#gigatowndunedin wins #gigaspeedinternet

Dunedin has been announced as the winner of Chorus' Gigatown competition, winning New Zealand's fastest broadband. As the winning town, Dunedin (or #gigatowndunedin as it was known during the competition period) will receive access to one gigabit per second internet, a NZ$200,000 development fund to support entrepreneurs and innovators taking new services using the gigabit fibre to market, and a NZ$500,000 community fund to kick start community related developments. But enough about that because Samsung has recently unveiled an eye-tracking mouse, dubbed as EYECAN+, which allows people with disabilities to control their computers with a blink of an eye. The EYECAN+ doesn't require the user to wear any equipment or be in any specific position, it works when users are positioned approximately 2 feet away from the monitor. It is a portable box that is positioned below a computer monitor and it allows users to surf the Internet, write, and edit documents. Samsung stated that they do not plan to sell the system and instead will donate the limited quantity to charity organizations. However, the technology and design will soon be made open source, allowing other groups and companies free rein to commercialize the eye mouse.