This is a special post since today is a special day that is we celebrate this as the Science Day all over India. Today apart from the mobile phones and Computers and other gadgets I thought of giving a post on the various new technologies that is developing around in the world.Some things maybe familiar to you but keep reading ,because , you may find some knowledge that may be unknown to you
Items Discussed here
Hologrpahic TV
Robotic Waiter
Medical Mirror
EyeBall Camera
Finger Print Security Bike
Holographic TV
It seems to have been awhile since anything exciting has happened in the realm of the television market, with the long reign of standard plasma, DLP and LCD HDTV. In '08, there was the world's first Laser TV: a technology that utilized lasers to create an on-screen display many times more vibrant and crystal-clear than your standardHDTV.
Then, there were talks of OLED: a super thin screen that needs no backlight, slated to make LCD TV technology obsolete, currently under development by Sony and Samsung. Take a side-step into the upcoming world of 3D TV...it's not quite holographic, but makes objects appear in that quasi-3D way you've experienced in movie theatres...just without the glasses!
Many steps ahead, however, is Holographic TV. Currently nothing more than a speculation, there are theories as to what Holographic TV will be like and how it will perform.
There's not much information hypothesizing how a holographic TV set would work, but early ideas hint at a "screen" or a sheet of glass or plastic in which a hologram projector would draw the image through. Currently, it is thought to eventually provide a floating 3D "virtual reality" view of a motion picture image, in which the image and its components can be viewed from all angles, regardless of where you are standing in relation to the projection.
There's not much information hypothesizing how a holographic TV set would work, but early ideas hint at a "screen" or a sheet of glass or plastic in which a hologram projector would draw the image through. Currently, it is thought to eventually provide a floating 3D "virtual reality" view of a motion picture image, in which the image and its components can be viewed from all angles, regardless of where you are standing in relation to the projection.
2.Robotic Waiter
A restaurant that opened this month in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong uses robots for waiters, boosting efficiency and providing further proof that human beings are superfluous. Machines don’t grumble over tips. And they can’t spit in your food.
The traditional hotpot eatery is staffed by more than a dozen automated servers, the distant and brightly colored relations of Star Wars’ golden droid C-3PO. The robots whir around the room on little bicycles carrying meat and veggies to be dipped by restaurant-goers into bubbling broth. Customers need not shout, weep or make obscene gestures to get their waiter’s attention. Every bot is equipped with motion sensors; all you have to do is get in one’s way and nab a plate of food.
3.Medical Mirror
One night in late 2009, Ming-Zher Poh and his roommate, Dan McDuff, asked some friends to sit in front of a laptop. Poh, an electrical- and medical-engineering graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was trying to transform the computer’s webcam into a heart-rate monitor. He hoped that his software would allow doctors to check the vital signs of burn victims or babies without attaching uncomfortable clips, and that it would make it easier for adults to track their cardiovascular health over time.
That night, the program wasn’t working in real time, but its measurements were near perfect. “Right away I knew we had something special,” Poh says.
A year and a half later, a large framed mirror embedded with a more refined version of Poh’s system sits in the MIT Media Lab. Behind the two-way glass, a webcam-equipped monitor is wired to a laptop.
Stand before the mirror, and the otherwise blank monitor projects your heart rate on top of your reflection.
When your heart beats, it sends a pulse of blood through your blood vessels. Blood absorbs light, so when more of it travels through the vessels, less of the light hitting your skin is reflected. A webcam can pick up those small fluctuations in reflected light, Poh says, and a computer program can translate that data into a heart-rate reading.
Researchers had tracked this effect with a high-resolution camera, but Poh wanted to use a simple webcam so that nearly every computer and smartphone could double as a heart-rate monitor. To make that possible, he developed an algorithm that could pick out the heart rate’s light pattern from all the other reflected light captured by a webcam. With help from McDuff, a grad student at the MIT Media Lab, Poh wrote code to process the data in real time, allowing the laptop to generate an instant heart-rate reading.
Poh plans to try to bring the mirror to market after he finishes his Ph.D. later this year. He says the system could be used to measure other vitals as well, including respiratory rate and blood-oxygen saturation, which should broaden its appeal. “This shows your inner health,” he says. “Maybe as people use it, they’ll say, ‘This is part of my identity. It’s not just how I look on the outside.’"
Name: Medical Mirror Inventor: Ming-Zher Poh Time: 1½ years Cost: Undisclosed
4.EyeBall Camera
Do you want to see what is going on in your experiment, but can't because there's limited room to get your eye where you need it to see? Or is the object or pattern you want to view too close, too far or too small? Is laser safety an issue, or is the experiment enclosed or inaccessible to a human observer?
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The Data Optics Silicon Eyeball (SiEYE) camera can solve your problems. Mini-sized, you can place the camera in a standard optical post mount, adjust its orientation and focus its removable lens. Use filters, pinholes, lenses and neutral density filters in front of it, as desired.
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The Silicon Eyeball camera attaches via a standard FireWire cable to any PC or Mac with a powered FireWire port or via a USB cable to any PC with a USB 2.0 port. The real-time image can be viewed with the software provided and a 640 x 480 pixel snapshot can be recorded for later analysis or documentation.
Features:
Real-time Preview Viewing and Still Picture Capture
Standard Optical Post Mount
Focuses from 1cm to Infinity
PC and Mac Compatible (Mac OS 8.6-9.x, X, Windows)
640 x 480 Pixel Resolution
Great, 24-bit Color Image
High Speed FireWire (IEEE-1394) or USB 2.0 I/F
5.Finger Print Security Bike
The finger is placed on the fingerprint scanner mounted on the bike's dash board to start the bike engine
The fingerprint scanner compares the finger impression with the ones that were stored in its memory when the system was first installed on the bike.The bike owner has the permission to add or delete fingerprints thus allowing & disallowing people to ride the bike.
If the finger impression matches with those stored in "Bikesafe-99" memory then access or permission is granted and you can start the bike.
If the fingerprint does not match, the bike does not start as it cuts of fuel supply ie no unauthorized person can ride the bike.
No clear idea is out on when the most awaited Iphone 5 would be released there are rumors about the changes in the new phone.
However a little birdie revealed that the Apple's Iphone 5 would be much thinner and wider than Iphone 4 according to the images published on blog MacityNet. The photos published were not of the Iphone 5 but the cover it was to use considering the increase in size of the new phone.
I strongly believe that there would be an increase in size of the phone since the current trends in the design of Smartphones show that the mobiles have more than 4 inches size.
The current width of Iphone 4 is 3.5 inches and if the new phone is to come out with an increase in size then it would go more than 4 inches and seriously will not fit in to our pockets unless you have BIG pockets for the phone..The increase in size would tend people to switch from Ipad to Iphone with new big touchscreens.Right now Ipad is more popular among all people who consume content.
All the details on Net are just based on the above photos.But people .especially the fans of Apple products ,are on excitement about the new products to be out in to the markets.To know more about the phone the only way is to wait till the phone gets launched.
The ASUS P1 Portable LED Projector is a multiple design award-winning projector that delivers bright, crystal clear presentations in a compact package designed for utmost ease and mobility.
200 ANSI Lumens Brightness
HD 1280 x 800
Operating at a brightness of 200 ANSI lumens to allow project displays with professional precision and complete clarity of color and detail.
Display contents in HD 1280 x 800, ensuring whatever is projected on screen precisely matches the original content.
Eco-LED Light Source
Sharp images, crisp text and vibrant colors are all possible thanks to the most innovative and updated DLP technology.
The mercury-free Eco-LED light source used in the P1 has a lifespan of up to 30,000 hours*. It also ensures whisper-silent operation.
ASUS Set-n-Go Technology for Instant On/Off, Instant Height Adjustment, and Auto Keystone Correction for quick, easy use.
Auto Keystone Correction
It enables the P1 to automatically corrects distorted trapezoid images. This saves users the time and hassle of having to adjust the image.
5 Seconds On and Instant Off
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Start to impress your audiences right away.
Short Distance with Big Screen
Instant Height Adjustment
Enjoy HD projections, the equivalent of a 40" display, with only one meter away from the screen. At this size, even a 8-point font can be seen and read clearly.
With just a flip, the instant height adjustment design enables a balanced viewing experience without using the traditional unstable screws.
Ultra-Slim and Lightweight
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ASUS Power Adapter Compatibility for the Ideal Business Combo
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(≧ 65W), delivering the one-two punch in the boardroom.
ASUS Design engineers penned the lines of the P1 with the user in mind; it is worldwide design winners, including Good Design and iF awards.
Specifications
Display
Display Technology
0.45" DLP®
Light Source
LED
Light Source Life (max.)
30,000 Hours
True Resolution
WXGA 1280 x 800
Brightness (max.)
200 ANSI lumens
Contrast Ratio
2000:1
Projection Lens
Throw Ratio
1.16 @ 16:10 (40" @ 1m)
Projection Distance
0.5 ~ 3 meters
Projection/ Screen Size
20 ~ 120 inches
Video Features
Picture Modes
7 Modes(Standard Mode / Black board / White board / Dynamic Mode /Game
Mode / Scenery Mode / Theater Mode)
Auto Keystone
Yes
Aspect Ratio
16:10/ 16:9 / 4:3
Power Consumption
Power On Mode
≦45W, standby mode: <0.5 w
ASUS Laptop Power Adapter Compatibility
≧65W
Mechanical Design
Tripod Connector
Yes
Instant Height Adjustment
Yes
I/O Connectors
PC Signal Input
D-sub 15 pin (through CEA 30 pin)
Video Input
Composite Video (RCA x1 through CEA 30pin)
Noise
Acoustic Noise
28dBA (Theater mode)
Dimension
Physical Dimensions (WxHxL)
125.5 x 33.5 x 130mm
Weight
Net Weight (Est.)
415g
Accessories
carrying bag, power adapter, power cord, 30-pin CEA integrated cable
(D-sub/Composite), Quick Start Guide, Warranty card, Support CD (User manual)
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