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Skinput – TouchSkin Keyboard Technology

Aditya — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:27:58 +0000

Have you ever thought of a mobile phone that uses human body as input interface? If you have ever had then, your thoughts are going to come true in the form of a new system called ‘Skinput’, developed together by Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research labs.

An armband array is attached to bicep area in order to pick up waves i.e., the ultralow-frequency sound of tapping skin will be collected by the system which will thereby, be transmitted through Bluetooth to the mobile to act accordingly and is focused on to the hand with the help of ‘pico’-micro sized projectors in the phones. An acoustic detector in the armband calculates which part of the body is to be activated. Skinput works with an accuracy of 95percent in detecting tapping of fingers on the skin, it also works when the body is in motion.

With this type of systems coming into existence entire body can be made as an interface. Hope this research gets succeeded and the device will be soon a commercial reality.

(Credit: Chris Harrison/Carnegie Mellon University)

How Skinput Works? – Video

Nokia 5233 Specifications

Aditya — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:53:55 +0000

The Nokia 5233 is a full touchscreen mobile with a 3.2 inches wide TFT touchscreen display and 360 x 640 pixels resolution (nHD) with 16:9 picture. It is based on Symbian OS version 9.4. It has a dimension: 111 x 51.7 x 14.5/15.5 and weight: 115 gm along with stylish boosting features.

The Nokia 5233 comes with a touch screen display, 2 megapixel camera for capturing photos and videos (Image quality – Basic (MMS 0.3M-Small>Ideal image size for sending via multimedia message), Medium (E-mail 0.8M – Medium>Use for prints up to 6×4 in (15x10cm) , High (Print 2M – Large>Use for prints up to 7×5 in (18×13 cm). expandable memory up to 16GB, GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth, VGA video recording @ 30fps (frames per second).

The other features of Nokia 5233 include USB 2.0, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP & AVRCP, Internet, GPRS, EDGE. The 5233 has a 1320 mAh battery with 7 Hours talk time, music for 33 hours and video for 4 hours.

Specifications:

Dimensions: 111 x 51.7 x 14.5/15.5 mm
Weight: 115 g (with stylus)
Size: 3.2″
Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels (nHD) with 16:9 picture
Up to 16.7 million colours
Full touchscreen display
Voice commands
Handwriting recognition
Accelerometer for auto-rotate
Available in-box colours
-White/Red
- White/Silver
microSD memory card slot and up to16 GB expandable
70 MB internal memory
Direct printing to compatible picture printers
Call waiting, call hold, call divert
Contacts bar for 20 contacts with
Conference calling with up to 6 participants
MMS version 1.3, message size up to 600 kb
Automatic resizing of images for MMS
Supported protocols: IMAP, POP, SMTP
Support for e-mail attachments
Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML, WML
Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP, JavaScript
TCP/IP support
OSS browser
2 megapixel camera
Image formats: JPEG
Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp
Video streaming: 3GPP and CIF
Music playback file formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+, WMA
FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)

The new Nokia 5233 Touch screen phone price will be Rs.7,500 in India.

Nokia 5233 Ad:

Watch the below advertisement. It shows Sharman Joshi (Acted recently in Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots with Aamir Khan and Madhavan) picking a new track on his phone for Adah Sharma (who is 5’5” tall beauty made her debut in a bollywood horror movie “1920”) takes a new dress trails during shopping.

120 Coolest Futuristic Speakers From Around The World

Aditya — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:50:27 +0000

There are lots of creative speaker designs on the web. So, we collected some of the creative and cool speaker designs to showcase it here.

For today’s inspiration, here are the 100+ Speaker Designs.

Via : Freshome

Via : Yankodesign

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Japan’s Stylish Custom Scooters

Radhika — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:38:55 +0000

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Would You Like To Experience Such Train Journeys?

Radhika — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:06:48 +0000

The 18th century’s first steam locomotive engine for railways, an invention by Richard Trevithick has undergone many miles of innovation to reach the level of what is today. Yes! The train journey is one such pleasurable journey, yet sometimes thrilling which will always leave pages of memory behind. So I have chanced upon a few pics of different trains presently entertaining as well as serving the train enthusiasts in the world.

Image Credit: Travel Vi Vi

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Roller Coasters – Can anything else thrill better?

Radhika — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:41:31 +0000

As the days pass by we loose interest in what we have already experienced. So there is always an attempt to see and experience new things. But we can’t have the likes of Thomas Alva Edison’s to invent new things every day. However, with the developments in technology and wild thinking added with commitments and interest to experiment, we can atleast magnify the intensity of pleasure.

There are many wild imaginations given physical shape challenging the invented technologies. In these lines I am presenting you a collection of a few world class thrill generators from Cedar Point Amusement Park, Ohio, Six Flags California Theme Park, Kings Isand, Ohio, Disneyland, Florida, etc.

When it comes to thrill, the ride lovers will agree that nothing can match roller coasters because it cannot be explained in words but only can be experienced. There are people who cherish the pain as well as thrill while they ride these roller coasters and there are a few who shiver at the mention of this particular ride.

Can anything else thrill better? Afterall, there is no gain without pain.

Howard Davis’s Telephone Car

Radhika — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:54:15 +0000

This is a Phone Car designed by businessman Howard Davis to promote his telephone company Datel Communiations in the US. The phone car is a modified 1975 Volkaswagen Beetle and made originally to look like a large old phone on wheels. The speciality of this phone car is instead of a horn, it has a ringing tone.

Crazy Concept Bicycles

Radhika — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:23:30 +0000

Take a Ride on Mini Steam Train

Radhika — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:28:35 +0000

This is a 5-inch guage mini steam train in Japan. The real coal burning steam engine features type 9600. This mini train attracts many visitors which is a fun way to ride around.

Photos by Minoru Shinozaki

Chesepeake Bay Bridge Tunnel – An Engineering Marvel

Radhika — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:59:00 +0000

Chesepeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is 37 kms long that connects Virginia’s Eastern Shore with with Virginia Beach at Norfolk and the metropolitan area of Hampton Road which is half under the water for ships to pass, and comes out on the other side.

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