World’s Tiniest 3D Glasses on a Praying Mantis While 3D glasses may not be a big hit when it came on to our televisions, someone, or rather something is still wearing 3D glasses. Newcastle University researchers outfitted praying mantises with tiny 3D glasses to better understand the evolution of vision, and the depth of their vision in the insect Continue reading “World’s Tiniest 3D Glasses on a Praying Mantis”
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Microsoft Keyboard with Hand Gestures Recognition
Microsoft Keyboard with Hand Gestures Recognition Microsoft Research brings a new prototype mechanical keyboard that recognizes hand gestures to improve computing productivity without the need of a separate peripheral. The keyboard prototype features a 16 x 4 array of infrared proximity sensors placed between the keys that can rapidly detect motion on top of Continue reading “Microsoft Keyboard with Hand Gestures Recognition”
Credit card-sized portable charger that can hypercharge your smartphone
Credit card-sized portable charger that can hypercharge your smartphone Smartphones and tablets can do so many wonderful things nowadays, but running out of battery is a constant pain. That is the reason for so many portable chargers existing in the market. There is a trade-0ff with these charges though. Big and bulky charger charges your Continue reading “Credit card-sized portable charger that can hypercharge your smartphone”
Korner Promises Home Security for Less Than $100
Korner Promises Home Security for Less Than $100 Home security systems are common among well-off home owners, but reports shown that lower income brackets have a higher break-in rate. A group of four entrepreneurs from Seattle hope to change that, and designed a system that costs less than $100 with no monthly fees. Korner Continue reading “Korner Promises Home Security for Less Than $100”
Solar Roadways to replace Highways with Electric Glass
Solar Roadways to replace Highways with Electric Glass Idaho-based Solar Roadways wants to replace petroleum-based asphalt on highways and byways throughout the US with solar-powered panels that lights up and melts snow by harnessing the power of the sun. The idea blossomed into a project, when the company was awarded $100,000 funding from the Department of Continue reading “Solar Roadways to replace Highways with Electric Glass”
This Car comes with a Flying Drone
This Car comes with a Flying Drone Renault’s new concept car, the KWID can launch its own drone that can fly autonomously to warn about traffic jams or other problems on the road ahead. The Flying Companion as Renault calls it is a flying quadrocopter drone that will launch from the built-in hangar on the Continue reading “This Car comes with a Flying Drone”
Solar Power Airplane Takes Flight
Solar Power Airplane Takes Flight With the advancement in solar power technology, a European company, Solar Flight developed the world’s first solar powered two-seater aircraft, the Sunseeker Duo. It has made its first flight a few months ago, and the company is testing the plane’s flight performance since then. The two seater plane which Continue reading “Solar Power Airplane Takes Flight”
How to play Hearthstone on iPhone or iPod
How to play Hearthstone on iPhone or iPod The acclaimed games maker Blizzard Entertainment released its free to play Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft on the Mac as well as Windows and just recently it is available as an iPad app as well. It is a very good strategy card game set in the Warcraft universe Continue reading “How to play Hearthstone on iPhone or iPod”
How to play PS3 games on PS4
How to play PS3 games on PS4 Wondering whether you can play your old PS3 games on the new PS4? We’ll explain the backwards compatible situation with playing PS3 games on the PS4. There has been lots of debate about backwards compatibility concerning the PS4 as well as the Xbox one even before these Continue reading “How to play PS3 games on PS4”
How to Determine Hashing Algorithm for SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512 Hashes on Linux
How to Determine Hashing Algorithm for SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512 Hashes on Linux Not sure whether the 1GB file which you have just downloaded was transferred successfully without any error? Actually there is a way to check this. By using a hash algorithm that produces a fingerprint of the downloaded file, it is able to Continue reading “How to Determine Hashing Algorithm for SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512 Hashes on Linux”