Concept: An iPhone 7 that senses its fall to prevent damage
Apple iPhone 7 rumours and concepts are rushing in by now. A few days back we shared a concept of an ultra-thin iPhone 7 with you. Today we bring you a new and absolutely innovative concept by ConceptsiPhone (YouTube), which imagines the next generation iPhone sporting carbon dioxide tanks in its housing, which would give […]
Apple Music adds streaming for wireless Sonos speakers
Music subscribers who own Sonos sound systems will be able to play a “beta” version of Apple Music through the Sonos app starting Dec. 15. A final version will be released early next year. People who own the popular Sonos systems can already stream music from competing free and paid services, including Pandora, Spotify and […]
Metallic Earphones @ Rs 2,999
Chinese smartphone startup OnePlus has launched its new Icons in-ear type earphones with metallic design in the Indian market. The earphones sport aluminium finish ensure sturdiness but without the associated weight and are now available on Amazon.in at Rs 2,999. Unlike the dual-chamber design of standard earphones, OnePlus Icons feature a three-chamber design in order […]
A portal of products and services for senior citizens, has launched a phone with a slate of features for the elderly: raised, back-lit keys which can be turned into talking keys; 8 photo contacts for easy dialling, anti-kid back, SOS button that triggers siren, call and SMS to 5 contacts, giving location and medical information, […]
Budget-friendly Z1 smart band in India
New Delhi: Honor has announced the launch of its new fitness wearable Honor Z1 Band in India. The band demonstrated in October, is exclusively available on ecommerce website Flipkart. Honor Z1 Band has a circular design with brushed metal bezel around the corners and display at the center. The band is dust proof and water […]
No more constant phone charging?
An Oxford University spin-out has invented a new smart material that promises to slash the energy required to power a smartphone screen. The creation threatens to shake up the smartphone and wearable device market, because more than 90 per cent of the battery power in a mobile device is used to illuminate its display. Dr […]
This is how Apple will waterproof its future iPhones
Recently, we reported that Apple plans to make some major hardware advances with its upcoming smartphones. And one of the many upgrade would be waterproofing its future iPhones. However, not much was known with regards to how Apple plans to do the same. On Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office published a report by […]
Charging your phone with wasted heat
Designers Vihanga Gore and Sergey Komardenkov want to make charging your phone as simple as putting a hot pan down on the table. Their theoretical concept, Heat Harvest, takes the heat energy expelled by everyday objects around the house, like cooking pans straight off the stove and converts it to electricity that can be used […]
These speakers are water, dust, shock proof, and they float!
Mumbai: Altec Lansing announced its launch in the Indian audio device segment with a disruptive and sturdy ‘everything proof’ range of speakers. The new range of 12 speakers includes Mini H2o speaker, Mini Lifejacket 2 speaker and Lifejacket 2 speaker, which brings a combination of design aesthetics, impeccable sound technology and sturdy hardware. The range […]
First Mirror Installed on NASA’s
Washington: NASA has successfully installed the first of 18 flight mirrors onto the James Webb Space Telescope, beginning a critical piece of the observatory’s construction to replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018. At NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland this week, the engineering team used a robot arm to lift and lower […]
Amazing Li-Fi technology to be 100 times faster than Wi-Fi
Mumbai: Researchers from the University of Oxford have successfully developed a superior networking technology, which utilises light fidelity (Li-Fi) to achieve bi-directional speeds of 224 GBPS. The Li-Fi technology is extremely fast and has the capability to download massive amounts of data in a matter of seconds, or less. It is a wireless technology that […]
Wearable tech to decode sign language
Texas: The communication barrier between deaf people who use sign language and those that don’t understand it may be coming to an end thanks to a new wearable technology being developed at Texas A&M University. The device incorporates a system of sensors that records the motion of hand gestures, as well as the electromyography or […]
The return of the ‘click-n-print’ camera
“Why can’t I see them now?” a little girl asked her father. She wondered why it took so long to develop and print photos she had taken with her box camera. Dr Edwin Land went on to co-found the Polaroid Corporation and in 1948 answered his daughter’s wish — by inventing the Land self-developing camera, […]
Power devices wirelessly from your existing Wi-Fi router
Seattle: Research work on using a Wi-Fi router as a source of untapped energy — anchored by an Indian doctoral student in the University of Washington — has been judged to be one of the most innovative and game-changing technologies of 2015, by Popular Science magazine. It has been included in the magazine’s annual “Best […]
Deeper for Better Fishing!
For people who fish with group of friends, it’s a bonding experience. And whether any fish are caught or not – it’s the camaraderie that matters most. Some people just enjoy the outdoors and the water. In particular the ability to get their boats into secluded areas where nobody else is. Some people enjoy the […]
A smartphone for kids just for Rs 6,000
Parents are often in a dilemma while giving smartphones to their children. Even though it’s about ensuring safety and connectivity to kids, there’s also a worry of misuse with unlimited access to web, apps and other tools. Keeping these concerns in mind, Swipe Technologies has launched a smartphone with a slate of parental control features. The […]
Google Glass treats blocked heart artery
London: In a first, doctors have used the eye-wearable device Google Glass to successfully restore the blood flow of a chronically blocked right coronary artery in a 49-year-old patient. Virtual reality (VR) has potential to revolutionise some aspects of medicine and healthcare, researchers said. A group of cardiologists has now successfully used a VR device […]
Automation Technology drives simpler life
Imagine a situation, you are sitting in an extremely important meeting and you are next in line to present an idea that you put together after burning the midnight oil. You are all charged up and the effervescence combined with hard work is enough to convince your boss. Suddenly it strikes you that you may […]
Super AMOLED Display Screen
AMOLED displays provide higher refresh rates than passive-matrix,[not specific enough to verify] often reducing the response time to less than a millisecond, and they consume significantly less power. This advantage makes active-matrix OLEDs well-suited for portable electronics, where power consumption is critical to battery life. The amount of power the display consumes varies significantly depending […]
Smartwatch to a Perfect Angle for Workout
Along with many others, the primary purpose of a smartwatch is its fitness tracker. With mapping your daily physical activities, to keeping a tab on your heart rate, smartwatch certainly is a wise invention. Having said that, if you own a smartwatch you must have noticed that the, especially during workouts, the smartwatch around the […]