rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted January 9, 2013 [CES 2013] ScotteVest Shows Off The Jacket Of The Future Source We have long speculated what the future will actually be like: flying cars, livable space stations, intergalactic travel will be the norm – you know, all that stuff. Alas, none of those things have quite come to fruition yet, and I doubt they will in my lifetime. What may actually become a thing that we can have, though, is wearable tech. And I'm not talking about smartwatches and the like. I'm talking about intelligent, sophisticated clothing. Kind of like this insane concept jacket that ScotteVest is showing off at CES: This is the TEC (Technology Enabled Clothing) Jacket 2.0. It has features that we've never seen before in a jacket (file that under "sentences that I never expected to write"), like built-in, flexible speakers and noise-cancelling microphones; onboard network-enhancing antennas, batteries, batteries, and more batteries; solar plates, and e-ink displays to output current stats. Hell, this thing even sports its own heating/cooling system that can keep you at the perfect temperature – give or take a degree. That's just pure insanity. And I want it. Right now. Unfortunately, this is just a concept. A way of saying, "hey, look what we can do." As such, there's no price, no release date, no availability info. Nothing. We can't even say for sure if this jacket will ever leave "concept status – but we can sure hope. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted February 19, 2013 Voyager The Ultimate Connected Car Smartphone Website >> http://www.voyager.co.il/ VIDEO 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genius 817 Report post Posted March 6, 2013 A Clear Screen Cover That Charges Deviceshttp://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/clear-screen-cover-keeps-devices-charged The film uses near-infrared light instead of visible light to generate electricity, which is key to its translucence Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted March 22, 2013 World’s Smallest Blood Monitoring Implant Tells Your Smartphone When You’re About To Have A Heart Attack Source A team of scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed the world’s smallest medical implant to monitor critical chemicals in the blood. The 14mm device measures up to five indicators, including proteins like troponin, that show if and when a heart attack has occurred. Using Bluetooth, the device can then transmit the data to a smartphone for tracking. The device can also track levels of glucose, lactate, and ATP, providing valuable data for physiologic monitoring during activity, or in possible disease conditions like diabetes. As far as tricorders go, this device may be the one you have been waiting for, provided you are on board for the implant. Outside the body, a battery patch provides the 100 milliwatts of power that the device requires by wireless inductive charging through the skin. Each sensor is coated with an enzyme that reacts with blood-borne chemicals to generate a detectable signal. For patient monitoring, a device like this would quickly become indispensable once introduced. In cancer treatment for example, exact dosing is critical. Numerous blood tests are often required to calibrate the treatment according the to the patient’s particular ability to break down and excrete the drug. Often these parameters change when the disease, or the therapy, directly affects the organs involved in these processes — typically this would mean the liver and the kidneys. Often in the hours before a heart attack, fatigued or oxygen-starved muscle begins to break down, and fragments of a heart-specific smooth muscle protein, the troponin mentioned above, are dumped into the blood. If this can be detected before disruption of the heart rhythm, or the actual attack, lifesaving preemptive treatment can be initiated sooner. To be fail-safe, this depends on the patient having access to their data. Dependence on the integrity of multiple weak links to the cloud, to the doctor, and back again — as is often the prescribed future care scenario — are unacceptable, particularly when heart attacks might be counted on to occur precisely at those times when those links may not be there. Assuming the battles for patient rights will be won sooner rather than later, the next important choice would be getting the proper ringtone when that fateful troponin call comes. A standard ringtone with universal appeal would let bystanders know what was going on and assistance could, at least in theory, be had. At the moment the device has a limited number of sensors, but there is no theoretical ceiling on this. Nor is there a limit to the kinds of enzymatic reactions or other detectors that could be used with those sensor channels. In the muscle breakdown scenario, for example, multiple products are in fact continuously generated in a tissue-specific manner which can give valuable information to athletes, and weekend enthusiasts alike. Ions and respiratory gases in the blood at different body locations can also be mapped. When coupled with powerful analysis packages, a device like this could help make the patient the customer once again. For now, the device is limited to the lifetime of the enzymes — typically after a month or two they can be considered expired. For all the patent trolls out there, this may be a good time to pen your imaginary device that includes provisions for rapid, and hopefully painless, deimplantation. VIDEO: Under The Skin, A Tiny Laboratory 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genius 817 Report post Posted April 19, 2013 Durex Introduces 'Fundawear' For Long-Distance Partners The thought of buying underwear from the same company that makes your condoms might sound shocking at first. But don’t be so quick to judge, especially where sex is concerned, as Durex has just announced its latest innovation. Fundawear. and its iPhone controlled (where are you android) wanna know more i am sure u do - please visit http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/18/durexs-new-long-distance-sexy-time-fundawear-is-exactly-that/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-video/10003795/Durex-unveil-Fundawear-internet-touch-experiment-for-long-distance-lovers.html 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
csmart 472 Report post Posted May 15, 2013 Philips Hue update delivers web notifications, turns lights on as you return homeSourcehilips has rolled out the latest update for its Hue customizable LED lightbulbs, adding new location, alarm, and timer features that make the its home lighting product even smarter. The new features come as part of a new iOS app update, interacting with web services to alert you of changes in the weather, deliver social media notifications, and other user-created macros thanks to Philips' partnership with internet automation platform IFTTT. The addition of a new geofencing feature allows you to configure different lighting environments when you enter or leave the house. Alarms can now be set to recur as part of a specific schedule and the timer can now be used to turn on the lights at random times — a useful feature if you want to make it appear like you're home when you aren't. With the expansion of its Hue API earlier this year, Philips opened the door to custom apps — it now boasts more than 30 third-party apps that can coordinate with music, connect to fitness equipment to display heart rates, and interact with Siri to respond to spoken commands. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a1cellsolution 84 Report post Posted June 7, 2013 A Pocket Mi Fi Router with 10 Sim card Slots The pocketable, 21Mbps HSPA+ router carries a staggering 10 SIM cards and simply uses a local SIM for whichever destination country you visit. The brute force strategy helps Uros offer a relatively low flat rate for 1GB of data per day, no matter where you are on the coverage map Here is the complete article http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/15/uros-goodspeed-hotspot-packs-10-sim-cards/ Maybe in future some chinese company may come up with a cell phone with 10 cards Too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted June 12, 2013 Your Shorts And Sleeping Bag Can Now Both Recharge Your Smartphone Source Vodafone is hoping to keep your gadgets charged at festivals this Summer with clever Smart Fabric clothing and sleeping bags. The technology is able to harvest kinetic and thermal energy to recharge devices while you are out dancing, walking or even while you sleep. Called the Power Shorts and Recharge Sleeping Bag, the two gadgets have been put together just in time for the Isle of Wight festival. They have been developed by the Electronics and Computer Science Department at the University of Southampton. The materials in the product when squashed or deformed, harvest kinetic energy and turn it into power for your smartphone. Temperature changes in the fabric of the sleeping bag also help recharge smartphones. At the moment, one day's walking in the Power Shorts can return up to four hours' battery life. The sleeping bag is much more impressive, adding 11 hours to your smartphone's battery. Stephen Beeby, Professor of Electronic Systems at the University of Southampton, said: “We are exploring two specific technologies to charge the Power Pocket: thermoelectrics and kinetic energy harvesting. Both represent cutting-edge research around smart fabrics and we are looking to integrate these into consumer products - in this case, a sleeping bag and a pair of denim shorts.” Those at the Isle of Wight Festival will be able to see the Power Pocket concept in action from 13 to 16 June. They will also be appearing at other Vodafone-sponsored festivals. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted June 16, 2013 Google never stops to amaze with ideas that can change the world! After self driving cars, google glass, gigabit free fiber internet, the next project is... Introducing Project Loon - Baloon Powered Internet For Everyone. Website >> http://www.google.com/loon/ From Google Official Blog Post The Internet is one of the most transformative technologies of our lifetimes. But for 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach. And this is far from being a solved problem. There are many terrestrial challenges to Internet connectivity—jungles, archipelagos, mountains. There are also major cost challenges. Right now, for example, in most of the countries in the southern hemisphere, the cost of an Internet connection is more than a month’s income. Solving these problems isn’t simply a question of time: it requires looking at the problem of access from new angles. So today we’re unveiling our latest moonshot from Google[x]: balloon-powered Internet access. We believe that it might actually be possible to build a ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds, that provides Internet access to the earth below. It’s very early days, but we’ve built a system that uses balloons, carried by the wind at altitudes twice as high as commercial planes, to beam Internet access to the ground at speeds similar to today’s 3G networks or faster. As a result, we hope balloons could become an option for connecting rural, remote, and underserved areas, and for helping with communications after natural disasters. The idea may sound a bit crazy—and that’s part of the reason we’re calling it Project Loon—but there’s solid science behind it. Balloons, with all their effortless elegance, present some challenges. Many projects have looked at high-altitude platforms to provide Internet access to fixed areas on the ground, but trying to stay in one place like this requires a system with major cost and complexity. So the idea we pursued was based on freeing the balloons and letting them sail freely on the winds. All we had to do was figure out how to control their path through the sky. We’ve now found a way to do that, using just wind and solar power: we can move the balloons up or down to catch the winds we want them to travel in. That solution then led us to a new problem: how to manage a fleet of balloons sailing around the world so that each balloon is in the area you want it right when you need it. We’re solving this with some complex algorithms and lots of computing power. Now we need some help—this experiment is going to take way more than our team alone. This week we started a pilot program in the Canterbury area of New Zealand with 50 testers trying to connect to our balloons. This is the first time we’ve launched this many balloons (30 this week, in fact) and tried to connect to this many receivers on the ground, and we’re going to learn a lot that will help us improve our technology and balloon design. Over time, we’d like to set up pilots in countries at the same latitude as New Zealand. We also want to find partners for the next phase of our project—we can’t wait to hear feedback and ideas from people who’ve been working for far longer than we have on this enormous problem of providing Internet access to rural and remote areas. We imagine someday you'll be able to use your cell phone with your existing service provider to connect to the balloons and get connectivity where there is none today. This is still highly experimental technology and we have a long way to go—we’d love your support as we keep trying and keep flying! Follow our Google+ page to keep up with Project Loon’s progress. Project Loon: The Technology VIDEO 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted June 16, 2013 ^^^^ Seems too good to be true... If it was posted on 31st March to 2nd April period, I won't have believed it... But this is the reason I am loving Google.. They always THINK out of the box and never just wrap an existing tech with shiny things and ask an arm and leg for it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venkatagiri 53 Report post Posted June 24, 2013 Here is a Smart Mobile Pocket Phot Printer from LG. Instant Mobile Printing Zero Ink printer Bluetooth Compatible Fast Printing (15 Sec) http://www.lg.com/in/mobile-phones/lg-PD233-mobile-phones 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted February 22, 2014 Google Project Tango Official Website >> http://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/ What is it? Our current prototype is a 5” phone containing customized hardware and software designed to track the full 3D motion of the device, while simultaneously creating a map of the environment. These sensors allow the phone to make over a quarter million 3D measurements every second, updating its position and orientation in real-time, combining that data into a single 3D model of the space around you. What could I do with it? What if you could capture the dimensions of your home simply by walking around with your phone before you went furniture shopping? What if directions to a new location didn’t stop at the street address? What if you never again found yourself lost in a new building? What if the visually-impaired could navigate unassisted in unfamiliar indoor places? What if you could search for a product and see where the exact shelf is located in a super-store? Imagine playing hide-and-seek in your house with your favorite game character, or transforming the hallways into a tree-lined path. Imagine competing against a friend for control over territories in your home with your own miniature army, or hiding secret virtual treasures in physical places around the world? Say hello to Project Tango Intro VIDEO! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted February 23, 2014 ^^^^ This is why I love Google. They are not using their tech to snatch others money with un-fulfilable thirst like a rotten fruit co or a patent troll co like M$, which asks arm and leg for thie closed source buggy sw. Google make sci-fi like tech advancements and gives chance for even mango people to feel it. Earlier the balloon project, glass, now this, then contact lens. Thanks Rajan ji for sharing... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venkatagiri 53 Report post Posted February 28, 2014 TYLT Energy Backpack http://www.quality-tech.net/tech/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral#/tylt/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
