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Augmented Reality Wizards Blippar Will Unveil New Tech At TechCrunch Disrupt London

What if you could learn about anything just by taking a photo of it?  Blippar already has 3 million people doing that every month plus another 62 million signed up. Now Blippar is ready to unveil the next phase of its technology and business, and it’s going to do it onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt London. Blippar CEO   Ambarish Mitra   is basically tech’s version of Slumdog Millionaire. After running away from home and living in the slums of Delhi, India, Mitra sold magazines door-to-door. But then he won $10,000 in an e-business plan competition and used the money to form an Internet portal for women that was free to those with low incomes. He eventually IPO’d that business, studied at the London School Of Economics, and sold his next business, Swiftcover, to AXA Insurance. Mitra started Blippar when augmented reality was just in its infancy. And while devices like the Microsoft HoloLens promise a future where we see digital graphics overlay information atop our view of the real

New touchscreen material to end daily smartphone charging

British scientists have invented a new type of touchscreen material that requires very little power to illuminate, with vivid colours and high visibility in direct sunlight.                               The team is already in talks with some big players in consumer electronics to see if their new material can replace current LCD touchscreens over the next few years, sciencealert.com reported. Developed by Bodie Technologies, a University of Oxford spin-off company, the new technology could spare the consumers the pains of charging their smartphones daily.                 "We can create an entire new market. You have to charge smartwatches every night, which is slowing adoption. But if you had a smartwatch or smart glass that didn't need much power, you could recharge it just once a week," one of the researchers, Peiman Hosseini, was quoted as saying by The Telegraph.                                                                                                    

Lost your Windows 10 laptop Here's how to find it

One of the headline features of Android for some time now has been a utility that lets you easily find your lost phone. Whether it's truly lost or god forbid stolen, or simply stuck between the sofa cushions, finding it has never been so easy. By popular demand, Microsoft brought this utility to Windows phone with Windows 10 recently. The number of phones that run Windows 10 are however very few as of the moment, and the ones that are there are not available across the globe, but in select markets. Two of these recently launched phones, the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL are expected to launch in India soon. But more on that later. Windows 10 was designed primarily as a cross platform operating system so that it could work seamlessly across devices: phones, tablets, laptops and PCs. To that effect, Microsoft's first major Windows 10 upgrade (Windows 10 November update) brings in new features, that are both evident and 'out there' as well as also secretly tucked away in

Powdered glue goes on dry and sticks when squished

Dried-up glue may come in useful. A new powdered form of adhesive developed by researchers in Japan could help in building hard-to-reach parts of cars or smartphones. Most glues are either liquids that dry to form a bond, or solids that are heated to make them viscous and sticky, and then bond when cooled. Now Syuji Fujii of Osaka Institute of Technology in Japan and his colleagues have come up with a dry powder that becomes a sticky glue when squished. The powder is made up of “liquid marbles” – beads of liquid coated in solid particles that trap the fluid inside. In this case, the team rolled spheres of a latex liquid in a layer of calcium-carbonate nanoparticles. The resulting drops are a few millimetres across and pour easily, but when put under pressure for a few seconds the nanoparticles are pushed inside, exposing the sticky liquid within to the surface.

Self-Folding Minirobots Possible with Origami-Inspired Graphene

Origami-inspired graphene paper that can fold itself could be used to create anything from miniature robots to artificial muscles, according to a new study. Scientists from Donghua University in China have demonstrated that gently heating a sheet of graphene paper, which is extraordinarily strong (about 200 times stronger than steel by weight), could make it fold into a device that is able to walk forward and backward. And, in a first for this kind of self-folding material, they showed it could also change directions. The research could help scientists develop self-folding structures and devices for modern applications, including wirelessly controlled micro robots, artificial muscles and devices for tissue engineering, said Jiuke Mu, a Ph.D. student at Donghua University and one of the material’s inventors. [The 6 Strangest Robots Ever Created] "In the near future, it even could bring changes to people's lives," Mu told Live Science, giving the example of s

Nano-scale 'fingerprint' could boost security

An atomic-scale fingerprint could boost the security of connected devices, according to British scientists who have developed it. The tiny identity tags are essentially tiny imperfections in the building blocks of matter, making them virtually impossible to clone They could be used as the basis of a robust system for authenticating hardware and software, The researchers from the UK universities of Lancaster and Manchester built tiny, layered metallic structures in the lab and incorporated "design flaws" that were unique to the item. "What you do is shrink these systems down as far as they will go," Dr Jonathan Roberts from Lancaster told BBC News. "And the interesting thing is that you can't clone them. To clone them, you'd effectively have to measure [the fingerprints] atom-by-atom. You just can't do it." "And the interesting thing is that you can't clone them. To clone them, you'd effectively have to measure [the finge

Google Maps gets full offline support on Android, coming soon to iOS

There are so many things that Google Maps can do...when it's online. Not so much when it's offline though. All this just changed. In a major revamp, Google has given Maps -- its popular navigation and mapping tool -- full offline support. It is now live and running, on Android. Meanwhile, an iOS overhaul -- with the full set of features -- is coming soon, it announced. Starting Tuesday, users can not only search (for a destination) but get turn-by-turn driving directions for the same as well, online or offline, doesn't matter. Users basically have to download the map -- of an area -- to their device, while it is online. Selecting (and downloading) an area is as simple as specifying a city, state or pin code, and tapping on download. Size of the area they want to save has been left to users' discretion. Once downloaded, you can use the piece of map the same way as you'll use when it's online, with some difference in features. "Whereas before you coul

Android Wear Companion App Updated; Teardown Reveals Upcoming Features

Google has updated the Android Wear companion app. Bumping up the version number to 1.4, the update brings with it several features and while teardown hints at several more features that the company has could have planned for future updates. As for the visible changes, the updated  Android Wear  companion app - which is currently not yet listed on  Google Play  India, and has gradually begun rolling out to devices - has made some amendments to the screen of the Settings app. The Cloud sync toggle has been moved from the main list to under Privacy & personal data. In there, you will also find a new toggle with the sole job to make it possible for you to send diagnostic information to Google. The Settings screen now allows users to enable or disable tip cards in the main screen of the watch. The company has seemingly pulled the battery statistics, which is seeming a sad trade-off as many users found it useful. More interestingly, the app teardown has revealed the features 

CISF Launches Android App for Jawans

CISF launched a new mobile application for its troops which will enable them to check their pay-related queries and register grievances while being on the move.                                                              The Android-based facility has been named 'm-Power' and is an extended technology facility of the existing computer system facility for these men and women who guard some of the most vital installations in the country's civil aviation, aerospace, and nuclear power domain.                                                                   "This is the first phase of the mobile-based application which offers one-touch access to information about locations and contact details of all force units, an employees' pay, interface for lodging grievance, monitoring its status and for knowing other service-related details," CISF spokesperson Hemendra Singh said.            The new Internet-based application has been developed in-house by the technical

New Camera by Lytro Promises Cinematic Virtual Reality

see freinds today we are knowing new tech... since the 1990s virtual reality has been one of those technologies that is constantly heralded as being 10 years away. But despite its appearance in Hollywood science-fiction movies, the concept of a fully immersive media experience has never come to fruition either because of technological limitations or lack of a compelling value proposition, or both. But startup camera manufacturer Lytro thinks it might have finally cracked the VR code with a new 360-degree virtual reality camera designed for filmmakers. Today, the company unveiled the Lytro Immerge [pictured], a camera that uses a process known as light field imaging to capture images in which all elements of the foreground and background can be focused simultaneously.it performing features are light feild technology and   Cinematic, Scientific, and Industrial Applications

HAMPI THE GREATEST HINDU KINGDOM IN INDIA

Hampi  is a village that was last capital of vijaynagar and also It is known as greatest Hindu kingdom in india. It has some  ruins, intriguingly intermingled with large boulders that rear up all over the landscape.The ruins, which date back to the 14th century, stretch for just over 27 kilometers and comprise more than 450 monuments. The most striking monument is the Vittala Temple, dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Its main hall has 56 pillars that make musical sounds when struck TEMPLES IN HAMPI:-             In hampi there is greatest and noteble Hindu temples   structured.Some list of temples in Hampi is are as given bellow. - Malyavanta Raghunathaswamy temple - Virupaksha Temple - Krishna Temple - Hazara Rama Temple - Krishna Temple - Vittala Temple

Apple Watch top model to cost about Rs 14 lakh in India

US technology firm Apple on Friday started selling its smartwatches in India with top models costing about Rs 14 lakh apiece."Top Apple Watch would cost around Rs 14 lakh apiece. However, it would be only available on order from customer," a person in Apple retail network said. The company is selling Apple Watch variants at price starting from Rs 30,990 to Rs 14 lakh per unit through its over 100 Apple Premium stores in the country. There are three variants in two different display sizes-38 mm and 42 mm-and customers will have an option to buy from 40 combinations. Apple Watch Edition, which comes with 18-carat rose gold case, white sport band and 42 mm display, is retailing at Rs 9.9 lakh. The other two variants with 42-mm display are Apple Watch Sport with silver aluminium case and white sport band at starting price of Rs 34,900 while Apple Watch stainless steel case with white sport band is selling at a starting price of Rs 52,900. In the 38-mm category, Apple ha

Now, turn 2D videos into 3D in a jiffy

By using a software that powers sports video games, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) have developed a system that automatically converts 2D video of soccer games into 3D. The converted video can be played back over any 3D device -- a commercial 3D TV, Google's new Cardboard system which turns smartphones into 3D displays or special-purpose displays such as Oculus Rift. "Any TV these days is capable of 3D. There's just no content. So we see that the production of high-quality content is the main thing that should happen," says Wojciech Matusik, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. Today's video games generally store very detailed 3D maps of the virtual environment that the player is navigating. When the player initiates a move, the game adjusts the map accordingly and, on the fly, generates a 2D projection of the 3D scene that correspond

CAPE CANAVERAL

CAPE CANAVERAL — Multibillion-dollar contracts NASA is expected to award as soon as Thursday will establish the fleet of U.S. vehicles servicing the International Space Station  into the next decade, and could introduce a new spacecraft to Kennedy Space Center.              The space agency was scheduled to announce the winners of contracts to deliver cargo to the space station on unmanned craft between 2018 and 2024, decisions that have been delayed multiple times this year.The incumbent cargo haulers, SpaceX and  Orbital ATK , hope to continue their services, while  Boeing  and  Sierra Nevada Corp.  hope to claim a piece of the action that could be worth up to $14 billion.                                                                                    For Sierra Nevada, which last year lost out to Boeing and SpaceX on contracts to fly astronauts, the cargo deals offer a second and perhaps last chance to bring the  Dream Chaser  mini-shuttle to life.
President Pranab Mukherjee an ocean of knowledge, 'university in himself': PM Modi Prime Minister  Narendra Modi  on Thursday described President  Pranab Mukherjee  as a "university in himself" and said he had personally got benefitted from his vast knowledge. In his speech at the second day of three-day Visitors' Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, Modi was all praise for the President and said he used to make him understand every issue minutely. "Our President is a university in himself. He is an ocean of knowledge. If anybody asks me what is the biggest benefit of becoming the Prime Minister, I will say that I got an opportunity to be close to him. Modi told Vice Chancellors of central universities and heads of  National Institutes of Technology  and IITs that they had the privilege of having direct interaction with the President."You people should work under his (the President's) guidance. I don't think anyone can stop us. Sky i

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