Monthly Archives: April 2012

Colorful Wearable Tech: The Video Coat

Surprised after reading the title? But, yes… there is new brand as well as astounding invention in the modern technology world, called as a Video Coat.

The graph of the technology is going higher and higher with each passing day. You never know what innovative inventions and discoveries you are going to view in the morning newsprint. The current boom in this amazing sci-fi world is of colorful, wearable LED video coat.

The video coat: What and How?

The wearable technology has always made new happenings at the random tech shows, from the early days of the Bluetooth headsets to jackets with numerous pockets that allow you to keep your iPods, yet an another great stylish happening in the current tech scenario is of LED Video Coat.

The Video Coat is a color TV set built into a lab coat powered by the 12V battery support. It is a 60” LED with 160x 120 pixel color LED display that is built on flex boards. It has a sleek look even in the back. It will play standard analog video from an iPod or DVD player. Also it plays standard NTSC (North American) analog video from an iPod or DVD player.

Let us view some more information about the Video Coat

The TV is driven by circuit boards on the shoulders and hips. The display strips (RGB LEDs) are of narrow flex boards joined by the flat flex cables. Video processing is taken care of by a Xilinx FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) that takes the video feed from the iPod and converts it into four separate RGB streams for the front and back sides. The sleeves are also connected with them. The necessary controls for the brightness, volume and color are on shoulders so that the user can easily have a control over the video coat.

Hats off to the creator of the Video coat, Mr. David Forbes.

Check out the video of LED lab coat below.

Stay tuned for more updates in this stunning world of science and technology.

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http://www.cathodecorner.com/videocoat/index.html

http://www.itworld.com/networking/182335/wearable-tech-video-coat

Sony is Set to Launch New Xperia S in the Market

After a long while Sony is again set to launch its new device Sony Xperia S into the market. Sony is prepared to take on the competition after a couple of years when phones like HTC desire and the Samsung Galaxy S2 has taken the android Monopoly.

 


 

Sony has announced to launch a number of Xperia devices to fill the Sony’s portfolio .  Sony Xperia S has also reached the stores in time without teasing the Indian customers for too long . Sony Xperia s has a unibody concept just like in Nokia Lumia and the new HTC flagship- the one x. So there is no Micro SD card support and no removable battery . Just what is in case of Nokia Lumia. But it has a micro sim slot.

 

New Sony Xperia S

 

The device runs on Android Gingerbread OS instead of new Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS. The operating system may take some time to get use to. You have to manage with Android Gingerbread untill Sony delivers an upgrade to Android Ice Cream Sandwich in a couple of months.

The new Sony Xperia S has a 4.3 inch display powered by Sony Bravia display engine and it delivers an outstanding 342 pixels per inch. This figure of 342 pixels per inch beats Apple iPhone 4s. Sony Xperia has a  12.1 Mega Pixel shooter with Sony’s Exmor sensor, which is probably one on an android devices till now.

 

Sony Xperia S

Unleashed Gaming experience with new Sony Xperia S

 

New Sony Xperia S is an excellent high end device and is one of the most promising device to wear Xperia badge. It has 1.5 ghz dual core processor, although quad core devices might become the new standard very soon. Sony Xperia S  takes an edge over the Samsung Galaxy Note in the form factor, but will surely face tough competition from 4.7 inch HTC one x. but the price tag of rs.32,549 for Sony Xperia S (compared to 37,000 of HTC one x) might do it for them , till Samsung Galaxy S3 arrives.

Google Goggles: Geeky Augmented Reality Glasses!!

Upholding the trend of turning science fiction in reality, Google, the eminent search engine has recently launched a stunning augmented reality glasses and yes, they look about as geeky as you would rather expect.

This science fiction specs enables Smartphone options like calling, internet, map and a lot more which is not in your pocket but on your nose!! The buzz around these new sci-fi glasses is monolithic…

Google Eye: Augmented Reality Glasses? What?

Today science and technology has spanned all its boundaries and limitations. The brilliant, masterminds all over the world are trying to make human life easier and comfortable as ever before.

By the end of year 2012, the curtains of Google’s secret ‘X’ labs are finally going to open and the results are going to be superb, amazing. Yes… you could be the next James Bond.

Yes…Google is launching the world most stunning feature, the Science Fiction, Augmented Reality Glasses!! The sci-fi glasses will permit you to do many things you do with the help of your Smartphone device and that too without whipping out a separate device.

Check the real heck out here

Google Eye/Google Sci-fi Glasses will be Android based. It will include a small screen that will be posed a few inches from the user’s eye. These glasses will be driven with a 3G or 4G data connection and with numerous sensors including motion and GPS.

The glasses will also provide Google Maps, Latitude, Navigation and a low resolution camera.

Check the video for more amazing information about these sci-fi glasses:

Here in this video, Google depicted how the glasses could take pictures, give you directions, check-in locations and can even perform video chats.
The price and the sale of the glasses are still unclear, but Google says, their employees will began the testing of these glasses publicly very soon.

As you can see the glasses seems to be bit nerdy in their first look, Google still managing its best to give some fashionable look to these glasses by boasting rejected Gap models in its promo shots, but they still are noticeable for most of the customers.

According to The New York Times, Google is also researching different types of designs for glasses including some that could probably fits in your existing glasses.

Google employees are continuously performing different types of public survey for these sci-fi glasses. There are numerous positive replies, comments about these glasses. Let’s hope for the best.

According to me, this could be a massive hit in the Global techno world.  It’s just not going to be a gadget but an applicable, groundbreaking piece of art by the Google engineers.

Best wishes to Google team.

We would like to discover your valuable comments: Would be just another gadget? Or could that be an innovative gadget that you would surely buy?

iPad 3 has Canard Charging System

When your iPad 3 tells you that it is fully charged, it’s not even close to being charged up . The new iPad looks great but once again its has a fibbing battery recharging system.

Dr raymony soneria ,President of displaymate , the worlds leading display and tuning company. During his  testing of the iPad 3 display soneria found that the batteries do not reach full charge when 100%  is shown and they need up to an extra hour before the charging actually stops. This is the problem with iPad 3 charging system , it actually tell you that the battery is fully charged but it’s not. so what’s wrong with it ? Lets find out.

ipad 3 has fibbing recharging system

The problem is in the benchmarking . this isn’t the problem with iPad 3 , other tablets and smartphones also lies about their charging status. The new iPad continues to charge up for up to one hour after it claims to reach 100%.  This affects the battery run time if you stop  charging when it says 100% because it is just not going like that. The 100% is not 100% here. Charging need to be done even after it claims 100%.

Further testing has shown that the new iPad actually gets fully charged 2 hours 10 minutes after prematurely reporting on-screen that it is fully charged.

But why it’s happening ? soneria says “the charge indicator on all devices works on a mathematical model of charge rates,  discharge rates, and  recent discharge history of the battery. By using this information it estimates how much time is left. But it’s actually difficult to do so because most battery degrade slowly as they discharge.”

iPad 3 is so bad in its estimate just because there is something wrong in its battery charge mathematical model. It should not say 100% until it stops charging otherwise user will not get maximum running time that iPad is capable of delivering.

iPad 3 can run 11.5 hours longer at middle brightens setting. Since it has 4 times as many pixels in the display that need to be kept powered (over iPad 2) and 4 times as much memory. The number of backlight LED’s has roughly doubled (from 36 to somewhat around 82). So the backlight power has approximately doubled. Since the display consumes  about 50-60 % of the total power , the new iPad 3 needs at least a 50% larger battery.  It has been increases by 70% (from 25 to 42.5 watt hours).

However iPad 3 battery life is remarkably good. Somehow apple has to increase the ipad 3 power density . May be because of this the battery charger is giving incorrect information.

Or may be apple just hiding the actual recharge time. When it comes to battery related issues , most companies share truth about how long a battery will be useful and how much time does it takes to recharge  them.

Facebook: You Are Being Watched Even When You Are Logged Out.

Recent news has come up that Facebook can track the places which you visit even after you sign out.

According to Wollongong-based Cubrilovic, when the user is logged out, rather than deleting its cookies the site modifies them and maintains account information and other unique tokens that can be used to identify the users.

This simply means that you are being watched out even after you log out from your Facebook account.  Your browser sends information back to Facebook when you visit a web page with Facebook. Even if you are logged out from your Facebook profile. Facebook knows and can track every single page you visit.

The one and only solution to prevent yourself from this thing is to delete every Facebook cookie from your browser, and you  should use a separate browser for Facebook interactions only.

Actually there are significant risks to the privacy of users and particularly for those who use public terminals to access Facebook.

Facebook need to come up with a solution for this problem as soon as possible. They should provide tools to their user to manage their privacy and should state clear policies. Otherwise this is going to affect the Facebook itself as nobody wants invasion of their privacy.

“Logout” does  not really meaning “logout” here. By the time Facebook finds a solution, user have to take preventive measures to help themselves from this infiltration into your Life.

Android announces exciting Apps

The Google invented software Android has introduced some fantastic Apps to keep you glued to the digital world. The latest has been Blogger, Tumblr and WordPress. Whether you posses a blog or thinking to start one, the apps will definitely help you to decide quickly. The collection of these smart Apps detaches you from your computer and gives you the freedom to express your views when you are mobile. Most of the time you do not get time to sit and write because you travel frequently. These miniature form of Apps offer enough utility to get your job done.

Blogger

 

android app blogger

The most simplistic App of the three is Blogger. It is Google’s blogging platform. The App has two screens to look at. If you want to share date, title, a thought, picture, video, or something short then thin is the perfect App for you. Through the Blog’s interface, you can easily manage all of your Blogs. All you have to do is link your Google account to your phone and sign in to start working on your imagination.

Tumblr

 

adnroid tumblr app

Through this new app you can manage your posts. You can edit, delete and make quick changes to the posts. There is a favorite tab and the final tab displays information about your posts, drafts, followers and custom settings. Press the new post icon at the top right hand corner to open a selection screen. It gives you the choice to select the type of content. You can select text, photo, link, video, quote or anything. This is the most polished looking App of the three.

WordPress

 

android app wordpress

This App is constant blogger’s paradise. It encompasses all of your blogging needs. The WordPress App provides you the freedom to edit and create new posts. It also gives you the authority to add photos and videos through the main menu shortcuts. This runs very fast on Android but also good for Smartphone. This App helps you to log in the website or self- hosted blog and to view your blog statistics.

The Android software has also enabled the use of SMTP Mail service. The control offers better performance than other SMTP components. This feature supports all threading models and PGP supported. The mail service helps you to send mail from your own e-mail address or domain name. Android installed this trusted service to secure the protection of the users. These Apps come handy with this mail service.

This is guest post written by Robert Smith who is a Software Developer, he write articles on SMTPMail. For more information he suggests to visit My SMTP

iCloud – Cloud Computing Service from Apple

iCloud is a cloud storage or cloud computing service from Apple which offer its users to upload files such as photos, music files, documents and much more on computer servers to enable multiple download to iOS based devices, computers running on mac OS X or Microsoft Windows. While it comes with 5GB of free space, it’s primarily a sync service, providing backup facilities only for iOS devices, plus syncing music, email, contacts, documents, calendar and apps between iOS devices, Macs and  to a more limited extent – PC’s.

If you use an iPhone or iPad, it’s undeniably a must. It provides the most efficient means of syncing email, contacts and calendar between iOS devices. Apps, iBooks and iTunes music purchased on one device can be set to appear on others linked to the account. Mac users will also find iCloud useful. Users of the iWork suite can sync Pages, Numbers and Keynote documents between devices and their Mac. Meanwhile, with Photo Stream, photos can be synced between iOS devices, iPhoto or Aperture libraries on OS X, Take a photo and it appears everywhere.

 

icloud is clout server

 

There are more limitations for Widows users. There’s no direct integration between Pages, Numbers or Keynote on iOS devices and Office 2010, while Photo Stream simply adds pictures to upload and download folders within your Pictures library. I however, integration with Outlook 2010 means calendar, email and contacts information can he synced, while music can be downloaded from iCloud to iTunes. What’s more, by visiting the website you can download Pages. Numbers and Keynote documents in PDF or Office formats to your desktop, or drag and drop Office documents directly into the browser-based iCloud window for conversion and sharing with your iOS devices.

Era Of Online Gaming

Online gaming is growing and expanding itself because it loads very fast doesn’t need any system configuration (the best part of it). A number of users are inclined towards online gaming and prefers online gaming. The basic reason behind is that you are being provided with a huge numbers of games with decent graphic which don’t demand for any specific system configurations unlike the high end games that demands for graphics card. Online gaming is surely an excellent option for those who don’t carry high end systems with them, but that’s not always the case. High end system also prefers online gaming because of the interactions it give, it gives you a platform where you can challenge your friends and play with them.

Most of the online games are based on flash, which once gets loaded can run even without internet (try “tennis ace” on Miniclip).  There are a number of websites which provides you online gaming. The best in my opinion is Miniclip. It has number of games and certainly has the one that suits you. 8 ball pool is by far the most popular game on miniclip.

Play 8 ball pool multiplayer game on miniclip

This Is A Snapshot of 8 Ball Pool Miltiplayer Game

If you love to play pool and want to compete with other user over the net then 8 ball pool is the one for you. The game has upgraded itself constantly, it has several modes and in every single mode you play with a user not computer this is why this game is being loved so much. It also has tournament option where you can get yourself into an tournament. There are some other good games to look for, like tennis ace.  Get yourself into this and enjoy the light side of gaming.

Transparent Smartphones On The Way!

technology used in transparent smartphonesSmartphones which are transparent and are flexible, it feels so good to imagine such things. It will not take too long now to appear such things in market. A constant research and development has been going over transparent smartphones.

James tour, professor in Rice University described about his transparent memory invention. This transparent memory if combined with transparent processors and batteries can give birth to a whole new generation of transparent smartphones.   These smartphones will be totally transparent and flexible. Or we can call them see through smartphones.

It may take few years from now as the demonstrations are going on in the labs. This new technology will take smartphones to a new level.

Is a transparent phone possible?  Let’s check what concept does it uses.

It uses silicon oxide (insulator) in semiconductor made by using a high voltage to force electricity to flow through it.  Transparent smartphones can be built circuits needs to be build by inkjet printing, crystalline carbon films called grapheme which uses technology developed at university of Cambridge.

 

transparent smartphones on the way

This Is How They Will Look

Transparent smartphones will surely be an evolution in the world of mobile phones; the issue is how long it will take to arrive in the market.