Saturday 24 September 2011

Magiq – The Low Priced Tablet by BEETEL



With the Tablets gaining huge popularity and selling like pancakes, the Indian legendary company BEETEL has also launched its budget tablet ‘the Magiq’. As soon as it was launched, it ran out of stock as people flocked around to have it. With a professional look and splendid design it has loads of features within itself.


The Magiq has Google Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS, powered by 1 GHz Snapdragon Processor and it also has 7 inch WVGA TFT touch screen display. It has an internal 8 GB memory and supports an external memory of 16 GB.
The tablet has two cameras, front and rear, of 2 megapixels each adding video calling to its features.
The magiq is provided with all basic features of a tablet like Bluetooth, 3.5mm audio jack, HDMI port and Stereo Speaker. It is 3G enabled and also has WI FI facility. The best part is that it uses android software which enables you to use various features by simply downloading free software from Android Market. It also has some exciting special features like comfy stand and track pad.
This budget tablet also has some limitations. It has Android 2.2 OS which can’t be upgraded to higher versions. Moreover it does not have GPS navigation in it. These limitations can be expected with the low price it is tagged.

Gadgets Collected Over 35 Years





Over the past 30 years, designer, writer, and Microsoft researcher Bill Buxton has been collecting input and interactive devices whose design struck him as interesting, useful, or important.


In the process, he has assembled a good collection of the history of pen computing, pointing devices, touch technologies, watches, keyboards, mice, an electronic drum set, a 60-year-old transistor radio whose design inspired the iPod, a Nintendo Power Glove, several Etch-A-Sketches, and even the first so-called “smart” phone – controlled by a touch-screen – first shown in 1993, 14 years before smart phones exploded onto the scene, as well as an illustration of the nature of how new technologies emerge.

Part of the collection was first shown publicly at the Vancouver Art Gallery as part of the Massive Change Exhibition, curated by Bruce Mau, in 2004. Since then the collection has grown significantly, largely through the generous support of Microsoft Research.
This collection was exhibited at CHI 2011, and the exhibit was open to the public. Each device at the exhibit included a Microsoft Tag on its label, which enabled people to scan the tag on their mobile phone and go directly to that device’s detail page on the website to learn more.


If you are not able to visit it in person, do not worry, Bill Buxton’s vast array oftech devices from the past 35 years is available to experience online via an extensive visual database built using Microsoft PowerPivot.






Sunday 18 September 2011

Wellness Navigator cell phone



If you've ever enjoyed a garlicky meal, you may have followed it with a quick breath check by cupping your hands to your face and huffing. At times like this, a personal stink sensor could come in handy.
With that in mind, a Japanese company has unveiled a prototype cell phone with a built-in bad-breath meter that will let you know if you need to reach for a mint. It also keeps track of your activity level, your pulse, and your paunch, thanks to a built-in pedometer, a pulse meter, and a body-fat analyzer, which sends a small electrical signal through your body to assess its composition.
The prototype Wellness Navigator--a slider phone with a touch screen, manufactured by Mitsubishi--was shown off last week at the Ceatec 2007 exhibition in Tokyo by Japan's NTT DoCoMo, one of the world's leading mobile providers. It has all the standard features of a cell phone but also includes a heart rate monitor, bad reath analyzer, burned calorie counter, and body fat calculator, and pedometer application.
 DoCoMo have just launch the world’s first ever health conscious phone that comes with a Wellness Navigator. Launched at the ongoing Mobile World Congress, the stunning phone tells you your exact body fat percentage if you place your thumbs on the sensors while blowing into your blower can have the halitosis monitor tell you if your breath smells bad. And for the real fitness-freaks, the phone has a pedometer, heart rate monitor, time distance and calorie burning calculator that monitors your vitals while you workout with tunes from the set’s music player. And that’s not all. This amazing phone can also record your daily calorie intake by managing you’re eating and drink habits. DoCoMo reason that the Wellness Navigator is a “fun way to reinforce good health anytime, using your mobile phone. You too can have the perfect body.”

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya




     Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was a popular Indian engineer, scholar, and statesman. he was born in 15 September 1860 at Muddenahalli, Karnataka. He is a recipient of the Bharat Ratna in the year 1955. He was also knighted as a Commander of the Indian Empire by King George V for his multiple contributions to the public good. 15 September is celebrated as the Engineer’s Day every year in India in his memory.


Engineer’s Day is a tribute to the greatest Indian Engineer and statesman. He served as the chief engineer during construction of Krishna Raja Sagara on the Kaveri River near Mysore. He was also involved in the construction of many dams in the Bombay presidency (Maharashtra). The dams built under his supervision are living testimony to his brilliance, engineering skills, honesty, great work and dedication.   


  1. He was born to Srinivasa Sastry and Venkachamma at Muddenahalli village, Kanivenarayanapura hobli, Chikkaballapur District of Karnataka. At that time it was part of princely state of Mysore.
  2. He did his B.A. from the Madras University in 1881 and then studied civil engineering at the College of Science (College of Engineering), Pune.
  3. After completing his engineering, he got a job in the Public Works Department (PWD) of Bombay. Later he joined the Indian Irrigation Commission where he implemented an extremely intricate system of irrigation in the Deccan area.
  4. He became the first engineer to attain status when he designed a flood protection system to protect the city of Hyderabad from floods.
  5. He is known as the “Father of modern Mysore state” as he played the key role in the foundation of the Mysore Soap Factory, the Parasitoide laboratory, the Mysore Iron & Steel Works (now known as Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited) in Bhadravathi, the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic Institute, the Bangalore Agricultural University, the State Bank of Mysore, The Century Club, Mysore Chambers of Commerce and numerous other industrial ventures.
  6. He also supervised the construction of the Krishnaraja Sagara dam(KRS) dam across the Cauvery River. At that time, this dam was the biggest reservoir in Asia.
  7. He is a recipient of the Indian Republic’s highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955.
  8. He was knighted as a Commander of the Indian Empire by King George V for his contribution in the field of engineering.
  9. He was also awarded honorary Membership of London Institution of Civil Engineers for an unbroken period of 50 years.
  10. In honor of Sir Visvesvarayya, a number of educational institutions are currently running in country. Some of them are: Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (V.N.I.T.), Nagpur.


 projects by  Visvesvaraya :
  • The Mysore iron and Steel works at bhadravathi (1918-1929)
  • Block system of Irrigation (1899) 
  • Controlling flood havoc in Orissa (1938)
  • Water supply to Sukkur in Sind in the banks of river Indus (1895)    
  • Flood Protective dams and Embankments for Hyderabad (1909)
  • Automatic gates Patented by Visvesvaraya (1903)

 Some of his contributions to the field of Civil engineering are :


  • Architect- Krishnarajasagara (KRS dam)
  • Founder- Bhadravathi Iron and Steel Works.
  • Founder -Mysore Soap Factory and Mysore Sandal Oil Factory.
  • Founder -University of Mysore.
  • Founder – State Bank of Mysore.
  • Founder – Government Engineering College, Bangalore.
  • Founder – Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
  • Designed and constructed Mumbai’s Marine Drive and its water supply system.
  • Prepared blue print for water supply and drainage system of the port city of Aden, Yemen.
  • Designed and executed water works for Sukkur town, Pakistan.
 Some of the honours and laurels conferred on Sir M. Visvesvaraya:

1904: Honorary Membership of London Institution of Civil Engineers for an unbroken period of 50 years
• 1906: “Kaisar-i-Hind” in recognition of his services
• 1911: C.I.E. (Companion of the Indian Empire) at the Delhi Darbar
• 1915: K.C.I.E. (Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
• 1921: D.Sc. – Calcutta University
• 1931: LLD – Bombay University
• 1937: D.Litt – Benaras Hindu University
• 1943: Elected as an Honorary Life Member of the Institution of Engineers (India)
• 1944: D.Sc. – Allahabad University
• 1948: Doctorate – LLD., Mysore University
• 1953: D.Litt – Andhra University
• 1953: Awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Town Planners, India
• 1955: Conferred ‘ BHARATHA RATNA’
• 1958: ‘Durga Prasad Khaitan Memorial Gold Medal’ by the Royal Asiatic Society Council of Bengal
• 1959: Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

When he reached the age of 100, the Government of India brought out a stamp in his honor. Sir Visvesvaraya passed away on April 14, 1962 at the age of 101.


Sunday 11 September 2011

Steve Paul Jobs- The founder of 'Apple inc.'

 

Jobs was born in sanfransico and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Moutain view, California.His biological parents are Abdulfattah John Jandali, a syrian muslim and a graduate from Homs who was later a political science preofessor and Joanne Simpson, an American Graduate who went on to become a Speech Language Pathologist.In 1972, jobs graduated his high school and enrolled in Reed college in to learnt calligraphy.          

Steve Paul Jobs when he was young

In autumn 1974, Jobs returned to California and began attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club with Wozniak. He took a job as a technician at Atari, a manufacturer of popular video games, with the primary intent of saving money for a spiritual retreat to India.            

In 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Woznaik and Ronald Wayne,with later funding from a then-semi-retired Intel product-marketing manager and engineer A.C."Mike" Markulla jr. founded Apple. Prior to co-founding Apple, Wozniak was an electronics hacker. Jobs and Wozniak had been friends for several years, having met in 1971, when their mutual friend, Bill Fernandez, introduced 21-year-old Wozniak to 16-year-old Jobs. Steve Jobs managed to interest Wozniak in assembling a computer and selling it. As Apple continued to expand, the company began looking for an experienced executive to help manage its expansion.

In 1978, Apple recruited MikeScott from National SemiConductoer to serve as CEO for what turned out to be several turbulent years. In 1983, Steve Jobs lured John Sculley away from Pepsi-Cola to serve as Apple's CEO, asking, "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?" The following year, Apple aired a Super Bowl television commercial titled "1984." At Apple's annual shareholders meeting on January 24, 1984, an emotional Jobs introduced the Macintosh to a wildly enthusiastic audience; Andy Hertzfield described the scene as "pandemonium." The Macintosh became the first commercially successful small computer with a graphical user interface. The development of the Mac was started by Jef Raskin, and eventually taken over by Jobs.

While Jobs was a persuasive and charismatic director for Apple, some of his employees from that time had described him as an erratic and temperamental manager. An industry-wide sales slump towards the end of 1984 caused a deterioration in Jobs's working relationship with Sculley, and at the end of May 1985 – following an internal power struggle and an announcement of significant layoffs – Sculley relieved Jobs of his duties as head of the Macintosh division. He later claimed that being fired from Apple what the best thing that could happen to him; “The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”

        Around the same time, Jobs founded another computer company, NEXT computer. Like the Apple Lisa, the NeXT workstation was technologically advanced; however, it was largely dismissed by industry as cost-prohibitive.

Jobs 'Pixar Animation Studio' :-

Pixar
In 1986, Jobs bought The Graphics Group (later renamed Pixar) from Lucasfilms's computer graphics division for the price of $10 million, $5 million of which was given to the company as capital.After years of unprofitability selling the Pixar imageComputer, it contracted with Disney to produce a number of computer-animated feature films, which Disney would co-finance and distribute.The first film produced by jobs is Toy Story. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer.

            In the years 2003 and 2004, as Pixar's contract with Disney was running out, Jobs and Disney chief executive Michael Eisner tried but failed to negotiate a new partnership, and in early 2004 Jobs announced that Pixar would seek a new partner to distribute its films once its contract with Disney expired.

           On January 24, 2006, Jobs and Iger announced that Disney had agreed to purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. Once the deal closed, Jobs became The Walt disney Company's largest single shareholder with approximately 7% of the company's stock. Jobs's holdings in Disney far exceed those of Eisner, who holds 1.7%, and of Disney family member ROy E.Disney, who until his 2009 death held about 1% of the company's stock and whose criticisms of Eisner – especially that he soured Disney's relationship with Pixar – accelerated Eisner's ousting. Jobs also helps oversee Disney and Pixar's combined animation businesses with a seat on a special six-man steering committee.


            In 1996, Apple announced that it would buy NEXT for $429 million. The deal was finalized in late 1996, bringing Jobs back to the company he had co-founded. Jobs became de facto chief after then-CEO Gil Amelio was ousted in July. He was formally named interim chief executive in September 1997.
In recent years, the company has branched out, introducing and improving upon other digital appliances. With the introduction of the ipod portable music player, iTunes digital music software, and the iTuneStore, the company made forays into consumer electronics and music distribution. In 2007, Apple entered the cellular phone business with the introduction of the iPhone, a multi-touch display cell phone, which also included the features of an iPod and, with its own mobile browser, revolutionized the mobile browsing scene. While stimulating innovation, Jobs also reminds his employees that "real artists ship", by which he means that delivering working products on time is as important as innovation and attractive design.

           In August 2011, Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple, but remained at the company as chairman of the company's board.Jobs is listed as either primary inventor or co-inventor in 338 US patents or patent applications related to a range of technologies from actual computer and portable devices to user interfaces (including touch-based), speakers, keyboards, power adapters, staircases, clasps, sleeves, lanyards and packages.Without his efforts there would have been no iPod, iPhone, Tablets.

Steve Job-The chairman of Apple company

Wednesday 7 September 2011

Famous Failures





         They Never Gave Up & Later Became Very Successful & Now Well Known) 

It's Not How You Start....It's How You Finish!.



No matter how difficult the challenges you might be facing, keep in mind that some of the greatest people who've lived have overcome incredible obstacles and hardships on their paths to success.

This inspiring little clip portrays the early struggles and adversities of 21 high achievers, who ultimately persevered until they reached their goals, and beyond.


Featuring :

Helen Keller
Chuck Yeager
Ray Kroc
John Lennon
Thomas Edison
J.K. Rowling
Neil Armstrong
Henry Ford
Steve Jobs
Cesar Chavez
Albert Einstein
Walt Disney
John Wooden
Dwight Eisenhower
George Lucas
Debbie Fields
Sam Walton
Danica Patrick
Bill Gates
Michael Jordan
Mother Teresa

Saturday 3 September 2011

True Love

Thursday 1 September 2011

Sony launches 3D OLED Head-mounted Display


















A Head-mounted Display (HMD) is just what it sounds like -- a computer display you wear on your head. Most HMDs are mounted in a helmet or a set of goggles. Engineers designed head-mounted displays to ensure that no matter in what direction a user might look, a monitor would stay in front of his eyes. Most HMDs have a screen for each eye, which gives the user the sense that the images he's looking at have depth.



The monitors in an HMD are most often Liquid Cystal Displays (LCD), though you might come across older models that use Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) displays. LCD monitors are more compact, lightweight, efficient and inexpensive than CRT displays. The two major advantages CRT displays have over LCDs are screen resolution and brightness. Unfortunately, CRT displays are usually bulky and heavy. Almost every HMD using them is either uncomfortable to wear or requires a suspension mechanism to help offset the weight. Suspension mechanisms limit a user's movement, which in turn can impact his sense of immersion.


The head-mounted display is the first of its kind, according to Sony. It creates the experience of watching 3D (or 2D) pictures on a “movie theater-like virtual screen” that’s equivalent to a 750-inch display, if big S is to be believed.


Here are the main specifications :
  • two 0.7-inch OLED panels with HD resolution (1,280×720)
  • 45-degree horizontal viewing angle / “virtual viewing” distance of 20m for the aforementioned 750-inch virtual screen
  • 5.1 surround sound coming from speakers integrated into the HMD (Sony’s Virtualphones)
  • processor unit with two HDMI interfaces (input and output) for connecting TVs, consoles or Blu-ray players
  • size: 180×168×36mm, weight: 420g.
It's set for a November 11 release in Japan with a price tag of 59,800 yen, or $781.


working of HMD :



computers




ergonomic computer keyboard


rollup keyboard


 


wearable PC


You can make your own supercomputer by connecting hundreds of computers.


super computers


HP touchsmart PC






The iMac is an all-in-one desktop computer


iMac computers




 world's first liquid-cooled desktop PC




The fabric PC is completely flexible -- it even has a fabric keyboard.


cameras



samsung nx10


sony cybershot 10.1


Add caption


canon 1000d digital camera



sony silver

samsung digimax


canon d10 digital camera

tablets

















dell xp laptop 15z







Dell Streak 5 inch Android- tablet