Samsung Unveils Windows Tablet With Android Access

Samsung Unveils Windows Tablet With Android Access

The ATIV Q tablet will let users share files between Windows 8 and Android applications, Samsung said at an event to unveil the new device in London yesterday. The hinged device also has a keyboard that lets the tablet operate like a laptop. 

In addition to running Android Apps, the ATIV Q will also allow users to seamlessly transfer files from Windows 8 to Android, extending to desktop, tablet and phone. It’s an impressive feature which will allow, almost, endless access to information and tools. It also features SideSync, which means you can respond to texts on your phone from the tablet.

The ATIV Q also features a smooth, hinged keyboard which can be unfolded to use as a laptop, or folded under to perform more like a tablet. The thin, lightweight device will feature an insanely high resolution (3200×1800, 275ppi) and an Intel INTC -3.3% Core i5 processor.

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Aston Martin to Race World’s First Hydrogen-Powered car

Aston Martin to Race World’s First Hydrogen-Powered car 

Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S, based on the 4-door, 4-seat sports car, to race at the Nurburgring. Is programmed to run on gas, hydrogen, or a mix of both. Image © Aston Martin

The new Hyrbrid Hydrogen Rapide S, powered by a 6.0 liter V12, to celebrate its hundredth birthday this year, will become the first car to compete in an international event, at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring, next month.

Welcoming the debut of the Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S, Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer Dr Ulrich Bez said:

“As we celebrate our centenary in 2013 and look back on a century of excitement, innovation and style it’s also the perfect time to look to the future with this astonishing race car.

“Aston Martin has a strong track record of innovation and, with our superb history of competition and testing at the Nürburgring, it is only right that we showcase this amazing new technology at this year’s 24-hour race.” He added: “Working with Alset Global to unveil this system in such a challenging environment as the 24 Hours of Nürburgring shows once again how confident we are in our cars, our people and our partners.”

The Hybrid Hydrogen system comprises a hydrogen fuel rail, storage tanks and proprietary engine management system. This enables flexibility in the control of the combustion process according to each particular driving situation: either pure hydrogen, gasoline or a arbitrary blend of both can be selected to ensure optimum power, acceleration and CO2 reduction. This control results in a powerful and dynamic propulsion system that provides sports car performance but with a carbon footprint more akin to that of a supermini.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3: Rumored Specs, Release Date, Price Point

Samsung Galaxy Note 3: Rumored Specs, Release Date, Price Point 

Following the unexpected success of the Note, Samsung continued the onslaught with the Note II, launching a huge marketing campaign which allowed them to create an ever broader user base. The phone exceeded all expectations and Samsung found themselves with a second hit series, next to their popular Galaxy S devices. In all likelihood, the Galaxy Note 3 will be a step up from the newly released Galaxy S4, which featured a 1080p display and Qualcomm quad-core processor in North America.

Memory

Again, the Korean version of the Galaxy S4 had 3 GB RAM compared to the U.S. 2 GB, and it is not far-fetched to think that Galaxy Note 3 will have same or better.

Storage

It is hard to say what Samsung are going to decide with the Note 3, but it is our guess that this time they are stepping up the internal storage capacity to 32 GB in the U.S. as well, as apps and media content in general are starting to require larger storage space from devices.

Features

Apart from its size, the other major thing that sets the Galaxy Note apart from the Galaxy S series is the S-Pen, Samsung's word for stylus. Although the Galaxy S4 received many of the capabilities of the Note 2 that had previously required a stylus, we guess that Samsung's investment in S-Pen apps will not be thrown out the window, but rather expanded upon to increase productivity in the Note 3.

Release Date

To be announced, but for what it is worth, analysts say the most likely is a release around the same time as the iPhone 5S this year. The carriers that will sell the device are reasonably the top 5, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and U.S. Cellular.

Price

Price will again be slightly higher than the Galaxy S series

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EmoPulse bracelet smartphone wants to go beyond smartwatches

EmoPulse bracelet smartphone wants to go beyond smartwatches 

From Google Glass to the Pebble smartwatch, wearable tech is where it's at. The curved-screen EmoPulse Smile is a smartphone, smartwatch, and digital companion wrapped into one chunky wrist bracelet. It will be interesting to see if it can successfully get off the ground thanks to an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.

There's no Android versus iOS battle here. The Smile actually runs on Linux. That may put it at a disadvantage as far as app stores go, but it does give EmoPulse leeway to develop a custom system to try to carry out some ambitious features. The company is working on creating a device that learns what movies you like, monitors your sleep, and interacts with you with a personality meant to out-Siri Siri.

EmoPulse says it has a working prototype of the Smile. The Indiegogo project page is full of earnest descriptions of what the bracelet/phone/smartwatch will be able to do, including speech recognition, digital assistant functions, desktop-quality gaming, and emotional sensors that pick up on your moods. I'll be impressed if it can do a good job of pulling off half of what it wants to. Though the Smile is designed to work as a standalone smartphone, it can also be harnessed as a smartwatch with a connection to your existing smartphone if you would rather use it like that.

Early-bird pledge prices for the 128GB version are $300, with $380 being the standard amount. EmoPulse is aiming for a $300,000 goal, but the flexible funding campaign means whatever it raises will go toward the project. The finalized models are scheduled to go into production by the end of the year.

The Smile won't appeal to everybody. It's definitely on the large size. It's not exactly going to hide under your sleeve very easily. The word "ambitious" keeps coming to mind as I browse the features. I can't wait to see if EmoPulse is up to the challenge it has set for itself.

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Screw passwords! Soon you might log in with electronic tattoos, or pills

Screw passwords! Soon you might log in with electronic tattoos, or pills

There’s lots going on nowadays with various ways to remember your password. We reported yesterday on Amazon’s foray into the world of login plugins, giving other websites and apps the ability to let their users to log in with their Amazon accounts.

But that type of logging in seems like child’s play after the recent announcement from Motorola’s leader of special projects, Regina Dugan. Formerly the head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a division of the United States Department of Defense, she boasted that at her previous gig, she “got to do a lot of epic shit.”

According to AllThingsD, she wants to talk about bringing that to the masses, in the form of wearable computers. But she’s not talking about gadgets like Google Glass. She’s thinking more along the lines of electronic tattoos and pills.

Here’s how it works: The tattoo would be embedded on a person and could be used to authenticate a user on a computer or phone. Motorola is partnering with a company called M10, which is responsible for the technology.

Not a fan of body art? How about swallowing a pill? The other innovation unveiled is a pill that a user can swallow, which then switches on, powered by the person’s stomach acid. The pill then transmits an 18-bit signal, essentially making the person a walking password.

Don’t expect to see any of this entering mass production any time soon. It’s all in the very early stages. And Dugan assures that these would be optional methods of logging in; they won’t make these required methods of logging in.

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Gionee ELife E3 launched in India for Rs 14,999 (USD 285), features a 4.7-inch display, quad-core processor and runs on Android Jelly Bean

Gionee ELife E3 launched in India for Rs 14,999 (USD 285), features a 4.7-inch display, quad-core processor and runs on Android Jelly Bean 

After launching quad-core phones like the Dream D1 and the GPad-G2 in the past couple of months, Chinese smartphone vendor Gionee has today launched a new series of smartphones called ELife by unveiling the ELife E3. The quad-core ELife E3 will be available at retail stores by the end of this month for Rs 14,999.

Continuing its tradition of launching phones with big screens, the E3 flaunts a 4.7-inch (1280×720 pixels) IPS HD display and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor, PowerVR Series5XT GPU and 1GB of RAM. Other features included on the smartphone are an 8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel camera at the front, 16GB of internal memory that can be expanded to up to 32GB using a microSD card and a 1,800mAH battery.

On the connectivity front, the dual-SIM E3 is 3G enabled and supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0. The ELife E3 runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and also has built-in support for OTA updates.

The smartphone will be available in White, Blue, Red and Black color variants and in terms of competition will be up against the likes of the Karbonn S2 Titanium and the recently launched Xolo Q700 among others.

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Use pendrive to increase RAM of your computer!

Use pendrive to increase RAM of your computer!

Use pendrive to increase RAM of your computer!

1.insert an empty pendrive.

2.goto properties.

3.click 'quick boost or ready boost'

set allocation value to maximum.

4.chose 'allocate this device' 5.hit ok.

That's it!! Now the pendrive acts as external

RAM,thus making the pc to work faster. 

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Acer challenges the iPad Mini with the 7.9-inch, quad-core Iconia A1 tablet

Acer challenges the iPad Mini with the 7.9-inch, quad-core Iconia A1 tablet

Acer wasn’t content to only launch its crazy Aspire R7 laptop/tablet/weirdness at its New York press event, as it also debuted a new Android tablet, the Iconia A1. While the Iconia B1 is a low-end slate designed to pull business away from the basic Amazon Kindle Fire, the Iconia A1 is going for a chunk of the Nexus 7 and iPad Mini’s market.

It’s equipped with a 7.9-inch IPS touchscreen, which has a 1024 x 768 pixel resolution and a 4:3 aspect ratio. Inside is a MediaTek quad-core, 1.2GHz processor, and there’s a choice of either 8GB or 16GB of internal storage memory. Like the Iconia B1, Acer has fitted a microSD card slot, ready to bump this up by another 32GB. The amount of RAM isn’t currently known, but given the B1 has 512MB with a dual-core processor, we’re hoping the A1 will have 1GB.

A 5-megapixel camera is fitted to the rear of the tablet, and can shoot 1080p video at 30fps, plus there is a front-mounted video call camera. The chassis is fairly heavy for a small tablet, at 408 grams, while it’s quite thin at 11mm. Other features include the obligatory Wi-Fi connection, plus Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and a microHDMI-out port. According to Acer’s press release, the Iconia A1′s battery is good for seven hours of use.

Acer has added two cool gesture controls to the A1. The first is a five-finger wake-up, which isn’t as rude as it sounds, and automatically brings the tablet to life when you tap five fingertips against the screen. This can be linked with specific apps too, so one can be configured to open at the same time. Alternatively, if you tap the screen with both thumbs, it not only opens that app, but lets you launch another at the same time. While we know the Iconia A1 uses Android, it’s not clear which version yet, although we expect it’s 4.1 Jelly Bean. The tablet is set to go on sale in June, when the 16GB version will cost $200, and the 8GB around $170 – both very reasonable.

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Multimedia helmet enhances sensory input in real-time

Multimedia helmet enhances sensory input in real-time 

Multimedia helmet enhances sensory input in real-time 

Whether it's the latest health tracker or the cloud computing-centric Google Glass, wearable tech options are exploding. A group of multimedia designers have come up with a new kind of wearable gear that not only has practical applications, but looks like a futurist's dream setup.

Created by students from the Royal College of Art in London, the Eidos face mask and visor works separately to enhance sensory input. The face mask component has the ability to isolate sounds in a crowd and, along with a mouth piece for inner ear transmission, gives the listener the effect of hearing the sound inside one's head. The visor component has an embedded camera that transmits visual data to a computer and sends it back to the visor, which then displays the video information with enhancements that help the viewer detect patterns of movement.

According to the creators, the setup could be used for everything from healthcare (exercising the senses in the elderly or infirm) to entertainment (imagine dance recitals viewed with live visual design enhancements). What makes the Eidos even cooler is its design, which is evocative of a giant two-piece geometrical head-shaped helmet. You can see the Eidos in action in the video here: http://vimeo.com/user932139/httpvimeocomeidos

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Google adds remote desktop Hangouts to Google+

Google adds remote desktop Hangouts to Google+

Google adds remote desktop Hangouts to Google+ 

The Web giant rolls out a new feature that lets users remotely control their friends and family's computers while in a video Hangout. Some people are simply more tech savvy than their friends and family and often end up offering advice on the ins and outs of computer use. But, this can be difficult when people don't live in the same city. Google is attempting to help out folks in these situations with a new Google + Hangout feature. The Web giant announced Thursday that it is rolling out a Hangouts remote desktop, which is powered by the same technology as the Chrome Remote Desktop. The feature lets users video chat while troubleshooting.

"Hangouts Remote Desktop lets you help others by controlling their computer remotely (with their permission, of course)," Google software engineer Daniel Caiafa wrote in a blog post Thursday. "And because you're both in a Hangout, you can talk with and see each other during the session."

While this is a feature that most people probably won't use all of the time, it could be quite helpful in certain situations.

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Air Force's X-51A Hypersonic Scramjet Makes Record-Breaking Final Flight

Air Force's X-51A Hypersonic Scramjet Makes Record-Breaking Final Flight 

The U.S. military launched an experimental hypersonic aircraft on its swan song test flight Wednesday (May 1), accelerating the craft to more than five times the speed of sound in the longest-ever mission for a vehicle of its kind.

The Air Force's X-51A Waverider reached a top speed of Mach 5.1 during the test flight, traveling more than 230 nautical miles in just over six minutes before crashing into the Pacific Ocean off the California coast as planned, Air Force officials announced today. "It was a full mission success," Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager for the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, said in a statement.

The X-51A took off Wednesday morning from Edwards Air Force Base in California under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress. The Waverider was released at an altitude of approximately 50,000 feet (15,000 meters) and used a solid rocket booster to accelerate to Mach 4.8 in just 26 seconds. The X-51A burned up the scramjet's four-minute fuel supply and was destroyed as expected upon impacting the Pacific Ocean. All told, the vehicle returned 370 seconds of flight data.

While there is no plan to build any more X-51A vehicles, officials said the $300 million technology demonstration program, which began in 2004, leaves a valuable legacy.

"I believe all we have learned from the X-51A Waverider will serve as the bedrock for future hypersonics research and ultimately the practical application of hypersonic flight," Brink said.

Hypersonic flight is generally defined as anything that reaches speeds above Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. (The speed of sound at sea level is about 762 mph, or 1,226 km/h.)

While most other hypersonic vehicles use hydrogen propellant, the X-51A's scramjet is powered by hydrocarbon fuel, which Air Force officials say is more logistically feasible and could allow the technology to be applied on a broader scale.

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Microsoft reportedly working on Mohoro, an Azure-hosted remote desktop service

Microsoft reportedly working on Mohoro, an Azure-hosted remote desktop service

Microsoft reportedly working on Mohoro, an Azure-hosted remote desktop service

Microsoft is plumbing the depths of cloud computing yet again with the development of what could be a pay-per-use desktop virtualization service called Mohoro. According to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, Mohoro is essentially Azure's answer to Remote Desktop, but as a hosted service. Intended for "companies who want thin clients or to run legacy apps on new PCs," her source states that, "With Mohoro, you click a few buttons, deploy your apps, use Intune to push out configuration to all of your company's devices, and you're done," thus skipping the need for server infrastructure. As Foley points out, however, Azure-hosted virtual machines aren't currently set up to run Windows clients under Microsoft's licensing terms. What's more, Mohoro development is reportedly in its early days, and as such, Foley speculates that it won't be a reality until much later -- she's guessing the latter half of 2014.

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Myo is a Wearable Computer that Converts Movement into Digital Commands

Myo is a Wearable Computer that Converts Movement into Digital Commands

From genetically-engineered glowing plants and 3D-printed food, it often seems that our technological reality had finally entered the realm of science fiction. But the way we interact with our computers and mobile devices hasn’t changed radically. Anew device from Thalmic Labs aims to change that. Meet the Myo, an armband that uses the body’s natural movements to manipulate electronics. The Myo (named after the Greek prefix for “muscle”) is an adjustable band that works by measuring the electrical impulses produced by physical activity. The sensors embedded in the gadget translate these microvolts of power and amplify them, using movement to form a digital command. Instead of relying on cameras or voice recognition, Thalmic Labs was able to identify several commonly used gestures and program them into thousands of directives. The Myo is also able to learn movements over time, increasing accuracy specific to the wearer. Haptic feedback, or small vibrations, tell the user that they have made a recognized gesture like a pinch or swipe, shortening learning time.

“If you think about your daily life, you use your hands to interact with and manipulate just about everything you do, from pressing numbers on your phone to picking up your coffee,” Stephen Lake, co-founder of Thalmic Labs, told Wired. “Now think if we can take all those motions and actions and plug them into just about any computer or digital system, the possibilities are endless.”

The first 25,000 units of the Myo are expected to ship late this year at a cost of $149 each, and pre-orders are already being taken. They will come with an open API so that developers will be able to use the cuff to interact with their own systems. While the Myo may currently be the most attractive to the gadget-loving, Google Glass-wearing set, the major challenge will be to make the controller a ubiquitous piece of equipment for engaging with current...

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Smart thermometer connects communities to halt the spread of disease

Smart thermometer connects communities to halt the spread of disease

Smart thermometer connects communities to halt the spread of disease 

Already hitting over seventy percent of the funding goal detailed on this Indiegogo project page, the Kinsa smart thermometer goes several steps beyond simply taking someone’s temperature. Significantly different from the design of a traditional digital thermometer, there’s no power source, digital display or processor located within the device. Instead, the Kinsa smart thermometer relies on an iOS smartphone to display information related to temperature and the patient’s general health.

In order to take a temperature, the user must plug the Kinsa smart thermometer into the iPhone’s headphone jack and launch the Kinsa application. The smartphone display will show the patient’s temperature and launch into a general diagnosis tool. Users can select specific symptoms within the app to get an idea of possible treatment options. If the medical condition is escalating, the user can find a list of local urgent care facilities in the area as well as their doctor’s contact information. The development team working on the Kinsa is also planning on adding a feature prior to launch that will allow users to send photos and videos to their doctor. In addition, the Kinsa application provides a way for communities to connect and share news of illnesses in the area. For instance, parents at a specific school can create a private group and share information about diseases contracted by their children. If a child gets sick for any reason, this could help parents figure out the problem quickly and seek the appropriate treatment from their pediatrician. Within the application, users can setup specific profiles and track wellness data over time. This information could be very useful to a doctor since it provides a detailed symptom and illness history. The developers have also added an opt-in feature that allows users to share information about their illness with the general community. Or course, all data is..

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US report: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance

US report: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance

The multiple causes make it harder to do something about what's called colony collapse disorder, experts say. The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation's bees to just disappear each winter since 2006.

Bees, especially honeybees, are needed to pollinate crops, and they are crucial to the U.S. food supply. About $30 billion a year in agriculture depends on their health, said Sonny Ramaswamy with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The problem has also hit bee colonies in Europe, where regulators are considering a ban on a type of pesticides that some environmental groups blame for the bee collapse.

The report, issued Thursday by the USDA and the Environmental Protection Agency, is the result of a large conference of scientists that the government brought together last year to figure out what's going on.

The factors cited for the bees' disappearance include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, genetics, habitat loss and pesticides. The report said the biggest culprit is the parasitic mite varroa destructor, calling it "the single most detrimental pest of honeybees."

The report also cites pesticides, but near the bottom of the list of factors. And federal officials and researchers advising them said the science doesn't justify a ban of the pesticides yet. May Berenbaum, chairwoman of a major National Academy of Sciences study on the loss of pollinators, said the class of chemicals known as neonicotinoids hasn't been proven to be the sole culprit in the bee loss. In an interview, she said she was "extremely dubious" that banning the chemical would have any effect on bee health and that more than 100 different chemicals have been found in bee colonies.

Dave Gaulson of the University of Stirling in Scotland, who conducted a study last year that implicated the chemical, said he can't disagree with the overall conclusions of the U.S. government report. However, he said it...

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Karbonn to launch A25 with 5-inch display, Android 4.0 for Rs. 6,590 (125 USD)

Karbonn to launch A25 with 5-inch display, Android 4.0 for Rs. 6,590 (125 USD)

Karbonn is all set to offer an entry level 5-inch model in the Indian market. Dubbed as Karbonn A25, this phablet is up for sale on Infibeam.com and Saholic.com for Rs. 6,590.

The phablet comes with a 5-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 480X800 pixels resolution. The Karbonn A25 packs in 1GHz dual-core processor along with 512MB of RAM. There is a 512MB of internal storage, which can be expanded by up to 32GB.

There is a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA one on the front. It comes with a 2,000mAh battery.

Karbonn A25 is a dual-SIM phablet that supports GSM on both the SIMs and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) out of the box. Other connectivity options include 2G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0.

There is no word on when this phablet will be officially available.

The trend of budget 5-inch phablets was launched by Micromax when it introduced its Canvas Viva A72. Priced at Rs. 6,499, Micromax A72 Canvas Viva sports a 5-inch 480x800 pixels display and runs on the dated Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It is powered by a 1GHz processor along with 256MB of RAM. The other specifications of this phablet include a 3-megapixel rear camera, VGA front camera, 2,000mAh battery, 2G (EDGE support) and 110 MB of internal storage, which can be expanded by up to 16GB with microSD card. It is a dual-SIM phablet that supports GSM on both the SIMs.

Karbonn A25 key specifications

5-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 480x800pixels

1GHz dual-core processor

512MB of RAM

512 of internal storage, can be expanded by 32GB via microSD

Dual-SIM (GSM + GSM) with dual standby

5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash

0.3-megapixel front-facing camera

2000 mAh battery

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

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How Would You Like Your Assistant - Human or Robotic?

How Would You Like Your Assistant - Human or Robotic?

Roboticists are currently developing machines that have the potential to help patients with caregiving tasks, such as housework, feeding and walking. But before they reach the care recipients, assistive robots will first have to be accepted by healthcare providers such as nurses and nursing assistants.

Based on a Georgia Institute of Technology study, it appears that they may be welcomed with open arms depending on the tasks at hand.

More than half of healthcare providers interviewed said that if they were offered an assistant, they preferred it to be a robotic helper rather than a human. However, they don't want robots to help with everything. They were very particular about what they wanted a robot to do, and not do.

Instrumental activities of daily living (IDALs), such as helping with housework and reminding patients when to take medication, were acceptable. But activities daily living (ADL) tasks, especially those involving direct, physical interactions such as bathing, getting dressed and feeding people, were considered better for human assistants.

"One open question was whether healthcare providers would reject the idea of robotic assistants out of fear that the robots would replace them in the workplace," said Tracy Mitzner, one of the study's leaders and the associate director of Georgia Tech's Human Factors and Aging Laboratory.

"This doesn't appear to be a significant concern. In fact, the professional caregivers we interviewed viewed robots as a way to improve their jobs and the care they're able to give patients."

For instance, nurses preferred a robot assistant that could help them lift patients from a bed to a chair. They also indicated that robotic assistants could be helpful with some medical tasks such as checking vitals.

"Robots aren't being designed to eliminate people. Instead, they can help reduce physical demands and workloads," Mitzner said. "Hopefully, our study helps create...

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