X-Ray vision for $300?
X-ray vision, a comic book fantasy for decades, is becoming a reality in a lab at MIT. A group of researchers led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dina Katabi has developed software that uses variations in radio signals to recognise human silhouettes through walls and track their movements. Researchers say the technology will be […]
New Version of popular webOS Smart TV
Mumbai: LG will unveil its latest SMART TV line-up featuring the newest webOS 3.0 smart TV platforms at the 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. LG webOS 3.0 was designed to provide an exceptional user experience and allow for more intuitive navigation of the TV’s features. Since its introduction in 2014, most […]
Wammy Note 5 with 4GB RAM
Mumbai: Wickedleak is announcing its next flagship Smartphone ‘Wammy Note 5’, the latest in the Note series from the company. The company claims that the device will be one of the most powerful smartphones to be launched in India and it will be priced at Rs 16,990 only. Wammy Note 5 is powered by a […]
24 billion operations on taking a single photo
Mumbai: A recent report released by Flickr suggested that iPhone cameras occupied the top spot in their evaluation of the most popular devices in 2015. The popularity of Apple device cameras has even managed to overshadow some top DSLR cameras. Even though Apple cameras do not offer the best camera specifications on paper, their devices […]
New USB peripheral, non-touch sensitive laptops
Mumbai: A US-based company has developed a slim USB peripheral that converts you non-touch sensitive laptop into a touch-receptive one, using an “invisible light field”. The AirBar developed by Neonode attaches to the bezel of a laptop and once plugged into a USB port, the device covers the laptop’s display with an ‘invisible light field’, […]
Radio rebels: tiny transmitters for Syria
BERLIN: On the top floor of an old brick building in the heart of Berlin, a group of journalists and tech enthusiasts are working to spur the Syrian media revolution. Their weapon is an unassuming black case the size of a shoebox that allows opposition radio stations in Syria to transmit inside hostile territory. Dubbed […]
Breathalyser lock that prevents drunk biking
According to Outside, a 2013 report by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that 26 per cent of cyclists involved in fatal encounters with motor vehicles had been drinking. And in Japan, the statistics are so grim that bikers who imbibe and ride are slapped with a ¥1 million fine (about $8,142) or face […]
Smart homes today: Smart and secure
Taiwan-headquartered D-Link has brought to India, a suite of products which together update a clichéd old saying for a new, Connected Age: Home sweet, (smart & secure), home! In these days of heightened vulnerability, they offer a nice combo of safety and convenience. All are wireless devices and latch on to your home Wi-Fi network, […]
Satellite that shed light on dark matter
Beijing: China on Thursday successfully launched the country’s first space telescope in search for signals of dark matter, an invisible material that makes up most of the universe’s mass. The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Satellite, which has been given the moniker “Wukong” after the Monkey King from the Chinese classical fiction “Journey to the […]
Live your dreams via technology – Sundar Pichai to students
Live your dreams via technology – Sundar Pichai to students
Scientists teach computers to learn like humans
New York: Scientists have developed an algorithm that captures our learning abilities, enabling computers to recognise and draw simple visual concepts that are mostly indistinguishable from those created by humans. The work marks a significant advance in the field—one that dramatically shortens the time it takes computers to ‘learn’ new concepts and broadens their application […]
Self-Driving Cars on California Roads
San Francisco: Ford said that it has a green light to test self-driving cars in California, and should have them on roads in the most populous US state next year. The carmaker officially enrolled in the California Autonomous Vehicle Testing Program and will begin with self-driving Ford Fusion Hybrid sedans, it said in a release […]
Pump up for better insulation
Nearly six years ago in 2009, a Utah-based company called Klymit came up with a different idea for cold-weather clothing — replace traditional insulation with gas. This idea gave birth to NobleTek inflatable clothing that earned plenty of attention from the outdoor and technology industries. However, it never seemed to catch on. Under the guidance […]
Apple iPad Pro now available in India
Apple iPad Pro, that went on sale across 40 countries in the world in November, has finally now arrived in India. The iPad is available in three variants, the 32GB model with the Wi-Fi feature is priced at Rs 67,900, the 128GB version is priced at Rs 79,900, and the 128GB version with the 4G […]
Human skin detection technology for improved security
Washington: Scientists have developed a new technology that can better characterise human skin using spectral imaging of melanin, hemoglobin and water, which could improve security, search and rescue operations. Spectral imaging systems use information from the entire electromagnetic spectrum to provide digital images with much greater information per pixel than traditional cameras. Feature spaces in […]
This makes easier to take screenshots
In the latest Android 6.0 upgrade, Google has added a new feature for the Marshmallow users. Post the update, Android users will be able to take screenshots just at a tap, instead of struggling with the power button and the volume rocker. This new feature is available via the Google Now on Tap feature, which […]
Tech to help animals ‘talk’
“What would the world be like if dogs could talk to us?” asks Melody Jackson, “and not just our pet dogs, but working dogs, police dogs, search and rescue dogs, medical alert dogs?” Jackson isn’t pitching an idea for the next Pixar movie—rather, she’s a computer scientist at Georgia Tech who’s developing innovative new ways […]
Solar Power Bank
We have reviewed many power banks on this page but never one with such a radical, innovative look and feel—and yes, it is designed, developed, and manufactured in India by a 4-year-old Mumbai-based start-up, Elixier Tech after crowd funding at Indiegogo. ET Stone looks like a smart phone with an adjustable stand—and weighs about the […]
Robot bai!
Robotic vacuum cleaners and floor washing robots with sweeping and wet mopping functions, doing chores inside homes, is not exactly new. They have been around, for a decade and more in the US—after a robotics engineer from the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, Rodney Brooks co-founded iRobot in 1990 with two colleagues. However the company’s first […]
New app allows smart home devices to ‘talk’
Washington: Imagine a lamp that turns down the volume of your TV when you dim the lights or a car that switches on your home air conditioner when you leave the office! A new app may make this possible. MIT researchers have created an augmented reality app that lets you link together smart objects around […]