Sony Vaio E14a series

Sony launched series of new laptops in a distinct range, features and technology. These laptops are unique and are all set to mark their existence and position in the market. Even though they are highly advanced, they are very consumer friendly.

Vaio E14A

Sony Vaio E14A is a slim notebook PC with stylish color accents for daily and friendly computing. With unique design and colour variations, anyone can express its personal style with the new VAIO E14A series. 

The Sony Vaio E14A has the latest features and technology such as 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7 CPU with AMD Radeon™ HD 7670M discrete GPU (VRAM: 1GB). 

                                         E14 stands out from the group sue to its soft, discretly reassuring wrap design and is also available in 5 fresh colours- white, black, pink, silver or gun metallic- accented with complementary colour.

                                           A premium diamond-cut finishing touch is one of the unique features of this laptop. They also provide a ‘’personalized kit’’ which includes a matching keyboard skin and a Bluetooth mouse.

Facebook's New Messenger App

Facebook which stands high in list of social networking has introduced a new local Messenger app that will allow the users to chat with their friends without opening the website.

Accordingly, this app is not available to Windows users but there is a good news for Mac users as they will get it soon. The app was launched officially in March after being leaked in Decmeber last year.

The app uses the same branding as FB’s mobile messenger app, which received an update on Android and iOS both. The app launches with two windows.One is a tsll vertical window,which shows you who is online or offline as well as Facebook’s live feed,so you can see what your friends are liking,posting or commenting just like a Ticker.

The window also shows you of any friend requests,messages or notifications you might have.And another window which is opened up by app is for chatting which shows you the tabs for current conversations which you might be going on. 

HTC ONE X

HTC ONE-X is a high-tech smartphone working on Android Operating system, version 4.0 ( Ice cream Sandwich).This phone works on quad core 1.5Ghz processor with Nvidia tegra 3 chipset inside.Overall which makes this smartphone a must buy.In addition to this,it has LCD screen with IPS capacitive touch and inbuilt 16M colors.Resolution of screen is 720x1280 pixels and a screen size of 4.7 inches.Other features and specification of phone is provided below:

SPECIFICATIONS:


General:

2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Launched	2012, February
Status	Available. Released 2012, May

Dimensions:   134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm
Weight:       130 gm

Multi-touch:  Yes
Protection:  Corning Gorilla glass

It supports Vibration alerts with MP3 and WAV ringtones.Also included are Loud speaker and 3.5 mm Audio jack.
It supports external memory enhancement upto 32GB(26 GB user available)

GPRS:  Yes
EDGE:  Yes
SPEED:  HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
BLUETOOTH:   Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
WiFi:  Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot

Camera includes 8MP clarity with 3264X2448 pixeled photo shoot packed with autofocus and LED flash features.Simultaneously HD video recording with geo tagging facility.Also provided is secondary camera of 1.5 pixel for video conferencing.

Other most important features are listed below:
- MicroSIM card support only
- Beats Audio
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Document viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input

BATTERY:  Standard battery, Li-Po 1800 mAh

It costs around 40,000 in Indian Rupees.

iPad 3 Specifications | Reviews

Apple just officially unveiled its new iPad 3, and many people are already waiting to get their hands on the beautifully carved gadget.More you can know about the specifications and features of the product given below.It is the most beautiful product from Apple.

iPad 3 Features & Specifications

• Retina display - with a resolution of 2048*1536
• 3.1 million pixels at 264ppi
• A5X Processor, quad-core graphics
• 1GB  RAM
• 5 megapixel iSight camera
• 1080p video recording
• Voice dictation-- similar to Siri without the questions
• 3G & 4G LTE connectivity
• 10 hour battery life, 9 hour battery on 4G
• 9.4mm thick, weighs 1.4lbs
• Pre-orders start TODAY, available on March 16
• iOS 5.1

The battery life is unbelievable!

• It comes with a 42.5 watt-hour battery
• Lasts up to 10 hours while surfing web on Wi-Fi, listening music and watching videos.
• The built-in speaker gives a brilliant stereo effect
• New iPad comes with a 30-pin dock connector port

The new iPad has an awesome sound impact:

• 3.5 mm stereo headphone
• User configurable sound adjustment.
• Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound feature
• Apple Digital AV Adapter gives theatre like feeling.
• Includes accelerometer and gyroscope.
• Ambient light sensor

Apple iPad 3 Wifi Price in India:

• Mobile Phone: Apple iPad 3 Wifi + 4G
• Price (Rupees): Expected Price: Rs.32000/-

Nokia 808 Pure View

Nokia 808 Pure view – Nokia’s first and we can say that actually World’s first 41 MP Camera Smartphone is run on Symbian Belle OS, and will probably be one of, if not the, last top end Symbian device to hit the market before all the cool technology gets embedded into Windows Phone.

Network:
2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network : HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100

Software: Operating System : Symbian Belle

Body & Color: Dimensions : 123.9×60.2×13.9 mm
Weight : 169 gm
Colors : Black, White and Red

Display: Type : AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size : 360 x 640 pixels, 4.0 inches (~184 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch : Yes
Protection : Corning Gorilla Glass
- Nokia ClearBlack display


Camera: Primary : 41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels), Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash
Features : 1/1.2” sensor size, ND filter, up to 3x lossless digital zoom, geo-tagging, face detection
Video : 1080p@30fps, lossless digital zoom, LED light
Secondary : VGA, VGA@30fps video recording


Data: GPRS : Class 33
EDGE : Class 33
Speed : HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, UPnP technology
Bluetooth : v3.0 with A2DP
USB : microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support


Media: Audio Playback : Yes
Video Playback : Yes
Ring-tones : 64 polyphonic MP3/MIDI/WAV/AMR
FM Radio : Yes
3.5mm Headphone Jack : yes


Memory: Internal : 16 GB storage, 1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Card slot : microSD, up to 32 GB


Messaging: SMS : Yes
MMS : Yes
Email : Yes

Battery: Type : Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh (BV-4D)
Stand-by : Up to 465 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G)
Talk time : Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)

Nokia 808 Pure View costs Rs. 29,500 (Approx) in India

Spintronics-Faster devices

Spintronics  is the technology that could help create faster, smaller and more versatile devices.It is experimented that a simple combination of metal atoms and a flat sheet of one atom thick layer of pure carbon called graphene can be suitably engineered and used for this purpose.

The biggest challenge for the researchers and scientists was finding a semi-conductor material that has a net ‘spin’ at room temperature and determining how to set the spin.Using state of the art theoretical computations,the researchers team demonstrated that by place cobalt atoms in graphene holes,it is possible to set the spins in a controlled maner.The holes were created by removing one or two nearby carbon atoms.Setting the spin is the key to practical spintronics application for graphene.

Spintronics is the technology that could help create faster, smaller and more versatile devices.It is experimented that a simple combination of metal atoms and a flat sheet of one atom thick layer of pure carbon called graphene can be suitably engineered and used for this purpose.The biggest challenge for the researchers and scientists was finding a semi-conductor material that has a net ‘spin’ at room temperature and determining how to set the spin.Using state of the art theoretical computations,the researchers team demonstrated that by place cobalt atoms in graphene holes,it is possible to set the spins in a controlled maner.The holes were created by removing one or two nearby carbon atoms.Setting the spin is the key to practical spintronics application for graphene.

Galaxy Nexus

The Galaxy Nexus is the third official phone contracted by Google and the first phone to come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Specificationss include a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16/32GB of internal storage, a 4.65 inch 720p HD Super AMOLED display, a 5 megapixel camera with 1080p HD video recording, a 1.3 megapixel camera and a lots more interesting features.

The phone features NFC-based sharing with a feature called Androdid Beam, face-recognition unlocking, advanced battery and data monitoring options and a lot more that is possible with the advent of Android 4.0.

General
Form Factor:	Candybar (curved glass)
AKA:	Nexus Prime
Date Released (YYYY/MM/DD):	2011/12/14
Size
Weight:	4.76 ounces
Dimensions:	5.33x2.67x0.35 inches
Display
Resolution:	1280x720 (HD)
Size:	4.65 inches
Type:	Super AMOLED
Camera
Video:	1080p HD @ 30 fps
Flash:	Yes
Auto-focus:	Yes
Megapixels:	5 megapixel rear, 1.3 megapixel front
Connectivity
GPS:	Yes
USB:	MicroUSB 2.0
Bluetooth:	Bluetooth 3.0
Wi-Fi:	802.11 b/g/n
HDMI:	Via microUSB
Multimedia
Headset Jack:	3.5 mm
Radio:	No
Battery
Type:	1750 mAh Li-Ion
Hardware/OS
Operating System:	Android 4.0.4
Internal Memory:	16, 32 GB
External Memory:	N/A
RAM:	1GB
Processor:	1.2Ghz dual-core TI OMAP 4460

This phone has high hopes as it is the product of combination of two big brands- Google and Samsung...

Mozilla Thimble--Create websites easily

In nineteen ninety's , making a website seemed to be the simplest thing in the world. Of course, it was not — there was all sorts of HTML code involved which were difficult to implement and were confusing too, and making a professional-looking site took almost as much work then as it does now. But there were tools available to make it them easy — Tripod and Geocities  which had templates and tutorials and also had web creation tool built in.

Due to fast changing tehcnology ,now in present  years, creating a website seems like an endeavor best left to the professionals. But Mozilla, carriers of the old Netscape crown, wants to change that perception with Thimble, a web-creation tool that promises to make the act of creating a website easier than ever.

Apart from a basic page creation tool, Thimble has a number of interesting tutorials built in to help teach us HTML, and through extension, how to create your own page. One of the tutorials, called Hack a Map, gets you started by showing you some pretty advanced code. But the tutorial isn't about learning the advanced code, it's about learning the basic errors that are causing the page at the left to show up incorrectly. Thimble will show you exactly where the website is broken — for example, in showing you where a missing HTML tag should go. Even though you're doing light work, you're doing that work on a complicated page. The whole process feels far more enjoyable than your usual tutorial, as if you're learning by doing something important. Even if that something important is a map filled with a Minecraft pig, CatBread, and a triple rainbow.

If you're curious, you can check out Thimble over at the Mozilla website. And who knows, while playing around with pictures of cats, you might actually wind up learning something.

Mac Book PRO

 Apple’s collective interpretation of what a “next generation” pro-level notebook should be, the new model introduces the first design change in many variations and marks the debut of Retina screen technology on a Mac PRO. There’s no doubts on the specifications, but with prices starting from $2,199 – a $400 premium over the regular MacBook Pro, which stays on sale alongside – is the MacBook Pro with Retina Display is too rich for the market?

At first glance, then, it’s familiar from the persistent design of the previous model.Both base section and lid have been trimmed to get the thickness down to 0.71-inches, with some casualties along the way.

Most obvious of those is the optical drive. Just as Apple led the way in removing the floppy drive from its desktops years ago, now the DVD burning SuperDrive has been relegated to external (and optional) peripheral. Priced at $79, it connects via USB and works with not only the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display but the MacBook Air and Mac mini.

HDMI is a welcome inclusion, as is the much-requested upgrade from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0 Thunderbolt’s huge throughput and a growing number of adapter cables It’s worth noting that, although there are potentially three display connections, the new MacBook Pro can only support two external monitors (at up to 2560 x 1600) plus its own Retina Display panel.
 The Retina Display of the new MacBook Pro is the notebook’s best feature. Running at 2880 x 1800, it delivers four times the standard resolution of the previous Pro, and  finally capable of showing iOS developers a full-size preview of apps for the new iPad. Apple’s “Retina” branding refers to whether the human eye is capable of individually-distinguishable pixels at a typical user-distance, hence this 221 ppi panel getting the label while not matching the 264ppi of the new iPad or 326ppi of the iPhone 4S, each of which are expected to be held closer to your face.

There is one issue, though it’s not necessarily one that Apple can directly address. Applications must support the Retina Display with suitably high-resolution graphics, and if they don’t it’s a recipe for visual disaster. Apple’s own Mail, Calendar, Address Book, Safari, iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie are all Retina-optimized, but most third-party apps aren’t, and the difference between them is  obvious.

HTC Flyer

The tablet war is heating up like there is no tomorrow. Now its turn of Taiwanese tech. major- HTC, who has entered the lucarative Indian tablet market with the grand launch of “Flyer” . The tablet will be available starting with the price of Rs. 39,890/-

The tablet has a 7-inch touch screen with a powerful 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It also comes equipped with 1GB of RAM for high memory consuming applications with a built-in memory of 16GigaBytes. The tablet also presents a 5-megapixel camera.

Earlier Blackberry had launched its Play book with a price tag starting from Rs 27,980. The Apple iPad is being sold currently at a starting price tag of Rs 29,500 and the Samung Galaxy Tab for Rs 26,000.

 It also features a 1024 x 600 7-inch screen, a 5-megapixel camera on the back and an additional 1.3-megapixel one on the front for video calls.It’s a powerful machine, but it does lack one thing its competitors have: Android Honeycomb.     The HTC Flyer will be running an improved version of Android Gingerbread and a special version of HTC’s Sense UI designed for tablets.

ASUS PadFone

After a long wait and several deadlines , Asus has finally introduced a combination of smartphone, tablet and notebook computer which aim at consumers who are tired of working around different devices at a same time.

However, delays in bringing this product to market, coupled with developments in wireless pricing and cloud storage, may have shut the door of opportunity for all-in-one device, known as  "PadFone."

The unit consists of three pieces. There's a smartphone running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), a 10.3-inch tablet and a keyboard dock. The phone slips into a compartment behind the tablet. The tablet connects to the keyboard to form a notebook.

Since the tablet uses the phone for its wireless data connection, we don't need a separate data plan for the slate. And since the phone acts as the hub for all our data, we don't have to worry about data being stored in a tablet or notebook that we may not be carrying with you.

The problem is that developments in service plans and online storage may have closed the window of viability for the PadFone, which is selling online for around US$930.

With better cloud solutions and Verizon rolling out a shared data plan, with AT&T , it is believed that the delay in the introduction of the PadFone may hurt the device.

                          Also Asus is one of the few companies that can do this without volume because it has enough volume on other stuff that it can subsidize an initial run on this device.

Blu-ray Technology

Blu-ray (not Blue-ray) also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a new optical disc developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. It offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unmatched HD experience.

While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray. Despite the different types of lasers used, Blu-ray products can easily be made compatible with CDs and DVDs . The benefit of using a blue-violet laser (405nm) is that it has a shorter wavelength than a red laser (650nm), which makes it possible to focus the laser spot with even greater precision. This allows data to be packed more tightly and stored in less space, so it's possible to fit more data on the disc even though it's the same size as a CD/DVD. This together with the change of numerical aperture to 0.85 is what enables Blu-ray Discs to hold 25GB/50GB. 

                          Blu-ray is the next-generation digital video disc. It can record, store and play back high-definition video and digital audio, as well as computer data. The advantage to Blu-ray is the sheer amount of information it can hold:

• A single-layer Blu-ray disc, which is roughly the same size as a DVD, can hold up to 27 GB of data -- that's more than two hours of high-definition video or about 13 hours of standard video.
• A double-layer Blu-ray disc can store up to 50 GB, enough to hold about 4.5 hours of high-definition video or more than 20 hours of standard video. And there are even plans in the works to develop a disc with twice that amount of storage.

Movies in Blu-Ray format will have crystal clear, life-like High Definition picture and superb digital sound. This unprecedented high quality combined with a 1080p High-Definition TV will be like nothing you have ever seen before. 

Lava XOLO X900 Specifications

Lava XOLO X900 is a Touch Bar phone weighing 127g. It′s dimensions are 123MM x 63MM x 10.99MM . The talk time of the phone is Up to 14 hours (2G) / Up to 8 hours (3G). The phone works at frequencies of GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz.It has a Display of 4.03 inches, TFT LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, having 16M Colors. 

General

Network GSM

Style Bar

Dimensions 123 x 63 x 10.99 mm

Weight 127 g (With Battery)

Battery Type  Li-Ion 1460 mAh (3.7V)
Display Colors 16M Colors, TFT
Display Resolution 1024 x 600 Pixels, 4.3"


Memory InBuilt 16 GB (Internal) + 1 GB (RAM)


SMS Yes
MMS Yes
Email Yes
Push Mail No


Camera Yes
Mega Pixels Ext:8.0MP, 3264x2448 Pix; Int:1.3MP, 1280x1024 Pix
Camera Zoom 16x Digital Zoom with Auto-focus and LED Flash
Video Capture MPEG4, 3GPP, WMC, H.264, VP8


Connectivity:
Ports USB Port 2.0, HDMI Port
Infrared No
Bluetooth Bluetooth v2.1
A2DP   No
Wifi   Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Internet   GPRS Class 10, HTML5


Entertainment:
Music Player MP3, MIDI, WAV, WMA
Ring Tones Yes
Loud Speaker Yes


Technology
3G HSPA
OS Android OS v2.3 (Gingerbread) (upgradable to v4.0)
Touch Screen Capactive Touch Screen
Dual Sim No
QWERTY Yes


Network:
Operating Frequency Quad-band GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz
Talk Time Upto 15.5 Hours
Standby Time Upto 336 Hours
GPS A-GPS


Special Features:


Intel Medfield, CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Atom with Hyper Threading, Clock Speed 400 MHz, Sensors (Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor), Dual Speakers (0.3 W each), Digital Microphones, Drivers for Windows XP, Windows 7 Li-Ion 1460 mAh (3.7V)

Display

Display Colors 16M Colors, TFT

Display Resolution 1024 x 600 Pixels, 4.3"

Memory

Memory InBuilt 16 GB (Internal) + 1 GB (RAM)

Pros

• Fast mobile data support (4G)
• High pixel densitiy screen, over 250ppi (297 ppi)
• High-resolution display (600 x 1024 pixels)
• Very fast processor (1600 MHz)
• Lots of RAM (1024 MB RAM)
• High-resolution camera (8 megapixels)
• HDMI connector for TV-out (Micro HDMI (TypeD))

Cons

• Lacks microSD slot for storage expansion

Price- Rs. 20,000 

Career in FPGAs

The job scenario in field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)  has seen an uptrend in last few years due to their wide usage in different areas.A FPGA is an integrated circuit designed to be configured  by the customer and designer after manufacture.The FPGA configuration is generally specified using a Hardware description language(HDL). 

FPGAs when used 25 years ago was just a simple technology.What has changed scenario or outlook for FPGA in last few years is because of two main factors.Earlier,people could easily create any logic on FPGAs  but now these are more technical in nature.

            FPGAs come with high speed interfaces and serial communication protocols.since they are more capable technically, allow users to develop complex design and products that were not possible before.Application specific integrated circuits are an alternative to FPGAs so many markets can expect such high returns and more people opt to work on FPGA instead.So there is a wide scope for job opportunities for FPGA engineers.

                        In coming years engineers equipped with FPGA skillset will be in demand at two levels-technology/block development and implementation.From a technology standpoint,such skillset would be needed for block development and validation of custom differentiating  and reusable hardware logic.Secondly, from an implementation standpoint,they will be in demand to achieve optimization for high device utilization and performance.Many companies like Wipro,infosys and NI have divisions for FPGA engineers.This line offers creative and challenging work,which involves rapidprototyping of design ideas as well as verification of existing designs.

Almost any area with design and verification tasks will have a requirement for FPGA trained VLSI engineers.FPGAs can be bought and programmed for a particular application.These are mostly used in embedded computing sytems.All levels of companies-be it a manufacturer of high end products to low end products, have FPGAs in their system.The worl profile of FPGA engineers revolves across areas like software tool development, system design, IP design and IC design.

Autostereoscopy:3D without glasses

It is the process of displaying 3D images without using specialized headgear.It is also known as glasses free 3D and is major technology used in 3D smartphones such as HTC EVO 3D and LG Optimus 3D and also in some portable gaming device.
                             This technology uses the principle of parallax barrier to deliver different images to each eye.The latest and most convenient design does not have the physical parallax barrier in front of the pixels,but behind the pixels and in font of the backlight.Thus it doesn't send different images but different light to the two eyes.This allows the the two channels of light to pass through the pixels,allowing glare over the opposite pixels,giving the best image quality.For example this technology is used in Nintendo 3DS to remove these drawbacks.
        The development of the 3D gaming has actually been in the works for the past few decades or so. Nintendo was actually one of the first video game  developers to integrate 3D technology into its gaming devices such as the Virtual Boy . However, these  were only met with limited success, partly because the 3D technology behind these devices left a lot to be desired. Nintendo persevered in integrating 3D into their projects until the handheld Nintendo 3DS was announced to the world. 

What most commonly word used here is parallax barrier,so what is it?
A parallax barrier is a device placed in front of an image source, such as a liquid crystal display, to allow it to show a stereoscopic image ormultiscopic image without the need for the viewer to wear 3D glasses. Placed in front of the normal LCD, it consists of a layer of material with a series of precision slits, allowing each eye to see a different set of pixels, so creating a sense of depth through parallax in an effect similar to what lenticular printing produces for printed products.
So this technology is gonna rock the world and 3D will be everywhere from small games to large screens in theatre and offices..

Speckle free lasers produce High definition images

A team of researchers led by Brendan Redding of Yale university has demonstrated low coherence random lasers that produce images as speckle free as those made using LEDs or bulbs.

In these lasers,light is reflected off small particles randomly distributed in a fluid inside the layer-instead of mirors at either end of the laser,as is typically done to concentrate the beam.Lasers are used to power high definition projectors in cinemas and to illuminate objects for imaging.
                                        But speckles that randomly surround the laserbeam blur images.To compensate for this,complex laser based optical systems have been devised with parts constantly in motion to suppress the mottled light.Breaking down coherence inside the laser itself is a much simpler solution.
                            Low coherence random lasers should light up small objects well enough to produce images that track real time motion,like the beting of the heart in an embryo..

Breakthrough 3D solar cell on the way!!

Solar3D Inc ,based in USA, is developing a 3-dimensional(3D) solar cell technology that will maximise the conversion of sunlight into electricity.The new technology uses a 3D design to trap sunlight inside a photovoltaic structure where photons bounce around until they are converted into electrons.

                                           This next generation solar cell will be more efficient,resulting in a lower cost per watt,making solar cell more affordable.The purpose of developing the 3D solarcell technology is to achieve greater efficiency and wide angle light collection,thereby making it possible for the solar cell to produce much more power for the cost.
                    We are completing our prototypes and will conduct a pilto runof about 50,000 units next year,Solar3D Inc ended and will come to market this year..

Bacteria help to make Nanoelectronics

Researchers  at Britain's University in collaboration with japan's Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology,have made use of a type of bacterium-Magnetospirillum magneticum--that eats iron to create tiny magnets inside itself.
                                 These tiny magnets are quite similar to those found in traditional hard drives.The scientists feel that their research could lead to much faster,higher-density hard drives and a range of other high performance,environment friendly electronic devices. 

                                                        Nature can help us.We are forever trying to make electronic components smaller but are quickly reaching our limits with traditional manufacturing techniques.The bacterium used in the research is a natural magnetic microorganism,which is found in ponds and lakes and swims along the earth's magnetic lines.
Therefore,when it eats iron,proteins interact to produce tiny crystals of magnetite-the most magnetic of all naturally occuring minerals on earth.

Device invisible to magnetic field

Using superconductor and ferromagnetic materials,European researchers have developed a device that hides its contents to make them invisible to a static magnetic field. Researchers at University of Barcelona,led by Alvar,lecturer in Physics,put forward the mathematical formula to design the device.The device features a cylinder with two concentric layers.

                              While the inner layer consists of a superconducting material that repels magnetic fields,the outer layer is a ferromagnetic layer that attracts them.Placed in magnetic field,the device has no effect on field lines,showing neither a shadow, nor a reflection.So an object inside the device cannot be detected.
        According to the researchers,the device represents a step towards the invisibility of light.There are many applications,for some cars,ships or submarines.The device could also be used for patients who have a pacemaker and need an MRI of a knee or other body part,so the image would not be distorted.

Electronic nose sensor

Soon a smartphone attachment,when used in conjunction with an app,could detect any illness you may have. It will work on what the developers call 'sensory vapour technology'.
                          

                                  It is hoped that the research will result in an affordable,easy to carry detection system-ideally an advanced smartphone app.A doctor could carry around a smartphone and have patients breathe into its little attachment and be able to tell whether they have a communicable disease or not.
                                                The detection system works by pushing a stream of air through a liquid,such as butanol,which results in bubbles that come up as a saturated vapour.This is then diluted and fed to a sensor chamber where the vapour is analysed and turned into raw data.From this data the scientists are able to work out the chemicals contained in the initial stream of air.

Tablets' web traffic to exceed smartphones traffic by early next year.

Adobe systems has announced a report that examines how global website traffic and engagement differ when the visitor is on tablet,smartphone or PC.According to the report,tablet devices will generate more web traafic than smartphones by early 2013 and that consumers find browsing websites on tablets nearly as engaging as on PC's.

The results indicate that tablets have become a channel very distinct from smartphones.While apps have proven to be a highly valuable and important component of a mobile strategy,companies will invest in optimising mobile webpages for the growing and affluent tablet demographic.
                                                                    Another finding indicates that the share of a website visits from a tablets grew about ten times faster than smartphones in the first two years after market introduction and more than 300 percent last year.The rapid growth is driven by both higher rates of tablet shipments and a disproportionately higher number of website visits per tablet than smartphones.

Indian electronics market to reach Rs 200 trillion by 2020.

With continuing growth in local manufacturing,the indian electronics market is expected to reach Rs 500 billion by this year-end and Rs 200 trillion by 2020-according to Assocham.In year 2010, the electronics market was reportedly worth Rs 32.5 trillion.

                                                     Experts opine that the industry is capable of rising to this volume if the domestic manufacturing is given a boost.This would help in bridging the demand supply gapand generate mass employment in the country.The chamber highlighted the need for fostering innovation and developing clusters for local production.....Keep in touch for more updates...