![]() ![]() ![]() Mine isn’t a Nano, but it’s of the same generation. They’ve announced that their UWB (ultra-wideband) sensor will be used with Lenovo’s “flagship laptop,” the Nano X1. I did a bit of creative digging and found a Norwegian company called Novelda. This has nothing to do with the back of my head if I’m walking away. As I recall, Windows Hello detects your face – primarily based on the map it has created with the IR sensor previously. ![]() But it isn’t, and otherwise, at home, I would have this same capability with my Logitech BRIO 4K webcam (that has Windows Hello support). The Windows Hello logo implies it’s a built-in Windows Hello capability. Here, Lenovo outlines the smart features: Lenovo does not say much about this capability – I recall the added cost for this feature was perhaps $20. It’s as if by magic! But, how exactly does it work? While walking away, the screen goes blank, and when walking back with my coffee, the computer greets me by turning on the lock screen to log in with Windows Hello. While standing up from my seat, the laptop locks itself. This time, I chose not to do this, as the coffee is just 3 meters away – and the whole carriage is empty of other people. I have a built-in personal feature that when I step away from the seat or table, I work at, my fingers do the magic WinKey+L to lock Windows – without thinking. I have my seat by the aisle, and this particular train offers free coffee at the end of the aisle. I rarely use the latter, as even Lenovo firmware updates are now pushed via Windows Update automatically for me. Whatever Windows fetches from Windows Update and the Lenovo Commercial Vantage app. I did a fresh install of Windows 11 on the laptop and didn’t add anything special. I’ve since been piqued on how exactly it works. Without much thinking, I also added the human presence detection capability – thinking it was some small application that enables Windows Hello to detect when I’m physically close to my laptop. When I got my most recent laptop, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 9), I was able to specify the hardware options (see my review on this laptop here). Adding CAS to the Entity List is long overdue, and Lenovo should be next in line.A look at the human presence detection sensor in the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 9) Lenovo is deeply entrenched in American systems, but doesn’t mean it should get a pass. This is what YMTC had hoped to do, and what chipmaker CXMT still aspires to. ![]() Lenovo is a textbook example of China’s techno-nationalist strategy to leverage its global companies for military gain. US policy which restricts some Chinese government-owned IT firms but not others is needlessly complex, invites exploitation, and endangers Americans. With bipartisan Congressional momentum to confront Chinese tech threats, the Commerce Department should close the loop on CAS and its military-aligned daughter companies. The Commerce Department included CAS’ computing division on the Entity List for “a variety of activities related to acquiring and attempting to acquire U.S.- origin items in support of the PRC’s military modernization.” It raises the question: Why should a known security threat like Lenovo, in which CAS has a significant ownership stake via a subsidiary company, be allowed to operate freely inside the U.S.? ![]()
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