Sagem Orga and BlueSky Positioning have announced that they are working on a new type of SIM card that incorporates a GPS receiver and an antenna. GPS feature is generally found in medium and high range phones, but with their SIM card even a sub-$50 handset can gain GPS functionality. The companies say with […]
Sony develops 12.25 megapixel CMOS sensor for mobile phones
Sony was the first one to launch an 8-megapixel phone and it seems they will be the first one to create a 12-megapixel phone too. The initial step towards it has already been achieved with the preparation of a 12.25-megapixel CMOS sensor. However, this breakthrough won’t be limited to Sony’s boundaries but will soon […]
Samsung demonstrates 0.05mm thick OLED display
Samsung’s SDI division showed up their latest display creation to woo attendees at the FPD International 2008 Expo. They demonstrated a 0.05mm thick 4-inch OLED display hung in the air to make it flutter from the breeze. Samsung has named it as Flapping Display and it is so thin that even a light breeze […]
IBM develops ZTIC USB drive for secure banking transactions
IBM’s research lab at Zurich have created a simple and effective security device to ensure safe online banking for consumers. Dubbed as the Zone Trusted Information Channel (ZTIC), a simple USB drive that creates a direct and secure channel to the bank’s online server for transactions irrespective of user’s PC being affected with malware […]
India gets ready for its first unmanned moon mission
In less than 7 hours at 6AM IST, India’s Chandrayaan-1 will expedite itself to the first ever lunar mission. Chandrayaan is a Sanskrit word meaning Moon Craft which took almost 4 years to build with an estimated cost of INR 3.8 billion or USD 83 million. The objectives of the mission are to expand […]
Fat Organ simulation developed by Hitachi
Are you the dude whose diet consists of pizzas and all sorts of junk food? Well, Hitachi has something in store for you that can estimate your future volume of fat as well as show some tomographic images of the abdomen. The new technology developed by them, simulates organ fat on the computer screen […]
Security advances with Quantum Cryptography, said to be unbreakable
A computer network was recently hooked up by researchers equipped with a new security system dubbed as Quantum Cryptography. The QC basically uses the quantum theory with the security schemes based on Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. In this principle, one cannot measure or obtain the information without disturbing it. In other words, when a hacker […]
Sanyo develops 12X Blu-Ray laser capable of recording 100GB
Sanyo from Japan is trying to break the barriers in the Blu-Ray arena. By increasing power of the emitting rays to 450 mW, they managed to develop a new blu-ray laser which supersedes the current 8X lasers in the market and also has the capability to record four layers of data which makes the […]
TDK creates 1.8-inch 260GB HDD, boasts highest recording density
At CEATEC, TDK revealed a new drive which makes Toshiba’s 1.8-inch drive a thing of the past. Because of the TMR head it uses, the TDK drives are able to store a whopping 260GB of data with a surface record density of 803 gigabits per square inch. That’s more than 400 gigabits per square […]
Toshiba announces 256GB SSDs
Toshiba has joined the league with Samsung to launch their own 2.5-inch 256GB SSD (THNS256GE8BC). As with Samsung, Toshiba’s SSDs are also Multi-level Cell (MLC) technology based and support SATA II interface. However, being developed with the same technology, SSDs from Toshiba have a read/write speed of 120/70 Mbps which is slower than Samsung […]
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