Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating fair, secured, and efficient completely automated public turing test to tell computers and humans apart (CAPTCHA) according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving distinctive data relating to a user, where the distinctive data includes a video clip of the user, where the distinguishing data is captured using one or more cameras. The method may further include recognizing one or more features of the user from the video clip to determine whether the user is a human, and testing one or more characteristics of the user or the video clip to determine whether the human is a live human. The method may further include allowing access to the user to an application, if the user is determined to be the live human.

Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating fair, secured, and efficient completely automated public turing test to tell computers and humans apart (CAPTCHA) according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving distinctive data relating to a user, where the distinctive data includes a video clip of the user, where the distinguishing data is captured using one or more cameras. The method may further include recognizing one or more features of the user from the video clip to determine whether the user is a human, and testing one or more characteristics of the user or the video clip to determine whether the human is a live human. The method may further include allowing access to the user to an application, if the user is determined to be the live human.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a proximity sensor apparatus. A light source may emit light that is conducted through multiple optical fibers, each having a source end and an emission end. The multiple optical fibers emit the light out the emission end and are arranged such that the emission ends form a grid. Multiple photoelectric sensors, each substantially co-located with each of the multiple optical fibers at the emission end are operative to detect emitted light that has been reflected back off an object. A processing component may be communicatively coupled with the multiple photoelectric sensors and receive signals from the multiple photoelectric sensors. The signals may be indicative of the detected emitted light that has been reflected back. The signals may be processed to determine a distance from the multiple photoelectric sensors to the object that reflected the emitted light.

Abstract: A processing system includes a touch screen display, and another input device such as a track pad and/or mouse. The processing system includes a graphical user interface (GUI) having a cursor control component to hide the cursor on the touch screen display when an input signal is sensed from the touch screen display, and to show the cursor on the touch screen display when the input signal is sensed from the other input device.

Abstract: An electronic device comprises at least one battery coupled to the electronic device by a switchable electrical connection and logic to place the battery charge level within a predetermined charge range and to disconnect the battery from the electronic device when the battery is within the predetermined charge range. Other embodiments may be described.