Nokia again in market with new look

Nokia, not so stranger to india. Despite of fall of company in past,it has managed to comeback again under the reins oh HDM Global. 

एयरफोर्स वन: अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति का प्रतीक, पैदा करता है विस्मय

कहीं भी पहुंचने पर अपने बेजोड़ तेज से विस्मित कर
देने वाला अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति का आंशिक रूप से नीला ‘एयरफोर्स
वन’ विमान अपने आप में एक स्टार है। विशिष्ट रूप से निर्मित
सत्तर मीटर लंबा यह चमचमाता विमान लंबे समय से
अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति की शानोशौकत का प्रतीक रहा है। उसे
‘फ्लाइंग (उड़ता हुआ) व्हाइट हाउस’ भी कहा जाता है। उसे
जो हैसियत प्राप्त है, उससे, जब राष्ट्रपति उस पर सवार
नहीं होते हैं तो भी दुनिया भर में वह मीडिया का ध्यान
अपनी ओर खींचता है।
तकनीकी रूप से ‘एयरफोर्स वन’ अमेरिकी वायुसेना के विमान में
राष्ट्रपति के सवार रहने के दौरान इस्तेमाल में आने
वाला सरकारी रेडियो कॉल साइन है। यह कॉल साईन 1953
की उस घटना के बाद सृजित किया गया जब तत्कालीन
राष्ट्रपति डी डी आइजनहावर का विमान समान कॉलसाइन
का इस्तेमाल करता हुआ वाणिज्यिक विमान उड़ान के वायुमार्ग
में चला गया था। यह विमान ‘एयरफोर्स वन’ उसमें प्रयुक्त
की गयी प्रौद्योगिकी के लिहाज से काफी सुरक्षित है। यह
प्रौद्योगिकी यहां तक कि उसे संभवत: परमाणु विस्फोट से
पैदा होने वाले इलेक्ट्रोमैग्नेटिक के हस्तक्षेप से भी बचाती है।
अंतर्निहित डायरेक्शनल इंफ्रारेड काउंटरमेजर (डीआईआरसीएम)
प्रणाली ‘एयफोर्स वन’ पर मिसाइल हमले को भी बेसर कर
देती है। दरअसल यह प्रणाली मिसाइल के मार्ग को बाधित कर
देती है। वाकई में 11 सितंबर, 2001 के हमले के दौरान, इस
विमान के अति उन्नत सुरक्षा उपाय से उत्साहित होकर एक
सुरक्षा अधिकारी पॉल जरमैन ने कहा कि सबसे अच्छी बात है
कि विमान में ही सवार हो जाया जाए। इस विस्मयकारी विमान ने
तत्कालीन राष्ट्रपति जार्ज डब्ल्यू बुश के लिये फ्लोरिडा के
सारासोटा से एंड्रूयूज वायुसेना अड्डे तक की उड़ान के दौरान
बंकर का काम किया था। उस दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण दिन पूरे
उत्तरी अमेरिका में उड़ान भर रहा यह एकमात्र विमान था। इस
विमान से इतना रहस्य जुड़ा है कि हॉलीवुड ने उस पर फिल्म
बनायी। वर्ष 1997 में आई ‘एयरफोर्स वन’ नामक फिल्म में
लोगों के जेहन में यह विमान कल्पना की उड़ान के रूप में आया।
नि:संदेह यह विमान उन्नत है लेकिन उसके प्रति जिज्ञासा उसके
बारे में गोपनीयता की वजह से भी है । विमान में अधिकतर
स्थानों पर पहुंच बिल्कुल सीमित है। बस वह हिस्सा अपवाद है
जहां पत्रकारों को इजाजत दी जाती है। ‘एयरफोर्स वन’ से जुड़े
कुछ चिरस्मरणीय यादे हैं जिनमें एक है कि तत्कालीन
राष्ट्रपति जॉन एफ कैनेडी की हत्या के कुछ घंटे बाद इसी विमान
में लिंडन जॉनसन को शपथ दिलाई गई थी। वैसे इसके
दोनों विमान करीब 30 साल पुराने हो गए हैं और उनके स्थान पर
उपयुक्त विमान लाने में अमेरिकी अधिकारी जुटे हैं।

Microsoft shows off Windows 10 and ‘HoloLens’

Microsoft engineer Alex Kipman releases a
miniature helicopter designed on a hologram
device and then created on a 3-D printer at
an event demonstrating new features of
Windows 10 in Redmond on Wednesday.
Microsoft is making a big bet that Windows 10
will help it regain ground the company has lost
to the mobile computing boom

Microsoft has taken the wraps off a new version
of Windows and a new wearable 3D gadget it
calls the HoloLens.
The company showed the new headset, which lets
users view and interact with three-dimensional
images, at an event where it also revealed new
features coming to the company’s flagship
operating software.
Executives said Windows 10 is designed to
embrace the way people use computers today,
offering a familiar experience as they switch
back and forth from personal computers to
tablets, smartphones and other gadgets such as
gaming consoles or even holographic projectors.
While it’s designed to let apps work in similar
fashion on all those devices, Windows 10 will also
come with a new Web browser that will be
closely integrated with Cortana, the company’s
voice-activated answer to Siri.
Microsoft is expanding Cortana to serve as a
search engine and personal assistant, capable of
answering questions and responding to commands
such as “Play music” on desktop and laptop
computers, as well as mobile devices.
And in a break from past practice, Microsoft
announced that Windows 10 will be released later
this year as a free upgrade for anyone owning
a computer or gadget that’s currently running
Windows 8.1 or 7, the two previous versions of
the software.
Microsoft is making a big bet that Windows 10
will help it regain ground the company has lost
to the mobile computing boom.
Windows has long been the dominating operating
software for desktop and laptop computers, but
that business has suffered as more people have
begun using smartphones and tablets.
Microsoft tried to reach those users by
emphasizing touch-screen features in its last
update, Windows 8, but many traditional PC
users found it jarring and difficult to navigate.
Hoping to win back a larger audience, Microsoft
is promising Windows 10 will provide a familiar
experience to users on across devices, and a
common platform for software developers to
create apps that work on all of them.
“Windows 10 is built for a world in which there
are going to be more devices on the planet than
people,” CEO Satya Nadella told reporters and
industry analysts at Microsoft’s headquarters.
He said Microsoft wants to “enable that
seamless cross-over, across devices as you move
around at home and at work.”

Nanotechnology

What is Nanotechnology?

A basic definition: Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. This covers both current work and concepts that are more advanced.In its original sense, 'nanotechnology' refers to the projected ability to construct items from the bottom up, using techniques and tools being developed today to make complete, high performance products.

With 15,342 atoms, this parallel-shaft speed reducer gear is one of the largest nanomechanical devices ever modeled in atomic detail.

The Meaning of Nanotechnology

When K. Eric Drexler (right) popularized the word 'nanotechnology' in the 1980's, he was talking about building machines on the scale of molecules, a few nanometerswide—motors, robot arms, and even whole computers, far smaller than a cell. Drexler spent the next ten years describing and analyzing these incredible devices, and responding to accusations of science fiction. Meanwhile, mundane technology was developing the ability to build simple structures on a molecular scale. As nanotechnology became an accepted concept, the meaning of the word shifted to encompass the simpler kinds of nanometer-scale technology. The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative was created to fund this kind of nanotech: their definition includes anything smaller than 100 nanometers with novel properties.

Much of the work being done today that carries the name 'nanotechnology' is not nanotechnology in the original meaning of the word. Nanotechnology, in its traditional sense, means building things from the bottom up, with atomic precision. This theoretical capability was envisioned as early as 1959 by the renowned physicist Richard Feynman.

I want to build a billion tiny factories, models of each other, which are manufacturing simultaneously. . . The principles of physics, as far as I can see, do not speak against the possibility of maneuvering things atom by atom. It is not an attempt to violate any laws; it is something, in principle, that can be done; but in practice, it has not been done because we are too big. — Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize winner in physics

Based on Feynman's vision of miniature factories using nanomachines to build complex products, advanced nanotechnology (sometimes referred to as molecular manufacturing) will make use of positionally-controlled mechanochemistry guided by molecular machine systems. Formulating a roadmap for development of this kind of nanotechnology is now an objective of a broadly basedtechnology roadmap project led by Battelle (the manager of several U.S. National Laboratories) and the Foresight Nanotech Institute.

Shortly after this envisioned molecular machinery is created, it will result in a manufacturing revolution, probably causing severe disruption. It also has serious economic, social, environmental, and military implications.

Four Generations

Mihail (Mike) Roco of the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative has described four generations of nanotechnology development (see chart below). The current era, as Roco depicts it, is that of passive nanostructures, materials designed to perform one task. The second phase, which we are just entering, introduces active nanostructures for multitasking; for example, actuators, drug delivery devices, and sensors. The third generation is expected to begin emerging around 2010 and will feature nanosystems with thousands of interacting components. A few years after that, the first integrated nanosystems, functioning (according to Roco) much like a mammalian cell with hierarchical systems within systems, are expected to be developed.

Some experts may still insist that nanotechnology can refer to measurement or visualization at the scale of 1-100 nanometers, but a consensus seems to be forming around the idea (put forward by the NNI's Mike Roco) that control and restructuring of matter at the nanoscale is a necessary element. CRN's definition is a bit more precise than that, but as work progresses through the four generations of nanotechnology leading up to molecular nanosystems, which will include molecular manufacturing, we think it will become increasingly obvious that "engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale" is what nanotech is really all about.

Conflicting Definitions

Unfortunately, conflicting definitions of nanotechnology and blurry distinctions between significantly different fields have complicated the effort to understand the differences and develop sensible, effective policy.
The risks of today's nanoscale technologies (nanoparticle toxicity, etc.) cannot be treated the same as the risks of longer-term molecular manufacturing (economic disruption, unstable arms race, etc.). It is a mistake to put them together in one basket for policy consideration—each is important to address, but they offer different problems and will require different solutions. As used today, the term nanotechnology usually refers to a broad collection of mostly disconnected fields. Essentially, anything sufficiently small and interesting can be called nanotechnology. Much of it is harmless. For the rest, much of the harm is of familiar and limited quality. But as we will see, molecular manufacturing will bring unfamiliar risks and new classes of problems.

General-Purpose Technology

Nanotechnology is sometimes referred to as a general-purpose technology. That's because in its advanced form it will have significant impact on almost all industries and all areas of society. It will offer better built, longer lasting, cleaner, safer, and smarter products for the home, for communications, for medicine, for transportation, for agriculture, and for industry in general.


Imagine a medical device that travels through the human body to seek out and destroy small clusters of cancerous cells before they can spread. Or a box no larger than a sugar cube that contains the entire contents of the Library of Congress. Or materials much lighter than steel that possess ten times as much strength. — U.S. National Science Foundation

Dual-Use Technology

Like electricity or computers before it, nanotech will offer greatly improved efficiency in almost every facet of life. But as a general-purpose technology, it will be dual-use, meaning it will have many commercial uses and it also will have many military uses—making far more powerful weapons and tools of surveillance. Thus it represents not only wonderful benefits for humanity, but also graverisks.

A key understanding of nanotechnology is that it offers not just better products, but a vastly improved manufacturing process. A computer can make copies of data files—essentially as many copies as you want at little or no cost. It may be only a matter of time until the building of products becomes as cheap as the copying of files. That's the real meaning of nanotechnology, and why it is sometimes seen as "the next industrial revolution."

My own judgment is that the nanotechnology revolution has the potential to change America on a scale equal to, if not greater than, the computer revolution. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

The power of nanotechnology can be encapsulated in an apparently simple device called a personal nanofactory that may sit on your countertop or desktop. Packed with miniature chemical processors, computing, and robotics, it will produce a wide-range of items quickly, cleanly, and inexpensively, building products directly from blueprints.

Exponential Proliferation

Nanotechnology not only will allow making many high-quality products at very low cost, but it will allow making new nanofactories at the same low cost and at the same rapid speed. This unique (outside of biology, that is) ability to reproduce its own means of production is why nanotech is said to be an exponential technology. It represents a manufacturing system that will be able to make more manufacturing systems—factories that can build factories—rapidly, cheaply, and cleanly. The means of production will be able to reproduce exponentially, so in just a few weeks a few nanofactories conceivably could become billions. It is a revolutionary, transformative, powerful, and potentially very dangerous—or beneficial—technology.

How soon will all this come about? Conservative estimates usually say 20 to 30 years from now, or even much later than that. However, CRN is concerned that it may occur sooner, quite possibly within the next decade. This is because of the rapid progress being made in enabling technologies, such as optics, nanolithography, mechanochemistry and 3D prototyping. If it does arrive that soon, we may not be adequately prepared, and the consequences could be severe.

We believe it's not too early to begin asking some tough questions and facing the issues:

	Who will own the technology?
	Will it be heavily restricted, or widely available?
	What will it do to the gap between rich and poor?
	How can dangerous weapons be controlled, and perilous arms races be prevented?

Many of these questions were first raised over a decade ago, and have not yet been answered. If the questions are not answered with deliberation, answers will evolve independently and will take us by surprise; the surprise is likely to be unpleasant.

It is difficult to say for sure how soon this technology will mature, partly because it's possible (especially in countries that do not have open societies) that clandestine military or industrial development programs have been going on for years without our knowledge.

We cannot say with certainty that full-scale nanotechnology will not be developed with the next ten years, or even five years. It may take longer than that, but prudence—and possibly our survival—demands that we prepare now for the earliest plausible development scenario.

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High Technology Enabled Combat Forces

Any army takes pride in its special combat forces and they are only deployed in most challenging circumstances. Be it part of warfare strategy or as anti insurgency operation or espionage or purpose of breaking the barrier of counter resistance, this elite group of combat forces is the ultimate resort for military forces to break through the enemy victoriously. They may be least in number in comparison to the military personnel strength in any army but they are summoned upon for big responsibilities. Here below we are going to introduce 5 most formidable combat forces in the world.

British Army Special Air Service

Every special combative force around the world is more or less modeled after this lethal elite special force of British Army. Not only they are the most grueling candidates when it comes to combat the most formidable enemies but they are also the most advanced army force trained in an array of services including espionage, rescue operation, anti insurgency operation, one to one fight or modern warfare techniques. Whether in physical competency or in skill set or in grueling training for all wartime endeavors, there is hardly any special force comparable to SAS.

US Army Delta Force

US Delta Force is considered to be the world’s best counter terrorism unit with the most sophisticated commando training for operations such as hostage rescue, counter insurgency and other counter terrorism drives. The recruiting parameters are one of the strictest and they go through one of the hardest training. They are especially well known for their quick and swift moves and lethal skills in defusing any insurgency operation.

Russian Army Spetsnaz

Spetsnaz is the  high technology enabled special force belonging to the Russian Army. It is particularly known for most demanding kind of torture training. Breaking ribs or getting severely wounded in the training period is common to them as commandos in Spetsnaz are taught not just to endure torture but to enjoy it. They are only deployed for special purposes like offering security to the top people in power or rescue and combat operation in anti insurgency campaign, etc.

10 Upcoming Technology That May Change The World

We have seen great leaps in digital technology in past the past five years. Smartphones, cloud computing, multi-touch tablets, these are all innovations that revolutionized the way we live and work. However, believe it or not, we are just getting started. Technology will get even better. In the future, we could live like how people in science fiction movies did.

 

Today’s post is about 10 upcoming, real-life products that is set to revolutionize the world as we know it. Get ready to control the desktop and slice Ninja fruits with your eyes. Get ready to print your own creative physical product. Get ready to dive into the virtual world, and interact with them. Come unfold the future with us.

1. Google Glass

Augmented Reality has already gotten into our life in the forms of simulated experiment and education app, but Google is taking it several steps higher with Google Glass. Theoretically, with Google Glass, you are able to view social media feeds, text, Google Maps, as well as navigate with GPS and take photos. You will also get the latest updates while you are on the ground.

(Image Source: YouTube)

It’s truly what we called vision, and it’s absolutely possible given the fact that the Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin has demo’ed the glass with skydivers and creatives. Currently the device is only available to some developers with the price tag of $1500, but expect other tech companies trying it out and building an affordable consumer version.

2. Form 1

Just as the term suggests, 3D printing is the technology that could forge your digital design into a solid real-life product. It’s nothing new for the advanced mechanical industry, but a personal 3D printer is definitely a revolutionary idea.
Everybody can create their own physical product based on their custom design, and no approval needed from any giant manufacturer! Even the James Bond’s Aston Martin which was crashed in the movie was a 3D printed product!

(Image Source: Kickstarter)

Form 1 is one such personal 3D printer which can be yours at just $2799. It may sound like a high price but to have the luxury of getting producing your own prototypes, that’s a reaonable price.
Imagine a future where every individual professional has the capability to mass produce their own creative physical products without limitation. This is the future where personal productivity and creativity are maximized.

3. Oculus Rift

Virtual Reality gaming is here in the form of Oculus Rift. This history-defining 3D headset lets you mentally feel that you are actually inside a video game. In the Rift’s virtual world, you could turn your head around with ultra-low latency to view the world in high resolution display.
There are premium products in the market that can do the same, but Rift wants you to enjoy the experience at only $300, and the package even comes as a development kit. This is the beginning of the revolution for next-generation gaming.

(Image Source: Kickstarter)

The timing is perfect as the world is currently bombarded with the virtual reality topic that could also be attributed to Sword Art Online, the anime series featuring the characters playing games in an entirely virtual world. While we’re getting there, it could take a few more years to reach that level of realism. Oculus Rift is our first step.

4. Leap Motion

Multi-touch desktop is a (miserably) failed product due to the fact that hands could get very tired with prolonged use, but Leap Motion wants to challenge this dark area again with a more advanced idea. It lets you control the desktop with fingers, but without touching the screen.

(Image Source: Leap Motion)

It’s not your typical motion sensor, as Leap Motion allows you to scroll the web page, zoom in the map and photos, sign documentss and even play a first person shooter game with only hand and finger movements. The smooth reaction is the most crucial key point here. More importantly, you can own this future with just $70, a price of a premium PS3 game title!
If this device could completely work with Oculus Rift to simulate a real-time gaming experience, gaming is going to get a major make-over.

5. Eye Tribe

Eye tracking has been actively discussed by technology enthusiasts throughout these years, but it’s really challenging to implement. But Eye Tribe actually did this. They successfully created the technology to allow you to control your tablet, play flight simulator, and even slice fruits in Fruit Ninja only with your eye movements.

(Image Source: Eye Tribe)

It’s basically taking the common eye-tracking technology and combining it with a front-facing camera plus some serious computer-vision algorithm, and voila, fruit slicing done with the eyes! A live demo was done in LeWeb this year and we may actually be able to see it in in action in mobile devices in 2013.
Currently the company is still seeking partnership to bring this sci-fi tech into the consumer market but you and I know that this product is simply too awesome to fail.

6. SmartThings

The current problem that most devices have is that they function as a standalone being, and it require effort for tech competitors to actually partner with each other and build products that can truly connect with each other. SmartThings is here to make your every device, digital or non-digital, connect together and benefit you.

(Image Source: Kickstarter)

With SmartThings you can get your smoke alarms, humidity, pressure and vibration sensors to detect changes in your house and alert you through your smartphone! Imagine the possibilities with this.
You could track who’s been inside your house, turn on the lights while you’re entering a room, shut windows and doors when you leave the house, all with the help of something that only costs $500! Feel like a tech lord in your castle with this marvel.

7. Firefox OS

iOS and Android are great, but they each have their own rules and policies that certainly inhibit the creative efforts of developers. Mozilla has since decided to build a new mobile operating system from scratch, one that will focus on true openness, freedom and user choice. It’s Firefox OS.
Firefox OS is built on Gonk, Gecko and Gaia software layers – for the rest of us, it means it is built on open source, and it carries web technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.

(Image Source: Mozilla)

Developers can create and debut web apps without the blockade of requirements set by app stores, and users could even customize the OS based on their needs. Currently the OS has made its debut on Android-compatible phones, and the impression so far, is great.
You can use the OS to do essential tasks you do on iOS or Android: calling friends, browsing web, taking photos, playing games, they are all possible on Firefox OS, set to rock the smartphone market.

8. Project Fiona

Meet the first generation of the gaming tablet. Razer’s Project Fiona is a serious gaming tablet built for hardcore gaming. Once it’s out, it will be the frontier for the future tablets, as tech companies might want to build their own tablets, dedicated towards gaming, but for now Fiona is the only possible one that will debut in 2013.

(Image Source: Razer™)

This beast features next generation Intel® Core i7 processor geared to render all your favorite PC games, all at the palm of your hands. Crowned as the best gaming accessories manufacturer, Razer clearly knows how to build user experience straight into the tablet, and that means 3-axis gyro, magnetometer, accelerometer and full-screen user interface supporting multi-touch. My body and soul are ready.

9. Parallella

Parallella is going to change the way that computers are made, and Adapteva offers you chance to join in on this revolution. Simply put, it’s a supercomputer for everyone. Basically, an energy-efficient computer built for processing complex software simultaneously and effectively. Real-time object tracking, holographic heads-up display, speech recognition will become even stronger and smarter with Parallella.

(Image Source: YouTube)

The project has been successfully funded so far, with an estimated delivery date of February 2013. For a mini supercomputer, the price seems really promising since it’s magically $99! It’s not recommended for the non-programmer and non-Linux user, but the kit is loaded with development software to create your personal projects.
I never thought the future of computing could be kick-started with just $99, which is made possible using crowdfunding platforms.

10. Google Driverless Car

I could still remember the day I watch the iRobot as a teen, and being skeptical about my brother’s statement that one day, the driverless car will become reality. And it’s now a reality, made possible by… a search engine company, Google.
While the data source is still a secret recipe, the Google driverless car is powered by artificial intelligence that utilizes the input from the video cameras inside the car, a sensor on the vehicle’s top, and some radar and position sensors attached to different positions of the car. Sounds like a lot of effort to mimic the human intelligence in a car, but so far the system has successfully driven 1609 kilometres without human commands!

(Image Source: Wikipedia)

“You can count on one hand the number of years it will take before ordinary people can experience this.” Google co-founder, Sergey Brin said. However, innovation is an achievement, consumerization is the headache, as Google currently face the challenge to forge the system into an affordable gem that every worker with an average salary could benefit from.

Cool Leaf Touchscreen Keyboard by Minebea.

How smartphones are hurting Google's profit

SAN FRANCISCO: The rise of smartphone use to access the internet, and slowing clicks on ads, cut into profits by Google in the third quarter, the company has revealed. 

Shares in Google fell after the technology giant said that although overall revenues had risen sharply, underlying performance suffered from a buying spree to recruit top talent. 

Google said Thursday its profit in the past quarter dipped slightly from the level a year earlier. 

Net third-quarter profit fell five percent to $2.8 billion, while revenue grew 20% to $16.5 billion. 

Shares in Google tumbled 2.3% to $512.20 in after-hours trading on the results, which disappointed Wall Street. 

Paul Ausick at the finance blog 24/7 Wall Street said Google's revenue fell short of expectations, and that revenue from 'paid clicks' from online ads was also disappointing. 

A key indicator for the market, the number of clicks on ads on its sites rose by 17% on a 12-month comparison, but this was sharply down from growth of 28% in the second quarter. 

Each click generates a payment by the company which has placed the ad. The market also pays close attention to another indicator, the average price of each click. This fell by 2% after a fall of 9% in the previous quarter. 

This is in line with a falling trend for two years. Analysts say it reflects the rise of use of smartphones on which companies can run ad campaigns at lower cost. 

Google's expenses were also higher, led by some $2.4 billion in costs for data centers. 

Chief finance officer Patrick Pichette said however that the company "had another strong performance this quarter", and added that "we continue to be excited about the growth in our advertising and emerging businesses." 

Pichette said expenses were higher in part because of aggressive hiring by the California tech giant — with some 3,000 jobs added to bring the company's headcount to 55,000. 

"We continue to attract and hire the best talent from the best colleges and universities around the world," he said in a conference call. 

"It's very clearly an extraordinary quarter from a hiring perspective." While Google has been the undisputed leader in online advertising, it is facing new challenges, notably from firms like Facebook. 

According to the research firm eMarketer, Google is expected to slightly boost its market share in online advertising to 32.4% this year, while Facebook will grab around 8%. But in the US market, Google is losing market share, according to eMarketer. 

Google earlier this week ramped up its mobile arsenal, upgrading its Nexus line of devices with a new tablet and smartphone, and unveiling its revamped Android software, to be dubbed 'Lollipop'.

Additionally, the US tech giant announced the launch of a streaming media player for music, movies and videos, which also allows users to play games via the Android TV device. 

The new devices give Google and its Android partners a broader portfolio to compete against Apple, which launched two upgraded large-screen iPhones last month and unveiled new iPads on Thursday. 

Omid Kordestani, who was officially named chief business officer at Google, said the company showed "continued momentum in our core business and exciting innovation in other areas."

The flying car

THE FLYING CAR:
A Massachusetts-based company called
“Terrafugia” came up with a dream design of a
flying car, and produced it and displayed it at
the
New York International Auto show, and so this
dream car was met with wonderful reactions
from
the attendances.
The Terrafugia flying car can fly for about 460
miles
with 110 miles per hour with a full tank, and it
has
two foldable wings so that they retract when
it’s
driven on road, plus that it has a transition with
a
26 ft wingspan which with a push of a button it
moves in and out, and it transfers itself from a
car
to a flying car within only 30 seconds
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
(NHTSA), has cleared that this flying car is an
aircraft that is for use on the roads, and also
been
cleared that this car is a light-sport aircraft,
by the
Federal Aviation Administration.

Baby Ping

Why carry a baby monitor with you from room to
room when the BabyPing can link straight to the
one device you always have
in your pocket anyway? Easy to set up, this Wi-Fi-
endowed babycam works with any Apple mobile
device running iOS 7, alerting you when your bundle
of joy starts to bawl. You can then switch to the
live stream, with clear audio and a crisp,
widescreen 640x480 HD image in full colour, or
infrared black and white. Out for the night? Check
up on the new babysitter via 3G or 4G.
There’s no computer required, just plug the
provided Ethernet cable into the camera and your
Wi-Fi router. The background hum of interference
from a baby monitor can be reassuring, but it can
also sound like the soundtrack to a Japanese horror
film. Luckily, this filters background noise, alerting
you only when it hears your baby cry. What's more,
infra-red night vision activates automatically when
darkness falls. It doesn’t give off any tell-tale
glow, either, so won’t wake up junior.

Apple applies for location-based 'smart lock' patent

The US Patent and Trademark Office has
published a patent application from Apple,
detailing a new 'smart lock' system that modifies
the iPhone's lock system based on user location.
The patent describes a system that will track
your location based on GPS data or whether
you're connected to a known WiFi network, and
then change the security settings on your
phone depending on where you are.
"Because some locations may be inherently more
secure, such as a user's home or office, these
locations may be considered 'safe' and require
less stringent security," reads the patent
application.
A great example of this in action would be home
usage. If you're connected to the WiFi in your
house, the iPhone could recognise the low
security risk and remove the need to enter a
passcode entirely.
Alternatively, if GPS tracks you to downtown
Mogadishu, the iPhone would up the ante of its
lock system to ensure your data stays safe.
Apple doubled-down on mobile security last year
with the launch of the iPhone 5S, the first of
its devices to include a fingerprint scanner.
Curiously, Apple's patent-pending system
sounds very similar to the 'personal unlock'
feature unveiled by Google at its I/O conference
this year.
Google says a future version of Android
(probably Android L) will give devices the ability
to check for other nearby devices owned by the
same user, and will modify security systems like
passcode requirement based on the info. Are we
smelling the whiffs of a fresh patent war?

Buy 3d printer!! A note for you.

For Sopaholic
3D Printing:
Neither past nor future, guys i'm talking about
present.
Now a days with the advent of smartphones
evreyone is shopping online. You being one of
them.
But how far one can imagine about online
shopping?
Thats strange question, right?
Lets say how about the product you want is
totally customizable like the colour ,the
size ,shape,materials to be used and everything
you can think of. And you know what the best
part is you don't have wait for delievery man
knocking on your door. With a few mouse clicks
Your dream ptoduct is in your house.
MESSI-merized??
Yes, transportation electromagnetically.
What the heck?
Lets make it simple.- You want to buy pair of
sunglasses. What you really do is go to the
online store and choose your product and wait
for the delievery. But what you can do now is go
to site, pay for the design or product you want .
Download the file on your PC and click on the
PRINT. Boom the 3D Printer in your study room
prints those sunglasses within few hours. Yes
the real 3D objects.
And what if you have a Laser scanner ,just scan
the beautiful hearings of your BFF's ,Your PC
recognises the scan & print the same
hearings.And yes with the right software and
programming skills you can write your on design
for you and even can earn some $ selling online.
Now that leads to a question
What would you buy at first if you had a 3D
printer at your home?

HOW DO SOLAR PANELS WORK?

How is sunlight turned into electricity?

Solar or photovoltaic (photo = light, voltaic =
voltage or electricity) cells are created from
special materials such as Silicon (Si) mixed with
other elements, which when exposed to sunlight
will generate an electrical current. Basically
sunlight is absorbed into the photovoltaic
material, which in turn knocks electrons within
the material loose. This allows the electrons to
flow freely within the material structure,
creating an electrical current.

Why use Silicon?

Silicon is a common choice for solar cells because
of its inherent physical qualities. Silicon has 4
outer shell electrons from a possible 8 ‘holes’. It
will always try to fill the other 4 ‘holes’, and does
this by sharing electrons with neighbouring silicon
atoms. This creates a lattice type structure,
where every atom in the structure bonds with
four other atoms in the structure.
When energy is added to the silicon, in the form of
sunlight, it can knock electrons free of the lattice
structure, but this requires a lot of energy and
generates very few free electrons. With few free
electrons, there is very little current flow, so
impurities are added to the silicon to increase its
current carrying properties. This process is called
‘doping’.
The silicon is ‘doped’ with atoms which contain
more electrons to create negatively charged
silicon or with atoms which contain less electrons
to create positively charged silicon. These
compounds are referred to as n-type and p-type
respectively.
When energy is added to n-type silicon there are a
lot more free electrons present within the
structure. This n-type silicon is placed next to
the p-type silicon, causing the free electrons in
the n-type silicon to rush towards the holes in the
p-type silicon, which creates a current flow.

Physicists Find Way to Convert Light into Matter

In 1934, American theoretical physicists Dr Gregory
Breit and Dr John A. Wheeler suggested that it
should be possible to turn light into matter by
smashing together only two particles of light –
photons, to create an electron and a positron.
“Despite all physicists accepting the theory to be
true, when Dr Breit and Dr Wheeler first proposed
the theory, they said that they never expected it
be shown in the laboratory,” Prof Rose explained.
But a new experiment conducted by his team shows
for the first time how the Breit and Wheeler’s
theory could be proven in practice.
“Today, nearly 80 years later, we prove them
wrong. What was so surprising to us was the
discovery of how we can create matter directly
from light using the technology that we have today
in the UK. As we are theorists we are now talking
to others who can use our ideas to undertake this
landmark experiment,” said Prof Rose, the senior
author of a paper published in the journal Nature
Photonics.
The photon-photon collider experiment that the
physicists have proposed involves two steps.
First, they would use a powerful high-intensity
laser to speed up electrons to just below the speed
of light.
They would then fire these electrons into a slab of
gold to create a beam of photons a billion times
more energetic than visible light.
The next stage of the experiment involves a tiny
gold can called a hohlraum. The scientists would fire
a high-energy laser at the inner surface of this
gold can, to create a thermal radiation field,
generating light similar to the light emitted by
stars.
They would then direct the photon beam from the
first stage of the experiment through the center of
the can, causing the photons from the two sources
to collide and form electrons and positrons. It would
then be possible to detect the formation of the
electrons and positrons when they exited the can.
“Although the theory is conceptually simple, it has
been very difficult to verify experimentally,” said
Oliver Pike, a PhD student at Imperial College and
the first author on the study.
“We were able to develop the idea for the collider
very quickly, but the experimental design we
propose can be carried out with relative ease and
with existing technology.”
“Within a few hours of looking for applications of
hohlraums outside their traditional role in fusion
energy research, we were astonished to find they
provided the perfect conditions for creating a
photon collider. The race to carry out and complete
the experiment is on!”
Demonstrating the Breit-Wheeler theory would
provide the final jigsaw piece of a physics puzzle
which describes the simplest ways in which light and
matter interact.

4GB THUMB DRIVE

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Product description

This is a brand new USB 2.0 Flash Drive in the shape
of a human thumb! The drive is made of soft rubber
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are manufacured with brand new, non-upgrade,
Intel or Toshiba memory sets. Each drive is
thoroughly tested at the plant and again at our US
headquarters before being placed in inventory. Our
drives carrry a 100% lifetime replacement
guarantee. If any of our drives fail due to a
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without question for the life of the drive.

CUBIFY CUBE 3D PRINTER 2ND GENERATION

Product description
Plug and play simplicity – Voted MAKE
magazine’s easiest to use and most reliable 3D
printer. Straight out of the box – you can get
started immediately with the Cube’s simple
setup. Just plug it in and start. The only 3D
printer certified for safe at-home use by adults
and children. Print in ABS and PLA – Now the
Cube prints in two materials. Not only in strong
recyclable ABS, but also compostable PLA. Print
in vibrant colors – The Cube uses material
cartridges in 16 different colors including
vibrant colors, neutral colors, metallic silver and
glow in the dark.

Self Cleaning Solar Panels

Israeli Solar
Company Unveils Self Cleaning Solar Panels
It has been a while since the world realized that
we need to develop renewable energy sources
and ever since, continuous efforts are being
made in this regard. One of the most feasible
alternative is the solar power since harnessing
the energy of sun seems like the most easy and
logical way to obtain energy.

Star Wars hover bike to go on sale in 2017

Star Wars fanatics have no doubt been awaiting the hover bikes featured in ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ and now Manhattan based company Aerofex have released plans to get a commercially available product available for 2017.

Aerofex showed off their hover bike concept 2 years ago which got star wars fans among many others sitting on the edge of their seat. Now, you better get the savings fund going as they expect to ready to Aero-X to the market in 2017 at a price of $85 000. If you want to guarantee yours now you can make a $5000 deposit right away.

According to the company’s website, the hover bike can fly 10 feet off the ground at 45 mph for up to 45 minutes, re-defining the meaning of off-road vehicles. The frame is made of carbon fibre parts for both strength and lightweight and it can carry two passengers at a time. The bike is powered by a 240 hp three-rotor rotary engine and Aerofex, led by aerospace engineer Mark DeRoche, have seemed to have overcome  tough engineering challenges involving stability and control issues that plagued similar hover vehicles in past decades.

“We’ve done a lot of work to learn how to remove [the complexity of helicopter controls],” Aerofex founder and Chief Technology Officer Mark De Roche told Discovery News. ”That’s the key for someone who only has motorcycle experience to able able to get on it and feel comfortable right away.” The complexity he mentions is a phenomenon known as ‘coupling’ where if the pilot leans forward to induce forward motion, the craft may also steer left a little due to the aerodynamics of the spinning rotors. Helicopter pilots need to learn how to counteract this during training however, the Aero-X doesn’t require any special training or licenses and leaning forward will simply drive the craft forward.

Tesla’s Electric Car

Tesla’s Electric Car
To Hit The UK Market And It Will Run For 300
Miles On A Single Charge
Automobile industry is moving forward at quite a
pace and we are witnessing newer and more
powerful super cars every year. However, they
all rely on gasoline and we know that it is a non-
renewable source of fuel and that’s exactly why
the scientists are working on alternate energy
sources for cars. So far we have seen solar
powered cars and electric cars. The issue with
those cars or what hinders us from phasing out
the old cars and moving to these cars is probably
the myriad of insecurities and issues associated
with these new cars. For instance; what
happens to the solar powered car after sunset?
What will happen if it runs out of power? The
same goes for electric car; what if the
batteries run out in the middle of nowhere?