Crystal Cove–New Augmented Reality Glasses Of Oculus

If you follow the news related to the gamer world, should remember the Rift glasses. The unit is facing an augmented reality concept – with the goal to get you to come closer to the stories of the games and have a completely different experience to have fun. The initial project is already very promising and made a lot of people interested with the prospect of a pair of augmented reality glasses that really worked. It turns out that the Oculus, the company behind Rift, is still searching for progress and improving their own product.

Because of this, at CES 2014, the company unveiled the prototype of Crystal Cove, which is a kind of evolution and successor of Rift. One major difference is the fact that the screen rely on OLED technology, so that latency is lower, reducing the image blur, a characteristic that was a deal breaker to some people.

Continue Reading

Reyad Islam

SHARE ON :

Scientists Create System That Uses Friction To Recharge Cell Phone Batteries [News]

Researchers at Georgia Tech University (United States) have created another innovative system for recharging smartphone batteries. Based on studies of static electricity, they created a device capable of storing electrical energy generated from friction between plastic and metal materials - nanoscale surfaces contribute to a better use. The friction causes the electrons to wiggle and get the load required for the desired features - is something like what happens when air balloons are electrified by friction with the hair. About 50 common materials could be used to create the charging system, but so far only 15% of the mechanical energy can be converted.

Continue Reading

Reyad Islam

SHARE ON :

Chemists Create Polymer Capable Of Increasing The Capacity Of HDDs [News]

A research team made up of chemists and engineers at the University of Texas has developed a new polymer which is able to increase the capacity of hard drives as we know them. The substance, known as block copolymer, can block the magnetic fields generated by points that store the data presented in a storage unit. As a result, it is possible to decrease the space between each of these points, which results in increasing the overall density of information carried by a device without them being corrupted. So far, the process was able to double the available storage space on a hard drive, but this should change soon.

Continue Reading

Reyad Islam

SHARE ON :

Scientists Successfully Tested “Invisibility Cloak”: Cylinder Shaped Object Became Completely Invisible During Trial

Can you remember Harry's invisibility cloak that his dad gave him in Harry Potter book series? That cloak had the ability hide (yes, make someone or something invisible) anything. Have you ever wanted to invent an invisibility cloak like this? According to a report published by BBC, a couple of scientists at Duke University, U.S., has managed to make an object completely invisible during an experiment with a microwave - for the first time ever in the history. According to the publication, the researchers used a kind of Stealth-shaped diamond cover (or layer) that was able to reflect light (in the form of microwaves) coming from a cylinder of 1 cm high and 7.5 cm wide.

Continue Reading

Reyad Islam

SHARE ON :

Future Batteries May Be Powered By Sugar: Japanese Scientists Developed More Efficient Batteries Using Sucrose [News]

According to a report published by the website DigInfo, a group of researchers from the University of Tokyo, Japan, discovered a way to use sugar to develop rechargeable batteries in a more efficient and cheaper way, which would make it possible in future to replace Device such as Lithium Ion used nowadays. According to the research, lithium - widely used in batteries for digital cameras, cell phones and other electronics - is not abundantly found throughout the world, forcing many countries to import this substance. Thus, motivated in finding a viable alternative to develop new rechargeable devices, researchers used sucrose as an active principle to act as anode (means negative pole of an electronic junction) of the batteries.

Continue Reading

Reyad Islam

SHARE ON :

DNA To Store Data In Future? Scientists Were Able To Convert A Book Into A Strand Of Genetic Code [Scientist]

Memory cards, USB sticks and external hard drives are capable of storing a large amount of data in a relatively small space, right? But are we contented yet? While Nano technology is making it’s way to everywhere, we are yet looking for more convenient solution. But nothing compares with the new discovery by scientists at Harvard University, studying a way to use DNA (yes, the DNA which stores the genetic code of any living thing) to store files. The team was able to convert a book of 53,000 words, 11 images and an application in JavaScript in a chain of molecules of that substance. The data were stored as pairs of nucleotides (which you might be familiar with if you have studied biology), which receive the information in the form of binary code and are assembled in a DNA chain. To read it all back, just use a DNA sequencing technology - something available only in laboratories, for now. More to read.

Continue Reading

Reyad Islam

SHARE ON :

Project Glass–Good Or Bad? : 5 Reasons To Fear The Google Glass [Opinion]

Back in June, 2012 when Google registered patent for Google Glass, the whole world gets real curious about what Google is going to do with this technology. Few electronic devices called so much attention from the press and consumers as the Google Glass does. The features Google promising with their new “Augmented Reality” technology can be truly revolutionary. And it draws the attention of other companies, which also decided to create their versions of the device. But is all that is promised by Google Glass will be beneficial? Every good thing has a dark side in it and so does Google Glass. You have to think that it also poses problems for consumers and this can be quite harmful. Have you ever stopped to think about what are the risks? Then check out this article where we collected, analyzed and verified opinions of those who think Google Glass can be a security threat.

Continue Reading

Reyad Islam

SHARE ON :

Technology From Disney Research Allows Textures To Feel Anything By Touching Screen [News]

You can clearly differentiate the texture of an orange and a peach just passing the fingers over them, right? But what if you could be able to differentiate the same textures tapping your fingers on the screen of a smartphone or tablet? Isn’t that a genius idea which may create a whole new era in our daily entertainment and research work? It is an idea of ​​researchers from Disney Research in the United States. During the event, SIGGRAPH 2012, they unveiled a new technology which is well still under development. This technology may be able to make this hypothesis a reality.

Continue Reading

Reyad Islam

SHARE ON :