Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has developed a new spatial audio transmission technology that allows a mobile phone user to assign different spatial positions to each sound source, i.e. different callers in a conference call. The technology for instance, enables a user listening with headphones to hear different speaker voices coming from different directions thus, making […]
Fujitsu solution can remotely delete data from a stolen notebook
Fujitsu has partnered with Willcom to develop a security solution that enables the user to remotely delete the data in case of a lost or stolen notebook. However, one caveat this security solution has is that the laptop needs to be in Willcom’s PHS coverage area. Fujitsu plans to integrate the custom made module […]
This concrete bends, self-heals by rainwater
Victor Li from the University of Michigan along with his Japanese peer, Yingzi Yang have created a concrete that can bend as well as heal by itself. Unlike normal concrete which is brittle and could break easily on strain, these concrete composites bend and in worse cases, develop hairline cracks that can be healed […]
Holographic Storage enables 500GB of data on a single disc
General Electronics is working on a new tech that could possibly doom the future of CDs, DVDs and BDs. With the technique of holographic storage, GE has developed a disc that can hold up to 500GB of data at a very low cost. Unlike the optical technology, holographic technology can pack data more densely […]
Philips showcases OLED based interactive lighting concepts
At the Euroluce International Lighting Fair in Milan, Philips is showing world’s first OLED lighting concepts that involves human interaction. The lights are suited for both professional as well as consumer use and feature ultra flat shape and soft light effects. Philips has created different OLED lighting concepts like standing, wall-mounted, desk-top or ceiling […]
Bluetooth 3.0 gets real
Bluetooth SIG has formally adopted the new Bluetooth 3.0. The latest iteration called as Bluetooth 3.0 + HS (stands for High Speed) uses the same 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol which enables it to give a throughput data transfer rate of up to 24Mbps. Bluetooth 3.0, basically creates an ad hoc Wi-Fi connection between devices that […]
Bluetooth SIG to release BT 3.0 spec on April 21
The Bluetooth SIG group is all set to make the ubiquitous short range communication faster, at par with Wi-Fi speeds. The official and full details will be out within two weeks from now but few things that makes Bluetooth 3.0 special are: – Increased bandwidth to allow users to transfer content within seconds – […]
Scientists working to make touchscreens Braille friendly
There have been few phones doing text to speech for visually impaired users but a touchscreen phone for blind will be the first. Researchers at the University of Tampere in Finland have taken a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet device which is equipped with piezoelectric material built in the touchscreen and installed a software that […]
ARM promises Xbox like graphics in mobile phones
You may find this as an exaggerated statement but ARM, who is bully on its Mali line of processors is dead serious. According Remi Pedersen, graphics product manager at ARM, Xbox like graphics is very much possible in mobile phones and he says it may take till later 2009 to fulfill his promise. The […]
IBM developing Hyperspeech Transfer Protocol (HSTP)
With millions of telecom subscribers being added each month, the Indian telecom industry is looked as the land of opportunity. The scientists at IBM apparently think the same which has led to the development of a technology that allows users to communicate via speech with the websites. The new protocol, Hyperspeech Transfer Protocol (HSTP) […]
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