pre-arranged routines, ensuring that your device is always the perfect complement to where you are and what you’re doing. What’s more, once you’ve set a few routines manually, Bixby learns from your habits and suggests new routines that it thinks will suit you. There’s no need to be constantly taking your phone out to fiddle with settings when you’ve got ‘Bixby Routines’ to take care of the little things.

Setting up manual routines is easy too. If you’re taking a walk, set a routine so that music plays as soon as you connect your headphones, then have your phone activate Wi-Fi and open YouTube as you arrive back home. Playing a game? Set a routine so that you enter ‘Do not disturb’ mode upon opening the game, and notifications don’t distract you.
The list of conditions that can be programmed to trigger settings adjustments and new actions is endless. And with ‘Bixby Routines’, the more routines you set, the easier life becomes.

3. Keep a Hand Free with ‘One-handed Mode’

Have you ever been holding something important in one hand, and trying to use your phone with the other? How many of us have been in the middle of cooking, and when we go to check the recipe on our phones only one of our hands is clean? With the Galaxy S10 line’s edge-to-edge screen, reaching up to pull down the notifications bar or interact with other features near the top of the screen can require regripping the phone or using your other hand. But no more, with the Galaxy S10’s optimized ‘One-handed mode’.
This feature is easily activated with either a quick swipe up from the corner of the screen (with ‘Gesture Controls’ enabled), or a triple-tap of the home key. Once turned on, the feature brings up a miniature version of your screen that puts even the features right at the top of the display well within reach. After using one-handed mode to navigate to the feature you want to use, simply tap the black area next to the downsized screen to snap your display up to full size again.

4. Stretch Your Screen with ‘Gesture Controls’

Want to get the most out of your edge-to-edge AMOLED display? On the Galaxy S10 line, enabling ‘Full-screen gestures’ will remove the navigation bar at the bottom of your screen, and allow you to perform the same actions with simple swipes up from the left, right and center spots at the bottom of your screen. Prefer a different orientation for the swipe spots? Customize the layout and swap the positions for the ‘back’ and ‘recent apps’ swipe positions. The central swipe spot remains the ‘home’ option.
Smooth and intuitive, the Galaxy S10 line’s complete gesture control system allows for the removal of navigation buttons that take up your screen space. Three minimal grey lines are visible at the very bottom of the screen to avoid any confusion over swipe positions. Enabling gesture controls lets you take full advantage of your screen real estate and provides a glimpse into a truly button-less future.

5. Take a Smart Break with ‘Temporary Mute’

In a world where ‘digital detoxes’ are becoming commonplace, more and more users are making use of their devices’ ‘Do not disturb’ function. This feature mutes all calls, alerts and media (unless select exemptions are put into place) until the user chooses to turn it back off again.
But sometimes, users who have entered ‘Do not disturb’ mode when heading into a meeting or going to sleep risk missing important alerts if they forget to turn alerts back on. Enter, Samsung’s new ‘Temporary mute’ feature, which allows users to choose, down to the minute, how long their phone will remain on mute for. After they get out of their meetings or wake up in the morning, users’ devices automatically switch back to previous sound modes so that they don’t miss any important alerts.

6. Make Your Power Use ‘Smart’ with ‘Adaptive Power Saving’

With the Galaxy S10 line’s ‘Adaptive power saving’ mode, your phone will adjust battery settings throughout the day and maximize your battery life without you having to lift a finger. Based on Samsung’s AI technology, ‘Adaptive power saving’ studies your usage patterns and keeps frequently used apps running while preventing unused ones from consuming battery life in the background.
In high-usage periods where users are watching a lot of videos, playing games, or taking sudden trips that require them to use their phones a lot, the device will automatically enter power saving mode to extend power-on time. Users don’t always have time to monitor battery life and change their settings accordingly, but with ‘Adaptive power saving’ your phone has it covered!

7. Let ‘Shot Suggestion’ Guide You to Stunning Pictures

Utilizing machine learning gleaned from the analysis of more than 100 million photos, the Galaxy S10 line’s ‘Shot suggestion’ feature helps you take pictures like a pro. Once you turn the feature on, just follow the visual prompts on the screen and watch your ‘best shot’ fall effortlessly into place.
‘Shot suggestion’ is ideal for when you want to show a single person or place in a lot of different lights, as the AI suggests a varied range of compositional styles. Especially helpful for nature and landscape shots, ‘Shot suggestion’ ensures the horizon is level, while helping you improve your proportions and positioning. With the AI assistant, finding the perfect composition for your photos is a snap!

8. Compose Visual Media like a Pro with ‘Grid Lines’

The key when composing a shot from a ‘bird’s eye’ angle – for instance when taking photos of food –is to ensure the camera is held completely level.
The ‘Grid lines’ feature on the Galaxy S10 line helps you produce well-balanced bird’s eye shots. After the feature is turned on in settings, a levelling guide will appear in the middle of the screen to make sure you’re holding the phone perfectly flat. Simply align the circle in the center of the screen with the guide, and voila! Even a beginner can take well-composed bird’s eye shots every time.
The Galaxy S10 line’s grid mode is a lifesaver for vloggers too, as it helps ensure that videos taken on a selfie stick, or similar peripheral, are steady, with the subject well-centered. Pair the Galaxy S10’s ‘3X3 Grid’ view with the camera’s other smart optimization features and capture media that will make people say ‘wow’!

9. Let AI Touch Up Your Pictures with the Photo Editor’s ‘Style’ Features

Did you know you can now let AI edit your photos for you? First applied on the Galaxy S10 line, the ‘Style’ feature uses GAN deep learning to intelligently analyze your photo and ensure that the subject is distinguished from the background, while employing various effects including ‘Color Pencil’, ‘Comic’, ‘Watercolor’ and ‘Pastel’. These vivid effects are utilized in different ways for every individual picture, and really make the image look as though it was originally created in whichever medium you select.
All of these features are included in the Galaxy S10’s default ‘Gallery’ app, allowing users to easily add effects to their photos and removing the need to install separate apps. Simply select a photo in your gallery, click on the pencil icon at the bottom of the screen and select ‘Style’ from the ‘more options’ menu in the top right of the screen. Distinct from preset filters, now AI deep learning can uniquely apply its effects to best match your picture.

10. Animate Yourself with ‘Mini Motion AR Emoji’

The Galaxy S10 line offers an enhanced ‘AR Emoji’ experience with its new ‘Mini Motion’ feature. The upgraded capability employs advanced motion tracking technology to allow users to capture full-body movements and see them replicated by their avatar in real-time. With enhanced character design and naturalized movements and expressions, now your avatar can do whatever you can!
With streamlined avatar content creation, the Galaxy S10 line’s ‘Mini Motion’ feature makes life easier for content creators, and can even provide a dance partner for the kids to boogie along with. With constantly evolving motion tracking technology and the ability to detect even the smallest facial changes, ‘Mini Motion’ offers an exciting glimpse into a whole new world of personalized motion tracking.