Tuesday, 3 June 2014

The Bionic Eye: A Retinal Implant That Can Receive Updates









The Argus Retinal Prosthesis is the first of its kind—a bionic retinal implant that helps people see in the same way a hearing aid helps people hear. The Argus II was approved and released commercially in the United States in this year and received a firmware update that granted users color vision. The Argus II is a peek into the future—a glance into a future where once these implants get good enough, a bionic eye will be better than a natural human one.


                         Curved TV

The whole curved screen shtick has quickly become the great gimmick of 2014—that is, until LG showed off its 105” OLED 4k TV that just happened to have a nice flexible display on it. The curvature to this massive, gorgeous television feels just right—and unlike the curved displays on their smartphones, actually enhances the experience. This might be another product that won’t be hitting Best Buy shelves anytime soon, but that doesn’t take anything from the fact that LG has made an immersive and interesting television.

Sony 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector

 

Sony’s most peculiar and most exciting announcement this year was the Ultra Short Throw 4k Projector. Due to the surprisingly short distance the projector sits from the wall and the incredibly sharp picture, this 4k projector feels like the future of not only projectors—but TVs as a whole. 

      5G-Some important facts

WHAT IS 5G? 

5G is the short for fifth generation, a mobile broadband technology that is in the early stages of works and likely to be in place six to seven years from now. A 5G network will be able to handle 10,000 times more call and data traffic than the current 3G or 4G network.

WHAT WOULD A TYPICAL 5G EXPERIENCE BE LIKE?

You could download a three-hour high-definition movie on a mobile device in one second. It takes several minutes on a 3G or 4G network and several hours on 2G.  

WILL 5G WORK ON THE SAME SPECTRUM BANDS THAT 3G AND 4G RUN ON?

Researchers have yet to finalise the spectrum band for 5G. But indications are that 5G networks will run on ultra-high spectrum bands like 15 GHz, 27 GHz or even 70 GHz.  

WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF 5G?

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute is formulating 5G global technology standards, which are likely to be formalised by 2019.

Telecom companies such as Nokia, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent , NTT DoCoMo, NEC, Samsung, Huawei and Fujitsu are driving bulk of the 5G-related innovations. 
 

WHEN WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE 5G?
 

5G networks are likely to be rolled out commercially between 2020 and 2025. If the global standards are finalised by 2019, the earliest commercial deployments could happen by 2020.

Japan's NTT DoCoMo is targeting a 5G commercial launch by 2020 and will start indoor trials at its R&D centre in Yokosuka this year. 

WILL 3G AND 4G HANDSETS RUN ON 5G NETWORKS?

No. 5G will require new chipsets and devices capable of supporting speeds upwards of 10 gigabits per second. 4G and 3G run at a fraction of that speed.

ARE THERE ANY INHERENT WEAKNESSES IN 5G?

Higher frequencies could be blocked by buildings and they lose intensity over longer distances. That means, offering wider coverage would be a challenge.   

 


                   Bluetooth Speakers


 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a few BT speakers in the market and Sony SRSBTX300 Portable NFC Bluetooth Wireless Speaker System (Black) is one of them.

It featuresone-touch Bluetooth pairing with NFC, hands free calling, and up to 8 hours of battery life. It has received a 4.6/5 star rating from over $230 Amazon customers. Next up we have the GOgroove

Apple announces iCloud Drive,one location to store and sync all documents between Mac,iOS and Windows

Apple has just announced iCloud Drive, a central location for all iCloud documents, whether attached to an app sandbox or not. This is very similar to Dropbox. Files can be viewed and sync between Mac, iOS and even Windows.

An iOS document picker will enable you to access these files from within iOS apps, seamlessly.

This should allow much better project management, which spans multiple filetypes and applications. Documents appear in the Finder, with folders representing app sandbox’s as well as a freeform area to drop any other documents that users want to sync between their devices. This seems to makeup part of Apple’s new focus on “continuity”.

Monday, 2 June 2014

                                           Lytro cameras

 

The newly announced Lytro Illum is the first high-end camera to use light field technology, and it's the second camera from the company. Unlike traditional photos, light field images can be refocused after you take them - so if you'd rather look at the background than the foreground, you can change the focus with a click.It's enormously clever and has the potential to revolutionise photography. But Lytro is a real underdog here: its images require a plugin to view and it's taking on a massive and well established market. Fans hope it will become the Dyson of digital photography.